Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-21
FRIDAYS SESSION
OF THE TRIAL OF
WILLIAM GUNNER
(By Staff Correspondent

Valley City, NJ D., Jan 2O.-After
placing before, the. jury the weapon
with which it is alleged William Cum
mer killed Marie Wick. and the blood
soaked bedding. rugs. etc.. from the
room in VIII CHI she was done to death,
States Attorney William Green today
resumed his elimination of other pos
sible perpetrators of the. crime of
which GUNNER. stands accused.
Ten men who were guests at the
Prescott hotel were placed on the wit
ness stand this afternoon to account
tor their movements on the night the
CT me was committed.
The most significant testimony in
this connection was given by w. II.
Flauger, aged 10, of Heaton. N. D.,
who with his son.. Everett Flauger,
}rived at the Prescott hotel about the
same time Marie Wick did on the
night OF June 6. 1F.tstr -
; Flauger testified that he saw Gum
mer take the girl to her room on her
arrival.
Both father and son testified that
they arose the next morning at 6
O'Clock and went down stairs to the
lobby of the hotel between 6:10 and
$40 o'clock. At that time. the father
says. GUNNER was at the hotel desk.
The Significance of this testimony
lies in the fact that GUNNER told the
police he called Marie Wick al 6
o'clock n received no answer. 1t
was however. about Z o'clock in the
morning when he called Fred
LawrencesaccoDding to- the latter's
testimony here. - { 4<,a@
Hose Nozzle Produced.
All Of the dodgers at the hotel who
were placed On the witness stand to-
day were able to account for them
selves satisfactorily during the night
of the crime. None of them heard OF
the affair until the following morning
although one of them, o. Deichert OF
/ Craigyille, Mimi, was awakened by a
noise some time during the night. His
room was on the floor above that OF
which the murder was committed.
The fire hose nozzle with which il
is claimed Marie Wick was dubbed
to death, was placed in evidence this
afternoon and was identified BY
James Milligan, deputy sheriff Of Cas-
county, who stated he found It In
searching the hall of the second foo,
OF the hotel the day following this
crime. The nozzle was with the hose
he said, but not attached to 1t, hav.
Ing been bent to some extent.
The hose and nozzle were in a dari
part OF the hall and could not be
readily found by anyone not knowing
their location, the testimony showed
The nozzle is about IA inches lone
and q inches In diameter.at its widest
part. and is made of brass and .is quits
heavy.
Stained by Blood.
Milligan testihed that he noticed i
slight stain. at the end Of the nozzle
ano gave 1t to Casper Nelson, pro
lessor OF bacteriology at the stat.
Agricultural college to test for tn.
presence OF human blood.
Prof. Nelson testified In court to.
day that he Had made TWO tists AMI
that there was undoubtedly human
blood on the nozzle. 70 further con
meet the nozzle with the mi, ,twt
towels were proddced which werl
found by MiliIEaans. the latter swors
Trey were under the covers OF MIR
Wick's bed after the discovery sof .th'
murder. The towels were stained witt
blood, and with some greenish sub
stance which 10 claimed to be verdi
kgris from the brass nozzle, the con