Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-19
Cause Tor the Scratches.

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/, Cause Tor the Scratches.
The, cause. for. the. scratches as seen,
on the defendant the morning he was
arrested was also brought out in the
testimony Of the woman witness. Mrs.
Robbins further testified that the gate
through the wire fence. on the east
side Of. the house was Fastened closed
with q rope on the night before the
shooting and that~it was necessary to
pull the rope clear.of both posts to
get. the gate open.. Mrs. Robbins tess
titled that after the shooting on the
early morning of July 3 and after she,
had called Mrs. Curtis. she went to
the east door to look for, Mrs. Curtis
and Observed that the gate wa still
closed, with the rope over the posts as
the night before. Ths state contends
that the scratches which the defen-
dant had when arrested were, sus-
tanned when he leapsd over the fence.
The defense recalled Freeman Cur
tbs, the complaining witness in the
case, late this morning. for further
cross-examination. Curtis was. asked
by Attorney Arctander s.aof Minne-
|apolis, II he had anycaltercation with
q boy named Erickson at the Freer
farm in the Greisinger :. and Curtis
community about two years before the
shooting. The. witness said there had
been. some, trouble, and that he inter-
jferred In the quarrel. between Erick-
Ison and others merely to stop it or to
insure fair play The defense sought
to bring out ip. the -cross-examination
Of, Curtis that some enemy Of Curtis
might have fired the. shot which
] struck the man in the forehead.
.- No Longer, Enemies.
At this juncture of the case Attor-
neyLee Coombs in his, redirect exam
ination of Mr.. Curtis asked IL there
existed any further I'LL feelings be-
ttween- him and Erickson over sthe>Af-
fair to which the witness replied that
he and Erickson had been good
friends eve since. s.
TheHdefense had Mark Curtis, uncle
Of Freeman Curtis; under cross exam
ination when the case, was resumed
this morning. Curtis testified that he
farmed the place until the spring OF
1917 when he rented it to his nephew.
Freeman Curtis, and that Greisinger
never made any visits to the place
during the last 1S years during the
time Mark Curtis lived in that COM
munity. He testified that G%reisinger
might have come to the place once on
business but he could not vividly re-
call the occasion. Mark Curtis lives
at Hannaford, N. D., and told under
cross-examination about being with
Sheriff l. A. Monson, County Auditor
Rearick and States Attorney Tufte
i when .Greisinger was arrested, and
That they found the defendant sitting
on a bed in the granaFys;And that he
made the statement:ts Es - .
ooh. my Gods%wtaIt an awfulssworld
thin. is" This statement. was made
on the afternoon. of Julyss,, he testi.
] RnS .NEopksg C11rffc f,1rfhar ,ta1fihn6
that the;&defendapt never asked any
of the officials for medical attention
nor did he ask that the case or rob-
berry. claimed by the. defense, be in
Investigated.
Peter sand- Martin Jensen, laborer!
at the Curtis farm before and after
1.-The shootingsgwere. witnesses. called b!
1.-THE state: They testified that none Q,
Fthe laborers and that. neither one. Of
them carried a revolver or hre-arnl
When each was asked by AttorneS
1Curtis., both replied in the NEGATIVE
They further testified they were
jawakened about a B. O'clock IN the
morning OF July 8. They Claimed
that during the time which they
worked on the Curtis farm they never
saw any stranger hanging about the
place. The defense..c Contends that thu
wonaan, Mrs. Inga Robbins. formerly
Of Anoka and Albert Lea, Minn.ii s1eft
her husband not making the fac
known to him. @sShe testified under
cross-examination last week that she
knew she was being Swallowed.
Mrs. Harding Testifles.
Mrs. Nellie Harding, wife of the
farm. testified they took charge Q
the farm on March 20, 1917, and tina,
Greisinger lived with them until MAY
%, 1917 when she and" the defendant
had trouble. which resulted in his ar
rest on ian assault charge. This sh'
said was shortly before the shooting
She testified that he moved into the
granary before the shooting and lived
there.asShe also told 81. a~,conversatiol
which she had with Greisinger apou
Mrs. Mary Smith and that he mad,
the statement to Mrs. Harding he hat
not heardsfrom Mrs. Smith for q Ions
thine, and that she wassA. nice5sWoma
bit too particular. Mrs; Harding tes
tilted that G%reisinger he'd told herb,
had heard that Mrs. Smith was II
Minneapolis at one time and had beer
burned to death in a hotel fire. Sh<
further testified that some time II
April Of 1917 he went to- Minneapolis
to look over some road 4machfner!
and. told hef that he was going to fnt
MRS. Smith II possible. Mrs. Hardinl
upon his return stated he did not fnt
Mrs. dsinith because he, wass:none to,
well and didn't have time TO look fol
her while he was IN Minneapolis.
Mrs. Harding furtherateatAhed tina
the hat found in the Curtis home ol
the morning Of the shooting. vas worl
by .Greisfnger on Saturday, June 80