The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-07

mixed when cross examined by W. D.
Abbott, a confusion plainly due to his
misunderstanding the questions. In
,straig ghtforward manner Chief Klause
told at the opening of the afternoon
session of the conditions when called to
the scene of the murder on the night
of, Nov. 1. In less than ten minutes
he had got out of bed, slipped on his
clothes and arrived at DR.. Gebhard's
Office. He knew this, for it lacked two
minutes of IL when he was notified of
the murder and it was only seven min
utes after IL by the watch which he
drew forth from the pocket of the dead
dentist lying upon the floor.
Chief Klause described in detail the
position of the body, as he saw it, the
lead pencil and the hank of hair lying
on the floor about a foot from the
head. 1t was dark hair, he said, mixed
with blood. KlauSe said nothing about
it to anybody, but upon returning to
the Office at o'clock the next morning,
after the body of DR.. Gebhard had
been removed, he picked up the clotted
mat of hair and put it in his pocket.
Have you got it now?" inquired
Gen. Childs.
'sYes, SIR
Produce it, them"
Chief Klause thereupon brought
forth from an inside pocket an en-
velope containing the grewsome relic,
The jurors stood up and craned their
necks to get a glimpse of it. DIR. Koch,
seated at the other end of the table
exchanged smiles with his counsel.
Pencil Is Admitted
Chief Klause testified as to the dis
covery of the lead pencil, unsharpened,
lying six or eight inches from the
shoulders of DR.. Gebhard, half of it
in a pool of blood. The pencil, issued
as an "ad' for local business con-
cerr, was admitted in evidence over
the objections of the defendants coun-
sci. Two porcelain collar buttons
picked up on the floor by Chief Klause
were likewise admitted in evidence
over similar objections. Chief Klause
explained how he identified the body
of DR.. Gebhard by turning it over so
he could partly see the face. The chief
testified he had examined the hands OF
DR.. Koch in his office on Nov. 4, in the
presence of the sheriff.
81 discovered sores on the knuckles
of the first three fingers of the left
hand. They were round, about a
quarter of an inch in diameter. The
skin was drawn and the sores looked
fresh There was also scratch on the
palm of the hand about two inches
long,
Chief KIause disputed the testimony
of the sheriff regarding the marking
on the handkerchief picked up in Dr.
Gebhard's office at the scene Of the
murder. K1ause said that the hand
kerchief was marked with ,indelible
ink, not embroidered with silk, as the
sheriff testified. He was shown
at the home of DR.. Koch, whose sister
told him they were marked with in
delible ink.
Much time was consumed in eliciting
testimony from Chief Klause regarding
the time required to walk and run from
DR.. Gebhard's office to the home of DIR.
Koch's father. Klause said he had
walked it in fifteen minutes and thirty
seconds and had made it running in
seven minutes and twenty seconds.
This testimony was regarded as ma
terial to the alibi defense, which holds
that the killing did not take place until
$40, whereas DR.. Koch has testimony
to show that he was at home at that
hour.
Scratch on the Palm
Chief Klause became somewhat rat
tied under cross-examination by Mr..
Abbott, though nowiSe nettIed. He tes-
titled that the injuries to DIR. Koch's
hand were on the fingers of the left
hand, to the best of his recollection, but
he was positive that DIR. Koch had suf-
fered a scratch on the palm of his left
hand. He told of examining DR.. Koch s
clothes on Nov. 4, then visiting DR..
Koch's home the next day and return
ing to. the doctors Office accompanied
by the sheriff and Detective Rydell.
During all this time you never said
anything to Dr. Koch about the wounds
on his hands?" inquired Mr.. Abbott.
No, SIR
Why not p"
81 didn't feel like sit was the reply.
The big audience snickered so loud
that Judge Webber raped for order
and said: Let us have quiet. Stop
this laughing.