Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-08

room, n OF attempting to kid"
her over the telephone when the girl
called tofthe office to have the time OF
the cali she had left for the next
morning changed.
In thes statements testified to this
afternoon, however, he strenuously
deniedEthat he had taken the initiative
in calling the girl, vel the telephone
ortstth&tsTshe had made, any very inn
proper advances to her.
The major part OF the printable
portion Of the admissions testified to
by Mr.. Green this afternoon 1 given
below. Unless otherwise indicated.
Mr.. Green said that the questions
were asked by a Burns detective by
'fhe name of Rrandeis who was assist
ing the Fargo authorities in the in
v%estigation OF the case.
Talked About "the Jane in So"
The admissions included consider
able detail Of the affairs about the
hotel lobby between IL midnight, and
l a. M, as GUNNER originally stated
they occurred. This INCLUDED. his as
sertion that he went over to the de-
pot, and that Andy Brown, , his pal,
came into the hotel. Conversation
between Brown and GUNNER said he
brought up the subject of Miss Wick
to whom he referred as 1.-The jane IN
80"
A.-(Gummer)-Then after that I
was there all alone and I must ave
sat and waited probably Is or 20
minutes-that Is as close as L ear
come5to it. AS far as I can remember,
and Andy Brown came in.
Q.-Whattis the first thing he said
to you?i
a. He says, we'll how are you: he
says. ] was down and mailed a letter
n I thought I would come over and
see you before l went to bed
Q. Where were you rooming
then?
A. My stuff was rooming with
Brown and Mrs. Lawrence have given
nle No. 62 to sleep in n l used to
SO there and sleep forenoons, because
it was gutter at the Addison. but my
suitcases were at the Addison.
Q. What room?
moved us to room IL because they
kalsomined our
@. When did they kalsomfne?
A. They kalsomined our room-it
was when I came back from the
court house, and l was
@. Since the murder?
A. Since the murder: 1t must have
been about June 8 or 9.
Testimony UnprintAblc
Gummer's recital Of his converse
ton with Brown from this point is
unprintable. and into the midst of this
is again reference to Miss Wick. the
lane in So"
GUNNER. in answer to a question
during this part Of the inquiry, said:
I'VE talked about this girl miss
Wick) in here as I told gu. said
something about her in her room
! oh ocliro IN 7 had told him oho -oS
a good looking girl-swell girl"
Another girl was brought into the
conversation, concerning whom Gum
mer quoted Brown as saying, HELL
no. she amt that kind Of q girl, Bill
Gummer's relations with a woman
who checked into the hotel on June
4 were related by him in answer tc
questions. He said she referred te
herself as "a hotel lady"
GUNNER also was quoted by Greer
as reciting experiences with a woman
who registered into the hotel on al
) earlier datee.
!, Telephone Conversation Again
From this point. the officials direct;
, ed their inquiry back to the converse
tion GUNNER and Brown had in thu
hotel on the night of the murder.
@. Now Bill, you certainly ha1
"a ~An = N~S AA6AA
) about this girl Miss Wick) in No. 80
; A.. (Gummer). He asked rue wha;
> kind of a girl I thought she was, ant
, I told him 1 thought she was a goot
!. green country girl. and I think he viii
, tell you the same thing. She neveI
! talked onany-I say a girl when sh'
: talks to guys and starts a conversation
!. with anyone on first acquaintance ant
makes some remark about staying NJ
1ofn or m 1fn o. m q ~ ~ uu{ohin~ ~
: would come.
; @. You imagine she Is meat?
A.. Yes. I do.
;, Q. After our other experience IL
hotels with other james after Mari
= called up to have her morning cal
| changed what did you do? Smpl
Z hang up on her?
: A. No didn't hang up on her.
= @. 1t doesn't sound good. Yo1
{ didn't hang up on the others did you
A. No.
Q. Well, what wa the converse
ton on the telephone after she toll
> you to change the call?'
. A. She said she vas going to bed
, and I asked II she was going to be
S that early. She said I wanted to b
sure to get called. She says will 20
do that. I said are you going to bed
4 Q: You would have been willin
o o You?
' A. Yes, I would
O.. But she didn't seem willing t
talk?
> A. She didn't want to talk.
4 @. Now didn't you say somethin
a to her about helping putting her t
:, bed on the phone.
A. God! I don't. think 1 did.
said something about bed, or she sal
ahn Uao O0inD IN had oojl @iH NO
= say you were going to bed? I migi
have said and
Q. Well. that is important; let
get that. YOU have talked intima,
y and friendly and everything with a
= these others, is there any eason VIII
= you wouldn't have done the san
thing with her. She was better lool
ing than the others.
A. No, no better looking than
@. You said she had a damn GOO
shape didn't you?
A. Good looking girl.
g.. You Wouldn't nave passed h
= up if you had a chance
A. Not il she had started on a col
~versation. =
y A. (Gummer) When she call.
u pshe said something about she ";
is member, and I said. did you say "
ne were going to bed. I might have sa
that do you want some help or som
thing like that, because I rememb
she said she was going to bed, and
sure and give me a call. &
@. 1t Is more than likely you d
say, do you want some help, isn't it
A. Yes. /,
@. 1t is what you would say
somebody else. 4
a. ] wouldn't spring that on
stranger. Ea