The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-10

which showed that DR.. Koch had ex-
cellent opportunity TO mail the ,particu-
ceived.
While the evidence, Of the state ar
gued DR.. Koch guilty by inference only,
it is morally certain that in case
where the evidence is all circumstan-
tial, this is an important feature and
will require some strenuous work on
the part Of the defense to remove it
from the minds Of the jury. Taken
apart from all other events Of the case
its worth nothing, but when it is viewed
as part of the whole which makes up
the circnmstantial case against DIR.
Koch, it is important to say the least.
Brilliant Work by Rydell.
The he work york. Of A. F. Ryaell, il fathom-
ing of the poison, was brilliant piece
OF detective work. With only the
knowledge that DR.. Gerhard received
a package, which he regarded with sus-
picion, few days before the murder,
the detective started out and when the
case came into court he was ready with
two expert witnesses to swear that he
had the exact machine on which the
address on the mysterious package was
written.
Being Pinkerton detective and re.
strained by the. maxim that the surest
way to keep secret is to tell no one
about it, it Is "a most impossible to dis
cover how he found all the evidence.
From what has already, developed, how:
ever, it is easy to see how he obtained
his start, on the case, and the rest can
be surmised. The story is worth the
telling, for it sounds like q page in.
spired by Sherlock Holmes oily clay
pipe from which he always received
his inspiration. .---'. .E,vA% -.s.
TFon B. Gs5hs I'd IS Siee girl Mis-
learned that DR.. Gebhard received a
package in a box exactly like the one
in which the poison was mailed a few
weeks. earlier, and the girl remembered
that the package came from the Parke
Davis company in Minneapolis. The
detective at once went to Minneapolis
taking with him the box which had con
tanned the poison: There he learned
that firm by the Haywood Box Manu-
featuring company, and that no similar
boxes are sold in the northwest. HI
also learned that DR.. Koch received one
Of these boxes in which was packed
dentaline, the same day that DR.. Geb
hard received his first package. Thi.
proved that Koch had such a box.
The Address on Poison Package.
Having accomplished all he could il
the city, the detective returned to New
Ulm to continue his investigation. H
began working on the assumption tina
the typewriter upon which the pack
age was addressed was kept somewher,
near Koch's office. He learned tina
there were only four machines in tn,
building and only two Smith-Premie
| machines. One Of these was in the of
fee Of Hoidale & Somsen and the othe
Fire Insurance company. He secured
| a sample OF the writing from the ma
chine in Hoidale & Somsen IS office, ant
! it was plainly evident that the address
on the poison package was not writer
on that machine. r
Rydell next turned his attention t.
the machine in the insurance office
and here he met an obstacle. The ma
chine that had been in the office in til
to the st. Paul typewriter office. I
! hasty trip was made to the city an.
was rewarded with success. The ma
| chine was still in the office. 49,
Finds the Machine. i"
Tho detective showed Manager Bair,
Of the typewriter house the address O.
the poison box and asked if there wa
anything peculiar in the address. H
replied in the affirmative and pointe
out the peculiarities as told In yeste1
days Journal. : .
| "Have you the machine here tina
was in the insurance office in New Ul1
in the month Of November7'' asked tn
! detective. aa}l& Z. - z&.$34 ia6A
THAT is the mainline over there
replied the manager. =@ -
| ri believe that is the machine O
which this was written,' said the de
tectiye. "Will you give me sampl
OF the writing on that machine an
compare it with this9' asked the de
! tective. J
'Certa inly,' replied Manager Bairt
and a minute later Rydell knew that b
had the right clew and at last he knee
where the poison package was %ae
dressed.
Traces the Poison. ls%
But he was not yet thru. He mus
know where the poison was secured. H
had received private report that til
bottle had contained strychnine. H
could find no place where ,strychnin
had been sold, so he turned his: after
ton to to the postoffice block and the1
discovered that DR.. Stricken had los
8 and Nov. 20. ~
This completed the story SO far {
the detective was. concerned, - and
now rests for the attorneys to prov
that DR.. Koch operated that machir
while the address of Dr. L. G.. Gebhar
was being written on the poison pac]
age. 49, ~t-~-
Alibi Is Koch's Reliance.
It now seems that DR.. -Koch's ALL
Is the only thing that stands betwee
him and the gallows. AS he sits in h
cell hour after hour thru the long nigl
and ponders over the developments
the case upon the turning of which h
life depends, he knows that it will r
quire the testimony of his father, tv
sisters and Paul Hippauf, the studel
who roomed at his home, to convint
: the Jury that he was not IN DR.. Gel
hard's office the night the murder W;
committed.
Defense sunmoning Witnesses.
, Speculation was rife about the cour
, house last night as to what the wi
nesses who were summoned from Car
, bria, nine miles east of New Ulm. wi
testify. They were subpenaed by
, deputy sheriff yesterday, but at who
instance is not known.
( neapolis yesterday with bundle
: subpenaed, probably at the instigatie
of the defense.
Q KOCH HAD ACCESS TO POISON
0 Strychnine Stolen from Doctors Off
Which Adjoined the Defendants.
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