The Mankato free press., 1905-05-19
Rabbits Were Tame.

'Wny didn't you go into the old
shed at first, instead of taking time to
go into the house, take off your coat
and get a drink" asked Cen Childs.
81 wanted to take my overcoat off"
'Did you think that the rabbit would
wait for you so as to be shot ?"
"Yes, sir, they We're tame"
"Were you in the habit Of shooting
rabbits there other eveningsY"
81 had done it before"
"How long was it since you had
ever shot a rabbit in your cowyard
before at night?"
"Three or four months"
Gen. Chids asked whether the witness
had said at the Brown county trial that
he had started to take off his coat and
vest, when he went down to his room
the first time. Dr. Koch said that he
didn't remember. Gen. Chids then read
from the doctors testimony given at
the Brown county trial to show that
he said nothing about this there
On Wednesday morning my brother
and | talked about the murder few
moments. When | got upstairs | talked
with Emma about it. She heard more
about it over the telephone and told me
what she had heard Tnat morning,
when | went to the Gebhard offices and
looked up at the window from the alley,
| do not recall what Postmaster Krook
said or what reply / made Don't
think that | spoke to anybody in the
Reineke office about the murder Said
Good morning" to several people. Did
not lean against the table and when
looked at by the carpenter straight in
the eye turn and 90 away. Did not see
the carpenter.
Do not recolect DR.. Strickler saying:
"They say that the man who went
through that window must have hurt
| his hands. Let me see yours Didn't
know that people were saying that the
man who went through the window
must nave injured his hands. Knew it
when my hands were examined in Mr.
SOmsen's office. Never asked any doctor
to examine my hands before they were
burned. They were examined by Mr..
Somerville and DR.. Vogel in Somsen's
office. When the carbolic acid was
spilled on my hand | at once washed
it off at the sink with water and a
brush. 1t was spilled on the first three
| fingers from above the second Joint to
the tip of the fingers and little on
the right thumb. First applied alco-
hol Thursday, in my office. Always
have it in my office. Got the cot We'd
nesday at ll:30 a. m. Wore it on the
street and when | was not working. On
Friday evening | applied alcohol on my
hand three times. Sat in the kitchen
from 7:30 until a little before g. Used
just enough to moisten my fingers.
Took the stick of wood out of the wood
box with my right hand and put it in
the stove through the lid hole. A flame
came up all around the wood reaching my
hand almost Immediately. The burns
were on the back of my fingers and
| thumbs.
"The only place where the burns were
was on the back of the fingers and
| thumbs?" asked Gen. Childs.
| "Yes, SIR
| "And you had poured the alcohol out
so that it could run down the sides of
your fingers and on the wood?"
81 didn't say So"
"But your counsel did in opening the
case"
The counsel for the defense objected
to this and the court sustained it.
| "Why didn't you tell DR.. Strckler
that you had your blue box in your Of
| flee, and not wait until three days after
the murder and then tell Mr.. Somsen?"
asked Gen. Childs.
Nobody believed anything 1 said
anyway"
SIS that your reason?"
| "Yes, sir -.
Referred to Mr.. Pfaender.
| Gen. Childs had the witness look at
the exhibits of mis- writing. | some
times write the capital $50 like it is
on the poison bottle label. The conver-
sation with Hjalmar Hoidaie was had
in my laboratory.
"Why did you use that expression to-
ward Mr. Pfaender?" asked Gen.
| Childs.
81 had heard some things that he had
said and done'
"When was this conversational"
"Tne Friday after the homicide"
'What had you heard at that time
that Mr. Pfaender had done or said?"
81 heard that he was trying to get
Mr.. Hoidale to resign"
'Who told YOUR
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