The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-01

ber being about equally divided be-
tween Lakota, where Mrs. Wright and
the girl she is charged with murder
ing, resided for q time, and Derrick,
this county, where the alleged MUIR
der was committed.
Chief among those in attendance Is
the mother of the dead girl, who came
all the way from Indiana to aid in
ferreting out the cause of the death
of her child.
States Attor4ey Serumgard is be-
ing assisted by Attorney Fred A. Kel-
ly of Lakota, In conducting the ex-
animation.
The defendant is represented by
Judge P. ]. McClory of this city and
Attorney Samson Of Lakota.
At 1920 Judge Jones called the case.
Upon request Of counsel for defend
ant, a stenographer was designated
to take the testimony and Miss Flor
ence Connolly was sworn as such.
The first witness called for the
state was Anna Wonderlich, who tes-
titled as follows:
Girl Told of Troubles
"Live at Derrick, this county; re-
sided there since May of this year;
am % years old; knew Beaulah Wright
and knew defendant since June 1; last
saw Beulah alive August 10, 1908,
about 1:25 Tuesday morning, August
IL; was with her from $3.50 Monday
morning; forenoon was spent at my
home and afternoon went to Derrick; !;
she talked Of the treatment she re-
ceived by Mrs. Wright and talked of
going back home; she told me of va
rious things concerning her life with
Mrs. Wright, and told me how she
had been treated by her; said that
one day Mrs. Wright became angry
with her and threw saucer at her
and threw potatoes at her; several
times she had threatened her life
and told her she would kill her and
cut her up ipapieces and that she was
afraid that she would poison her; said
that while she was working for Mrs.
Showalter at Lakota she had trouble
and that Mrs. Wright violently as
saulted her, pulling her by the hair
and struck her with stick of wood
and was only prevented from contin-
uing by the appearance of Mrs. Sho-
waiter. Beaulah left our place at
1:25 Tuesday morning; she left with
Henry Miller; King place is three
fourths of mile from our place;
went short distance with them; l
saw her next dead at o'clock next
day at the King farm; the lower
part of her fass was swollen and face
was scratched about nose as IL made
by finger nails; on outer side was pur-
pie as If it may have been bruised by
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left side of the nose, as we'll as on
the right; on the left side the bruis-
ed mark appeared larger than dol
lar just above the mouth, purplish
blue; her chin had the appearance
of being burned with. acid on both
sides; her neck was swollen all
around apparently; chest was dis
colered with red streaks which ex-
tended to shoulders. When I last
saw the girl alive she had none of
the marks, scratches and bruises l
saw after her DEATH,
Cross Examination
'Beaulah and I were friendly and
frequently visited each other; never
saw Mrs. Wright use violence toward
Beaulah; saw no great display OF
temper; all l know is what the girl
told me; Beaulah wore low necked
white dress on evening l saw her and
noticed no marks; we came home
from Derrick about p. m.; we talk
ed during the evening; left house at
1925; know the time because when
come in father asked me the time.
Henry Miller displayed no special
eagerness to take her home; / have
never examined dead body before; |;
supposed there may have been foul
play, based upon conversation l had
with Beaulah; I took hold of her
hands and the tips were discolored; |;
discoloration Of fingers did not ex-
tend above first knuckle; scratch on
right side and left side of nose; body
was dressed in night dress, slippers
and stockings; night dress was open
ed in front to the waist; red streaks
were as wide as finger and extended
from shoulder across breast; did not
examine hands, just noticed discol-
Grafton on fingers; scratches were
near the nose; there were three
scratches on left and one on right
side of .nose."
On the redirect examination, the
discoloration on the hands were dark
or than on the face.
Miller's Story
Henry Miller testified as follows:
Live In Derrick; have lived there
since March; have known Beaulah
Wright since then: was with her at
the Wonderlich place the night pre-
ceding her death; we were talking,
visiting and having good time; It
took us about half an hour to walk
home; I left her at the door OF the
woodshed entrance to the house: l
talked with her on way home; she
was IN good spirits when left her:
the night was not very light; saw no
marks Of any kind on Beulah's face
the last time 7 saw her alive. Mr..