The evening times., 1914-02-21
TRANSCRIPT N
HOLUM HEARING
DECLARED WRONG
Witness Denies Making Ger.
tain Statements Attribut-
ed to Him by Record.
ATTORNEYS IN
SLIGHT CLASH
First Rupture Between Counsel Comes
1'oday-Dr. Gustafson OF Milton on
Stand During Most of the Day Tn
der Cross Examination.

Details Of the condition Of Mrs.
Matt Holum when he was summoned
to attend her just previous to her
death last June and the actions OF
Matt Holum. now being tried for MUIR
der at that time. were given by DR.. f..
V. Gustafson at the morning session
OF the district court today.
The cross examination Of the physi-
clan by E. r. Sinkler, attorney for the
defense. Is expected to last. through
the greater part Of the day. Later. it
is understood he will be taken by the
state TOR redirect examination.
Attorneys in Clash.
a clash between the ATTORNEYS re.
SardtnY the authenticity OF the trans.
cript. Of the testimony at the coroner's
inquest which had been given, enliy-
ened the hearing.
Mr.. Stnkler resumed the cross ex-
animation OF the witness as soon a.
the court opened at 10 o'clock this
morning. In response to his questions
the doctor stated that he had been at
the Holum farm for approximately
two hours and half, OH 1ne after
noon that Mrs. Holum was injured.
During his stay at the farm on this
what he could to dress the woman's
wounds. He, and Matt Skrugstad. took
off Mrs. Hoium's skirt. As they did so
a number Of small pieces Of shale
which bad adhered to the cloth, fell
to the floor. -. n
!, This shale he said was in yssca,l-p,ac.
es mostly Of less diameter than, q Is.
cent piece. The doctor stated that he
had seen similar shale in the Holun
barn in the vicinity Of the place. where
it was claimed by Holum that his
wife's body had lain when he first
found her. .,..l..
Took Party to Barn.
On the Saturday night following the
tragedy the doctor said that he had
again visited the Ho.um farm, accom-
panied by States Atty. Crimson and
others. Holum was at Mountain at the
time Of their arrival. buying a casket
for his wife. He returned shortly after
the arrival of the party however. and
getting lantern took them to the
barn..
~ Repeats Description.
On arriving at the barn Holum, ac-
cording to DIR. Gustafson. gave the
same description of the manner in
which his Wife was lying when he
found her that he gave to Mr.. Me-
Bride before. At the request OF Mr..
Sinkler the doctor illustrated this on
the floor of the court room. using the
witness stand to represent the feed
box.
His demonstration coincided in most
ways with that given by Mr.. Crimson
at the session Friday.
In describing the finding Of his wife
Holum told the doctor that he had
q Pnf naH - 20 Z.
one of his horses in the stall when he
noticed his wife lying on the floor. He
fastened 10 her. he said, without wait
ing to tie up the other horses
Later in the evening DR.. Gustafson
said that he. Holum and Mr.. Crimson
went to the tool shed where the hatch
ct was found as described in his tes-
timony Friday. AS they were leaving
the shed the doctor had brief con-
versation with Holum. asking him if
he knew anything about his wife's
death. Holum replied that lie did not.
'stick to IT.
stick to that, Matt" was the reply
Of DIR. Gustafson, according to his
testimony this morning.
Mr.. Sinkler then took up the ques-
tion of the wounds on Mrs. Holum's
head. The doctor. said the wound on
the chin, which had fractured the
jaw. was triangular in shape, and
looked as though 1t had been. caused
by the sharp corner of some obiecs
Again Describes Wounds.
;On the left side OF the forward part
Of the head DR.. .Gustafson said. there
was a large blood spot: between the
skin and the skull. This must have
been CAUSED. she said. by a. heavy blow
from some .pliable object, as the ,tsin
was not broken and the skull not
fractured. s.a:zA5. $50
Farther back. over the lsft ear was
q large wound, which had fractured
the skull This the doctor said. had
apparently been made by "a sharp
edge Of soute sort. st.$-t
At this point Mr.. Sinkler asked
DR.. Gustafson. II he had not testified
at the coroner's inquest that the
wound causing, the fracture. of the
skull, was slightly curved.
The doctor replied that he had not
done so. Mr.. Sinkler then read an
extract from the manuscript Furnish
quoted as saying that the wound in
question was Slightly curved"
DR.. Gustafson declared that he had
never used. such an expression in re-
gard to the wound, and that the tran
script had also quoted him incorrectly
as saying that the skull had been frac-
tured by blow from some soft in
strument.
Question Of. Accuracy OF Transcript.
your copy Of the transcript is not
the original one. said Attorney Gem
eral Miller to Mr.. Sinkler.
.'Its the one furnished me by Mr..
Crimson" said Mr.. Sinkfer. 81 agreed
to save the state the expense Of a pre-