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

tress was arranged before the jury
and witness and identified by the wit
ness as being the mattress referred to
in previous testimony. This mattress
showed large spot about ten by fiji
teen inches in size where the head of
the murdered girl had rested. Wit
ness stated that slit in the mattress
had been made by the authorities af-
ter the crime in their inspection of
the mattress. Small blood stains on
the mattress was made. said the wit
ness, by the undertaken in removing
the body with the exception of very
small stain on the west side Of the
mattress which was found in the
room.
The witness stated that the key to
room 80 which was used by Miss
Wick that night had been found.
An electric light bulb was intro
duced in evidence by. the state and
identified as having been found IN the
room by him. Several black smears
on the bulb were stated by the wit
ness to have been red smears when
found, the color being changed to
black by the application of graphite
which was used by the authorities to
get finger prints. These smears ap-
peared to be blood stains and were as
found except that small portion had
been scraped off in making tests, to
prove that the stains were blood. This
was passed among the jurors.
Sheriff Kreamer stated that the
door connecting room 80 and 81 was
locked. There were several holes in
the door which had been plugged from
the side Of room 30. These were dus-
ty on the room 81 side and showed no
sign of having been disturbed. Wit
ness stated that there were no signs
of the door having been opened as
there was dust on the door and door
frame and cobwebs connecting the
door to the frame. The witness stat
ed that there was an ordinary lock on
the hall door Of room 80 and that
from the outside the door appeared
to be equipped with Yale lock but
that the lock had not been used as
examination showed the bang slot to
have been removed from the door
frame.
Sheriff Kraemer stated that he ex-
amined room 81 accompanied by
States Attorney Green and that in the
examination of the room and contents
they found nothing out of the ordin-
a:y. Witness stated that he also saw
Hagan in bed and that an examina-
ton Of his clothes and person showed
nothing out Of the ordinary. He thu
examined room IS which was occupied
by Mr.. Mckenzie and found nothing
suspicious. He stated that GUNNER
told him later on that Mckenzie had
come into the hotel between 2 and :?
o'clock that morning. He also exam
ined room 40 but found nothing out of
the ordinary. He stated that Gunner
had told him that the room had been
occupied by James Terrell who had
come into the hotel about 2 O'Clock
that morning. GUNNER had described
Farrell to him as being a man about
80 years of age wearing a grey suit
and cap and being about 5 feet and
inches tall, Of quite tanned complex
ion. Witness did not remember as tc
whether GUNNER had made any state
ment to him as to Terrell leaving the
hotel but remembered that GUNNER
had stated that his chum, Andy
Brown, had been with him most of
the night. Direct examination was
concluded at II o'clock and counsel
for defense tried to shake Kraemer's
testimony under cross-examinatio1
but were not very successful. The
cross examination tended to fix def
initely the time of arrival of various
authorities and placed considerable
stress on the examination given to
room 81 and it's occupant, Hagan. The
only point upon which Kraemer did
not appear certain was relative to
the finding of a Bible in room 81
which counsel for the defense claimed
maid had stated in the presence of
the witness had a blood stain on it
Witness stated that he did not re-
member the statement but would not
care to testify that the statement had
not been made in his presence. When
asked by States Attorney Green as to
the Bible Kraemer said that he dis
posed of it by giving it to Green. Wit
ness was excused at 11:4O having
spent one hour and forty minutes on
the stand.
C. E. Mattlock, undertaken of Fargo
stated that he was connected with the