Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-25
MRS. WRIGHT is
BOUND OVER
Will Answer to Charge of Murder In
district Court

ElStriCt court
The arguments in the Wright case
were heard by Judge Jones at the
court room Tuesday afternoon with the
result that the prisoner was held to
the District Court. The room was par
TALLY filled the larger part Of those.
in attendance being ladies'. Mrs.
Wright was escorted to the court room
by her attorney, Mr.. Sampson and sat
throughout the arguments with mo,
seeming agitation whatever. = II:
Judge Jones called the court to or
der and States Attorney Serumgard
opened the case by the presentation
of an amended complaint, adding to
the charge that of strangulation or suf-
location The attorneys for the-de~
fence objected to this amendment,
which. objection was overruled. and
the case proceeded. i
F. ATTORNEY sERUMGARD. g., :.
In his remarks which were not
very lengthy Mr.. Serumgard said
that it had been their intention to
prove two things, First that "a crime
had been committed and second, that
The defendant was the person who had
committed the crime, she argued that
these facts had been slfhc hciently prov
en- by the evidence to warrant the
holding of the prisoner. He referred to
to the earbolic acid stains on the face
4ofathe dead girl and stated that they
were evidence Of her ,(the sdefendant)
attempting to cover up her crime. He
contended that the evidence pointed
to a violent death and cited the fact
that the evidence showed that no one
else had the opportunity to kill the
girl as she was the only one that was
in the house alone from the time the
girl was seen alive until she was
found dead. In conclusion the states
attorney: asked that the prisoner be
bound over to the district court sz.1. S.:
Tss:ss.. Attorney Sampson s,sys5=SS,
Followed the statess attorney with q
strong: appeal in B defence Of Mrs
Wright. He said 1T is an awful thing hin
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to .be Eaccuseu :. ~ .iIme anu ut
awful Wnen. tnat cf3llie ~ ,ne 1919
ct human hfe ana .s especlallyso W = s, Wlel (,
| He stated that7zit was as much tbs
/ duty of a court of7$justice to protec1
the innocent as it was. to punish the
gullty Mr. IT,. s.a.o - s. =, =,
state t:had useu Is 3 every " lisssls S y
commend To create pupilc sells.l.sn
against thes deIenaane t.ls1t
the the. motnef s19 ol ltie s.ti 1s.u Dss.l
brougnt mere Iroal ii'llals - !
feeling by hef aetlons = soui
zE5i 7:$s serun1aard Calls lie 55ss tys S
$ssA this juncture y States Attorne.
sserumrgard interrupted the speake
4 Lane and stated that it was q lie when hi
4 stat stated that the state had brough
j Mrs. Cox to: this city, and objected q
II the attorneys line of argument. Ate
4 5s5c, some words back and forth Mr.. SamT
8 san continued.
Z he case has been built up on heal
q say saw and popular sentiment There 81
M testimony III the case to amour
Il N a,,nrfything when it is stripped dow
]; rs actual admissab able evidence h
!. ~ said that the olrriginal theory q
Il the stat was poisoning and now the
Il 1Iwera shifting to- sfrangnla Il Oh.
q Here tie speaker was VA again intel
q nntad by the states attorney. and I al
u 5ather controversy ensued, fter whic
!, NE snaa ker CON tinned.
& nInvs new theory has been intrx
n 3 fsst ,,n,ny III tl,e case, relative
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