The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
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told about an accident he had with al
cohol seventeen years ago. He was I'LL.
ing an alcohol lamp, and spilled some OF
the fluid on his hand. He then went; to
light the lamp and the alcohol on his
of which still remains. I'LL st !.
=. On crosse examination, Mr.. Pfaender
tried to get him to say that an accident
such as Dr. Koch claims to have met
would be an impossibility, but the wit
ness thought, on the contrary, that it
would be easy for such an accident to
happen. He thought that the alcohol
would ignite as long as two minutes
after it had been applied to the hand.
tober DR.. Stricken threw away twenty
or more strychnine tablets because he
was not certain what they we're. He
also said that he had prescribed the
alcohol to be applied to the hand which
DR.: Koch had burned with carbolic
acid. ste~.5< - -:
Eleanor Mullen, Gertrude Fitzpatrick
dAu w. T.. hOCu WcIo SWOIu " SHOW
that DR.. Koch was not in Hanska or
any other town on the Minneapolis &
St. Louis road south of New Ulm at
the time the parcel was mailed. w.
G. Nicholson, station agent for the
road at New Ulm, testified as to the
time the mail train passed thru New
Ulm.
Partition Top Covered with Dust.
Karl Schram, stenographer in the
Minnesota Mutual Accident Insurance
partition to the room where the type
writer was kept. He found the top
of the partition covered with dust,
which looked as tho it had not been
disturbed, .-
+ He examined the typewriter upon
which it is contended by the state that
the address on the box of poison was
written, and said that he thought the
machine had new platen. He gave
chine had new platen because the
marks of usage did not show on the
platen.
H. L. Hoidale, brother of County
Attorney Hoidale, identified the type
writer in question. He then produced
a sample of the work Of the machine
it being a document which he had writ
| Ceu early IN OCJOD0f. =;
Typewriter Expert Disputes State.
4. George Singleton, a typewriter ex
Epert from Minneapolis, connected will
the Bllckensdorfer company, was sworn
and qualified as an expert. He sale
that several Of the alignments of tht
Smith-Premier typewriter, which tht
state contends DR.. Koch used, are bad
| and not uniform because several of tn,
parts are worn or loose.
Can a piece Of work done by a Ger
tain typewriter be identifed?" asket
} Senator Somerville. 80 ..'
~ don It think it CAM t.
"Why9' 'Because the various part
of the machine are more or less ZOOS
z and the writing is not uniform.'' 49,.
els there any difference in the wor]
, Of different operators?' "Yes.''
= els there any way by which piec
:. OF typewriter copy may be identi
; :" Yes, if a machine has any peculia
D characters or if letters are ''off thei
feet,' that is, striking on one side, the
: it might be Identified. !.
9 was produced and offered in evidence
T. The difference in the alignment in tn
Z different letters was pointed out to tn
= members of the jury, who gathered i
d a group about him. : 49, -
) Senator Somerville then produced tn
;, address on the. box of poison and aske
q the witness if, in his opinion, it wa
: written by a novice. :. -z-s,z. y
: 81 Think he said, Hthat it wa
: written by a person used to the me-
chine, because the touch appears to b
g uniform, while if it was written by
. novice it would not be uniform :.
r Not the Typewriter Used.
Q "Was the address on that box wri-
e ten on the typewriter in question:
$ 81 should say not. There was a d,
7 feet in the small III in the name Gel
- hard There is a place in the colum
Of the letter which shows that there
Of a small piece Clipped out of the fac
~ Of the letter. Again, the letter sm'
st New Ulm is { off its feet The to
e, of the letter is heavy, while the botto
ID of the letter is barely visible.''
IN Mr.. Singleton was turned over
10 the state forscross- and &C.
81 eral Childs had him make several saI
~ pies of workaon the machine.
W. Pinkerton, the typewriter expel
81 ~ continued his testimony this afternot
- and swore that the address on the bs
a of poison was written by the use j
u 20 a ribbon colored purple with a reddi'
y, tint, while the samples written by II
~ same machine when it was here
- October showed that the machine W
equipped with purple ribbon viii
had no such tint. c {s ~
% Between the experts it seems that t
10 Jurors are likely to become hopeless
- confused in this particular phase
rs the case. So 7-t5...
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