The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-02
PRELIMINARY.
HEARING N
DALE CASE
Palsrud, the Travelling Man, l.
the States Star Witness
in Case
ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY FROM
THAT GWEN IN M0ElLER CASE
Dale Asked Him Before Moeller Tria;
II He Intended to Tell About tho
Conversations With Him-Lettel
From Dale in Evidence.

From Dale in Evidence.
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L.. w. Dale was held to the dis
trict court on a charge of mur-
T." der in the second degree. Bonds
were fixed at $4,000. All the wit
nesses have been placed under :
bonds. .
Minot, N. D.. March 2.-"Well, II
you tell the truth, suppose that !
might as we'll fold my arms, go up tc
the court house and tell them to send
me to bismarck" The above state.
ment purported to be made by Louis
w. Dale who is now on trial on the
charge of murder in the second de.
gree as an accomplice with DR.. Thor
Aoeller. who was convicted by the
jury. for the death Of Miss Gina Lien
to o. A. Palsrud, the travelling man,
was introduced yesterday at the pre-.
liminary hearing.
The case was called in Justice
court yesterday morning. Attorney
D. c. Greenleaf appeared for the de-
tense and States Attorney Nash for
the prosecution.
Erik Lien, the father of the girl,
was the first witness called and testi-
fled the same as in the Moeller case.
DR.. Larson, the coroner at the time of
the girls death, gave the same gen.
eral testimony as before.
Palsrud. who was the mail witness
for the state, his testimony. while
practically the same as in the Moeller
trial, brought out many new points
that could not be admitted in the 9TH
er His testimony in the Moeller trial
was as follows:
On Saturday afternoon preceding
the alleged crime, Dale met Palsrui
i'll the lobby of the Leland hotel in
this city. He seemed worried and
told the travelling man that he had
gotten into trouble with girl, that
he could not marry her because he
was engaged to another girl, AMI
asked if he knew of a doctor whom
he could get to help him out. Palsrud
said that though he did not know any,
one for sure, he thought that form
er friend Of his, Dr. Moeller, had
moved to Minot. The two men went
out on the street together, walking
around until they saw the Doctors
sign. Dale then went up to the office
and Palsrud returned to the hotel.
After about half an hour Dale re-
turned. "Well," said Palsrud, "did
you see the DOCTOR" "Yes," replied
Dale. "Is he going to fix you out"
asked Palsrud. and upon receiving an
affirmative reply asked what Dale was
to be taxed for the job. "One hundred
dollars" replied Dale.
Palsrud denies having slept with
Dale On Saturday night. statement
made by Dale in the preliminary eX-
animation. The next time he saw him
was Sunday morning after Miss Lien
had arrived. He asked him whether
the doctor had called and Dale re-
piled that the work was to be done
that night between six and seven
while most OF the guests were in the
dining room, so that if the girl groan-
ell she could not be heard. Monday
morning Palsrud saw Dale again and
again inquired as to the status of the
affair." Dale told him that the doctor
had been there the night before Il
don't know what he did," Dale said.
but was in the room with him and
know that Gina is all right"
Palsrud also claims that Dale and
Miss Lien did not take walk as was
claimed in the preliminary examina-
tion on Sunday afternoon. but that
they went to the doctors Office where
the girl was examined by the physi-
clan.
In addition to this he said that on
February Is just before the Moeller
trial that Dale called him to his room
and asked him whether or not he was
going to tell about those conversa-
tions at the trial. Palsrud said he
was going to tell the truth. Dale then
admitted that he Nigh as we'll go up
and tell them to send him to Bis
marck. A letter was introduced in
evidence from Dale to Palsrud, writ
ten On the stationery of the State
Bank of Lorraine, asking Palsrud
whether Dale could not have a con-
versation with him.
Palsrud said in the cross-examina-
ton that he took the territory of one
of their statesmen in Minnesota from
January l until sometime the first
part of February so as to avoid being
called as witness. He claims that
it was not through any fault of his
that the state found cut what he
knew about the case. An attempt was
made on cross-eXamination to prove
that Palsrud was intoxicated on the
Saturday night when he claims to
have had one of his conversations
with Dale, but this fact Palsrud en-
phatically denies.