The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-07-01
DEFENSE ASKS
VIM. GUNNER BE
GIVEN RELEASE
States Attorney Argues For
Binding of GUNNER and
Defense Resists
HAGEN NOT ON STAND
Defense Demands to Know Why
Banker Did Not Give
Testimony

version OF the prosecution as how
Marie Wick was assaulted and
beat TO death In summing up the
preliminary case. He summed up
evidence presented against viii.
liam GUNNER and asked that he
be held to trial.
The attorney took the brass fire
hose nozzle with which the girl
was killed and showed how he be.
Iieved the murderer must have
stood over her after he had gagged
and tied and attacked her, raining
blows down on her as she tried to
dodge; how he missed, battering
bed frame and wall; how the Girl
tore one hand free and died with
her head hanging over the side Of
the bed and with her free hand on
the wall.
The crime was committed by
someone inside the hotel, the ut.
tOrney declared, and not by
hotel prOwler bent on theft.
! Fargo, July 1.-The state rested this
forenoon in the preliminary hearing
of William GUNNER, charged with the
murder Of Marie Wick, IS, Grygla,
Minn., in her room in a hotel here
June Z.
William Green, states attorney, be-
gan his plea that the prisoner be held
to the grand jury.
' Claire Brittner, of defense counsel,
declared that no evidence had been
introduced to incriminate the young
night clerk, who is defendant, in any
greater degree than any of the guests
o fth ehotel the night the murder was
committed and asked why H., j. Hagen,
formerly president Of the Gcandtna-
vian-American bank, who Occupied a
room next that in which Miss Wick
was killed, was not brought into the
hearing for questioning. Mr.. Green
replied there had been absolutely no
evidence to implicate Hagen who, he
said, has been called to Seattle by
sickness. Mr.. Brittner did not insist
that Hagen be called.
- Experts On Stand.
Morton Sydness, finger-print expert.
Miss May Melaas, chambermaid, and
Fred Lawrence son of the proprietor OF
the hotel were recalled to the stand
this morning to give more general tes-
tim0nV regarding circumstances of the
murder. Officials hope to complete
the hearing today
The transcript Of the testimony read
by States Attorney Green detailed
Gummer's replies to his questions
about the time when Marie Wick reg
istered and when he went to her room
next morning GUNNER admitted talk
ing to her over the telephone early In
the evening two or three times when
she called and said she did not want
him to forget to call her at $3.50 a. m.
Following is part of the transcript
relating to Gummer's action on the
morning Of he murder. Herein Cum
mer refutes his former declarations:
Q.-Bill, tell US again some Of the
tell US again about when you went
into the room at $3.50 Tuesday morn
ing. .a.aE
A.-When went up there you mean
how | happened to 60 in.
Q.--All about it.
Goes Into Room at $3.50
A.-When | first called her on the
phone at o'clock | didn't hear an
answer. l called her again In prob
ably 10 minutes on the phones then
| called her again. l think called
her three times on the phone. l went
up there and raped at the door. Then
when I came down little while later
l raped at the door again. took
those keys along, those two on the
safety pin, and l raped on the door.
She didn't answer. l unlocked the
door, l opened it and l looked in to
see her, and there she lay just as she
was found that morning.
Q.-How far did you 90 into the
room?
Al didn't take more than three
steps. l 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 l locked the door and then
went and-let's see-did ! 60 down
stairs before l called Fritz, or not?
Then l went and told-this is how 1t
was: Then | went down stairs and
called Fritz on the telephone and
told him this party was alseep and
l says get up and l am coming up to
talk to you. went up to Fritz, woke
him, told him there was party
asleep in room No. 30. told him
they didn't answer, had called them
twice-that is l had raped on the
door, and when l told Fritz he first
kind of thought it was joke. When
] 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 1t.
says. I says she has either got
sleeping sickness or dead or some
thing. That is what l said to Fritz.
And Fritz said that is nothing. There
has beer times it has taken two hours
to get them up, he says.