The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-18
BROWN REVIEWS EVIDENCE
Attorney for Defense Had Not Finished
Argument at Noon. Z

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From 4 STAFF Correspondent
New. Ulm, Mimi, Jan. Isl. Z.
Brown, attorney for the defense,
continued his address when the court
convened this morning. The room was
filed with citizens At the outset Mr..
Brown continued his attack upon the
the difference between the two state
ments of the prosecution in regard to
what DR.. Koch told Ulen about Geb-
hard. In the one, Ulen first suggested
murder, while in the other; it was DR..
Koch.
off YOU take all the testimony Of
the state" said the attorney, Hyou
have not sufficient case to Justify
you in sending this man to the gallows.
The case is one of circumstantial evil
dence without an adequate motive. The
ny, but it is not substantiated; it does
not appear that, this defendant had
poison. This phase Of the case was
built up of theories. First, there was
suspicion, then followed theories, and
the evidence was built to conform to
these theories. Beware Of that when
you analyze this evidence.
!. strickler's Testimony Not Positive.
cdr. striokler's testimony is not
positive. He says Il think, or ito the
best Of my recollection He says he
lost strychnine. He does not know how
much, but thinks there eighty or nine
ty tablets. He says that the bottle
was half full. It is half full now. Half
full Of. cotton. He says he lost the
strychnine and at once thought that
DR.. Koch stole it. The doctor had ar
senic enough to kill fifty men in his
possession, but they say that he did
him. My brother Childs gives him
credit for being shrewd, scheming
man, looking ahead to the time when
he will be compelled to face jury,
and yet they say that he spoke to Ole
Ulen over a year ago Of killing DR.
Gerhard.
Poison Box and Bottle.
HThen they say that DIR. Koch had
access to a bottle like the one in which
the poison was sent. So did thousands
Of others have access to such bottles
Bromo caffeine is medicine young men
take for bracer after a night Of fun
Because man has access to a bottle
HAnd then comes the testimony in
regard to the box which contained the
poison. A thousand men had access t.
such bog. The Parke-Davis people
mail thousands Of these boxes to every
part Of the world. Several came te
New Ulm. Because DR.. Koch has hi
box now, and because it was kept by
his brother-in-law, they say that it il
suspicious. They think that it ought
| to have been shown to that hostile com
mittee. He knew he would come tt
trial, in fact, he courted trial, for Il
was the only way he could be cleared Of
suspicion.
poison at Hanska when he went there
| on his last trip. We have shown thai
DR.. Koch was at his home when every
mail train went thru New Ulm, and it i
not disputed. He went to Hanska OF
| Thursday evening. Miss Schapekahn
SAYS the box was received on Wednes
| day. The postmark, they say, is tina
Lof the railway postoffice of the Win
throp and Storm Lake division of tn,
Minneapolis & st. Louis road. They say
| that because the letters st. appear il
! the mark. How many railroad divi
sions are there all thru the countr,
where the letters st appear in post
/ marks
Typewriting Testimony sAll Bosh. -
sThe address on the box Of poison
they say was written on the typewrite
which was kept in the Office Of the in
surance company. They have sworl
\ typewriter experts. q believe i.
teuch experte. never heard Of sucl
Eexperts before. They te1l you that ri.
EinSehip0 that wrote tlhie4is ~ n1ae Mn
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