The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-03
DEFENSE RESTS IN HOLUM
CASE THIS MORNING
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neighbors. who cams to the farm lh.
day of Mrs. Holum,s death 10 assist
i'll preparing her for burial.
T. Mrs. Stabo SAID that she had seen
the teeth lying on the wash stand.
She examined them. and found them
covered with horsc%manurc. Asked
as To what disposition. she made of the
teeth Mrs. Staho said that she had
turned them over To States Attorney
Crimson.
Mrs. Matt %Skrosstad replaced her
husband on tho stand late Monday
afternoon. and told Of. the peaceful life
which h said tho Holums had led
during the three months preceding
Mrs. Holum's death.
She a hat she had known Mrs.
Holum in Norway, and in this country.
During the last few months before
Mrs. Holum sustained the injuries
which proved fatal. she said thai
SkroGstad and the Holum families
had frequently exchanged visits. and
that the Holums seemed to be getting
along without friction.
Mrs. Skrogstad said that she first
learned of the tragedy from W. G.
Mcbride FRIDAY afternoon, Her ac-
count of the conditions at the Holum'
farm on her, arrival comedies with
that of the other witnesses who have
been placed on The stand. She said
that she remembered seeing Mrs. Ho-
lum's false teeth. and that they were
covered with filfh.
II witness also testified that the
kitchen of the Iiulum farm had APP
parentlN been cleaned tina day. When
she went to the barn to milk the cows
in the evening she found new cllt grass
in the calf'S stall.
Some of :hc milk i'm the milk house.
according to the witness. had appar-
entity been obtained that morning.
This testimony was objected to by
The attorneys Tor the state. bur it WAS
admitted.
Mrs. Skrogst"d then told Of tho
trip of her husband and lloium to
Hoium. and their return White the
county officials were at the farm on
the Saturday night following Mrs. lIo-
llnfs death.
Staic ,lsU TESTS.
Whom the court convened At ,
o'clock this afternoon. G. l.. Johrsnn
announced thsi the state would also
rest. and at nn,r logan lli:; summing
.l,ps in the cvidcurc of the case.
johnson, Address.
He opened his remarks by .oInpar-
ing the evidence in q case Of this sort
TO. the parts of n piece of machinery.
He said that each part in its self
meant little unless fitted to the other
parts. and that 4" fit these parts to-
gether was not 3lways a
In the building of a machine. or a
case however, he declared that a time
finally came. when the onlooker could
decide beyond a reasonable doubt, the
purpose of the machine, or the mean
ing Of the evidence.
Mr.. johnson then began to review
the evidence submitted by the state,
taking up first, the testimony of W. G.
Mcbride, the first witness. He went
in detail into McBride's story Of how
he was notified by Holum that his
wife had been hurt, and the events
which followed the arrival of the wit
ness at the Holum farm, with especial,
reference to the cuts. which Mcbride
testified that he noticed OH Holum's
face. "
He then took up the photographs
and plats submitted in evidence, and
he testimony of Drs. Gustafson and
Gibson, laying especial emphasis on
the blood marks. and the opinions of
he. two physicians that the wounds
II have been caused by some sharp
instrument.
A brief.recess a taken by the:
court at O. o'clock.