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

taken by him last week at the request
of States Attorney Green. A few
questions were asked him by counsel
for the defense after which he was ex-
cused for the present.
Silias Stamnes II of Halstad, MINI.
stated that he was in the lobby of the
Skandia hotel when Arnold Rasmus-
sen came in on the night in question.
He saw him accompany the party he
referred to as "a stewbum" to the
taxi cab. He had never seen him be-
fore and only for an instance that eve
but had seen him many times since.
Robert Richards of Fargo was we'll
acquainted with Rasmussen and was
roommate of his at the time of the
tragedy. He remembered Rasmussen
coming into the room on the night in
question and going to bed. He did not
see the clock but asked Rasmussen
what time it was and Rasmussen told
| MIN IL was Z:3O a. m.
! Mrs. Anna f. Lawrence, prsprie-
tress of the Prescott hotel of Fargo
was next on the stand and identified
the photographs submitted as photo
! graphs of her hotel. She also identi-
| fled exhibit No. IA as the original
register sheet of the night of June 6,
1921. She stated that she was famil-
lar with the occupants of the room as
registered by her until 11:45 that eve.
She gave the names of the occupants
and States Attorney Green wrote the
names on the plans of the room as she
gave them.
| Following are the names of the oc-
cupants Of the rooms to the best of
the knowledge of Mrs. Lawrence:
! 2O-Fred Lawrence, son of Mrs.
Lawrence, proprietress of the hotel.
The room Immediately north of room
20 is a parlor.
21-Not occupied on the night of
the tragedy.
! 22-Mrs. Lawrence. This room is
north of the parlor and was not num-
bered at that time.
24-Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Still and
family.
34-A. H. Starkson, father of Mrs.
Lawrence who is 79 years of age and
who is now in Minnesota hospital.
33-John Towers, a steady roomer
at the hotel for the past three years
32-Rose Walker, who had been at
the hotel for five weeks steady.
31-No
29-L. ,ansient.
2S-Mrs. Flanger and son. Son was
nearly blind. Both were transients.
| 27-Furniture was out of this room
which was vacant and was being reno
waited.
| 26-No knowledge.
| 25-Vacant. A Mr.. Bennett and
wife had left this room on No. that
evening.
| Second floor Of Annex. Van Worst
and family occupied the room in the
northwest corner of the Annex. A
dressing room and writing room were
also near this room. The dressing
room and writing room was used by
Mrs. Lawrence.
| 35-Private bath.
23-Vacant. Door connecting with
room % was not used.
| First floor of Annex.
Large room office with one room
which vase used for storage. One of
| the rooms was an extra room and was
vacant when Mrs. Lawrence left it.
One check room, one baggage rom
for storage. Also a maids room ec-
cupied by Laura Nelson. Old dining
room which was not occupied. The
maids room on the lower floor of the
Annex was used by the Van Worst
family for a kitchen.
Nos. 50, 70 and II were used by Mr..
| and Mrs. Simmes as housekeeping
rooms.
81 and 6S were vacant.
Third floor.
55-Mrs. Alice Pruse.
51-Vacant.
50-A steady boarder.
49-George L. Londe, transient.
46-Theo. Christianson, transient
45-Nitro Duchick, transient.
42-Mr. Meyers, transient.
41-Alfred K. Kane, who worked at
| night and was not in the hotel.
40-Mr Strand, a railroad man who
was out on his rum No room was
| vacant.
39-Mrs. Hillyard and family.
! AS soon as court recess yesterday
noon about half of the spectators in