New Ulm review., 1905-05-03

pfacClced 1Or LWenGy-SiA years, fourteen
in Pennsylvania and the last twelve at
New Ulm. Knew DIR. Gebhard. Per-
formed an autopsy on his body the
morning after the murder. Saw the
body prior to that in the operating
room. At the postmortem, found the
hands, face and head blood stained.
There was knife wound an inch deep
under the left jaw; one on the left side
of the neck, lower down from the other,
| it being a small wound and did not
sever any vessels. There was knife
wound two inches below the right ear
that severad the internal juglar vein
and carotid artery. There was a
wound of the like character one-half
inch below this, and this also severed
both vessels. One was much forward
and the other backward There was an
other knife cut an inch anterior to the
upper portion of the right ear. This
only went through the skin. Another
was an inch above the right eye and
another an inch above and parallel to it.
Both were long. There was lacerated
Iscalp wound four inches above tne right
ear. This was inflicted by blunt in
strument, such as hammer. There
was complete compound fracture of
the skull at the back of the head. The
bone was depressed and imbedded in the
brain, with diameter of one.half to
two inches, and looked as though it had
been broken in by hammer. There
was a similar wound to the left, not
quite as high. There was small cut in
, front of the left ear, and number of
5 minor slashes as though made by a
knife. 1t was impossible to count them
, all, as the face was covered with blood.
/ The wounds on the right side of the
r neck were mortal and a person would
not live more than two minutes. The
wounds at the back of the head would
t have caused death in one to twelve
!. hours. AT the point Of the cut the
d artery is just in front the juglar vein,
v they crossing each other there. These
: wounds were large enough to insert my
b index finger easily. The wounds were
+ clean cut, but inside they appeared as
: though the blade mad been rotated in
: order to reach those vessels. There was
: a sort of boring done by the knife. The
hair of the deceased was very bloody, SO
that the scalp could not be examined
p for small cuts. He had an abundant
o cross examination. --
: Mr.. Brown cross examined. Witness
v said tnat he was first notified to come
t at six or seven minutes before ten, by
It telephone by Mr.. Kavenaugh. | was in
" bed but went at once. ! was under the
e impression that someone was hurt and
s needed treatment. [ was deferred
It several minutes at the building, and it
= was three to five minutes from leaving
l. home until I entered the Gebharf office
Marshal Klause and Gen. Bobleter and
It others were there then. The body was
ID lying on its back. The body was turned
v by Marshal Klause, while | was there,
a and did not see the exact position it
is had been lying in. The man was dead
,e and the blood on the face and hands
st had dried so it did not stain my hands
ne any. Both hands looked as though they
is had been washed in blood. l made the
al superficial examination about 1905 p.
N. The postmortem was mad late the
he next forenoon, and 1 found eight knife
o. wounds on the face and neck The 1T.
or tie slashes in addition to these were
I'd evidently made by knife, and probably
en did not cause hemorrhage. There might
o. be half dozen or dozen. 1 only MOTTO
ed them on the left side of the face, and
~ do not know whether there were any of
as these on the scalp. The blows on the
or head were inflicted first, and they
I'm would not prevent the flow of blood
rt from the large wounds. The face
,ft | W0uuQS. Inc lace WOUNDS were al
Fl. knife wounds. At the point wnere the
re. cutting was done, the juglar vein come;
,w within an inch of the surface. Higher
NO up, the vessels come to half t.
ce three e-fourtns of an inch of the surface
on and go in deeper further down.
'ly Gruesome Relics introduced.
ST. DIR. L. A. Fritche of New Ulm testi
ah fled that he was coroner of Brown coun
hu ty in 1904. Reached the Gebhard prem
an ises at 1920 to l0:25 p. m. the nigh
of the murder, and at once took poses
sion of the room as coroner. The wal
be- map found in the office. with big bloc
ro- sp1otch upon it, was introduced in evi
of dence. Witness saw it hanging on tn
rds north side of the operating room, benin
ex- the door leading to the reception roor