The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-02-16

2 tempted disguise or forgery the wit
ness stated that it was. His atten.
ton was directed to the signature of
Mrs. Elmer Hillyard and family on
the register sheet and admitted that
this signature showed the presence
| Of tremors, as did the signature Of
R. H. Flaugher and son. There was
no tremor possibilities in te sigma
ture of H. J. Hagan. When asked if
the tremors would be apt to show in
the writing of an assumed named the
witness said that they would.
Tremors Do Not Show
His attention was then called to
the signature of Ed. Smith and wife,
Immediately below the James Farrell
signature. This man is one who is
married but who registered in this
manner in company with a prostitute
under an assumed name. There We're
no tremors perceptible in the sigma
ture. Neither were there any visible
tremors in the signature of James
Farrell, either in the signature on the
hotel register. or in the names as writ
ten by Andy Brown in the presence
of Green and Kraemer. The witness
stated that the correct way to spell
Willmar was with two rs although
it is spelled "Wilmar" on the register
and was so spelled by Brown when
writing the name in Green's office.
The witness also said that specimens
written beofre the tragedy were the
best comparison and stated that,
while he had used exhibit SO in dem
onstrating his conclusions for the
jury, he had done this as exhibit So
was more legible and easier for the
Jury to see, but that he had also eX-
amined the other exhibits in making
the comparison of signatures, had
based his conclusions on all the evil
dence at hand. Mr.. Langum also
said that the capital letter w was
peculiar and distinctive and formed
good basis for comparison. That
the initial, or cross stroke might be
omitted by the writer frequently and
that Brown did not write a uniform
| capital w in his other writings, but
stated that it was his belief that the
| ink SPOT or broadening of the stroke
! in the initial stroke was not the re-
suit of hesitation on the part of the
| writer in writing the Signature.
Man Seen Leaving Hotel
II. B. Howard was the first wit
ness called to the stand by the de-
fense this morning. He stated that
he had been a police officer in the
city of Fargo at the time Marie Wick
| was murdered and that his beat In
cluded that part Of the city wherein
the Prescott Hotel is located, that
| while walking his beat on the night
of the murder he walked through the
| alleys between the Prescott Hotel
and the Waldorf Hotel and continued
east across the street. When he was
about midway across the street he
heard the front door Of the Prescott
Hotel open and: on reaching the side
walk. he looked back and saw mar
coming out of the door. This man
! continued north, up the street, until
he was in front of the Waldorf where
he sat down in one of the benches in
front of the hotel. The witness con-
tinued on his rounds and when ne
, next returned to the street the man
had disappeared.
Questioned under cross examination
the witness reiterated his direct testl-
mony and said that he was able to
fix the time Of the night as beng
Just minute or two before his time
to report which was 2 o'clock. he
was unable to give any other descrlp-
ton of the man than that ne was
about a middle sized man, and stated
that he did not note the manner in
which the man was dressed. When
asked if he had ever seen Andy
Brown the witness said that he had
not.
Owing to the fact that T. J. Cation
resides in Minneapolis and was anx-
ious to return to his home the op-
posing counsel had agreed that the
state should place him on the stand
for redirect examination under rebut-
tai and allow him to leave. Upon per-
mission being granted by the court
this was done and Mr.. Cation took
up the balance of the morning in
explaining his reasons for differing
in opinion, with the experts for the