The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
VERDICT OF kANGAUGHIER N bOCHE CASE
THE JURY DELBERA1ES SIXTEEN HOURS

attic day in the trial of Herman Boche,
charged with the murder OF Frank
farmer, the day when the defense
places It's best witnesses on the stand
and draws the threads Of evidence al.
ready presented into the story upon
which the attorneys OF Herman Boche
will make the final plea for his acQuit-
tai. The testimony Of the witnesses
placed on the stand yesterday after
noon after the state had given way
to the defense was to pave the way
today.
Seven witnesses, DR.. A. b. Tashjean,
John p. Classen, Emil Koehn, Edna
Ingham. Jack Koenigstein, julius HUH
and William d. Uecker. were called
! to testify for the defense yesterday
between 3:30 p. m. when the defense
chain OF evidence and 6 o'clock when
a recess was taken until 8 this morn
ing.
BY the testimony Of the county at
torney himself II was established
that Frank farmer was virtually a
bankrupt at the time Of the tragedy
last May. 1t was an unusual incident
in the trial when the prosecuting at
torney was asked to step into the
stand by the attorney for the defense
to give testimony on a rather import
ant point
The most important testimony of
the afternoon was the declaration of
DR.. A. b. Tashjean of Norfolk, called
to the scene Of the tragedy as ply
stefan, that the soil of the street in
front of the resort showed that a
struggle had taken place.
Struggle Took Place.
DR.. Tashjean was the first witness
on the regular program of the defense,
though at the time the state rested
its case j. II. Conley and William
Stokes were called to the stand to
impeach the testimony of Lee Vroman,
cab driver and star witness for the
state.
DR.. Tashjean, who has been pract-
icing physician in Norfolk since 1884,
| was called to care for farmer after
the shooting, arriving about $50,
| half an hour or so after the shooting.
DR.. Tashjean was brought at once to
the spot in the roadway where farmer
| lost his life.
The sandy and easily impressible
soil, DR.. Tashjean testified, showed the
signs of a struggle. The doctor had
made the investigation to satisfy his
own curiosity. Fresh blood easily es-
tablished the spot where farmer fell.
An irregular circular place, of a dia-
meter of six or seven feet, was mark
ed with heavy footsteps, the condition
of the ground indicating the struggle.
Part of the foot prints had been oblit-
Grated by the dragging of farmers
body towards the porch of the Ingham
place. On the spot where farmer was
killed, in the dirt of the road and
partly covered by the dirt DR.. fash
jean found bunch of keys and a
dime. All this was brought out by
Senator Aliens examination.
DR.. Tashjean's testimony was not
greatly altered by a rigid examina
ton by Judge Jackson for the state
DR.. Tashjean made the point that the
dragging of the body had obliterated
only part of the tracks and that from
their size the tracks had been made
by men. The soil also held the tracks
of the women who went barefooted to
farmers assistance.
| Photographs Identified.
| John p. Classen, a Madison photo
grapher, was called to the stand to
identify the photographs which have
been used extensively during the trial
He testified that he had taken the
pictures last November at Senator
Aliens request. The pictures includ
resort
Defense Not Strengthened.
Emil Koehn, Norfolk saloonkeeper
was called as man who had been In
the saloon Of farmer the night of the
tragedy. His testimony as far as con
| CtIueu TIE llulueuldlS SNSulS VI Iue
evening and Herman Boche's condition
did not strengthen the cause Of the
defense.
Herman Boche, Koehn testified
came into the farmer saloon about
1O:30 p. m. Ten or fifteen men were
In the saloon and about five or six
we're there when the saloon closed and
farmer and Boche walked down Nor
folk avenue together. Herman Boche
treated the crowd and it cost hin
ninety cents. Boche had farmer take
a drink on the dime left. There was
no quarrel between the men thai
Koehn could see.
Koehn testified that he belonged tC
both the Sons of Herman and the
Eagles, fraternal organizations. Jar
mer, he said, was charter member
of the Sons of Herman and Boche hat
been in for about two years. Bocht
belonged to the Eagles while Jarmel