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

throw some cold water in her lace.
GUNNER called him again in few
minutes and stated that he had lok-
ed over the transom and that the girl
appeared to be dead. Lawrence went
down and returned to room 80 with
GUNNER, climbed up on the table
which GUNNER had placed in front OF
the door, and saw the body of Marie
Wick with the hands tied to the bed
stead and her face covered with
bloody rags. Lawrence sent GUNNER
back to the office to notify the police
and called chambermaid to open the
door. The chambernaid opened the
door and entered. gave a cry and
rushed back out. Lawrence did not
enter the room at this time but closed
the door and went down stairs. he
told of the arrival of the Doctor and
the officers who came within few
minutes. DR.. Harry J. Forth exam
ined the body casually and stated that
the girl was dead. Lawrence stated
that the first time he entered the
room was in company with Doctor
Burton. He accompanied officers
Pickering and Nelson to the rooms
and after looking at room 80 they
went to room 1. The door was locked
but the occupant H. J. Hagan reached
over from the bed and let them IN.
Mr.. Hagan was in bed and had only
his underwear on. The witness and
officers searched the bed clothes and
the clothes of Mr.. Hagan.. They
found everything in order. The tow
els in the room had not been used
Examination Of room 20 occupied by
l.. Jacobson disclosed the same con-
dition. Examination of the rooms
IS and 40 showed everything y. n
In room 40, supposed to be occupied
by James Farrell there seemed to be
nothing wrong but the bed was al
ready made up. Examination Of var
ious windows, doors and other places
of exit showed screens to be in place
and fastened on the inside. A WIN
dow in the back of the Hotel on the
first floor was open on inch or two
This window was stuck owing to the
looseners of a jamb and required the
efforts of two men to bulge it. The
bottom of the window is about 5 feet
from the floor. OF the two doors one
was sealed and the other was locked
with a pad lock on the inside. The
witness stated that he had not noticed
whether the fire hose nozzle, with
which the state claims the girl was
murdered, was fastened to the hose
or not.
Mr.. Harry Poague was returned TO
the stand and stated that he had tax
en- photographs in room 80 during
the morning following the murder
These photographs and enlargements
were entered as evidence by Green
and identified by the witness as being
taken by him at that time. He fur
Their stated that he had taken these
photographs in the presence Of Sher-
iff kraemer.
w. C. Dennis, photographer OF
Moorhead, stated that he had taken
some photographs in room 80 at the
request of States Attorney Green
and in the presence of Sheriff krae-
mer. These photographs and mega
tives were entered in evidence and
showed the bed and walls in the room
as they appeared that morning. They
also showed pictures of the bloody
finger-prints on her arm but they
were blurred.
The pictures entered in evidence and
taken by Proague and Dennis showed
in detail the bloody conditions of the
room and walls and of the bed cloth
ing. They are gruesome photographs
and they give one very vivid impress
sion of the brutal way in which Miss
Wick was murdered, and for which
the defendant GUNNER is on trial.
The next witness called was Rich
ard Pickering, Fargo policeman.
who was called to the scene of the
murder at 7:45 on the morning of
June 7. He stated that GUNNER and
Fred Lawrence were at the desk when
he came in. He asked what the trou-
BILE was and GUNNER replied that the
girl in room 80 seemed terribly cut
up and that he thought it was case
of suicide. He noticed key behind
the desk. It was on brass plate and
not on a safety pin. The witness was
shown the photographs of the room
and stated that the appearance of the
room was as as the photographs
showed them when he first entered
He then returned to the office and
called up the police station and the