New Ulm review., 1905-05-03

Oh tne west SIDE Oh lile IOOll DelWeeH
two doors, the latter being three or four
feet apart.
The hammer was introduced in evi-
dence as exhibit 5, and was identified |
by the witness, who said that he first |
saw it in the operating room, it having
been handed to him by Frank Beenke
on his arrival. 1t was bloody. The
handkerchief was also introduced as ex-
hibit 6 and identified. Tt was also
handed to witness by Frank Behnke. 1t
was very much blood stained. The pen
ell was also introduced as exhibit
and identified. 1t was lying on top of
a pool of blood by .his body. 1t was
left there untouched until the follow
ing morning, when witness picked it up.
1t had q blood stain along one side,
from the blood on which it rested. The
poison bottle was introduced as exhibit
8 and identified. 1t was handed to wit
ness by Dr.. Reineke the morning after
the murder in DR.. Gebnards office.
Witness said that the bottle was out
of his possession three times, once when
carried by a member of the coroner's
jury for fifteen minutes, once when
Sheriff Julius took it for a few hours
for the Assistant Superintendent CALI
han of the Pinkerton Detective agency
wanted to examine it, and once when it
was sent to a chemist for examination.
A ten minutes recess was taken
here.
DIR. Fritehe's examination proceeded
and he identified the covering that the
bottle was sent to the chemist in. A. e.
Rydell, the detective, had the bottle
Dec. 9th. The inquest was held Nov.
I'd in the forenoon at A. j. Binger's
morgue.
q, The bottle was secured at DR.. Geb-
hard's office just before the inquest. 1t
contained very small quantity of
white powder and two small kernels
rolling around. The entire quantity was
not over half grain. The bottle was
never opened by me or anybody else
while in my possession. The blue box
that contained the bottle was introduce
ed as exhibit IL and identified. Sheriff
Julius brought me the box on the af-
ternoon of Nov. Sd. Detective Ryden
had it several times.
Was a Great Struggle.
On cross examination, the witness
said that the only thing removed from
the room the night of the murder was
the body and the handkerchief. Nobody
was in the rooms during the night.
put the safe against the door from the
operating room to the hall, and locked
the door from the joint reception room
to the hall The joint reception room
was between the offices of DR.. Gebhart
and those of DIR. Reineke. The door be
tween the operating room and the recep
ton room was left open that night.
did not take the keys of DR.. Reineke'
offices. There is door opening from
the hall into DR.. Reineke's reception
room, one opening from DR.. Reineke'
reception room into the joint reception
room, and one from DR.. Reineke's privat
office into the joint reception room. Th
last named is generally kept locked, an
DR.. Reineke locked the other. The bod
was removed at IL p. M, and left tie
or fifteen minutes later. I placed tn
handkerchief into Dr.. Gebhard's insiC
pencil, two small celluloid butto1
found in the blood and the bottle. NJ
Rydell had the hammer great part
the time until the first trial. TT
operating room presented an appea
ance as though great struggle ha
been going on. There was blood on tt
mating and on the doctors open da
book on the safe. There were a fe
small specs of blood on the top of ii
roll top desk. 1t showed that blood hs
spurted up and come down on Il
various objects. I did not see ar
blood in the laboratory or on the labo
atory door. The rocking chair and de
lists screen were overturned. The pc
Gil was lying on the left side of Il
body, three or four inches away fro
the left vest pocket. Tine body had
coat on. My first impression was tn
the pencil had fallen out of the We
pocket. [ noticed an aluminium pock
comb and some papers that appeared
be about to fall out of the pocket. T
pencil lay very lightly on top of It
CONCEALED blood, imbedded little
its own weight. There was no 9th
blood on the pencil except where it res
ed on tine blood 1t was not disturb
during the night. The blood had evider
ly clotted before the pencil dropped L
on it. It would take perhaps five mi