Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-14

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the murder. This was contrary to her
testimonystn court. 500, Tatxs y
'rwhat2is -thsafaot ss,o blood stains
on the door Of Room6 I'll, cEagen's
room p asked Mr.fBsrnett.. s
H'cfhere~was blood ststns." answered
the witness. f,- Sr5$ars$ss q
- MrsiafkAwrence said her attention
wasscalled 8 toathe stains bySansMrs.
Befger3There were Alsosb blood stains
on the door Of room e3, the room
which gave egresssto&tk roofsofsthe
annex. sAsfootprtnt was foundo!nsar
tho fire. escape leading from the roof
OF the hotelaon the day otter tho
der. said Mrs. Lawrence! ~ q,
"a Arge1Srug which had been on
the ficoEeof MariesfWick's room was
identified by the Witness. Tho evt-
dent ob3sct oftthe defense WITS to
show that the floorsbf the murder
SO deeply covered that steps there
would not have been at ali clearly
audible on the floor below. There
were three layers of covering on the
floor, she said.rSS = 40: M etr
q Called by GUNNER.
Mrs. Lawrence said Iehe went to bed
at midnight on June 6:h A shortstimA
later she said she.was called bysGanas
mer regarding some routine business
of the hotel. She said she had been
asleep for a short time she. thought
when Gunner called her.~ II tsgi
VS. FfieM key to roofna'29 would at one
time open the door to roomit30, Mrs.
Lawrence said. ). So e.sn -
MRS, Lawrence saidzthat on June Z
while%several officers were in the ho-
tel, a bunch of keys were given by
her to some unnamed person.
The instructions which she gave
GUNNER regarding turning off the
lights iof the.ahotei&w were then outlined
by the witness. Most Of the lights. in
the thalls+and lobby were 4. supposed
and at i;daylightt Gunner wal togo
through thelhalls' and turf out all re-
naming lights. This concluded Mrs.
Lawrence's direct examination. ~
&On cross-examination by States At
torney Green. she went into some de-
tails as to'the lights in the hotel re-
garding which shefhad previously tes-
titled. Mrs. Lawrence admitted that
floors in,tthe hall were apt to 5creAk
when walked on. Taking up the mat
.ters6f the Footprint; near the fire es-
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large numbers +of7 people had been
walking around the hotel on the day
following ithe crime. She said that
she a not sure whether or not she
had called attention to the stain on
the door ofsroom 81. Questioned Ae
to other blood stains in the halls, ETC.,
of the hoteE,r Mrs. Lawrence said that
she didn't recall them. Mrs: Law
renee denied having warned May Me-
laas not to talk too much. This end
ed the cross-exaInination. %fE 49,
%" Brown'B Brought From Cell.
Theresywas IN audible flutter of in
terest in the court Room as MI. Bar
nett asked the sheriff to bring Andy
Brown from his cell In the jail. When
he reached the court house he at once
took the witness stand. ~sG =
Brown testified that since Septem-
Der "a he had been held in Jail as a
witness by the state. He testified that
he had known GUNNER since Janu-
airy, 1921. GUNNER was in Mayville
for two months in April and May,
1921. and Brown visited him there
while c~anvassing in that vicinity.
During the two months OF Jhndary
and February, Brown said he was
setting stock for the" Equity company
and was usually only in Fargo, over
Sunday. Gunner was then rooming
there" and he would usually see Cum
mer on these" Visits. sNN"G Gunner and
Brown roomed together at the Addf-
son hotel during March upito the time
Gummer went home to Mayville.
While GUNNER was in Mayville
Brown was selling stock for the Edui-
ty company. During the latter part of
May, 1921, Brown said GUNNER re-
turned to Fargo and was rc-employed
at the Prescott hotel. 'Ar'
NiEhts 81 Murder. -
Coming down to the night of tho
murder" Brown said he went into the
Prescott hotel about 1925 a. M on
the morning of June'7. He said he had
gone to a theateri with a girl from the
ADDISON = had talked to, her fora
while. leaving shortly after IL. He
then, he said. wrote a six-page letter.
opk 1t to the post office, mailed it
and then went to the Prescott hotel,
arriving at the time mentioned. He
then corrected himself. as to the
length of the letter which was only
three pages. " l
You remained in the hotel how
long7' ASKED Mr.. Barnett. -"
Until 10 minutes to one," replied
Brown. saying that he was sure of the
before he left. He went to the Grand
Billiard hall, hersatd. 8. =
-1# Went Home ut 1:1O.
Brown@said he drank a matted milk
at the billiard hall. 6 He arrived there.
he said. about 1"o'clock and remained
until about 10 or ~ minutes after /.
From there he went directly to his
room and went to bed. He was not
out of the room from then until 7
o'clock in the morning, when he was
called by the land1ady. ~
!. Brown SpeciHcAI Ipf dap;od h,-
oeen In the lobby of the Addison at
6:5O o'clock as n of the states wit
nesses alleged. He said that he wore
clothes on the way to work.
At thts~ time he was employed as a
painter on Eighth avenue north, Far
Brown said that during the time
ne was confined in the Cass county
sail he and. GUNNER were kept in diff
ierent parts of the building. They
mad no conversation up to the early
part Of December. Brown said. Some
time in December or January, how
ever. Brown said he and Gummer had
a brief conversation ut the foot of the
stairs Of the Jail. ~
had a present of q box of
candy and he gave me half of it." he
said. II just stepped UP and shook
hands with him and stepped back to
tie stairway" sfa ~
Brown said that GUNNER stood
near the stairway leaning against q
post while he Brown) tried. on a pair
OF shoes which had been brouEht to
him by Clair BricknAr, GurHmer's
lawyer. He and GUNNER talked
ABOUT the shoes, Brown said.