The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-28
MISS KOCH MARKED
The HANDKERCHIEF
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You could do it. or would you do it."
And the answer of the witness. but the
court denied the motion.
The witness was turned over to the
defense for croSSeXamination, when the
evening recess was taken
Described by Chief kIause
Adolph Klause. chief of police of New
Ulm, was on the stand a good part OF
the day. He testified that II was two
minutes to 10 o'clock when he was mott
fed at his home of the murder and il
was seven minutes past 10 when he
reached the scene of the crime. He told.
as many witnesses previously had DONE OF
the condition of the room when he en-
tered. how the body lay. etc. He de-
scribed how the window screen I'm DIR.
hlenekes office was cut, and how the
telephone wires sagged down. and
bracket was torn out of the side of the
building He had noticed. among the
other blood stains. two bloody marks on
one of the wires little to the right of
the window.
He told how he had examined Dr.
the knuclxles of one hand. that appeared
to be fresh and the size of the end OF
lead pencil. There were scratches on the
| home Nov. 5 with Sheriff Julius. DIR. Koch
and his sister. Miss Ida Koch being
present. They had examined some cloth
ing OF DR.. Koch. and the latter's hand
kerchiefs. to see how they were marked
Miss Koch produced about two dozen
handkerchiefs and the witness had ex-
amined those that had the initials &C
five. 49, " ''" '''e'' "'e -FOUR Ut
Miss Koch Marked Handkerchief
81 asked Miss KOCH" said the witness
eff she had seen the handkerchief that
was found in DIR. Gebhard's Office. and
she said. Yes. it is one that 1 marked
DR.. Koch was present during this con-
Versation."
The cross examination of Chief Klause
hyr ATr 10
severe. especially in regard to his testi-
mony about the blood marks on the tele-
phone wire and the conversation with Miss
Ida Koch. The witness said that he had
not examined the back stairs that led
down from the hallway until / o'clock the
next morning. and then had found the
door leading to this stairway unlocked.
Pieces of the screen. the window sash
and the door. having bloody marks, had
| been cut out and preserved. but the piece
OF wire with the bloody marks was not
cut out or preserved A common door
| key was found on the overturned screen
In the operating room. but witness had
made no effort to fit II into the different
doors in New Ulm- Witness said that he
had told DR.. Rieneke about the blood on
the wire at o'clock the next morning
in the presence of Sheriff Julius and that
1 all three had looked at II. He did not re-
member whether i'm his testimony before
the New Clm justice. in the proceedings
| instituted by the citizens committee. he
mad said anything about the blood on the
| wire. He did not testify about this at
| the New Ulm trial. as ne was not asked
the question He had known About it all
of the time but didn't remember whether
\ he had told Mr.. Childs about il before
| the trial.
| Mr. Brown at this point said that there
was a proceeding before the New Ulm
I justice. and the evidence of witnesses was
taken shorthand and sworn to and later
| transcribed. The defense had wanted to
| get this all the time. and had been able
| to get IL but twenty minutes to examine
one witness The defense now ASKED the
| court to order the state to have that evil
dence placed where the defense can see it.
Shuns Being Trlpped
| Mr. Childs said that the proceedings in
that court were taken down by a stem
| ographer who was paid for by citizens
| of New Ulm. There is no law by which
4 the defense is entitled to take this eyi-
dence to trip the prosecution.
Mr.. Brown said that the proceedings
were taken before a court and made a
| record of and these records filed with
was on file. That citizens paid for the
4 testimony was neither here nor there.
| The defense was willing to pay for a
! transcript of it. 1t was not intended to
trick or trip the prosecution. and the i'm
putation was an unjust one
Mr.. Childs said that the proceeding was
| public and the defendant and his attorney
| could have been present.
The court asked whether anyone was
| under arrest at the time of the pro-
| ceeding referred to. Mr.. Brown said there
| was not. The court denied the motion
The crossexamination then continued.
| The witness said that DIR. Koch had
made no objection, to showing his gar
| ments or anything else asked for during
the examination at his Office Nov. by
| the witness and Sheriff julius.
Mr.. Abbott read considerable testimony
| given by Mr.. K1ause at the trial OF the
/ case at New Ulm.
Awaits Particular Question
when you were asked what was said
and whether there was anything else said,
why didn't you tell then what Miss Koch
| had said. instead of saying that you
| didn't remember exactly what was said?'
asked Mr.. Abbott. referring to a question
4 and answer at the previous trial.
Il was waiting for the particular ques-
/ ton to be put
You went right back and took your
seat behind your counsel. didn't your
Yes. sir
1 hadn't been asked this?''
4 Yes. sir"
And they did. not call you bsck?'
| mo, sir
And Gen. Childs knew about it?'
Who had you told the conversation
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