The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-04
LIE CHARGED IN PLEA
BY hOLUM'S ATTORNEY

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comparison with thai which clamorcd
for admission today. Every available"
inch OF space WiS taken up. many pcu-
pie bcin~ compelled to sit on tho tiuor
insid" nf the "ailing. Nearly half OF
those present were women.
Amos, rs many as those who We're
in the court room were refused admit
lance al the door. OF account nf lack
of space.
IIoIum Sols.
Ho!um'S iron compoSurr gave May
for the first time his aftcrnonu and
several times during MIR. Sinkler's ad-
dress he snhbed aloud, with his face
buried in his hands.
Flea Continued.
"Wc are not asking for sympathy"
said Mr.. Sinklcr when he resumed his
remarks TO the jury this afternoon.
I'VE are simply asking for justice.
Let the facts of the case speak for
themselves
He then touk up the evidence which
has been introduced tending to prove
that Holum needed the straw. for
which he went on the day. on which
the tragedy was discovered, and did
not make the trip merely as a ruse
as has been claimed by the state.
Called Tor Doctor.
Let us now take UP Holun's ac-
tons when he first found his wife's
body" said Mr.. Sinkler. almost the
first thing he did was to call for a
doctor. Was this the act of IA guilty
man."
would Holum, knowing that his
wife was still living, n that a doc
least to consciousness. have sum-
moned the physician had he beer
guilty?
would he run the chance that the
injured woman might %ecover. if only
for a moment, n pointing her
bloody finger at him say. he did it,"
Dramatic Plea.
MIR. Sinkler's voice as he asked
these questions of the jury WAS in
tense n dramatic.
MT. Sinkler then declared That the
charge against liolum was largely the
work Of Coroner Gibson. Tho man
who contradicted himself twenty-five
times on the witness stand"
Teeth Again.
why has the state Dot produced
Mrs. Holum's false teeth?" demanded
Mr.. Sinkler. Crimson SAYS he gave
them to Gibson. Gibson says he
never saw them. The teeth have not
been produced because they might
tbiN Viz ClSllSC ny O"l LII where
Mrs. liolum's body was lying.
Called Enemy.
"Who was the first man whom
Holum attempted to call after he had
found his wife lying unconscious in
the barn. 1t vas Matt Solberg, his
enemy.
Would IL man seeking to conceal
Il crime go first to his enemy for
help?
Called Wife.
What did Holum do when he saw
his wife lying ON the floor: He ran
to her and tried to pick her up call
the act of Il guilty or an innocent
man."
a '.llulnan Brute"
c. f. johnson presented the case
of the state in a brilliant address
which took up h entire Tuesday
afternoon session of the court. He
mercilessly iayed Holum and pieced
together the chain of circ%ulnstantial
evidence that has been forged by the
state to show Holum's guilt.
He declared that it was "a human
brute, not a dumb brute, that killed
Mrs. Holum," and explained the the
Dry of the state that Holum came
home to his farm on the Thursday
night before the death Of Mrs. Holum
and, m%addened by liquor, assaulted
his wife.
lie then, according to the state, left
the body in the barn and the next
morning went after a load of straw
i'll the hope that someone would come
to the farm and. finding Mrs. Holum,
think that she had been kicked to
death.
When he returned to the farm in
the afternoon, however, he became
alarmed. declared Mr.. johnson, and
finally sem in a call for the doctor.
His agitation. Mr.. Johnson declared,
was due to fears OF consequences to
himself, and not to grief for his wife.
During all Of the terrible indict-
ment Holum made no sign of emotion
except that he occasionally flushed.