The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-06-30

but the slot in which the latch fastens
is missing, and it appears to have
been missing for some time, at least
since the room had been painted last.
Tuesday Afternoon Session
The murder trial crowds were han.
died more expeditiously by the depu-
ty sheriffs and firemen yesterday at
ternoon than they were in the morn
ing when the crowds stormed the
halls and corridors in an effort to gain
entrance into the courtroom.
Instead of permitting the crowds
in the courthouse, deputy sheriffs
were stationed at the entrances to
the building, keeping the people on
the outside, thus preventing any pos
sibility Of anyone being overcome in
the jam.
When it came time for the trial
proceedings to open at 2 p. M, the
deputy sheriffs permitted two persons
to enter at time. In this way the
seats in the courtroom were filled
without any disturbance or commo-
ton and there was no occasion for de-
lay in beginning the proceedings be-
cause of noise in the halls.
Spalding Recalled
Deane Spalding Of the county en-
gineer's office, was recalled by the
state at the opening Of the afternoon
proceedings. He testified as to the
diagram of the third floor which was
labeled state exhibit No. 8, showing
the relation Of the rooms to each
other.
For 10 years, O. ]. Johnson, vice.
president of the State bank Of Grygla,
Mimi, knew Miss Wick, he testified in
his examination. He said she was
about 10 years old and that she left
Grygla on Sunday, June 5. He testi-
fed that she entered his bank Satur-
day, June 4, and got $40 in cash, and
a cashiers check for the same amount.
He said she had been employed in the
Farmers Cooperative store of that
village for year.
Slain Girls Brother Called
"Marie was 10 years DID," testified
Ernie Wick of Hendrum, Mimi, a
brother of the slain girl. He said he
was 20. He testified that she had
never been in Fargo before or any
town of its size.
"She had been to Warren, Mimi,
the biggest town she had ever been
in," was his answer to States Attor-
ney Green's Interrogation, "Ever been
in as large town as Fargo before ?"
Mrs. Lawrence Recalled
The state also recalled Mrs. Annie
E. Lawrence, proprietress of the
Prescott hotel, who testified to check
ing in Miss Wick and that the de-
PENDANT had not told her who was
in room No. 81, adjoining Miss Wick's
room, or whom he had placed in
other rooms. She testified with ref
erence to guests on the ground floor
and other floors of the hotel on the
night of June 6.
Mrs. Lawrence testified that there
were about three holes through the
panel of the door connecting rooms
Nos. 80 and 81, but that the holes
had been plugged. She thought the
plugs had been removed by one Of
the officers after the discovery Of the
crime. She testified that there was
a chance for a person to leave the
third floor of the hotel and step onto
the roof of the annex from several
rooms, there being a slight drop.
The witness testified that Miss
Wick at first left call for $50 a. m,
and upon going to her room for the
second time asked that it be changed
to 6 a. m. She said that nobody was
with Miss Wick when she returned to
the hotel the second time, which was
about II D. m. Shortly after that Mrs.
Lawrence went to her room, meeting
her son, Fred, in the hall.
Told to Look Over TransOm
"The clerk called me at $50 and
said he had been calling the girl in
room No. 80 and could get no answer"
testified Fred Lawrence, son of the
proprietress of the hotel.
81 told him to look over the tran
som and he returned and told me l
had better 60. He said it looked like
she had a brown or reddish cloth on.
81 then looked over the transom. l
tried the door, and it was locked. l
then sent the clerk down to call the
police.
"Just then the maid came along
and l told her to open the door with
the passkey l had made: She let a
veil out of her and ram"
Mr., Lawrence then testified to Wis
ting the other rooms with the Off
GERS in their investigation.
John Towers, who occupied room
No. 80. testified he did not hear a
sound and that he retired about IL
D. m. Albert Rosenwater, said ne
arose about GAS a. m. and had heard
someone trying to call Miss Wick.
Hatpin Is Introduced ,
The hatpin, the point of which had
been bent, which was found the day
following the murder and which the
state contends was used to open the
slain girls room, was introduced as
states exhibit No. IL, during the tes-
timony of Mrs. Margaret Bergstrom.
who occupied room No. Sc on the
fourth or top floor.
She testified that the hatpin was
found on the stand where the water
lar is kept. She identified the hatpin1
as the one which had been discovered
bv the maid and shown her.
| Lawrence Jacobson arrived IN
Fargo on the evening Of June from
Bismarck and was assigned to room
No. II, but the lock on his door was
defective so he asked for another
room and was given No. 20. Since
the murder he has been at Hunter
| Cass county.