Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-08
STATE PRESENTS
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
AGAINST GUNNER
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A.. 1 told her yes. She didn't
spring It that way. She asked me how
! long / was. out last night and II I was
over to the depot. r$r'3
A. That I. peat II over and right
back, that l didn't go till I heard the
q. (Kraemer)-You told me you
met Brown over there and he come
n talked a little WHILE
A. Net him at the depot?
Q. (Kraemer)-Oh. you didn't. tell
me his name then but said your
A. I beg your pardon. ],
+ Q. (Kraemer)-Think q minute.
A. Yes. 81.
O.. (Kraemer) - I was asking
about # out i hoy long your friend was over
A.. He was over there about an,
q. (Kraemer)-You told me me !! You.
A. Met Brown at the. train. ~, j"
.Biil."
Changes Story About Brown.
A. No, Brown came. in the lobby
and I wa sitting there behind the
q. (Kraemer)-But you told me
A.. Chat 1 met Brown at the de-
G. Yes. that he stopped at the
depot when you were going over and
he was going home or something. To-
day you change 1t.
@. (Milligan) - Throughout all
this investigation and talk you have
told us lots Of lies. M
A. Yes. but no lies I have told you
a amount. 70 nS41pkhjnu .st..r,. --I ..H#
/ @. (Milligan) - You don't know
what you are telling now.
I @. Did you buy a pair of garters
last week?
"A. Longer ago than that. ~
Q. No, it isn't?
! A. I bought a pair of garters q
week before last, that is starting this
week. 5'5.
Q. What night did you go down
A. This was-let's see-since the
murder.
Q. We know that, but what night?
A. Sunday night? I will tell you.
The night after 1 mopped out. l
mopped out on Saturday night, this
was Sunday night.
@. How far back in the cellar did
you go?<
A. lAAL n1EnL. i..'. -
Q. Yes. ,
A. Well, I wasn't out Of the toilet
room. Il was down there and dumped
flushed them.
Q. Did you g n ghosts down
there that night?
! A. No. 1 don't see. any ghosts
around there.
O. Why didn't you go back and
stop the water?f
Afraid to Return.
A. Because I was scared to 60
back and I told Collins about that
water running back there.
@. What were you scared Of?
A. / wasn't scared of anything in
particular, but that just come over
me I didn't want to go back there.
Here the testimony swings into
Gummer's relations with other wom-
en-, one. instance related by the4sac-
cused. according to Green's testimony
occurring on the Saturday following
the murder of Miss Wick.
His manner Of dealing with WON
en- who registered at the hotel was
entered into by his inquirers.
@. (Brandiesl-As q matter Of
fact every time ; single woman came
to that hotel who was good looking
at all and didr. zeem to have some
fellow of her own, you would try he,
was sporty? ~
A.. (Gummer)-Yes. I would kind
Of kid her along that line like q
damn fool. ~ ID,
Q. You will admit you have beer
quite a. damn fool.
"A. Yes.
@. Especially on women?.
A. Yes 1 have. 1 will admit it,"
AQ. You did tell Brown wher
good looking woman in the house
didn't you? "
A. Yes, told him q good looking
woman checked in.
@. And he asked where she wa.
and you told him the room number:
A. 1 wouldn't say II I told him tn.
room or not. I can't remember clear
ly if I told him the room number o.
not but we talked about 1t.
;, @. And he asked II you had datet
her up?
A. Yes, something along that line
!; Q. You said, gee. she had a peaci
of a breast on her? :.
:. A. I don't know as I did or not.
@. Well words to that effect?
A.. But I know I remarked abou
1t was a swell girl-good looking girl
~ Anu t1I6L vi Wdo oLoO III
that she checked in there alone, didn'
you?
"A. We said she was a good look
ing girl hat checked in.
Q. Then Brown remarked there 4
something for your list Bill, or some
thing Of that kind?
A. Something of that kind.
Girl Tells of Gummer's Conduct.
The first witness Of the Afternoon
session vas a young girl from Glyn'
don. Mimi, who stayed at the Pres
colt hotel during the fall of 1920. sh'
said, about $3.50 o'clock in the morn
ing, having come to Fargo on the
Northern Pacific train from the west
She testified IS to improper advances
which she said GUNNER made to hel
on that occasion. In this connection
she said that GUNNER had talked t.
her in the lobby of the Prescott hote
!, for ten or fifteen minutes.
On cross examination. Atto--",
Barnett for the defense. demanded
that she cover her watch, and tell han
: when 10 minutes had passed. Th<
court room sat in silence and at .th<
end Of about four minutes the CIR
announced that ten minutes had pass
ed.
Cross Examine Cation.
The defense then began the cross
\ examination OK r. J. Cation, the MIN,
neapolis handwriting expert. whs
testified Tuesday that in his opinion
the name James Farrell on the Pres