The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-06
That is all | know"

where did he take you?" I'VE
went to restaurant"
What restaurant" 81 don't know"
What took placer" Frank said,
let's have something TO eat"
Leaving the restaurant room a mo-
ment, Boche said when he returned
he started to drink a cup Of coffee and
It was so bad he couldn't.
What happened then?' Frank
said, Come on, let's go over | don't
know what he meant"
What happened next?" 81 remem.
Der he throwed me in a hack"
What happened them? 81 got diz.
~"
when did you come to next and
where?" And then he told OF remem-
bering two men on top of him and
shooting. Here he acted out the strug-
gle that he claimed took place.
"Now Herman did you ever go over
to those houses before?" Eyes, | went
there to sell fish and ducks"
On cross examination Boche said
he had put his money in his pocket
| .
when you took 1t out to count It,,
you had $S40?" Eyes"
"You had all this money at home
before you started?" yes"
Boche Helped His Own Case.
| Boche left the stand at little be-
fore noon. 1t was generally conceded
that he had made good witness and
that he had supplied testimony to fill
In a number of missing links of the
chain of circumstances which the de-
tense has been trying to establish.
He had good control over himself
though he was nervous. His testi-
mony was that OF the densely ignor-
ant man. Questions were put to him
slowly. The fine points Of meaning in
the English language bothered him
somewhat. He seemed to be search
ing his brain for remnants of the trag-
edy of that May day.
Boche's attorneys we're very much
relieved at the showing made by him
on the stand. Nobody knew what he
would do or what he would testify be-
fore he went on the stand this morn
ing and his attorneys were apparently
nervous when he began testifying.
Boche said he did not recall having
been in the Ingham place the night of
the tragedy.
Fred Boche on Stand.
Before Herman Boche himself STEP
ped to the stand Fred Boche, the big
! Madison county giant, was examined
He testified that on the seventh or
eighth of May J. H. Conley came to
his camp to see Herman Boche, that
he was there an hour and half. Fred
Boche said that he went to the home
of Herman Boche with Conley and
Herman and that he saw Herman give
Conley his revolver.
Did Herman say, Here Is the re-
volver | shot farmer within" mo"
On cross-examination Fred Boche
swore that Herman was at his tent
about an hour and half and that he
came to the tent from the house.
Fred Boche is cousin to Herman
Boche.
Walter Boche, the son, was recalled
and questioned about the pocketbooks
that Herman Boche, his father used.
| William Uecher was recalled and
told more about the pig pen. Mrs.
Herman Boche was called and said
she did not know where Boche was be-
tween the time he left home and the
next night when the dog barked.
The state then rested.
Rebuttal Begins.
DR.. P. H. Salter was called in rebut-
tai He testified he reached the scene
of tragedy a few minutes before DR..
Tashjean. After caring for farmer he
and DR.. Tashjean examined the place
in the roadway where the shooting
had occurred. The dust was an inch
and a half thick and spotted with
blood. Many footprints were in the
dust. Apparently eight or ten people
had been walking around, some bare
footed
How the Ground Looked.
what did the condition Of the
ground look like?" Like there had
been many people looking at the place,
just as we were doing"
He found a bunch Of keys and fif-
teen cents in the dust.
But DR.. Tashjean testified that he
picked up the keys and handed them
to you" said Senator Allen. 81 dis
tinctly remember picking them up my
self"
Here there was a wrangle over DIR.
Tashjeans testimony but it was so
far buried in the heap of notes that
Senator Allen withdrew his question.
John Hermann of Norfolk was
called. He had entered the farmer
saloon on the evening of April 80 and
stayed until the saloon closed He
talked to Boche.
"Boche Proposed Restaurant Trip"
He did not remember all that Boche
said, but he did recall that Boche
asked him to go over to the restaurant
Did Not Leave by Back Door.
When the saloon closed, he said, he
and farmer and Boche and others left