Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-08
Familiar with Hotel.

Authorities permitted themselves to
be quoted that in their opinion the
murder was committed by some one
familiar with the hotel and in some
manner ascertained that the girl was
in her room. State's Attorney Green
was of the opinion that it must have
. taken 80 to As minutes to commit the
1 crime.
! He stated that actions Of the mur-
i derer in wfpinE or. the nozzle ana
Strengthening the girl in her bed and
plecing the covers over the body
showed .plair,ly the crime was done
deliberately.
| Herald Special service.)
Fargo ~. D., June s.-Thirty hours
after finding OF Miss Marie wick, 1s.
of Grygla. Mimi, murdered in a room
lin the Prescott hotel, her assailant is
still at large. !, M
/! Several clues are being run down
by authorities, which. they hope. will
lead to the arrest Of, the slayer who
gagged his victim. tied her wrists to
bed posts and beat her head with =
hose nozzle.
He jammed pillow case in her
mouth and wrapped a piece of bed
clothing about her head and over her
mouth to prevent the gag from being
coughed out. The crime surpasses the
murder of DR.. Egge of Moorhead on
Labor Day more than ten years ago
for which Frank Keithman is serv-
ing time in Saltwater and the murder
of Miss Grace Burns Fargo young
girl, who was gagged about fourteen
years ago this month and her body
thrown in the Red river. Her assailant
was never captured.
Authorities have been furnished
with the description of a strange
man who made the acquaintance of
Mics NirE and hor woman friend
during her trip from Crookston to
Fargo. after buying the girls some
peanuts. He was a middle aged per-
son and had a small mustache. Miss
Wick's woman friend left the train
at Shelly. MINI. The stranger came
through to Fargo with Miss Wick.
riding in her seat.
Hans Wick, farmer living five miles
east Of Grygla. MINI. last night
claimed the body Of his 1S-year- -old
murdered daughter.
That's Marie" he said. and then
gave way to tears.
! Yes. that is Marie" Pastors con-
soled him. He stayed with the body
Of his daughter ten minutes.
The father declared that his daugh-
ter was eighteen years old instead of
twenty, as stated by ohicials of a
bank at GrvEla. The slain young
woman formerly attended the North
Star college at Warren, MINI,
Finger prints Of the murdered
woman will be taken today at the
instance Of VIM. c. Green, states at
torney. and the body will be taken
Thursday to Grygla Mimi. for burial.
First Time In Fargo.
Hans Wick. father, contradicted the
report in circulation that his dauEh-
ter had been in Fargo before. He
said this was her first visit to the city.
She had been granted a vacation
after working for a year in the
Farmers Cooperative store at GryG,a
She intended to spend several weeks
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Hans Rueb, at
Pettibone, n. D., and it was planned
that Miss Wick's 11-year-old sister.
Miss Katinka Wick. would return
with her to Grygla after the visit
Hagen Wants Examination.
H. j. Hagen, former president of
l the Scandinavian-Ame bank, who
occupied the room adjoining that Of
Miss Wick. called on the county au-
fhprities last night and asked that
nnxer prints be taken and. exanaina-
i tion be made OF the body.
Arnold Rasmussen Of Moorhead re-
ported to the authorities that he ac-
j companied Miss Wick to the Prescott
ihotel.
/ Rasmussen formerly lived at Grygla;
Mimi, and was acquainted with Miss
Wick and her parents and during the
time he has been in Clay county had
been correspondinE with the. young