The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-02-23
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w. J. SMITH, President.
H: L. TAYLOR, Secretary

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morning, and the effect of his replies
to questions asked him during the
! cross examination, on the jury was
! noticeable to everyone in the court
| room. It is not expected that the
case will be given to the jury today
! but they will probably be charged
on Thursday. Tomorrow being Wash
ington's birthday there will be no
court and if the case is not completed
today it cannot be continued until
Thursday. .-~.'. ...
Officer Pickering was the first wit.
ness called to the stand by the state
in rebuttal yesterday afternoon. He
was on the stand for several minutes
but was not allowed to answer the
questions put to him as they were
objected to by the defense and the
objections were sustained. The only
question he was allowed to answer
was "did you ever say that it looked
like a case of suicide to you to
which he replied, "No".
Did Not Call Brown
Minnie Thompson, proprletress OF
the Addison Flats in Fargo said that
she did not call Andy Brown on the
morning of the 7th. Andy Browns
testimony was to the effect that she
did call him at 600 o'clock. She
further stated that she did not see
Brown that morning, that her room
was adjoining the room occupied by
Brown and that she heard him go out
about midnight but that she never
heard him return. Cross examina-
ton failed to shake her direct testl'
mony. ,-- @~ - K. 49, r..
E. B. Charlson was placed on the
stand and asked as to the converse
ton which it is alleged that Brown
had over the telephone at the time
he returned to the Addison Flats on
the morning following the murder.
This was objected to by the. defense
and the objection sustained. The wit
ness was excused. ..... -.
C. S. Knight, telegraph operator OF
Fargo, for whom Andy Brown was
working at the time of the murder,
was not allowed to answer the ques-
lions put to him by the state and was
excused without giving any evidence
of material value to the case.
T. j. Collins stated that Andy
Brown had told him that he had gone
from the Grand pool hall to the Pres
colt hotel on the night of the muir
der. This is contrary to Browns tes-
timony in which he stated that he
had gone directly to his room after
leaving the poolhall.
Tell Bill Not to Squawk"
Myrtle Schultz, a prisoner in the
Cass county Jail who is held for the
raising of check was next placed
on the stand and said that he and
Hendrickson had conversation with
Brown on New Years Eve in which
he told Brown mot to talk too much
as there are a lot of stools around
here. He also said that Brown had
told him to "tell Bill not to squawk
until the last minute" and also that
Brown had said "and don't let any
one hear you tell him.. ~
The cross examination was aimed
at the discrediting Of the testimony
of the witness and was partly sue
cessful. @..-,s
F. NJ. Hendrickson, another pris-
oner, substantiated the testimony of
Schultz regarding the statement as
to Brown asking him to "tell Bill not
to squawk until the last minute"
Under cross examination several
questions were asked of the witness
tending to bring out the fact that he
had been promised a quick release
from custody for his testimony. The
witness evidently. did not understand
the questions and seemed bewildered,
finally saying, 81 just know didn't
kill the girl anyway. He was ex-
cused.
Court Convened at $3.50
Court convened at $3.50 this morn
ing to complete the case before the
adjournment for the holiday. This
was vain effort as States Attorney
Green had been taken ill with the pre-
vailing epidemic yesterday afternoon
and the attending physician would
not permit his appearance in court