Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-20

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here was the one In the key rack
the ncx morning.
A. Yes.
The witness further stated that tho
only .other keys. except that given to
Miss Wick, which would open the
room were skeleton keys for the use
of the chambermaids and others. and
were kept hanging on a safety pin III
the hotel office.
No Screen OH Window.
On >cross examination the witness,
told Attorney w. H. Barnett, Gum&
mer's counsel, that there was IA
screen,ess window on the fourth floof,
only about iii foot from the roo of
the building. He also said that #
out of the window to the root and
walk on the roo to the fire escape
and thence to the ground.
He also stated that two Windows
We're open In the rear part Of the frs:
floor, and that it would have becl.
possible Tor an intruder 10 gain acc@s
to the hotel through that.
This was followed by the identilca
ton of the photographs made in TIL,
murdes chamber follwing the dis
covcry OF the crime. The photo
cA"PAAS 4AovS w SSI UOSH lOIl410lE
offered IN evidence. One of Their
shows the body of the slain girl lyin
on the bed in the condition it wa
found.
Policeman Tcstifics.
Richard Pickering, a member O.
the Fargo police force, testified tn,
he was sent to the Prescott hot,
about 1915 a. M, on June z. H..
further testimony was in part as fol
lows:
Q. Whom did you first see wher
you got to the hotel?
a. GUNNER and Lawrence.
Q. What did you say?
A. ! asked what was the trouble
O. Who. answered?
A. GUNNER
q. What did he say?
A. He said there was a girl in a
room covered with blood. He Salt.
h must have committed suicide.
q. Did he take you to the room?
A. Yes.
e. Ana did he unlock the door?
A.. Yes.
Q. What kind of a key did he
use?
A.. One like that, pointing to the
key with a tab which I'D already
been identified by Lawrence as one
NttSh No"lu ilot uHioCh tne room,
but sin'ilar to that which was given
Q. What did you find in the
room?
A. A young girl cold in death.
=. What did you tell GUNNER?
A. l told him it was a case OF
murder not suicide.
Q. What did he say?
A.. He said it couldn't be because
the girl was alone in the room and
the door was locked.
On cross examination Attorney
Barnett showed the witness one of
This picture showed no pillows on
the bed n the witness had prev
iously testified that there were pillows
near the head of the bed when he en-
teredjthe room.
Door Key Lost.
Otto Nelson, another Fargo police
man. testified he came to the hotel
about 1880 o'clock in the morning.
hotel, GUNNER was back of the
counter in the office with Fred
Lawrence and the day clerk of the
hotel. He said that he saw the key
which had been introduced in evil
dence on the key rack and was told
by Lawrence that it would n%ot~open
the door to 80, and that the key
which would open this door could not
be found Or was lost. He also told
Of going to roojl 81, which was oc-
cupied by j. H. Hagen, and that on
knocking at the DOR he was admitted
by Hagen who was still1in bed This
was the same visit already described
by Lawrence. - sif' ~.
The last witness of the afternoon
was James. South, a deputy sheriff of
.Cass county. He told of making a
search of the hotel a few days after
the crime Ind finding a hat pin with