The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-03

Of Matt HOlllm of Milton charged
with the murder Of his wife, and
G. f. johnson of Cavalier county
began the argument of the prose-
cutiOn ut 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Th" defense in the Matt Holun1
murder case rested at noon today
without having placed the accused or
the witness stand.
The chief evidence introduced dur
ing the morning session of the co,ir,
was that of Miss Helen Sanford
stenographer to States Attorney
Crimson, upon the accuracy of whose
the coroner's inquest held shortly
after Mrs. Holum's death, Holum's
guilt may depend.
Miss Sanford was called to testify
as to the evidence given by Matt Sol.
berg who declared when put on tho
stand here a few days ago that he
had heard the voices of both MIR. and
Thursday night before Mrs. Holum's
death: This quarrel was terminated
he said, by n loud scream from Mrs
Holum, and he neither saw her mol
heard her voice again that night oi
Friday. She had milked the cows
Solberg said. before the quarrel.
Inquest Transcript.
The testimony of Solberg, as giver
at the coroner's inquest, according tc
Miss Sanford's transcript, is as fol
lowed. the her" referred to being
Mrs. Holum.
noss>, =; THURSDAY -, ,,nsd the day II this is sup
her around there" a. Il seen hel
going to milk"
Q. did you see her around or
Friday" A. No
@. Thursday night did YOU hea,
anything going on, any loud talking
\. II heard Holum talking kind o
loud"
Q. Gould you hear it plain?" A
g. Did he seem to he excited? ?
a. II thought so he was excited
@. WAS that before or after sh
went 10 milk?" a. "She went I,
milk after, about o'clock ] guess.
q, Did they talk very long:
too, 9; 'Rid pi !SS., you hear her talking
The witness testified that to the bes
OF her knowledge and belief this wa
true and correct report of tho evi
dence given by Solberg at the inquest
Not Sure of Comma.
On being cross examined by .Attor
ney General Miller. she stated tina
til" comma between "after" an,
about" in the question as to whether
the quarrel had occurred before ol
after Mrs. Iolnm went to milk did no
appear in her short hand notes. Sh,
also stated that it was possible tina
she might have misunderstood som,
Of Solberg's answers.
On redirect examination hy F.. R
sinkler. attorney for the defense. Mis-.
Sanford stated that she was u sister
in-'aw of states Attorney Crimson
Immediately after Miss Sanford.
testimony Mr.. Sinkler announced tina
the defense rested it's case.
Sister on Stand.
When court opened this morning
Mrs. Matt Skrogstad. sister "a the az
cused. was still on he witness stand
She said that she had gone upstairl
shortly after her arrival at the Holuu
farm on the Friday afternoon tina
the tragedy was discovered. Sht
found the beds made, and all the reg,
ular morning housework apparent,
done.
There were some pals. she said
which Mrs. Hnl'im used e.. cdin,
the cattle. standing near the house
Therc was n little water in each a.
these. 1t was Mrs. Holum's custom
the witness stated. to leave a littl,
water in each pail when she wa.
through with il to preven, it from be
ing injured by the sun.
Miller Cross Examines.
On cross examination by Atturne,
General Miller. Mrs. Skrugstad sait
that she remembered going to the Ho
lum farm on New Years day, 1918
and that she also went there on {;
number of other occasions subse
nuently, but that sho could not re.
member any particular occasion. o,
any particular incidents of any o
these visits. She said. however, tina,
the relations between Holum and hi.
wife appeared to be friendly On al
occasions.
Mrs. Skrogstad said that she hat
heard no one accuse Holum OF killins
his wife while at the farm after the
tragedy. Attorney General Miller Their
asked when she had first learned tina
her brother was suspected. This
question was ruled out on an objection
by Attorny Sinkler.
Witness Cries.
The witness cried while this part OF
the cross examination was in prog
resS.
Attorney General Miller then asked
visit Of the witness to the mill. house
Of the farm. at which time she had
testified Monday afternoon that she
had seen a number Of jars Of fresh
milk. She stated that she hat skim
med three jars of sour milk. and had
given the milk to the calves.
Mr. .Sinkler then attempted to prove
by Robert Hunter, formerly employ
ed at the Holum farm. that number
of the horses on the farm were vic.
ious. This testimony was ruled out
by Judge kneeshaw, however.
Horse Was Vicious.
Paul Holun, n brother OF the &C
cused. testified that he had worked
for Matt Holum during a part of the
winter Of, 1918. He said Barney"
the horse behind which Mrs. Holum
is said to have been found lying, was
inclined to kick. ,...%.;
On cross examination by Attorney
General Miller he admitted that he
had never been kicked by the horse
himself, nor had he seen the animal
kick out the front of the feed box.
False Teeth AEatn.
Mrs. Holum's false teeth again ap-
peared in the case during the testi-
mony Of Mrs. Stabo. one Of Holum e
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