The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-19

injured or killed. The witness and 9th
ers then went across to the foot OF the
stairs leading to DIR. Gebhardt 3 office
and waited there until the chief Of po-
lice came, when they all went up to-
gether. Mr.. Richardson noticed the pen
ell lying on the clot Of blood as soon
as he entered the office. He did not
know how many people had been in the
office before he arrived. 3
Herbert Baltrusch, cross-examined
yesterday, said that a minute or SO
elapsed from the time that DR.. Koch
passed the office until the footsteps on
the stairs were heard. General Childs
said that this statement on the part Of
the witness was surprising. as he had
testified before that the footsteps on
tho stairs were heard Immediately fol
lowing the passage of DR.. Koch by the
window. The attorneys for the defense
maintained that the witness had never
been asked as to the length Of time be-
fore
The witness admitted that when he
came to M 9Gnnf e. e Hsn2 e gas me
brother-in-law> Of DR.. Koch, and was
taken by him to the room Of Senator
Somerville, one of the attorneys for
the defense, where he spent ten min
utes.
An Eyewitness.
William Cavanagh, who, with Edi-
tor Asa P. Brooks, saw the murderer
thru the transom over the door to the
operating room, was questioned more IN
detail than at the last trial. He said
that Brooks came across the street to
"there was trouble in Gebhardt 8 Of
fee; that man was wounded or MUIR
dered, or the doctor was pulling tooth,
but that there was too much blood to
look like pulling a TOOTH 4.
Cavanagh said that they went and
Brooks looked 5overfthe transom first and
then got down and the witness got up
and looked. He saw a man walking
looking, toward the reception room.
What he could see Of the man was the
back of his head and right shoulder,
and the fact that he had dark hair.
It was then 9:45 pm. He did not notice
the body on the floor. He was fright
ened and, running downstairs, he noti-
| fed several persons and called doc
| tor and policeman.
/ Juror Wells asked whether the tran.
som was closed or open, and whether
the glass was clean or frosted. The
witness said that it was closed and that
the glass was clear.
| Vogel Describes Koch. ,.~
I A. j. Vogel, the lumber dealer who
gave out the advertising pencils, said
that he saw DR.. Koch in Attorney Hoi
dale's office the evening Of Nov. l be-
tween and 9:10 o'clock. He thought
he gave him one Of the pencils. Gen
eral Childs asked Mr.. Vogel to describe
the defendant, who was sitting opposite
him. He said that the defendants hail
is dark; his face pale, thin and cadav
erous; his build slender; about &c year.
old, and with dark line on his upper
lip. He was in good health on Nov 1
This was new feature. Brooks de
scription Of the man he saw thru thu
transom is similar and included tn
dark line on the upper lip.
DR.. L. A. Fritsche, coroner Of Brow
county last fall, identified the handker
chief, hammer, pencil and bloody wal
map found in the Gebhardt office tn
night Of the murder. He said that tn
pencil seemed to rest as lightly as
feather On top of the coagulated blood
From the position, he thought that i
had fallen from DR.. Gebhardt's YES
pocket -,