The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-01-26

1880. They were assigned to room
80 on the third floor by the propri
etress, Mrs. Lawrence.
At this point Hans Wick was re.
turned to the stand by the prosecution
and was asked if Marie had ever been
in larger town than Warren, MINI.
to which he replied that she had not
Arnold Rasmussen gave his age as
% and stated that his home was near
Grygla, Minn.. that he knew the Wick
family, they living about two and a
half miles from his home. He had
known Marie Wick for the past seven
years but had never gone with her or
| accompanied her to any parties OF
! dances. At the time of the tragedy
he was living at Moorhead and work
ing for a contractor at that place
He identified the letter, formerly
| placed in evidence by States Attorney
| Green as the letter received by him
from the deceased. The letter was
| read to the jury and court by Green.
This letter asked Mr.. Rasmussen to
meet Miss Wick at Fargo on Monday
| evening as she expected to arrive at
! about 10 o'clock on a Great Northern
train. She considered this asking quite
Il favor but felt nervous going to such
large city alone in the night. She
stated that she had asked Rasmussen
sister, Laura, if it would be alright to
ask this favor of him and she had said
that it would The balance of the let
ter referred to the lack Of social do
ings around Grygla and was signed
"lovingly, Marie Wick"
Mr.. Rasmussen stated that he got
on the Great Northern train at Moor
head and rode to Fargo with Miss
Wick. Miss Wick had as baggage a
suitcase and small grip. The witness
| assisted her wit hthis baggage at the
! Great Northern station and carried
the same to the Northern Pacific sta
ton, in company with Miss Wick,
| where they inquired as to the leaving
time or the Northern Pacific train on
which Miss Wick intended to leave in
the morning. From there they went
to the Prescott hotel where Miss Wick
was registered by Mrs. Lawrence. The
defendant, GUNNER, came into the Of
! flee from upstairs at this time and
Mrs. Lawrence asked him to take
Miss Wick to room 80 which he did.
The witness waited in the hotel lobby
for the return of Miss Wick about fiji
I teen minutes and when she came down
stairs accompanied iler to the Broad
way Candy Store which they entered
! and ordered ice cream. While in the
! candy store the witness dropped mic
kle in the automatic piano and noted
that Miss Wick was quite interested
! in the instrument, never having seen
one before. They talked of mutual
acquaintances at Grygla and returned
to the Prescott hotel where Mr.. Ras-
| mussen left Miss Wick outside.
Jack Smith a taxi driver was stand
| ing on the sidewalk outside the Pres
colt hotel when the witness left Miss
Wick. Mr.. Rasmussen walked back to
Moorhead and entered the Panchot ca
fe where he met Miss Jennie Helgen-
seth who was employed at that place
and who the witness had been going
with. The witness had lunch and
accompanied Miss Healgenseth to the
Lenord house garage returning to the
Panchot cafe about l:50 a. NJ. The
witness then went to the Skandia no.
tel where he roomed. On entering he
saw three men and one woman in the
lobby of the hotel. One of them he
later identified as Silas Stamnes. One
of the men in the lobby was intoxl-
Gated and the witness accompanied
him from the hotel and to taxi cab
and returned to the hotel lobby within
few minutes. He spoke to those IN
the lobby about the intoxicated man
and went directly to his room and
went to bed with his roommate where
he stayed until o'clock in the morn
ing, going to work at that time. He
did not learn of the death of Marie
Wick until 7 o'clock Tuesday evening.
He Immediately reported to Sheriff
Kraemer in Fargo and delivered to
him the letter which he had received
from Miss Wick, told Of his movement
the previous evening and returned to
Moorhead. Council for the defense
tried hard in the cross examination to
confuse Mr.. Rasmussen but his tes-
timony remained mistaken.
Miss Jennie Halgenseth was the
next witness called. She stated that
she was 20 years of age and that her