Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-23

back on the bed. But he said that
h noises heard by Miss Melaas were
such as to indicate that the theory
Of the double attack Is sound.
Discusses Hotel Guest
q discussion of the various guests in
the hotel that night and accounting
for each of them and particularly
for the single men.
And right here, I wish to call your
attention to the fact, which I think
will be fully explained to you in the
charge Of the court, that it doesn't
make any difference whether you be-
lieve GUNNER committed this murd-
with the assistance OF some oneS else,
OF whether someone else did the ac-
tual killing and he assisted in It,"
Brown Not An Outsider
In building up his argument that
no person from outside the hotel
committed the crime, MI. Green saia
an outsider. He said that If an out
slider did the work then he must have
come into the hotel and he must
have gon out of it. There were only
two ways to come into that hotel,
one through the front door of the
lobby and the other through a win
dow, and he said that every window
had been accounted for.
He argued that if any outsider COM
mitted that crime he must have
known Mary Wick was in room 80
and SO far as the evidence shows
there was only one man in addition
knew anything about Miss Wick.
THE man who committed this
crime knew where to get the hose
nozzle. and not only that, he took the
chance of walking the entire length
of the hall, christening the nozzle,
taking it down to room 80, and. then
after committing the crime, walk
ing the length Of the hall, t. put the
nozzle back in its place, knowing as
a man who was familiar enough with
the hotel must have known, that
there was a clerk on duty down stairs
all h time. said MI. Green.
I'VE have shown by the evidence
that the acts were committed at two
different times. three or. four hours
apart, and If we are to assume that
an outsider committed the crime we
must conclude that the man who did
it came into the hotel between IL and
l a: M, and then came back again
about 4 a. M, or else remained in
! SAAS ~ AAoMA - oAAo L ia
til 4 a m. OF course. it is possible to
' imagine that such things took place,
! but I do not believe it requires any
, argument to convince any reasonable
man hat no such thing did take
place.
Finally, if an outside man had
committed this job it, would have
! been necessary hat he know the sit
uation Of h entire hotel, as to meth
l <1r - l. SOD -
rooms n stairways, h habits OF
the hotel clerk, that a girl was in
room 80, the location of the fire
hose nozzle, that guests would not be
going to bed at the time he was in the
hotel, and hat there was no danger
to him in having the light turned on
in room 80 during at least a part OF
the time he was in there. Again ]
say, it is possible to imagine or guess
that such a situation would have ex
listed, but again I say that no rea-
things happened In an ordinary. way
would conclude for a minute that any
such situation did e. st on the night
that Marie Wick was murdered"
Mr.. Green then proceeded to dea;
individually with the many guests in
the hotel.
Nothing on Hagen
With respect to Mr.. Hagen, he ask.
ed the jury to consider that fac thai
If Hagen were on trial for the muir
der, the state haA no evidence what
soeverr'to connect him with the crime
in any way. y.
j Mr.. Hagen got into the hotel ate,
; being on the train three days anG
three nights and he had not slept fol
eighteen hours. jAnd above all hi
was not in the hotel between - anG
1 when the first noises were heard
Mr.. Green said hat the evidence
shows that MI. Hagen was in hi!
room the next morning, that every
thing in the room was thoroughly, ex
amined and that nothing out of the
ordinary was found. He said that the
evidence showed also that the dool
between room 81 and 80 had not beer
opened, for an examination disclosed
that the door was fastened with
nail, that dust was undisturbed, tina
there were cobwebs around the loci
and from the door to it's frame whicl
were unbroken and undisturbed.
Answering the question of hov