The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-29
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VISIT HIS OFFICE.
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tfIt ran wherea', West. ;,
In the street or in the yard7' In
nDid you leave the; bed9'' nYes.'''5H
"Where did you 20 thens" tout
doors.
Judge chides the Lawyers. 81
A. r. Pau Of counsel for the defense,
objected, saying the Interpreter was
asking the questions of the witness in
a leading manner. Albert Pfaender Of
counsel for the state, who speaks Ger
the interpreter was repeating the ques-.
tions exactly. Mr.. 5Pfau shouted to
Mr.. Pfaender that he wasn't asking
his opinion and that anyhow he
he wouldn It give ten cents for it. 1t
was the second sharp colloquys between
the counsel, and. Judge Cray said:.
. Now, gentlemen, and when Mr..
Pau continued the; Judge raped on his
desk and sale, .sharply, Stop i. q.
to Genera eSi IN AnS ME-
Dahms said that when the noises were
first heard her dogs were lYingson the
porch and Immediately. "they went
loose after them. - @
How did they Cos"
ing, :. -,
''When I said ssickem they went as
General Childs tried to getathe wit
ness to say that she had heard other
noises in the direction Of the creamery
little later, but she said ''nelnf' to all
his questions as to that.
| Immediately after the noon recess
Mrs. Dehms told Of seeing blood on the
gatepost between her house and the
Koch place on the morning Following
the murder. a ~ -r :
Hoidale's Evidence Admitted. /.
The defense failed this morning to
keep from the jury that part OF the
testimony Of Hjalmar Heidale, which
the state believes, tends to show that
DR.. Koch was an enemy3to Gebhardt. :.
Mr.. ,Hoidale was asked by General
Childs to relate the remark about DR..
Gebhardtt which DR.. Koch made to the
witness in October, 1904 MI. Brown,
ground that such testimony was in.
competent, irrelevant, immaterial and
| remote and did not have a tendency to
prove anything against the defendant.
Judge Cray overruled the objection.
| The stenographer repeated the :ques-
tion of General Childs, and Mr.. Hoi-
dale said: ..r1 ---s - 80 ... -
CDR. George R., Koch told me that
DR.. Gebhardt was. a double-faced - -
of a. -
Cross examined by Mr.. Abbott, the
witness said that he was a brother of
County Attorney Hoidale, who,. until
prosecution Of The case against the then
unknown murderer Of DR.. Gebhardt.
Address on Poison Package. ID.
Further questioning by Mr.. Abbott
led Hoidale to say that there were three
typewriters in the Strickler block
where Koch had Offices, two in the in.
surance office and one in DR.. Strick.
ler's. .<.~:~. j.
The address on the. poison package
was written on typewriter having a
purple ribbon and the only machine OF
these three having a: purple ribbon
was mith-Premier in the insurance
Office. This one had an extra wide car
riagee and the witness said that it was
large and unwieldy for anything save
for extra wide paper such as insurance
policies.
The Finger-cot Episode. F.,
Cleveland Frederick, clerk in Al
win s drugstore, repeated his testimony
at the first trial as to DR.. Koch's get
ting fnger-c cots on the day following
the murder. He also told of sores
which he saw, on the defendant 8 hand
Senator Somerville, cross-examinin&
him, learned that while the witness wa'
certain that the injuries were on thu
index and second fingers he could mo-
tell which hand they were on, The at
torney confronted the witness with hi
| 14 4~.1 4h4L I,
could not tell Just which fingers wer'
injured. Frederick said that he coult
give no particular reason for that ties
timony because he does and did no
know which fingers ha dthe sores upon
| them. .i.... ....I
) On direct examination Frederick hai
r said that DR.. Koch was helping himself
/ to the fnger-cots from drawer be
! hind the counter when the clerk frs
saw him. Senator Someville got tn
witness to say that there was nothing
unusual in this because DR.. Koch hat
=, more or less liberties in the drugstore
as all physicians have. " - 49,. -.
Elmer Hoidale, county attorney o
vestigation following the murder an
until DR.. Koch was arrested, testife'
that the poison bottle was on his tabl
during the inquest and that to the bes
of his knowledge, it was not tampere
with, nor the contents removed. -
7 Had Changed His Coat. =.
L. B. Brook, postmaster, testified tina
on the morning following the murde
he walked part way down town witt
j, DR.. Koch and with him had turned int
the alley, where crowd was looking a
! the rear Of the Ottomeyer block, from
which the murderer had escaped 81
: said that he was certain that the Goa
which DR.. Koch, wore Che wore no over
coat), was a sack coat Of brownis]
: tinge, having some stripes in it. TIL
defense did not cross-examine MI
Krook. 49,
That Second Hammer. =
Everybody connected with OF inter
) ested In the case has been trying t
J penetrate the mystery surrounding tn
, second hammer which was introduce,
|, yesterday by the defense, on cross-ex
amintion Of Reinhold Dahms. TIL
, hammer answers the description Of tn
) hammer which the Kochs used to own
I as given by the members of the Kocl
: family at the first trial, but counsel TO
| the defense reiterate their refusal t