Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-23

the motive that prompted the crime
GUNNER knew that Marie Wick
would no submit voluntarily and that
he must use force
He said that GUNNER marked any
woman who came into that hotel as
unprotected as a possible victim and
cited the a of Augusta Ahnson,
to whom GUNNER made advances.
Green said that at s12:15 when
GUNNER was not in the Office and
that by custom at, least a lights
were burning in the office at that
hour, whereas only two were burning
at that hour that night.
Conflicting Statements
The prosecutor quoted Otto Nell
sons statement that GUNNER had
said that Brown was in the hotel most
Of the night; he quoted Leimbacherss
statement that GUNNER had told him
that no one was with him; he quoted
Kincaid's statement thai GUNNER
told him that he had a friend with
him until 2 or 3 a. M; he quoted
Gummer's first statement to the Of
ficials that Brown was with him about
with his present statement that
with his present statement that
five or ten minutes, contrasting 1T
Brown came into tho hotel about IL
and that he left at 1880 and that
new he claims that Brown came in
at 1925 and left about /.
"Do you believe GUNNER? Do you
believe Brown" asked Mr.. Green
of the jury. If o don't believe
them, do you believe they sat in the
lobby between ~ or 1, or do you
lendish desires which he admits hav-
! ing from the time Marie Wick enter
edGthat hotel? .
why did not he go to meet the
1 a. M train as was his custom? In
admissions he always insisted it was
because O'Brien had mailed a letter
for him. When that testimony was
absolutely disproven by O'Brien who
was not in the hotel that night, Gum
mer tries to claim that it was be-
cause he forgot the train was coming
in, something he never said before
Why should he forget the train on
this particular night when it was his
u e to make the trains to get
customers for the hotel. ~.
The Question Of Lights
Where was he at 4 an? HI
] told the officers he turned on the
and now claims he thinks he told, him
that, but does not remember that he
did, because he knows that that
would bring him in front of room 80
just when May Melaas was hearing
noises, which he must have heard
himself If he IS not the guilty man.
why did he say he turned on the
light in the center of the upstairs
hall after tiagen came in when testi-
mony shows 1t was the custom to al
ways turn off that light then? 1t
was because he wanted to get the
nozzle in the light instead of in the
dark. Why vas GUNNER using an
alarm clock on this particular night
to awaken him at 4 a. M, when he
said he had only used the alarm
clock once before? Do you believe
that or do you believe he was, as he
told Mr.. Leimbacher and Mr.. Kram-
er, hat he was awake all night and
that he put himself to sleep between
5 and 4 a. M. SO that he would not
hear n noises which might have
not have seer anyone who might
have gone out the front DOOR of the
hotel?" -.
Mr.. Green elaborated on what he
said vas an attempt on the part of
GUNNER to fasten suspicion Of the
guest, Myers, and he discussed evasivc
answers on the part Of GUNNER on
cross examination. ALSO he cited that
GUNNER had tried to Eet ED Smith
{ and VILE out of thetaakctefsbefore#a
Change Of uothink Neeises
Much has been acknowledgements
for the defendant .pf the Tact thai
GUNNER did not change hisclothdng
and Ifassume they will arguesthat the
: man who killedSthis' girl would%ha
blood on his clothing and that i,
would,'have been necessary to. change
It." said Mr.. Green. "A misunderstanding
on the east side Of the bed, beating
the girl with this nozzle, would not
necessarily get blood on him at all
because nc blood was splashed over
the east side Of tho bed, and BY
waiting to lift the body back on the
bed until she pas practically through
bleeding until the blood on her wrist
!, was dry. and in view Of the fact that
there was3no blood on her night gowr