New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-10

fumery for nm at a drug store. Saw
him next an hour later in the Stricken
building, and saw him next in Hoidale
& Somsen's office. DIR. Koch and | left
there about 9 p. m. He had on the
pepper and salt coat and vest and strip
| ed trousers. the brown derby hat and
black cravennette overcoat. Saw Koch
a little later on the street by the State
bank talking to two young ladies.
went home then. Saw him the day af-
ter the murder in his laboratory, after
10 a. m He had ON the same clothes
that he had on the evening before. Saw
| him that evening at Mr.. Somsen's
him that evening at Mr.. Som
sens home. We We're practicing
in quartet for the funeral He wore
| the same clothes then. Saw him at
about II a. m. in his laboratory that
morning. He had carbolic acid stain
on his hands. and | advised him to put
on alcohol DIR. Koch has a small bottle
of carbolc acid, and also had mine.
Did not observe any other injuries on
his hands then, but did not make a
thorough examination. On the pre-
vious Monday morning I had noticed
a very faint scratch on his face. and
one on the palm of his right hand an
incn and a half long He had related
then the incident of running through
the brush in explanation of them Com
mercial alcohol of 90 to 90 per cent
purity causes a stain on the hands,
which in half an hour turns reddish on
account of inflammation. Saw Koch
Immediately after the funeral in Hoi-
| dale & Somsen's office This was Thurs
day noon. Previous to that | had not
noticed any change in Koch or any
nervousness or down heartedness.
Thursday noon, when I entered, Mr..
Somerville made a very thorough eX-
animation of Koch's hands. Three fing-
ers on the right hand had a shiny APP
pearance from carbolic acid. There was
one abrasion the size of the end of a
! lead pencil. 1t may nave been an old
scab fallen off or an irritation from car
bolic acid. The skin was still broken and
it was red. Saw no other spot, scratch
or blemish on either hand. Stated to
Koch at that time that he was suspect
ed of the offense. He did not say a word
to amount to anything. Saw him ly
ing ON his couch in his office that after
noon, and he said he was cold and |
covered him with his cravennette over
coat and my fur coat. He appeared
downhearted. Saw him newt day, Fri
day in his office. Friday or Saturday
[ saw Chief Klause, Sheriff Julius and
Detective Rydell in Koch's office. They
made a thorough examination of his
clothing, including his black cravennette
Overcoat. Koch continued to wear his
brown hat and his cravennette overcoat
for some time afterwards. On Friday
evening I saw Koch at his house He
said That he was feeling sick, had
headache and was chilly. The charge of
murder would have a shock on the ner-
vous system of a person like Koch, and
. would cause chilliness. I saw his hands
and he had extensive blisters on his
right hand and a small one on the
thumb of his left hand He said that
he was placing alcohol on his hands,
he felt cold and put stick of wood
in the stove and the alcohol took fire
and burned him. There were no cuts
or bruises on his hands previous to
that time except as mentioned. The
next morning, with Drs. Weiser and
Stricken, [ examined his hands.
brought the other two doctors to pro-
tect myself. | made in their presence
as thorough an examination of his hands
as | was able to make. There were no
previous injuries of any kind except as
stated | then dressed the hands. !
opened the blisters at several places to
let the serum come out. Saw Koch
again Saturday afternoon at his home.
1t was Sunday that Mr.. Shepard was
at the house. Monday or Tuesday DIR.
Koch appeared down hearted and de-
pressed and | took him home. after
telling him to brace up and hold up his
head. He returned to his office work
as soon as he was able to. or even be-
fore that, and ever since then he has
acted himself and his conduct has been
the same as before and he continued at
his practice. Have not noticed any
change in his appearance down to the
present time.
Was at DR.. Koch's home Sunday
morning and dressed his hands Three
newspaper reporters, Messrs Shepard,
/ Davis and another whose name | do not
remember, came while | was dressing
his hands. l was in another, room, re-
moving a piece of skin from Dr. Koch's
hands. The reporters came in before |
got done and had a conversation with
| Hlll. LII. NOcn was somewhat uOWn-
hearted then. 1t is not true that | shut
off Mr.. Shepard or interfered with his
conversation. l had practically remov-
ed all of the skin from the blisters on
the three fingers and was about to put
ointment on when the reporters enter
ed. The injuries then looked raw and
fiery. There were no other injuries en-
cept these. On Monday, Messrs.
Shepard and Davis had talk with Dr.
Koch in the latter's office Koch did
not say that he had lost a handker-
chief out of his pocket.
In Hoidale & Somsen's office Tues
day evening DR.. Koch was given an
advertising pencil of Mr.. Vogel On
the Thursday following I saw lead
pencil of this kind on DR.. Koch's work
bench. I left it there DR.. Kocn did
not say to Mr.. Shepard: ''Here is
where the cocaine fend lay, and when
he went away I missed my handker-
chief
Both Shed Tears.
On cross examination. the witness
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