New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-03

Koch was being tried for his life, but
did not tell that which would have
sustained mis- statement that he came
back to his office and put out his light. I
Saw the window that night in the
work room, but not the window. of the
operating room. as the building hid that i
from view. Had never seen DR.. Koch
but a few times. Last time | saw him
before the night Of Nov. lst was a few
weeks before Every time | had seen
him he mad soft black hat with a
wide rim Saw DIR. Koch stoop and
reach over. when I saw him through the
window that night. Did not notice the
room lighted at any other evening be-
fore that.
On redirect, witness said that she
first told Peter Folkers about the mat
ter, after the New Ulm trial, and then
her brother-i n-law, Herman Pfaender
She looked first, when she went out,
and the office was dark. Then she
looked at the fowls, and then toward
the office again and the room had been
| lighted UP.
Miss Weidemann was a new witness,
and she gave her testimony in a de-
cided manner, and could not be shak-
en- Her appearance was the sensation
of the forenoon.
The Next Morning.
| After the usual fifteen minutes re-
cess, Postmaster /. B. Krook was call
ed He is a large, smooth faced man.
He had known DR.. Koch since he was
| Of |, aft tor.
| the murder near the old court house. It
was at $3.50 and he wore no oyercoat,
but brown sack coat. We walked to-
gether through the alley leading to the
windows of the Gerhard offices and
looked at the wires I said I did not
suppose that man could Jump down
so far without getting hurt. He made
no reply except ''h--m." We then
went around to Minnesota street. |
went up the stairs to DR.. Gebhard's Of
fees, but Koch remained below.
The witness was not cross examined.
.--s Had Sore Fingers. =
Cleveland Frederick of New, Ulm, a
pleasant appearing young man, said
that he had known DR.. Koch as a friend
for two and half years. Was a clerk
at w. G. Alwin's last fall. Saw the
defendant the day following the murder,
between 1890 and l p. M, in the drug
store where | worked. He was behind
the counter, half way back, and [ was
behind the prescription case at the rear
of the drug store. [ approached him
and saw him, helping himself, putting
rubber cots on his fingers. L noticed
scratches on his hand and asked nim
how they got there. They were on the
second Joints of the index and second
! fingers, and were reddish and of the size
of an eight penny nail, and the depth of
the cuticle. l assisted him in putting
on the rubber cots. He said that he
! had accidentally poured carbolic acid
over the hand that morning.
On cross examination, the witness
said that DR.. Koch was a frequent call
CT at the store, and had the liberties of
the place, to 60 as he pleased, like other
doctors. Cots are used for covering
finger wounds. They are an inch and a
! half long and tan colored. Can't state
watch hand the cot was placed upon.
Saw a cot put only on one finger.
i Recovered His Memory.
At the New Ulm trial, the witness
had testified that he could not: swear
on which finger the injuries were. He
now said that he was certain that one
of the injuries was on one of the index
fingers. He. couldn't say why he had
sworn as he did at New Ulm.
Odd Dir. Koch pay you for the cots ~
asked Mr.. Somerville.
81 can't remember" said the witness
'Do you let goods go out of the
store without being paid for?"
'If the price is only two or three
cents, we do sometimes
You say you saw DR.. Koch behind
the counter looking at cots?"
Yes, SIR .
Gle was not trying to steal them
was he g..
Objected to- y
You do not mean to say that he was
trying to conceal the fact that he was
: trying on cots?"
Il did not say So"
! ''Well, do you say so?"
NO, sir" .-.. ~-.-
= Gle frequently went behind the coun
ter, didn't he?"
Eyes, sir
= 'You wouldn't have Thought nythins
:. of it if he had taken the cots without
:, paying for them, would you?"
. 'NO. sir" .s.- ~ ~
"Will you swear that there were an,
: scratches en- his fingers, or weren't the,
: discolorations -.
= "They were Sores" .--
Il "Where were they located2'
"Above the joints
Did DR.. Koch's fingers look a
i though carbolic acid or any solution
: been spilled upon tnem?
5 "They did not"
: Odd you say anything to him abou
|. this ?" &>
y ''No, sir
a "The sores must have looked a
e though they had been made by carboli
IL acid, did they not, or you would hav
e said something to him about it?'
II Il took his word for it."
lie Didn't you look at his fingers?"
81 did not examine them carefully
lie 'Why did you not?"