Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-07

The same applied to room 81, which
wass occupied by II. j.. Hagan. Milf
4 said. This concluded the cross
exayntnAtion OF Milligan for the time
being.
!. Mall Service Ofacial called.
Walter Jenninss OF Fargo, an Of
fctal OF the railway mall service was
called by the state to clear up the
facts regarding the postmark Of tho
'tntroduced Monday. Assuming he
said that the postcard had been
mailed at Fargo at 1880 a.. m, June
s.-the postfnark would be June s.. a.
the clerk on the train would use a!
postmarki showing the date at which
he.ieft the terminus Of his run.
ton indicating that O'Brien's evil
dence was correct.
Trousers Identified.
Roscoe Hines, former workman at
the Equity packing plant, Identified
as his, the trousers which were found
BY Milligan at the Prescott hotel. He
had the trouser at the Prescott hotel,
he said. and had told his wife to
throw them away. M *
Mrs. Hines vas then called. She
said she threw the trousers into the
basement of the Prescott hotel in
March. 1921, and had not seen them
from h a time until they were pro-
duced by Milligan.
Loimbacher Called.
A. H. Leimb&rher. manager OF the
Gardner hotel, Fargo, who was a
member Of the coroner's jury that In
vestigated the murder Of Marie Wick,
conversation with GUNNER which. has
already been described.
Mrs. John Vanvorst Of the Prescott
Annex, who was recalled to the wit
ness stand, said THAT she heard mo. one
pass through the hall of hcr depart
ments on the night Of the crime. A
window into this hall was. however.
unlocked that night, she said, when
cross-examined by Mr.. Barnett.
CtAmbcrmaid Tesdnes.
Mary MelaaA. former chambermaid
at the Hotel Prescott, was then called
by the state. She testified that at
the time Of the murder she occupied
room ~ at h Prescott hotel, which
was immediately. under room 80 oc-
cupied by Marie Wick.
On June 6 Miss Meiaas said she
went to bed at $3.50. She was awak-
ened about 4 o'clock she said, identi-
flying the time by the fact that the
court house clock struck 4 at the
time. -
"Just after the clock struck" said
Miss Melaas, f" thought I heard
someone get out Of bed up in room 30
then 1t sounded as though one Of his
shoes struck the bed, then a little
later the other shoe seemed to strike
the bed. then / heard someone walk
ing fin the room. The door opened
and closed and I heard someone walk
towards the front stairs
EoJAouyol II cn~.-A A.>.
Miss Me!aas said that she heard no
one going towards the back of the
building at the time. The contention
OF the state is that this noise was
caused by the second assault on Marie
Wick which therefore would have
taken place at 4 o'clock in the morn.
ing.
Opened Door.
The Girl then told Of opening the
door to room 80 for Fred Lawrence
at the time of the discovery Of the
crime. She opened the door with he,
pass Key which hung on a safety pin
She had called L~awrence's attention
to a key marked 80 hanging on the
Key rack. she said. but he said tina,
Key would not unlock the door, She
also testified under cross-exaFninattor
as to h table which was placed b,
the door Of the death chamber wher
OASO ORNooUL ING 'OOOf LOE Lawrence.
Ssw Girls Body.
The girl said that when she openec
the door and saw Marie Wick's body
ran out of the room at once. or
fufther cross-examination. Mr.. Bar
y asked the girl il it was not a fac
that on several occasions she hat
said she heard no noise IN the nigh
IL crime. Miss Melaas deniet
having made such a statement. Mr.
hariiett intImated that he would re
call her later for further cross-ex
animation.
Hagan Recalled
\ n. j. .Hagan was recalled by tn
defense for cross-examination,
He admitted thai he had com
from Seattle at the request of Mr.
, Green to testify in this case.
After some wrangling he said h
, presumed he had been convicted by
= ass county jury for Irregularities /,
!. the Observation-Disclosures bank bu
> said he was not sur Of the status o
the case at the present time.
Hagan said he was not sure II thi
, Gonvlc.ion took place before or afte
!. June z. 1921.
!; Defense Springs Surprise.
: linen followed the surprise sprun
6y the defense in attempting to REGAL
Brown for. cross-examination.
VAnvofst Recalled.
After the noon recess John Vanvors
!; was recalled for a brief cross exami
nation by the defense.
Fred Kraemer. sheriff, testified thu
: GUNNER told him before being ar
rested that Andy Brown had been Wit
him in the lobby of the Prescott hott
; on the night OF the crime. This appar
emily shows the discrepancy in hi
: statements when compared with tn
evidence given this morning.
Cation Chief Witness
(; The chief witness OF the day ap
peared when j.. Cation Of Minneapoii
took the stand and in preliminar
questions showed himself qualified a
a handwriting expert. He testif1e
= that ne had examined the page OF tn
Prescott hotel register on which tn
name James Farrell. Willn1ar. ap
peared and another sheet on whici
the same name was written by And
Brown and had ais compared tn
hotel register with other samples o
timony In court has identified as hi
own. As a result Of this compariso
the witness said that in his opinio
these exhibits. In other words, tn
words. James Farrell. Willmar. on tn
!; hotel register are in Andy Brown
handwriting, H.the opinion OF the e1
pert.
Analysed Methods.
t Mr.. Cation then rave 4 detailed an
aiysss OF the, methods used in reach
ink this conclusion.
I'm the handwriting In dispute" h
said. There arc many letters While
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