The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-06-11
AUTHORITIES
STILL AT SEA
IN !.| FARGO CASE
One Theory is Exploded After
Tracing Ownership of
), Suitcase .~
FOUND IN A STATION
Girl Unable to Pay Hotel Bill
Had Taken Suitcase There,
is Claim
FOUND in A STATION

Fargo, June III. - Authorities ap-
parently were no nearer a solution of
the murder of Miss Marie Wick today
than they had been at any previous
time.
. Officers were still trying to estab'
lish whether the "whi3p of hair
clutched In the hand OF Marie Wick,
who was murdered in a hotel here
is human hair or not. The Univer
sity of>lNOrth Dakota has failed to
determine this point and the Univer'
sity OF Minnesota has been asked to
examine the substance.
Authorities are working on no. def.
mite theory,i!l running down the muir.
derer, William Green, states attorney,
said today, but are following all clues
that can be found. sd. s.,
The suit case mystery, which for q
time was thought by the authorities
to offer a clue which might lead to
the arrest and identification of the
murderer, yesterday turned out to be
a false lead.
States Attorney w. C. Green issued
statement last night that the suit
case found in the Great Northern de-
pot Tuesday morning had been left
there by q young woman who had
stolen it in local hotel.
Green Issues Statement
The solution of the suitcase mys.
terry was definitely accomplished
when the sheriff's office obtained a
confession from the girl at local in
stitution yesterday. Before she had
seen the suitcase in possession of the
sheriff's office she described it in de-
tail. States Attorney Green's own
dictated statement on this matter
follows:
"On the forenoon of June 1st, a
girl who had been, staying at the
Prescott hotel and occupying Room 81
left there because she could not pay
ncr hotel bill, leaving her baggage
there and taking with her the key to
Room 81. That night she spent q
part of the time in one depot and q
part in the other. During the night
however, in wandering around she
came to the Central House, a hotel on
Second Avenue North and Third
Street, and finding no one in the Of
flee walked upstairs, .. 4
Stole Suit Case
at the head of the stairs is q sort
of store room, and looking in this she
found the suit case in question and
took it with her. The next night, she
took this with her as baggage and
registered at the Viking hotel where
she stayed two nights. :,
I'm the meantime she got enough
money from a friend to pay her hotel
bill at the Viking and upon leaving
there, left the suit case at the Great
Northern station on Saturday night,
where it undoubtedly remained undis-
covered until Tuesday.
Girl Identifies Contents
!"The girl who had never seen the
suit case or contents in the sherlft's S
office, and who has ever since Sun
day been an inmate of an institution
in Fargo, described perfectly the suit
case and contents, and also described
the hotel and place where she took
the grip before taking the officers
there. The key was placed in the
suit case by her, and the condition OF
the towel is accounted for.
"This suit case was discovered by
the janitor. at the Great Northern de-
pot Tuesday morning and fell open
yesterday noon. Upon discovery OF
the contents he took it to officials,
and q great deal of time and effort
was expended in investigation which
finally led to the solution of the entire
matter"