Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-07
: Late Monday proceedings in
the trial OF William GUNNER will
be found ON page 2 of this issue.

Fargo, manager of the Gardner hotel
Fargo and one of the members Of the
coroner's jury who probed the death
Of Marie Wick. He testified to con-
versation which he said he had with
GUNNER on the morning of the dis
.covery Of the murder.
i II asked GUNNER II he was awake
FALL night LIEN bacher testified. "He
said he was. Il asked il anyone was
with him on duty or not and he said
there was not. He also said that, no
one could have gone up or down stairs
in the hotel that night without his
seeing them."
Contradicts Other Statement.
This alleged statement OF Gum
mer's regarding being alone In the
hotel office appears to contradict the
statement he is alleged to have made
to the police prior to his arrest when
he is alleged to have said that Andy
Brown was with him.
During the examination Of James
Milligan, Fargo deputy sheriff, some
interest was excited by Milligan's re-
carried on in room 80 to aid Mrs.
John Vanvorst in identifying noises
she had heard the night before and
thus fixing the time of the crime.
The chief feature Of the morning
session. however, was the effort o. the
defense to cross examine Brown In
connection with the signing of James
Farrell's name on the hotel register.
II tho state Is able to show that he
wrote this it will contend that 1t has
scored a strong point in showing that
It was done to create an imaginary
person who would of course be miss
ing when the crime was discovered
and would be sought by the police who
would thus be, thrown Off the track
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who the state contends was GUNNER,
and in. which Brown may have been
concerned himself according to the
states theory.
Millisan Croes-Examipcd.
Cross examination of James Milt-
gan, deputy sheriff of Cass county
which began Monday afternoon was
continued this morning BY w. J: Bar
nett, chief counsel for GUNNER.
i Milligan said that he reached the
Prescott hotel about 8 o'clock on the
morning ofsthe discovery Of the crime
and went directly to the death cham
ber The experiment with the sounds
from room 80 described Monday aft
ernoon were made the afternoon fol-
lowing the crime. Milligan said he
was alone in the room at the time he
said. and shook the spring up and
down. He then struck with his feet
on the steampipes between Marie
Wick's bed ana the wall Of the room.
Milligan demonstrated on the head OF
the bed which was brought into court
how he strucA the bed with a piece
Of iron. 1T was his theory he said In
answer to Mr.. Barnett's questions that
q dent found in the metal Of the bed
had been caused by one Of the blows
aimed at the head OF Marie Wick.
No Dent Made.
3WlthJa piece Of iron given him by
Mr. Barnett. Millisan then struck the
bed, showing the force used In the
blows. No dents were made by Milli-
gan's blows. He said that the iron
he used in court was not similar to
that used in his experiment. On re-
quest Of Mr.. Barnett he agreed to
hunt up a piece Of iron similar to that
actually used.
Attorneys Clash.
This cross-examination was made
over strong objections by States At
torney Green and there was q sharp
clash between tho opposing attorneys.
MilliEan said he also visited room
40 in the Prescott the morning after
the crime. The room had evidently
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