The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-05-05

boxes. The bottles were wrapped in eX-
celsior and placed in the boxes, and the
boxes were then addressed. A bottle
was sent to DIR. Gerhard and one to DR..
Koch. The boxes were manufactured by
the Haywood Box company of Mime
apolis, and We're special order for wit
ness house. Some boxes were sent
without being wrapped in manila paper,
with addresses on labels pasted on the
boxes. The boxes sent to Drs. Gerhard
and Koch were not wrapped up because
they were sent in special way, the
dentalone order being separate from the
other orders.
On cross examination, the witness
said that the packages were generally
addressed with pen and ink, but some
We're addressed by type writer. There
were several thousand boxes ordered by
tae house last fall and several hundred
and possibly 1900 had been sent out to
physicians and dentists in this terri
tory, up to Nov. LIST.
The evening recess was taken.
This Morning.
w. G.. Alvin was the first witness
called this morning. He is a druggist
of New Ulm, and was a member of
the coroner's jury that served at the
hn inc &c nr Gnh h
hard He was present at DIR. Gebhard's
office when the blue bottle was found
by Dr. Reineke in the laboratory. The
bottle was found on a shelf five or six
feet high. The witness testified to
having taken the bottle to the morgue
and turning it over to Coroner Fritchie.
One other juror had the bottle for a
short time, while the witness and Dr.
Reineke were searching for the box. The
bottle was not opened. Witness said
that he had similar bottle in his
store, but there were no such words as
Physicians Sample" on the label. The
label had the words "Bromo- Caffaine."
Stock bottles are larger than sample
bottles, but of the same form. The de-
PENDANT frequently visited the drug
store. The sample bottles were kept
on an open shelf in the store back of the
prescription counter. Gen. Childs offer
ed a bottle in evidence with similar
label to that on the bottle spoken of by
the witness. The defense objected, and
the court sustained the objection.
On cross examination, witness said
that DIR. Koch could have seen the bot
tie in his store if he was looking for
it, but it had clean label on and not
dirty, torn one, as on the poison bottle.
DR.. Reineke took down the bottle in
DR.. Gebhard's laboratory, he said that
it was bottle with poison in it. DIR.
Reineke said that he had told Dr. Geb-
nard that there might be poison in the
bottle and that he ought not to take
it. DIR. Reineke had spoken of the
box as grayish looking. The waste bas-
ket was really waste barrel, where &C.
ment and other rubbish was kept We
tipped it over and went all through it
and did not find the box. The bottle
contained two or three kernels, appar-
emily granules of effervesent salts, such
as bromo -caffaine. The kernels were
about the size of mustard seed, but
not the shape. They did not resemble
strychnine tablets.
Sheriff julius Testi6es.
Sheriff w. j. Julius of New Ulm tes-
titled that he was at the Koch residence
the Saturday following the murder. The
defendant and Misses Ida and Emma
Koch and Chief Klause were present.
Saw the defendants hands. His right
hand was entirely bandaged, and there
was sticking plaster on taree nuckles of
his left hand. I said "For Gods sake
don't come down town in this condition,
George, or the people will hang you"
He only laughed. l didn't listen to the
handkerchief conversation as much as
Chief Klause did. Chief Klause asked
Koch whether he had seen the hand
kerchief, and Koch replied that che had
not, but that Ida had, and that she
thought that it was his handkerchief"
That was all that he recollected about
this conversation. The Friday after the
homicide, witness had talk with TIE
defendant at his laboratory in the pres
ence of Drs. Stricken and Vogel and
Chief Klause. We asked how it would
be possible for anybody to get his hand
kerchief, and he explained that it would
be possible for the supposed cocaine
fiend to take it from his coat pocket as
it hung on a nail in the laboratory over
the lounge.
On cross examination, the witness
said that DIR. Koch showed where the
nail was and said that he usually had a
handkerchief in his everyday coat poe
ket, and that he hung this coat on the
nail when he worked and put on a