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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
NEW ULM MURDER.
DR.. Koch on Trial for the Murder of Dr. Gebhardt

1t developed yesterday that when DR..
Koch was seen on the evening of Nov
l with bundle under his arm, he was
carrying a bottle of perfumery to Miss
Fitzpatrick. The jury was told. he did
not have the murderous hammer under
his arm, but a friendly Offering to the
young lady, on the occasion of her
birthday.
The scratches on DIR. Koch's hands
were received the Sunday before the
murder while the doctor was driving
with the young lady.
A number of witnesses We're called
to testify regarding DR.. Koch's actions
on the night of the murder. He was
located, substantially as claimed by the
state, up to the time he entered the
barber shop.
koch's Father on the Stand.
The defense then called the defend
ants father to the stand. Mr. Koch
testified that on the night of the MUIR
der he was sitting in the house when
his son George came in.
The witness was certain it was TWEEN
Saturday before he had talked to his
son about spending more of his even
ings at home. When the son came in
that night the father looked at the
clock and noticed the time. This evil
dence of the father is important, as il
is the basis of the alibi which the de
Tense expects to prove. DR.. Koch, &c
cording to the fathers testimony cid
not appear excited nor was his man
ner out of the ordinary.
Gen. Childs conducted the elder
Koch's cross eNamination but failed to
secure an admission that the father
might be mistaken in the time.
Defense Opens UP.
When court opened in the morning
Senator Somerville began his state
ment for the defense.
The defense purposes to prove that
man was seen entering the stairway
leading to DR.. Gebhardt's office some
murder, and the jury will be asked to
determine for themselves whether this
man or DR.. Koch committed the MUIR
der.
Senator Somerville said it will be
, proved that DR.. Koch did not send the
poison bottle, and that if he had
wished to poison DR.. Gebhardt the de-
PENDANT had enough arsenic in his Of
fee to kill fifty men. The murder,
Senator Somerville said. was the
Work of Maniac.
Moreover, he asserted, Dr. Koch and
DR.. Gebhardt had been close friends.
The defense will show that DR.. Koch
was az home when the murder was
committed. There will be no denial
that DR.. Koch had an advertising pen
Gil similar to the one found near the
body. but it will be shown that the de-
PENDANT still has the pencil
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
As a Preliminary.

SIN choosing bridesmaids" said the
IEoung girl who was about to be mar.
(ried, reading from her favorite home
Eaper, zone should take pains to select
Arls with gracefully poised heads, who
5Ytlk WE'LL"
= INST 6 her mother was about to
mend this very excellent idea the
4 gentleman gave scornful snort
and broke into the conversation.
We'll have a cake walk as a pre-.
lminary test" was all he said. But it
was enough. They refused to speak to
him for two days, at the expiration of
which time they were in need of more
moley.-New York Press.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Editor Brooks Says He Did Not Rec
ognize Murderer.


ognize Murderer.
New Ulm, Mimi, Jan. 13. The
states case against d.. G. r. Koch, ON
trial for the murder If DR.. l.. A. Geb-
hardt on the evening of Nov. /, came
to dramatic close 'hortly before 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The state has produced all it's wit
nesses against DR.. Koch and is ready
to rest A. P. Brooks, the editor, ana
the only eyewitness to the murder
was on the stand nearly all day. He
was called by the court. The state
and the defense had the benefit of the
cross-eXaminatiOn.
Brooks insisted that he did not rec
ognize the murderer while looking
through the transom over the door to
DR.. Gebhardt's office while the crime
was being committed. The crosse
animation by Gen. Chi.ds was severe.
but Brooks held to the essential points
of his testimony.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Handwriting and Typewriting Experts
Combat the States Claims.

Handwriting and Typewriting Experts
Combat the States Claims.
New ulm, Mimi, Jan. II. - One OF
the developments in the Koch murder
case yesterday was the receipt of
letter by j. Fl. Nogel from somebody
signing himself himself "John S"
saying that the writer murdered DR..
l.. A. Gebhardt
The letter was mailed at the st.
Anthony Park station, ST. Paul.
The sender was kind enough to in
close his picture. that of compare
lively young man of ordinary appear
ance The writer says he got money
for killing Dr. Gebhardt and getting
DR.. Koch into trouble.
DR.. Vogel turned the letter over to
detectives for the state. They attach
little Importance to it. but there will
be an attempt to run down the writer.
Saturdays Proceedings.
New Ulm, Mimi, Jan. 16.-A mass
of expert testimony relating to hand
writing and typewriting machines
Saturday prevented DR.. George R.
Koch from telling his own story on
the witness stand.
He will tell it, however, to-day and
he will tell it all. Nothing will be
kept back by fearful defense appre-
hensive of trouble from a full ex-
ploitation of the case.
Every fact connected with the hon.
icide will be laid bare, and if DR.. Koch
can clear up any obscure points, he will
do it, Nothing will be concealed.
Saturdays testimony was feature
less. The defense attempted to prove
to the jury that there was no doubt
that DR.. Koch severely burned his
hands by an accident at his home.
There was some expert testimony
tending to show that the address on
the poison package was not written on
the typewriting machine in the insur-
ance office; also expert evidence de-
uying that DR.. Koch wrote the word
sample on the poison bottle.
The Typewriter.
Carl Schram. the clerk in .he insur-
ance office. was told to explain the
typewriting machine III court He
testified that the roller had been
changed and that the carriage had
been Strengthened The effect of Mr..
Schram's testimony was to show that
the machine produced in court by
the state was not the machine in the
insurance Office.
George Singleton Of Minneapolis
was called as typewriting expert.
He testified that non-alignment of a
machine is due to wear on the bear
ings and that the machine in court
could not be expected to write twice
in the same manner.
S. p. Fulkrut 81 La Crosse was
called as an expert on typewriting He
said the address on the poison pack
age could not have been written on
the machine in court.
Henry Somsen. brother-in-law of
the defendant, was called and identi-
fed dozen samples of the defend.
ants handwriting.
G. G. Curtis of Minneapolis was
called as an expert on handwriting.
He attempted to demonstrate to the
jury that the word Sample" on the
poison bottle could not have been writ.
ten by DR.. Koch.
The testimony of Mr.. Curtis was
supported by corroborative testimony
from W. W. Smith, banker of Sleepy
Eye; Emil Hage, a banker of Hanska.
and W. e. Koch, brother of the de-
PENDANT
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
SUE MAITLAND FOR MINE STOCK.
Action Of Much Importance Started in
the Hills

Sic THIS.
A mining suit of much importance
| mas been commenced in Deadwood by
| prominent men against the Penobscott
Mining company and Alexander Matt
land, formerly lieutenant governor of
Michigan. The plaintiffs in the case
are X. NJ. Maloney, ]. G. Thomas, Burt
Rogers and Sol Rosenthal of Deadwood
and r. t. Dabney of Chicago.
The complaint alleges that F.. r.
Byrns, promoter and mining en-
gineer, and Alexander Maitland, agreed
to organize the Penobscot Mining COM
pany, Byrns to turn over to the COM
pany the May and johnson mining
claims in the Garden City district,
Byrns to have $4,000 shares of stock
for his services and Maitland to re-
ceive 100000 shares of the capital
stock.
1t is alleged that after the property
was turned over to the Penobscot COM
pany and accepted, that Maitland,
having control of the stock of the Pc
nobscot company, refused to issue to
Byrns his $4,000 shares, and further
refused to deed to the Penobscot COM
pany the valuable claims, but kept
them himself, and the name of the
company was changed to the Alexan.
der Maitland company.
Byrns subsequently sold a portion Of
his $4,000 shares of stock to the plant
IFS in the suit, who are now suing for
the stock.
The Alexander Maitland mine is one
of the greatest properties in the Hills.
1t is operating 300ton cyanide plant
and is shipping high-grade ore to Den
yer. Its output monthly is about Y45,-
600. The stock is considered very val
uable.
William Selbie, we'll known in &c
western part of this state as banker
and tinancier, has sold all his property
in Deadwood and removed to Los An
geles. He came to Deadwood in 1877
as an agent of the Northwestern
Transportation company, and has been
president of a bank at Deadwood and
at Whitewood.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Members of Koch Family Testify as to
Time Dentist Arrived Home.


New Ulm. Mimi, Jan. Is. - At the
close of court yesterday Senator Som
erville announced that G. R. Koch will
go on the stand as a witness in his
own defense in his trial for the MUIR
der of Dr. l.. A. Gebhardt.
Strongly Arrays Testimony.
Yesterdays proceedings in court
can be separated into three phases
alibi: to prove that DR.. Koch conduct
ed himself in the ordinary manner af-
ter the murder, and to establish that
the hammer found in DR.. Gebhardt's
office after the murder did not belong
to the Koch family and may have be-
longcd to the murdered dentist.
The hammer evidence was the most
striking produced by the defense yes
terday First there was an attempt to
create reasonable doubt in the minds
of the jurors as to the ownership of
the hammer, and, second, an attempt
to prove that the hammer did not be-
long to the elder Koch. as claimed by
the state.
Gebhardt Had Hammer
A. P Brooks was the first witness
called by the defense in regard to the
hammer testimony.
Brooks testified that Gebhardt had a
hammer resembling the one in evil
dence, but could not positively identi-
fly it.
G. w. Murfin testified that Gebhardt
had an old hammer but could not
identify 1t.
William E. Koch, the brother of the
defendant, was recalled to the stand to
testify as to an old hammer about his
fathers place. He said there was an
old hammer there when he was boy
"Is this the hammer" Senator Som
ervilIe asked.
The witness examined it long time
and finally answered.:
"No. sir
The witness then explained wherein
the hammer in evidence differed ma
terially from the one that had been
about his fathers place.
"How long since you saw the ham
mer?"
81 have not seen it for over a year"
e. G. Koch. the father. was recalled
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
SOUTH DAKOTA is THE THIRD.
South Dakota Is Third in the Gold Pro-
ducinu States,

ducing States.
The preliminary figures upon the
production of gold and silver in the
United States in 1904, submitted to the
director of the mint, show larger gains
over the preceding year than were en-
pected. Nearly every state of impor-
tant yield has increased it's output.
The Colorado yield is about $26,000,-
600, as compared with about $22,5OO,-
600 in the year 1903 California has
made the best output for many years,
due to a great supply of water and the
work of the dredges. Nevada and
Utah have made notable gains. South
Dakota and Alaska have beaten their
previous best resords. The Appalachian
region shows improvement. The Klon-
dixie shows a loss of about $2,0OO,0O0.
The preliminary figures by states and
territories are as follows:
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
Eleanor as a Thermometer.

* After Eleanor had been going to
Xschool for three weeks she arrived at
Nome in a great state of joyous excite
n,ent.
4 sob, mamma, mammal" she cried.
I'm going to be thermometer"
Mamma was bewildered and tried to
Sind out more. but all that Eleanor
: new was that the teacher had told
" that afternoon that next day she
enould be thermometer
At last mamma had to resign her.
/ self to let it remain mystery, but
4 later in the day she met the teacher
and found out that because Eleanor
had been so very, very good, the teach
er had decided to make her monitor.
Chicago Journal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
MUST PAY ANYWAY.
Pine County's Debt Under Unconstitu.
tionaI Law.

Mora, Mimi, Jan. 17-Pine county
will negotiate bonds for the sum Of
$4,000 to pay up the old Brook Park
road orders. These orders were issued
under special law for the purpose Of
building roads in the town of Brook
Park. The law vas declared uncon-
stitutional and Pine county resisted
payment of the orders. The matter
was taken to the courts where it was
held that the orders were valid obliga-
tons against the county. Several
hundred dollars of the orders are held
by persons in this city.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
MIGHT HAVE SAVED
\ Lot of Trouble From Too Much
Cf,rebv END


Starchy Food.
ESS little boy of eight years whose
k0|fs did not feed him on the right
&sssfs;zzM of food, was always nervous and
Sfeffered from a weak condition of the
Il Nsmach and bowls. Finally he was
IN down with appendicitis and
! :, Ter the operation the doctor, know.
ling that his intestinal digestion was
very weak, put him on Grape-Nuts
twice a day.
He rapidly recovered and about two
months thereafter his father states,
|.He has grown to be strong, muscu.
Mar. and sleeps soundly, weighs 62
pounds, and his whole system is in a
hne condition of health" Name given
I'm Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
! vt is plain that if he had been put
&m\ Grape Nuts at an earlier period in
Hhis\ life, and kept from the use of
FOODS that he could not digest, he new.
hr u luld have had appendicitis. That
hise;Ae is caused by undigested food
hecayins in the ston, lch and bowels,
l. bausing irritation an. making for the
krowth OF all kinds cf microbes, set
linz up diseased condition which is
he active cause of appendicitis, and
his is more marked WITH people who
. liz not properly digest white bread.
m Grape-Nuts is made Of the selected
NSlarts of wheat and bG..cy and by the
heculiar processes of The cooking at
Ne factory all of the starch is turned
mn sugar ready for immediate diges-
NJ and the more perfect nourish.
W. of all parts of the body, particu.
~ he brain and nerve centers.
A:l the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" found in each pkg.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
DIsFIGURlNG ULCER.
People Looked at Her in Amusement
Pronounced lncurabIe - Face
Now Clear as Ever-Thanks
Gnd for NiItici,r,

Mrs. P. Hackett of 400 Van Buren,
St, Brooklyn, N. Y, says: 81 wish
to give thanks for the marvellous cure
of my mother by Cuticura. She had
q )severe ulcer, which physicians had
pronounced incurable. 1t was ter.
rible Disagreement, and people would
stand in amazement and look after
her. After there was no hope from
doctors she began using Cuticura
Soap, Ointment and Pills, and now,
thank God, she is completely cured.
and her face is as smooth and clear
as ever.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
GRAND PRIZES.

South Dakota Stood Third at ST. Louis
Fair.
South Dakota received more grand
prizes and gold medals than any otner
state in the Union at the worlds fair
at st. Louis, excepting two states s..
w. Russell of Deadwood, president of
the South Dakota worlds fair commits
sion, has received list of all the
prizes awarded the South Dakota ex-
hibits. The Black Hills Mining Mems
association received a grand prize for
Its gold reduction plant; State of South
maps of the Black Hills; State OF
South Dakota, general collection min.
eral exhibit, gold medal South Dakota
school of mines, collection minerals,
gold medal; Burke Stone company, Hot
Springs, sandstone exhibit, silver med
al; East Sioux Falls quarry, silver
medal; Big Sioux Granite company,
Mica company, Custer, silver medal;
Clover Leaf Gold Mining company for
free gold specimens, silver medal;
Homestake Mining company, exhibit
of gold ore, silver medal; Lawrence
county, for transparencies, silver med
al; city of Deadwood, for Transparent
cies, silver medal; city of Lead, trans
parencies, silver medal; j. c. Spencer,
for transparencies of Sylvan lake, sill
yer medal; Edward J. Kidd, Deadwood,
for placer jig; Sioux Falls Black Gran
lite company, bronze medal; Cascade
Springs, for collection of calcites.
bronze medal; A. j. Johnson. linton.
for tin ore. bronze medal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
LASTING RELIEF.

My nightly rest was broken, owing
to Irregularities of the kidneys. 1
suffered intensely from severe pains
in the small of my back and through
the kidneys and was annoyed by pain
full passages of abnormal secretions.
Doctors failed to relieve me. | began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills and ex-
perienced quick ard lasting relief.
Doan's Kidney Pills will prove bless
ing to all sufferers from kidney disor-
ders who will give them fair trial."
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
proprietors. For sale by all druggists,
price SO cents per box.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
Guilty of wife Murder.

Milwaukee, Jan. 15.-William Not
ten was last night found guilty of MUIR
der in the first degree by jury in
Judge Braces court. Molten was
charged with the murder of his wife
on Sept. IL last.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
Assaulted Man NAV Die

Clinton, Iowa, Jan. 12-Jens veers.
mersch, an aged man, lies at his home
here in critical condition as the re.
suit of an assault made on him by his
son-in-law, who had deserted his wife.
who was staying with her parents.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
Died From lniuries

Two Harbors. Mimi, Jan. 12.-Gust
Anderson, a lumberman employed at
Murphy Bros. camp No. l. sixteen
miles north Of here, is dead from In.
juries received by being struck by a
falling limb OF a tree.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20

Pierre, S. D., Jan. 15.-The body of
an unidentified man supposed to have
frozen to death, was found near the
forks of the Bad river, sixty-fve miles
west of Fort Pierre, and is being
brought here for an inquest.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
On the Strand.

The Leading Man-Whats to be
done? We've got the wrong trunks.
The Pessimistic Stage Manager
Aw, what of it? What difference will
it make to the hotelkeeper Puck.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
Ask New Fair BUILDINGS.

Pierre, S. D., Jan. ~. - The state
fair board met here last evening and
decided to ask for an appropriation of
SIS, 900 for buildings on the grounds
at Huron and $4,000 year for two
years for premiums.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
Tyranny.

She-I think we might as we'll break
off our engagement.
He-Why?
She-Because you just say why"
in such cold-blooded way-Philadel.
pha Bulletin.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
Farmer Killed by Train,

Winthrop Mimi, Jan. II. William
Goodman, living nine miles southeast
of town, while driving. was killed
last evening by a Minneapolis & St.
Louis passenger train two miles east
Of town.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-01-20
Frozen Body Found.

connecting DR.. Koch with the murde
The Colorado statesman., 1905-10-07
Sailor Owned Entire Household
for Few Weeks and Mixed
Among the Natives as One of
Themselves.

Looking about ir 1ongkong for
oongenial household wherein to make
my home for d few weeks, l fell in
with most friendly Chinaman-an
elderly person whose family consisted
of himself, his wife. several children.
two sampans and certain wooden gods
of various sizes and degrees of pow
er. | acquired the whole for SIS and
was supposed to own everything, in
Guiding the gods, for a period of three
months. with board in the bargain.
The food was good, too. well sea-
sc.ed and palatable, though 1 did not
always know just what l was eating
| gained flesh and | really saw some
thing of China during those three
months. The old man found his chief
occupation in being head of the house
hold and smoking opium, while lis
wife did washing for the vessels in
The Colorado statesman., 1905-10-07
Saw Real Chinese Life in Hongkong

the harbor. and ran the two samTans.
She also acted as my foster mother
and sometimes took me in a sampan
to collect or deliver laundry, and
found myself endorsing the establish
ment among the ships of my acquaiH-
tance. Often my foster sisters" took
me in tow and we visited the neigh
bors or some theater or took delight
full rambles into the country, climb
ing the terraced hillsides to get =
view of the splendid harbor. l really
enjoyed being Jack in clover" for q e
time, and acquired a great fondness
for the Chinese life as | saw it. AS a
sailor | had let my hair grow long.
and l now braided it in a pigtail pnt
on the national costume, and with
tan and a little tint applied by my
merry relations" l passed Wen
enough for native to have a good
deal of sport and to perpetrate nuIh-
ber of jokes, one of which came near
landing me in Chinese prison. if not
on the execution bloak.-Pearson'
Magazine.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-10-07
One Bed Sufficed for All Present

Wal, / reckon 1 kin stand it if yor
kim So we unhitched, went in, anu
found twas only a two-room shanty
and just swarmin' with children. He
mad six from four to eleven years old.
and as there didn't seem to be but one
bed, me an Stony was wonderin' what
in thunder would become of us.
They gave us supper, good hog and
hominy, the best they had, and then
the old woman put the two youngest
kids to bed. They went straight 10
sleep. Then she took those out, laid
them over in the corner, put the next
two to bed-and SO on. After all the
children were asleep on the floor the
old folks went in the other room an6
told us we could go to bed if Wa
wanted to, and, bein' powerful tired
out, we did.
well, sir, the next morning when
we woke up we were lying over in
the corner with the kids, and the old
man and the old woman had the bed"
-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Logan and daugh-
ter: Mrs. Hattie Overman of Denver:
Mrs. Julia jackson of Idaho Springs:
Mrs. Emma Covington of Atchison,
Kans.: Mrs. Anna Bell Mack of Chicago
and Mrs Mamie Brown Mitchell of He
lena, Mont, comprised party that
spent very enjoyable outing at Mani
tou and Colorado Springs Sunday
They ate dinner at the Halfway house
of Pixies Peak and after dining sump-
teously, the latter three of the party
journeyed on to the summit of the Peak,
while the rest descended to the foot.
The trio had thrilling experience
before reaching their destination.
Dark overtakcn them and they imagined
seeing all kinds of wild beasts, but the
bear was the most impressed on their
minds. The halted and with Mrs. Gov
ington as mistress of ceremonies they
offered up a series of prayers asking
that they be protected from old bruIn.
Their offerings were sandwched with:
Lord if you can't help us don't help
the bear" Their pleadings were un-
doubtedly answered as they reach their
destination safe but found the thero-
mometer registering 10 below 0.