The evening times., 1914-03-06
nOlUn GUILTY Of MAN.
SLAUGHTER; IS GIVEN
lfTEEN YEARS IN pen
Continued on

barn and blood stained axe found
IN the Holum tool shop, figured prom.
ihemtly In the testimony.
me case went to the jury at o
o'clock Thursday afternoon. follow
ing the conclusion of Attorney Cen
eral Miller's address. and Judge Knee
shaw's charge to the jury.
HOlum Denounced.
The concluding part of MIR. Millers
argument was mercilesS arraign-
ment of Holum. "He killed her, Il
defenseless woman. and left her
senseless and bleeding, and then in
the hours Of the morning. when the
liquor had lost it's effect. when his
mind cleared. Matt Holum. the beast.
tried tried to cover up the evidences Of his
crime, declared the attorney general.
Matt Holum is here, smooth shaw
en- and looking his best: Betsy Holum.
the woman left wel,ering in her blood
In that barn. Is not here. She has
been long dead, and cannot speak for
herself. Who was the under dog in
the barn that night: This talk of
sympathy for him Is ridiculous"
States Contention.
MIR. Miller gave an able summing up
of the evidence in the case. claiming
that 1t proved Mrs. lIolum to have
been killed in the barn on the Holum
night before help was summoned by
Holum.
He closed his argument at $3.50
o'clock. and Judge Kneeshaw then
delivered his charge TO the jury;
which was in part as follows:
Judges Charge.
Gentlemen of the Jury:
The evidence in this case is now
submitted and is all before YOU. and
4 to. frNp .ct., IN
and for the defendant have, for the
present. ceased, and nothing now re-
mains but for the court to give you
his charge and the case will then be
placed in your hands for final de-
termination on the evidence intro
duced in open court. and under the
law as given you by the court. and it
then devolves upon you to arrive at
q final and true verdict upon the cvi-
dence that has been given in your
hearing in this case.
A most. solemn and important duty
is delegated to you as jurors. and one
which. under your oathS as jurors,
you have said that you will faith
fully perform. and true verdict
render according to the evidence. and
the instructions Of law as given you
expects that you will faithfully, truly
and conscientiously perform.
The highest and best interests of
the state and society and the highest
interests of the law as we'll as the
rights, life and liberty Of the defend
ant are entrusted in your hands. and
under your obligations as citizens,
oaths as jurors, it devolves upon you
to exercise your truest and most un-
biased judgment i'll arriving at a YER
dict that will do Justice to the inter-
ests Of the state as we'll as that of the
defendant.
1t is your duty to take the law as
given you by the court, and apply 1t
to the facts in the case. 1t is the
province of the court. and the. court
alone. to determine all questions of
law in the progress Of the trial and
it is the province Of the jury To pass
upon the evidence and determine all
contested questions Of fact. The re-
sponsibility nf deciding correctly the
law rests solely with the court. and
the responsibility, of the finding and
deciding correctly all questions Of
in this separatiortf The duties OF the
court from those .of the jury that lies
essentially the efficacy and safety Of
the jury trial.
This is a crimin3l action in which
the state of North Dakota is the
plaintiff and Matthias Holum is the
defendant. In this action Matthias
Holum stands charged by the state
with the commission of the crime of
murder in the first degree.
The action was originally started In
Cavalier county. in the Seventh ju-
dicial district, but has been removed
and changed to Grand Forks county
on change of venue, and now stands
for trial in this court and in this
county the same as if originally
started therein.
The Information.
The information filed in this court
and upon which the defendant is be.
ing tried. reads as follows, to-wit:
THAT heretofore. to-wit. on or
about the goth day of June, A. D.,
1913. at the county of Cavalier. state
of North Dakota. the above named
defendant, Matthias Holum, did COM
nit the crime of murder in the first
degree, committed as follows, to-w1t:
That the defendant. on or about
the Goth Of June. A. D. 1913, in the