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JOUBNAL
Tuesday
16 Pages
gledgedemits
Competitor
12 Pag es
48 Columns Adv.*
62 Cols. Beading
31 Columns Adv.
52 Cols. Beading
"BUSTED" CORNER
DUE TO BIGELOW
Wheat Held by Milwaukee Bank
er Was Sold at Critical
Time.
GATES-ARMOUR CLIQUE,
WAS WHOLLY MYSTIFIED
Somebody Was Selling Wheat
Heavily and Big Speculators
Suspected Each Other.'
Carrying a long line of wheat till
lis own and his bank's resources were
exhausted, F. G. Bigelow, the Mil
waukee banker, let go just in time to
"bust" the Gates corner beyond re
pair.
This is the latest development in the
aftermath of the great battle in wheat.
I indicates that the great smash was
not expected by the men who were
manipulating the market. A Gates
Armour conference had been held in
Chicago. Gates had not abandoned the
deal, but was girding up for the fight
of his life.
Preliminary to the final battle a
"shakeout" was arranged. A the
bottom of the "shakeout" the great
line of wheat carried by Bigelow, un
known to anyone but his confidential
brokers, was loosened. Face to face
with ruin, unable to carry over his
hea vy committment, Bigelow had to
let go. Millions of bushels from this
unknown source came upon the mar
ket. Quarrels broke out between the
principal manipulators. Gates, in a
Btormy session, accused his friends of
secretly selling out on him, and they
In turn suspected him of duplicity.
Against all attempts to check it, the
wheat poured out. Turning at last,
Gates threw his final load upon the
market and smashed it entirely. Then
came the Bigelow crash, the run on
the First National Bank of Milwaukee,
and they secret was out.
Gates in a Bed Bag e.
A Chicago man here today says the
second meeting of the Chicago party
was stormy an"d acrimonious beyond de
scription. Stirred by insinuations,
Gates was beside himself wi th passion.
His father's illness and death had put
him under a great strain and this, with
the weight ol his wheat, was enough to
break down an' ordinary man. It had
been agreed in former secret conference
that the market should be permitted to
sag off 5 cents, pending the return of
Gates to the board of trade. This, it
was expected, would free the market
from the small holders, and make it pos
sible for Gates to work his final move.
"When the market went below the
level expected, and nothing could rally
1 it, nine men met by hurry call, and
glared at one another.
"Gentlemen," said Gates, I have
bee'D* accused of many things, but honor
is a part of my makeup. I pledged
myself no to sell my big line, and you
that you would not sell,
omeon liquidating heavily,
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Every man avowed his sincerity and
denied that he was false to the com
pact and amidst accusation and recrimi
nation, the insinuation was made that
Gates himself, while openly making a
grand bluff, was really the secret seller.
Meanwhile the Bigelow family trage
dy was being enacted in Milwaukee.
Long probably 5,000,000 bushels of May
wheat, Bigelow had alreadv falsified the
accou'tfts of his bank, to the extent of
$1,500,000, and stood on the ragged
edge.. Saturday's terrific fall sent him
to ruin. His wheat poured out. Con
vinced that he was being done up by
nis friends, Gates threw up the sponge
and gave the order to sell, an'd after
that it was only a question of who
could sell first.
BIGELOW OVER ESTATE
for Defaulting Banker an Executor
Brodhead Million.
Milwaukee, April 26.A dispatch
from Kingston, N. Y., says: "Frank
G. Bigelow, the defaulting banker, is
an executor of the estate of thela te
E. H. Brodhead of Milwaukee and for
merly of Ulster county, this state. Mr.
Brodhead left an estate estimated by
heirs here to have been worth $1,000,-
000, and it is understood that its secu
rities are under the direct con
trol of Bigelow. The Kingston heirs
include the family of John C. Brod
head, and they are now asking an in
vestigation to ascertain whether Bige
low has made improper use of any of
the Brodhead funds."
Bigelow Denies in Part.
Mr. Bigelow, when shown the Kings
ton dispatch, said:
"Most of the personal property of
the Brodhead estate was divided some
years ago. The estate consists princi
pally of real estate. I owe some money
to John C. Brodhead, but not a large
amount. I expect to see John C. Brod
head thia afternoon."
George P. Miller, attorney for the
Brodhead estate, also said the bulk of
the property consisted of real estate
not affected by the defalcation. The
personal property, Mr. Miller said, was
under the immediate control of Mr.
Bigelow.
Another story that Bigelow has
turned over stock in ah electrical com
pany to the amount of $1,800,000 to his
wife is untrue. It was stated today
at the First National bank that the
stock was turned over to the bank some
time ago by Mr. Bigelow as security for
a loan.
Interest now centers in the capture of
the former assistant cashier, Henry G.
Goll, who is believed to have left the
city. United States Marshal Thomas
J3. Eeed-has enlisted the services of the
ci ty police and Chief John T. Jensen has
farge
iotified the police departments in every
city of the country to look out for
him. The authorities are confident of
effecting his capture within a short
time..
Business Normal Again.
Milwaukee, April 26.The excite
ment in banking circles caused by the
defalcation of Frank G. Bigelow, former
president of the First National bank of
this city, has entirely subsided' and
business has again assumed normal con
ditions. There was a total absence of
depositors within the region of any of
the banks prior to the opening of the
doors for business.
The depositors ho for two days
clamored for their mon^y at two of the
banks were given reassurance from so
many sources of soundness of the in
stitutions affected that the excitement
died away almost as rapidly as it had
sprung up.
OBEEST WANTED IN MONTANA.
Special to The Journal.
Lo Crosse, Wis., April 26.William P. Oberst
is under arrest here charged with grand lar
ceny He is wanted at Phillpsbnrg, Mont.,
where he will be taken by the sheriff.
DUKE HITS BACK
AT MR. CARNEGIE
Manchester Suggests Coachmen
Are More Appropriate to the
Carnegie Clan.
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DUKE OF MANCHESTER,
Who Suggests that Carnegie Ask Serv
ants to His Board.
New York Sun Special Service.
New York, April 26.The Duke of
Manchester, who is in town for a few
days before returning to England, was
asked today whether he had noticed
Andrew Carnegie's comparison of
dukes and coachmen in connection wi th
the marriage of his niece, Miss Nancie
Carnegie, to James Hever, formerly a
groom in the family.
I was much edified by Mr. Car
negie's announcement that he pre
ferred a coachma'n to a duke as a
nephew-in-law," replied the duke.
"Perhaps, all things considered, it is
more appropriate. For once I am able
to compliment Mr. Carnegie on his
sense of fitness."
"Do you mean that Mr. Carnegie is
not sinoere in his protest of democ-
racy?" he was asked. And he made
hasty correction:
Please do not get such an idea as that.
On the contrary, Mr. Carnegie's utterances
have convinced me that he *s at heart
a thoro democrat. It is. I suppose, the
conditions in Great Britain that have
compelled him to attempt to reconcile a
democratic mind with a body living in a
feudal castle surrounded by more than
feudal luxury.
Should Ask Servants to Table.
I wonder that he has not ere now car
ried out the feudal idea of presiding at a
common table for his whole household.
For surely, one cannot wish one's rela
tions to marry a class of people whom
one is not willing to ask to one's own
table.
Do not misunderstand me. I thoroly
appreciate- Mrs. Hever*s position in tha
affair. She "apparently has married the
man she loves, which is the only proper
and right marriage for a girl to make, and
I believe it is the kind the lovely and
intelligent American girl nearly always
does make. The story of Dick Whitting
ton Is to me most sympathetic
"You spoke of Mr. Carnegie's feudal
life at Skibo castle was suggested.
'''Is he not at the same time distribut
ing an enormous fortune in a philan
thropic manner?" The duke replied:
The Library Business.
I have had an opportunity of seeing the
working of some of Mr. Carnegie's free
libraries in Great Britain. The idea Is
grand, but, alas, some of the landowners
on the other side at least are perverted
enough not to appreciate the privilege of
being allowed to subscribe anonymously
to Mr. Carnegie's extensive scheme of
advertising.
In some cases in England of bequests
by Mr. Carnegie of smaller sums, ranging
from $5,000 to $15,000, the town to which
the grant is made is practically owned
by one or two men. As the grant is only
conditional to the provisions of a free
site, and the imposing of the highest pos
sible tax, this as a rule means that the
local landowner gives more In cash be
sides paying all the maintenance of the
library which is to bear Mr. Carnegie's
name. In other capes, the burden of con
ditions falls in many instances on a very
poor people, who And the gift almost im
possible of acceptance because they can
not afford the extra 2-pence on the-rates
besides the cost of the site.
ASK ALDRICH TO
REYISE TARIFF
Shaw and Treasury Officials
Await Return of Senate's
Financial Director.
New York Sua Speeial Service.
Washington,* April 26.Secretary
haw and other officials are awaiting
the return of Senator Aldrich, chairman
of the finance committee of the senate,
from Europe to discuss wi th him the
action to be taken to increase the reve
nues of the government. A deficiency
of $35,000,000, which is promised for
the present fiscal year, and which will
be repeated next year Un'less great
economy in appropriations is observed
by the next congress, has raised the
question of the revision of the tariff in
a more pressing form than has beett the
case since the Dingley act was pending.
The treasury department states first
that the proposition which is made
wheW the revenues decrease under high
protective tariff is lower the bars an*d
increase importations. But this is op
posed by Speaker Cannon, Senator Al
drich and others, and by President
Roosevelt, tho he made no secret of his
intention to "urge revision and finally ac
quiesced in it.
Expecting a deficiency, the high tariff
men proposed a tax on coffee, but this
aroused opposition from all parts of the
country, and it is doubtful if it will be
seriously advanced. The democrats
would like nothing better than such a
tax, because they believe it would be a
great vote getter for the party.
NOMINATED IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 26.The repub
lican state convention today nominated
the following ticket by acclamation: State
treasurer, J. Lee Plummer, Hollidaysburg
superior court judges, Charles E3. Rice of
Wilkesbarre, George B. Orlady of Hunt
ington and James A. Beaver of ,Belle
fonte. Secretary Andrews of the 'repub
lican state committee was elected state
chairman to succeed United States Sen
ator Penrose.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY'
CLDBS CLEVELAND
Pioneer Woman Suffragist Replies
to Former President's Attack
on Women's Clubs.
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Who Doubts Orover Cleveland Wrote At
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New York Sun Special Service.
Kochester^ N. Y April 26.Susan B.
Anthony, pioneer woman suffragist,
gave out a statement at her home yes
terday in reply to the article written
for the Ladies' Home Journal by Gro
ver Cleveland attacking women's clubs.
Miss Anthony says:
In the first place, the article does not
sound like Mr. Cleveland to me and I am
inclined to the belief that somebody else
wrote it and got him to sign it to make
some money.
Mr. Cleveland is quoted as saying that
religious, charitable and benevolent or
ganizations of women are all right, and
that literary clubs and those aiming to
get the ballot for women are all wrong.
The fact is that when women join chari
table and benevolent organizations they
soon And they cannot do anything without
the ballot.
The reason is this: In a large majority
of cases the objects of charity are the
results of drink, gambling or visiting
brothels. In other words, the money of
the men whose families need charitable
aid goes for some one of these vices and
the women can't help these men unless
they can close the saloons, gambling
places and brothels. For that reason the
women want to vote.
So, when Mr. Cleveland admits that
women may safetly join charitable, relig
ious and benevolent organizations he at
once brings in the ballot, which alone can
aid these clubs successfully.
This little movement against us headed
by Mr. Cleveland, because he now has
to take the lea%^ will scarcely make a
ripple. They may shout as much as they
please, woman suffrage will come.
HAY TO RESUME
HELM OF STATE
Secretary Is to Return Next
Month and Continue at His
DeskHealth Restored.
Washington, April 26.John Hay
will return to Washington and resume
the office of secretary of state. This
information is based upon a cablegram
received by the state department from
the secretary himself, which indicates
his purpose to resume his position as
premier in the cabinet some time next
month. In the message Mr. Hay in
dicated he had practically recovered
his health and gave instructions regard
ing several international matters which
required his personal attention.
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BAN&A TRIAL
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Kalderwit's Attorney Will Not
Reveal the Fair Stranger's
*jjr Identity.
STATE IS BIHLDpra UP
CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE
McGhee for the Defense Repeats
His Tactics in Calderone
s~ Case.
From a Staff Correspondent.'
Anoka, Minn., April 26 There is to
be a mysterious woman in the Kalder
wit murder ease, now on trial. She is
here and attends all the s'essions.' When
Slalderwit,
ossible, during recesses she speaks with
Her identity is a mystery.
She arrived on the morning train from
the tw in cities today and went at once
to the courthouse. When questioned,
she refused to acknowledge any connec
tion with the ease and: refuses to talk
of herself.
Attorney F. L.~McGhee, under whose
watchful eye the woman is, says:
"She is a part of the mysterious con
tents of the little green bag in which
I carry this case."
McGhee also states that she will be
placed on the stand it the state intro
duces a certain piece of evidence which
it is known to have.
One of the Minneapolis detectives
present says she is probably Kalder
wit's sister. McGhee refuse to affirm
or deny the statement, and keeps close
watch of the witness. Sl*e bears a re
semblance to the defendant.
Jury Has Freedom.
The jurors in the case, contrary to
the usual custom in murder trials, haye
been allowed to come and go as they
please about the town.^. As- there are
no facilities for quartering them at the
courthouse, Judge Giddings, who is per
sonally acquainted witb^very man1,
Smlease,took
nas
allowed them freedoms They have been
allowed to read newspapers and to
come and go wheto' and where they
when not on duty. Judge Gid
the matter up at the after
noon session today, and for the remain
der of the time the jury will probably
be kept together, and allowed to talk
to nobody.
The humdrum of the -monotonous
court proceedings was broken during
the morning session. A alarm of fire
was rung in. A the call, floated in
thru the open window, over half the
spectators, who a moment before had
been nodding in their places, jumped
to their feet. Those who were mem
bers of the volunteer fire department
rushed to their duty outside.
Several witnesses came up fronv
Minneapolis today. Mr. and Mrs. Da
vid Wrifcht and Mr. and Mrs. F.rank
Dom will appear as, witnesses for the
state. They will testify to seeing the
three prisolSfer krAtimgykaniby of the
Mingo salooB-^fi th||J!|nig1it of Nov. 22.
Mrs. Dorn was afsihft outside in a
Jbuggy as the thfiSfe left* te place. The
first reports^old of ij, woman 'connected
wi th the, ase, who waited outside to
carry the murderers away.
The mistake was soon discovered and
Mrs. Dorn will be a valuable witness
for the state. Detectives E Helin,
fCharles Brown and Andrew Crummy are
also here as witnesses. William and
Mike Weisman, Minneapolis, pawn
brokers, who had some business with the
defendant, are also to appear.
Mauley's Testimony from NoteSr
L. E. Stetler, a special court reporter
from Minneapolis, will read the testi
mony of G. M. Manley, the streetcar
conductor, who was killed last Janu
ary. Mr. Stetler took the testimony at
the preliminary hearing in December.
The three suspects rode on Manley's
car and were positive identified by him.
The stae fired a bomb at the defense
when John King, the father of the
dead: boy, testified that he and his son
took the same car to Columbia Heigh ts
with thre three alleged murderers.
This part of Mr. King's testimony was
Continued on 2d Page, 3d Column.
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WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH OUR EX-PRE&IDENTB7-SUSAN B. ANTHONY KNOWS,
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\NfQN 2SE SHOT*
KOCH WAS SHORTLY'
BEFORE THE
War Department Gives Street
Railway Authority to Lay
Tracks into Reservation.
After much delay and controversy
between the citizens, politicians and
war department, a revocable license has
finally been granted to the Minneap
olis Street Bailway company by the
secretary of war to extend its line to
Fort Snelling.
The license, which reached St. Paul
yesterday, bears the date of April 13,
and the -signature of Assistant Secre
tary of War Oliver. It stipulates that
the company may construct, operate
and maintain an electrics street railway
on the United States military reserva
tion of the fort that the work shall be
done subject to the approval of the post
commanding officer that he license
shall be subject to such rules and regu
lations in the interest of order and dis
cipline as the post commander may
from time to time prescribe, and that
upon the revocation or uefinquishment
of the license the railway shall remove
any buildings or other property of its
own on the reservation as the secretary
of war dictates.
The work wi$ be commenced at an
early date and pushed rapidly to com
pletion so that the line will be in opera
tion by midsummer or later.
SOME OF THE WITNESSES ':-*-?&
AGAINST DEFENDANT KOCH
HESSIAN FLY BUSY IN
NEBRASKA GRAIN FIELDS
Lincoln, Neb., April 26.Reports
from manj' counties of the state indi
cate that the Hessian fly is busy, and
many wheat fields will be devastated by
the pest. Some grain men estimate
that the wheat will be damaged 20 per
cent in the central section of the state.
ROBBED WHILE AT PRAYER.
Chicago, April 26.When kneeling In
prayer during the communion services in
Trinity Episcopal church Miss Abby Ray
mond was robbed of her purse, contain
ing $5.72, by a man who had entered the
church and knelt down beside her. He
was captured by the police and gave the
name of Joseph Stobe, 28 years of age.
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Salary'Loan Sharks Stall Doing
Business Despite the New
Law.
RATES ON LOAN OF $50
doing business at the bid stand and at %leAedS*
the old philanthropic rates of interest.
Out of five Minneapolis brokers that S*
were seen today, three were only too
willing to make a loan and take an'
assignment of-salary as security. Ap
parently the new law had no effect
the future as will in part guard against
loss.
The first one of the brokers visited,
who has elegantly^ furnished, offices in
one of the down-town office buildings,
has a" young lady to transact the busi
ness for him. She sweetly informed
the applicant that a twenty-weeks'
loan of $50 on salary would cost only
$78. ThiB particular broker has offices
all over the country arid supplies his
agents wi th a printed table giving the
rates at which each loan is to be re
paid by the week. The ^full amount
for which he will be bled is left to
the borrower to figure out for himself.
Broker No. 2, who occupies offices,
in the same building, was a little more
lenient. asked only $69.80 for the
same amount, but seemed to have a
preference for married people.
The third broker went still a little
below the standard rates established
by No. 1. A trifle of $63 and cost for
''making out papers" was all he re
quested for his kindness in loaning
$50 for three months. A he failed to
state the cost of making out papers,
there is still some hope for him to be
classed with his colleague. Nos. 4 and
5 refused to make a loan on the salary
basis, but were very willing to advance
all the money desired on furniture,
etc., at a reasonable rate of interest.''
TEN PLUNGED TO
DEATH IN MINE
Cage Palls 400 Feet to Bottom and
Victims Are Crushed to
Death in the Debris.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 26.Ten
miners were instantly crushed to death
today at the Conyngham mine in the
northern part of this city. The men
were being lowered into the mine, and
when 350 feet from the surface the repe
broke and the cage fell to the bottom
of the shaft, a distance of 400 feet. A
rescuing party was at once organized.
The bodies of the men, terribly man
gled, were found at the bottom of the
shaft beneath a mass of debris
Most of the victimsUved inihe vicin
ity of the mine, and when the rescuers
brought the crushed forms to the sur
face a large crowd was in waiting. The
grief of the relatives of the dead was
heartrending.
Superintendent Foote says he is at a
loss to account for the accident.
BIRTH INSURANCE GO.
BARRED FROM MONTANA
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Special to The Journal.
Helena, Mont., April. 26.Because
the laws of Montana contain no pro
visions for the regulation of such com
panies, H. E. Cunningham, state audit
or^ has denied, the application of the
American Birth Insurance company of
Boston. Mass., to enter the Montana
field.
The company places a premium upon
births, paying the insured from $200
to $500 upon the birth of a child, the*
exact amount being determined by the
number of payments made.
Mr. Cunningham said he was a firm
believer in President Boosevelt 's "anti
race suicide policy, but was compelled
to shut out the company from this state
for tbe reason stated, ^j^S&ki.
Great Detective Story
"SILVER BLAZE"
I Saturday's Journal.
KOCH'S LAUGH IS
-HEARD IN COURT
Evidence of German Girl Dispells
Gloom of Murder Horror for
a Moment. I I
STATE MAY PUT BROOK?
ON THE WITNESS STAND
Judge Webber Himself and Other
Witnesses May Be Called' I
to Impeach.
By W. P. McGulre.
Mankato, Minn., April 26.Local in
terest in the Koch trial is waxing.
When court opened this morning every
seat in the big room was occupied. Dr.
Koch was accompanied by his father
and his brother William. Mrs. T. E
Zelle, at whose home Dr. Gebhardt
lived, was in court wi th Henry and
Emma Gebhardt.
Spectators, counsel, jurors and even
George R. Koch, the defendant, laughed
outright in court today, despite the re
peated admonitions of Judge Cray that
quiet must be preserved in order that
there might not be given any expres
sion of approval or disapproval of the
statements of witnesses. Cecelia Mer
tinka, with her quaint German accent
and idiom, created the merriment and
relieved the proceedings of some of
their awsome features, as she graph
ically described the sound.she heard
of the struggle in Dr. Gebhardt's office.
Miss Mertmka is the girl who, with
Joseph Polta and Frances Eoesch, was ^s
attracted by the cries of the dying den
tist. She is 17, has a red face and 1
auburn hair, which was partly covered\j
by a brand-new, wide-brimmed straw ,tf
hat, on which trembled dozens of pink 3$
rosebuds. In striking contrast was her?'
new bright-blue dress. 4*
Under cross-examination by Senator^
Somerville, testimony amus-4
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Np. 1. No. 2. No. 3.
$1-00 $1.00 none Application fee..
Cash paid to
borrower
No. of Install-
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Amount each In-
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assignments- of wag^, tffey are still! Bf**
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of their only security by nullifying r?
evidenwas
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sincerity
of the witness and her painstaking en
deavors to comprehend and answer in
telligibly. A times tears glistened ra.pm
her eyes, but she stoutly held them^I
back and while admitting that at the **J
first trial she was so scared that she^
could not tell accurately as to the time,
she maintained that she was not scared
a bit today.
Defense Confuses Witness.
She became cenfused under Senator
Womerville's close, sharp questioning
and couldn't tell how many*
minutes there were in an hour,
nor how many seconds in a
minute, nor whether she had left home
that night at a quarter to nine" or
three-quarters to nine," and when
pressed for an explanation of what she
meant by "three quarters to nine" she
could give none.
Her testimony as to what she heaTd*
on the night of the murder
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make their clients sign such papers in
shouted these exclamations in such
peculiarity of the girl'
how terribly significant they were-.
Prolonged Cries.*
She declared, as Mr. Polta, that the^'
cries continued while she and her com
panions walked across the street and
for two or three minutes when they
stood there. In that time, she said,
a man whoni she did not know, but
whom Polta described as Brooks, came
out of the hallway*. She asserted that
he was walking slowly at the time.
This man, she said, spoke to another
man there on the sidewalk and the two
went upstairs. The cries continued,
but she said there was no noise as of
scuffling or stamping of feet,nor any
conversation that she could hear"only
the howling.'' When the two men went
upstairs, she said, she and Polta and
Miss Eoesch went on up Minnesota
street. They could hear the cries until
they had walked nearly half a block.
Pol ta %aid that he hada heard, besides
the screams, a noise which he thought
was that of the knocking over of a chair
followed by a bump and a rumbling as
tho a metal spittoon had been bowled
over and had 'rolled across the floor.
Polta fixed the time at which he heard
these noises as 9?30.
The circumstance which he related
was that he had walked three blocks
from the Ottomeyer block when the
clock struck fifteen minutes to 10. H
explained his slow progress by the fact
that he was wi th only one of the girls
at that time.
Behnke's Dramatic Story. %_.,
A dramatic story of the discovery of
the fact that murder was being done in
Dr. Gebhardt's office and of the break
ing into the room where the dead man
*ay was told by Frank Behnke.
Behnke was the first man, after
Brooks, to rush upstairs. passed
Policeman Weisenborn on the landing
on the way up. They tried all the doors
and found them locked. Weisenborn
rushed downstairs and got a stool from
the Beview office. Standing on this,
he looked over the transom, and then
yelling," "Oh, mercy 1 jumped down
again.
kicked at the door several times.
Then Behnke said, "Let me get at it."
thereupon broke in the door.
His!
description of the position^of the body,
the overturned chair, the ruffled rug
ered
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map and safe, all indicating, as he
said, that there had been a scuffle or
fight, was the same as he gave at the
first trial. then told of picking up
the hammer and handkerchief in the
receptionroom, three feet from the oper
atingroom door.
This afternoon, when Behnke's tes
timony was finished, William Cava*
naugh, the plumber who went upstairs
with Brooks, was called.
I Judge Weber May Testify.
A interesting as conversation relat
ing to the trial itself is the continuous
discussion here of the situation as to
Asa P. Brooks. Stories of plans for
radical action in the case of the New
Ulm newspaper man are heard on every
hand.
Persons closely associated in this trial
with counsel for the state declare that
the prosecution has made elaborate
preparations to impeach the testimony
of Brooksj who at the last trial declared
that he saw the murderer, that it was
not Koch, and that he did not know who
it was.
It was said this afternooaJby $, man
who has worked for the state in th is
matter that a large number of witnesses
larf
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