The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-24

" to death, found under bathtub In Z
& Frederick hotel Thursday after. Z
T" noon. Z
Coronor's jury holds couple I
y who left room Thursday MORN .
= ing responsible for murder.
So Couple located on farm near
q Walhalla Thursday evening. I
Arrest affected by Walhall0 :
y deputy sheriff this morning.
Confession by woman, clearing :
y man companion, made to Grand :
Z" Forks officers.
Charges of murder lodged .
and II. Rces of Hampton.
Confessing that she is the mother
Of the murdered infant whose dead
body was found under Il bath tub In
No. 313 of the Hotel Frederick,
Miss Sylvia Mostad, aged 23. is under
arrest and Is being brought from Wal.
halla to Grand Forks this afternoon.
II. Rees of Hampton, n. D., tho
but Miss Mostad protests that he is
entirely innocent in the affair.
The girl baked at being placed un-
der oath at Walhalla this afternoon,
and has not confessed to the brutal
murder of the infant.
Murder in the first degree is the
charge placed against the woman; a
warrant having already been sworn
OF against her. The man is being
held for alleged completely in. the
affair.
The young girl was arrested, with
Rccs, at the home of her parents. four
teen miles from N-alhalla this morn.
ing by Deputy Sheriff Beum of Wal
halla. When Deputy Sheriff H. NJ.
Fischer and Coroner J. T.. Hethring-
ton OF Grand Forks arrived in Wal
halla they found the couple there, in
charge Of the official.
Were to Have We'd.
Miss Mostad and Mr.. Rees were to
have been married this week. and
had M to the home Of her parents
FOR that purpose. Their trip to Grand
Forks was to have been only of one
or two days duration.
the woma is charged with taking
took place Monday night, the same
night that the couple arrived in the
city. Alone and unattended the little
life was brought into the world. only
to lie snuffed out, again soon after
wards by cruel hands drawing taught
n cord placed about the throat.
Details Rcpulsivc.
In repulsive "details the. horrible
murder rivals any ..crime ever brought
to light in the northwest.
From MondaX-night until Thursday
morning the young who must
now face the law and pay its penalty
in the event that s. G is found guilty.
and her escort lived in the little hotel
The dead body Of the infant,
for at least a portion OF that time,
was lying under the bath tub in the
bath room adjoining.
Traced Through Train Officials
The man and woman, charged with
the horrible crime. We're traced to the
scene Of their arrest through mem
hers Of the train crews from Grand
Forks to Walhalla. and through the
work of the Walhal'a deputy sheriff.
Train Auditor Dah!e furnished the
first c]ew. stating that Che couple am
Great Northern train to Grafton here
Thursday morning. Al. Grafton Con-
hu:;or J.. A. Spears of the Grafton
Walhalla train was located and he
remembered the couple being OF .his
train.
Ate Dinner at Restaurant
At Wal!lalla the couple at dinner
in Il restaurant. and then hired u liv-
cry team ana drove to her home.
fourteen miles from the city.
Crudety Managed Affair
If tie murder CT the infant had
been deliberately planned, the execu.
ton Of the plan was extremely crude.
The infant, nude, had been strangled
to death with a cord wound around
the throat 80 tight that 1t had to be
cut of by the physicans. Some linen
was found in he chamber indicating
that 1t had been used In the strangu-
latton process also.
Little or no attempt was made at
conceallnent. The body had been put
under a bathtub where the. chamber
maid .scrubbing the floor, came in
contact with 1t as she was working.
In a drawer Of the dresser was found
other CHASTITY evidence of the nor.
rOrs that; had been enacted in the
death chamber.
Inquest Brought Out Facts
The inquest was held Thursday
evening and facts relative to the af-
fair were brought out The couple
was shown to have registered Mon
day evening under the name Of II.
PEGS and wife Of Wang, n. D. The
man ut first neglected to register the
woman until his attention was called
to it. The writing was in free hand
and fairly good.
Fred Parsons. chief clerk of the
hotel testified that the man was young
and rather tall while the girl was
short and quite heavy set. During
the time they were at the hotel there
one telephone call from the put
side. the party asking for H. Rees,
and on being informed hat no Rees
was registered asked for room 312.
Night Clerk Thompson checked him
out at $3.50 o'clock Thursday morn
ing. the man appearing in q hurry,
throwing down SO bill and not
looking Mt his charge slip at all.
Sn1h Woman Was vyn0lr.
Emil Engenson. operating the ele>
vator. said that when the couple came
down that the woman appeared very
pale and weak. and talked in n man.
Indicating physical weakness.
John Skelly. Il hcllboy. said that he |
had shown tho couple to their room
Monday evening. and that several
he went to the hooIn with Ice
Once they would not let him
in. but on Tuesday evening they al.
loved him To enter. and both were
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