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

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to the bedstead. The part Of the gag
which was inside the mouth Of the
murdered girl was only slightly STAIN
ed with blood which had evidently
soaked in from the outside, the out
side portion being completely soaked
with blood. The bandages which held
the arms were not badly soaked but
were covered with blood stains, es-
pecially the one holding the left arm.
These bandages were passed among
the jurors for examination. They con-
stitute the most gruesome exhibit 50
far introduced by the state. The
night gown worn by the deceased was
introduced and identified by the wit
ness as being worn by Miss Wick at
the time she was murdered. The
night gown had been cut by the under
taker in taking it from the body. At
this point court was recessed after
the usual admonition to the jury un-
til 2 o'clock this afternoon.
At the opening Of court in the after
noon e. Matlock was returned to the
stand. A few minor questions were
put to him by States Attorney Green
and he was turned over to the defense
for cross examination in the cross ex-
animation. He was referred to the
photograph previously entered as evil
dence and asked If it represented
true condition Of the body when he
took charge. He replied that It did
and stated that when he removed the
body from the bed he cut the bandages
holding the arms from the bedstead.
He also stated that the cloths tied to
the girl were not removed until he
and Officer Milligan removed them
at the morgue. These were exhibited
again and the witness stated that they
showed much blood at this time than
was on them when they were removed
owing to the frequent handling Of
them while the blood was still moist.
Referring to the bruises which were
found on the right elbow he charac-
terized it as a reddish abrasion about
the size Of dime and appeared to
have been bruised recently. He was
excused from the stand and James
Milligan deputy sheriff of Cass 60.
placed on the stand. Milligan stated
that he arrived at the Prescott hotel
about 8:15 accompanied by States At
torney Green. He went Immediately
to room 80 and made brief examina-
ton. He then went out and got the
coroner and the Coroner's jury and
was back in the hotel by 8 o'cock.
He stated that he assisted the I'M
| dertaker in removing the body and
that the bed sheets were wrapped
| around the body and taken with it.
| Milligan afterwards took charge of
| the sheets. At this point the sheets
| were introduced as evidence. There
| was no blood on the upper sheet when
] the body was found according to Mil
ligan's testimony, but the lower sheet
was soaked where the head had rested
but there was none around the body.
| Milligan stated that he was present
when the bandages were removed
from the arm and also stated that the
left wrist was covered with blood but
| that the bandages around the left
| wrist was free from blood except
where it had touched the wrist, the
| right bandage was free from blood
except for couple of small spots.
At this point the blankets and bed
spread were introduced as evidence by
the state and identified by the witness
as coming from the bed occupied by
| Marie Wick; also the blood soaked
pillows were introduced. The witness
corroborated previous testimony as to
the general condition of the body when
the examination fthe rags was Of
fered in evidence. Officer Milligan
stated that he found the nozzle laying
on the hose rack in the hal that NOM
ing and was referred to the plan and
located on the plan the place in which
the nozzle was found. He said that
| the nozzle was not fastened onto the
hose but it was pushed in place and
not screwed On. The nozzle was then
introduced in evidence and identified
by witness. He stated that when he
found the nozzle he found spots of
blood and flesh on It, He took :he
nozzle into room 80 and fitted it into
the hole in the wall and saw that il
had been made by the nozzle. He
then delivered it to Casper Nelson at
| the Agricultural college for examin-
alton. This nozzle is made of brass
about twelve inches long and five ano
three quarters inches in diameter at
the large end which screws onto the