The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-07-07

to the district court without bail,
charged with murder in the first de-
gree, at the conclusion of his hearing
held at Fargo Friday. The state
produced a chain Of circumstantial
evidence that makes it appear very
dark for GUNNER. He did not take
the stand himself.
BY his own admission to officers
at previous investigation, GUNNER
told number Of lies concerning his
actions at the hotel the night that
Marie Wick, 18-year-old Grygla,
MINI. girl was assaulted and mur-
dered in Room 30 of the Prescott
hotel. He admitted that he had call
ed the girl up shortly before mid
night in an attempt to make a
"date" with her, but she being a good
girl had repulsed him. The state by
Gummer's own testimony proved
that he had bad thots in his mind that
night.
The following is a portion Of the
transcript relating to Gummer's ac-
ton:
Q-Bin, tell us again some of the
tell US again about when you went
into the room at $3.50 Tuesday morn
A.-When went up there you mean
how I happened to 60 in.
Q.-All about it.
Goes Into Room at $50
A.-When first called her on the
phone at o'clock I didn't hear an
answer. called her again in prob
ably 10 minutes on the phone; then
called her again. l think called
her three times on the phone. l went
up there and raped at the door.
Then when ! came down little while
later ! raped at the door again. l
took those keys along, those two on
the safety pin, and ] raped on the
door. She didn't answer. unlocked
to see her, and there she lay just as
Q-How far, did you 60 into the
Al didn't take more than three
steps. / don't think had my right
hand off the doorknob. .
Q.-Then what? You locked the
door and then what did you do?
A.-Then I locked the door and
then l went and-let's see-did 60
down stairs before called Fritz, or
not? Then / went and told-this is
/, how it was: Then went down stairs
and I called Fritz on the telephone
and l told him this party was asleep
and / says get up and l am coming
up to talk to you. went up to Fritz,
woke him, told him there was a par
ty asleep in room No. 80. told him
they didn't answer, had called them
twice-that is / had raped on the
door, and when l told Fritz he first
kind of thought it was joke. When
I told him, he says, we'll, he says, |
am tired. Call me in about 20 min
utes, he says, and says no; you got
to get up, there is something to it,
says. l says she has either got
sleeping sickness or dead or some
thing. That is what said to Fritz.
And Fritz said that is nothing. There
has been times it has taken two
hours to get them up, he says.
5 'Q.-You were interested in getting
Fritz up because you knew there was
something wrong in there and didn't
want to tell him there was something
wrong in there. That is just the way
it was.
Q.-Fritz got up and went to the
door with you. AT 5a
Admits Lying to LawDence
-A.-Then Fritz says-he talked a
little more there, but he says some
thing about-he says get glass of
water and throw that over her, he
Q.-How could he say get glass
of water and throw it over her when
he didn't know you would be in the
room.
Ale says, throw it over the
transom, that will wake it up good.
and look over the>transom and see II
anybody is there, he says. ! went
down and pulled that table over and
. looked over the transom.
Q.-What did you want to pull the
table up and look over the transom
for when you had the keys to the
room in your pocket?
Al was afraid to tell had found
her dead.
Q.-But you had the keys in your
pocket when Fritz told you to look
over the !transom?
Q.-You got rid of the keys when
you got down stairs and hung the
,Asafety pins up
Al hung them keys up when
went down stairs.
O.-The first time you went up you
knocked and raped at the door?
A.-Yes and there was no answer
Q.-And then you didn't look over
the transom at all?
A.-No.
The following portion Of the states
attorneys transcript relates to the
statements made BY GUNNER in
which he admitted lying about the
telephone call in the death chamber
during the evening.
Q.lGoing back to the early par!
), .of the night, about what time did
you call her up, or how long aftel
She came in?
A.-That night?
Q.-Yes.
At was around 1880 in there
little before or : little after. !.
Q.-And she WAS up-it only tool