The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-04

of the homicide, and hot and cold wat
er in the basement. The witness had
been notified to appear before Justice
Henningser's court at 2 p. m, but that
afternoon had not appeared but had
gone down town to w. f.. koch's bank
and talked to him about the case. The
marks on the door were brown as
though made by closed hand. There
were three knuckle marks two feet
above the latch. There was also a
brown stain on the screen just below
the knob, but she had not noticed it
until after the detectives had been there
She had testified at the Henningsen
hearing afterwards and said that she
thought that the blood on the doors was
from rabbits.
On redirect, the witness said that she
had gone to the Henningsen hearing
when papers had been served on her and
testified. She had been subpoenaed by
the state as witness at the New Tim
trial but was not put on.
w. ID. Abbott identified the advertis
ing pencil that he got on DIR. koch's
desk a few days after the homicide, and
it was offered in evidence. Mr.. Abbott
said that he found it where DR.. Koch
had told him it was.
Alfred Hoegele, who was witness for
the state at the last trial, was called by
the defense and said that he went into
Dr. Gebhard's office at S:45 o'clock the
evening of the murder. He was sitting
at his desk in his shirt sleeves, read
ing. He offered to bring in chair,
but did rot He went to work on his
polishing machine, with a plate, after
putting on his work coat 1t was 9 p.
IN. when the witness left. At the last
trial he had testified that he went to
the offices at $50 p, m. and had left at
$3.50 D. m He had not been sure. There
was no chair in the operating room.
The witness saw or heard no one when
he left, and the door was left unlocked.
He had gone to DR.. Gebhard's office be
cause he had an engagement to go rid
ing with him that evening.
Regarding Blood Spots on Post.
DIR. J. W. Andrews testified that it
takes blood four or five minutes to coagu-
late. It would take twelve to fifteen
for a pool two feet in diameter
and half an inch to an inch in depth to
coagulate 1t would take three to five
emptied if the juglar vein and the ca
rotid artery were severed. The wit
of the post in evidence, but had found
no blood He said that blood is very
Nov. lst the tests would be surer, for
old blood responds to tests better than
IL tSH DloCu' IL bloOd otOu ''to NV
post, the chemical properties would re
main in the post for forty years. Cross
examined, Dr. Andrews said that he had
examined scrapings from different parts
of the post, but none from the sides.
Cold water removes fresh blood If per-
oxide of bydrodgen was poured over the
post it would remove the blood. The
time elapsing from Nov. lst would have
a tendency to cause the blood to dis
appear. Blood will coagulate in an hour
in the night air at d degrees. On re-
direct the witness said that the top of
the post showed signs of having been
scraped and examined before he had
done this. On second cross examination,
the witness said that dew on the post
would have tendency to keep the blood
soft. BY hard rubbing blood would get
on the hand in the morning.
DIR. E. d. Steel gave similar testimony
to that given by the last witness.
DR.. I. d. Webster corroborated what
the other two witnesses had testified to.
He said that blood on post in a damp
place as beside a slough filled with wat
er would not dry as rapidly as in
dryer locality. Time and the elements
tend to obliterate blood stains, but not
entirely
Capt. Albert Steinhauser, an attor
ney of New Ulm and veteran of the
Philippine war, testified that Edgar
Dingier's reputation for truth and YER
acity is bad Cross examined, the wit
ness said that he had been an attorney
against Dingler in civil suit.
Examined KoCh's Handkerchief.
Miss Elizabeth E. Thomas, clerk at
Brett's. examined the different hand
kerchiefs with a linen glass. She said
that the one found in DR. Gebhard's of
flee is linen handkerchief and entire
ly different from DIR. Kochs, which are
all cotton. including those similarly
marked with the initials, &C r. r."
The noon recess was taken before the