Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-13

been unable to find any Nv" in the
specimens of Browns hand
writing which correspondent with that
in the word "Wilmar'' on the Pres
colt hotel register already-referred to.
Nblicman Saw Stranger
Outside OF the handwriting experts
one witness was on the stand Satur-
day., This was H. r. Howard, former
Fargo policeman who was put on by
the defense and; who testified that he
saw an unidentified man come out of
the main entrance of the Prescott
hotel at 2 O'Clock In the morning on
June Z which was the morning of
Marie Wick's murder. and was prob
ably not far from the time of thu at
ably contend that the mi in question
was Brown. a.
What witnesses will BE put on the
stand by the defense when'the cour
retbnvenes next Tuesday morning is
still unknown 1t is likely however,
that one of the first to go on the stand
next week will be Mrs. Anna Lawrence
proprietress Of the. Prescott hotel. who
has already been a witness for the
state and has since then been subpo-
enaed by the defense.
May Spring New Witness
1t has also been reported that the
defense has a private detective here
who is to be\placed on the witness
I, stand. ~
It is not known as yet when Cum
NOR. and Brown will go4on the stand,
as it has been announced that they
will do. but the general belief is that
they will no so appear before Tues
day afternoon Or Wednesday,. #'
! ',In fha 'to Stir,Nnv uyh tcbsf aefarae
has thus far introduced in the case the
main issue has been the effort to dis
credit the states contention that
Brown placed the Farreil-signature
on the hotel register. Some efforts
have also been made to show that the
admissions, by GUNNER which the
state put in evidence were obtained by
third degree methods. and the testi-
mony OF Howard Saturday was APP
parently designed to introduce an
other possible mystery into the case.
Importance of Signature
The feeling appears to be. however,
that the question of the jury's verdict
on Gummer's guilt. or Innocence hangs
very largely on the question of Whe-
Their or not Brown wrote the Farrell
signature, and with that idea a. strong
fight has been made to break down
the states contention along this line.
From the opening statement of w.
j. Barnett. chief attorney for the de-
tense it is gathered also that both
Brown and GUNNER. when placed on
the witness stand will deny that
Brown wrote the signature. and Gum-
mer is expected to repeat the account
Of the matter which he previously
gave to ,Fargo authorities which was
that the man who registered as Far
rell was a stranger to him, n was
assigned to room 40 in the hotel.
Against. this prospective denial by
GUNNER and Brown. the jury will
have to"weigh the circumstantial evil
dence which has been introduced by
the state: tending to show that Brown
! registered an imaginary person at the
hotel with a view to diverting susplc-
ion from himself and GUNNER. both
tack on the unfortunate Grygla girl
according to the states theory. -
2 More Days Of Testimony
No evidence has as vet been put in
by the defense to combat what the
state.has introduced regarding the IN
eliminating conversation which is al
legged to have taken place between
Brown and GUNNER in the Cass
county Jail shortly before last Christ
mas, or several Of The other points
brought up. -. ~ =
Neither has any definite theory been
advanced by Gummer's counsel as to
who did kill Marie Wick assuming
that GUNNER himself was innocent OF
the crime. The effects of Ii defense
moreover. to show that Andy Brown
did not fake the Farrell signature
show that no effort will be made &c
shift, the responsibility for the murder
to him alone. In fact Mr.. Barnett
opening statement would indicate thai
no such theory is to set up.
1t would seem certain. however
that there will be at least two NOR
days Of testimony before the final ar
' guments begin. ~. ri.,