The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-01-20
SHERIFF TELLS
OF FINDING OF
MURDEREDGIRL
Describes Condition of Hotel
Room in Which Marie Wick
Was Murdered
GIRL TIED TO THE BED
Other Witnesses Describe Min.
utely Room Plans of Fargo
Hotel
GIRL TIED TO THE BED

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Valley City, Jan. 2O.-Sherihf Free
Kramer OF Fargo, who took charge
OF the inquiry into the murder q
Miss Marie Wick, of Grygla. Mimi, ir
Fargo hotel on June last for which
William GUNNER is on trial in dis.
trict court here, testified today con.
cerning the condition, inn which he
found. the room occupied by the girl
/ ;on his arrival.
The sheriff identified photographs
taken Of the girl as she lay tied tc
the bed and he identified the blood
stained mattress, the blood-stained
carpet and the blood-smeared section
Of the wall paper alongside the bed
all introduced in evidence.
Kramer also testified that GUNNER
told him that morning that his room.
/, mate, Andy Brown, had been in the
hotel with him during part Of the
night Of the murder.
In describing the bandages used IN
tying the girls arms to the bedstead
Kramer said that while one hand and
wrist was covered with blood the
bandage itself had no blood on 1t.
The sheriff testified also that there
was nc money in the girls pocketbook
found on the dresser and that there
were no cashiers checks in it.
G. F.. Matlock, a Fargo undertaken,
who testified that he took charge OF
Miss Wick's body, described the
wounds on the head.
Asked how many stitches were taken
in the head wounds Matlock said:
81 know that i took $50 and then I
got tired counting them"
Mrs. Lawrence on Stand
Mrs. Anna Lawrence, who was own
er of the hotel business at the time OF
the murder, was on the stand yester-
day. Mrs. Lawrence identified photo.
graphs Of the hotel and also the leaf
from the hotel register on which Miss
Wick registered on her first and only
visit to Fargo The witness also told
the names OF occupants Of rooms at
the hotel on the night of the murder.
Her testimony revealed that one Of
the maids at the hotel, May Melaas,
occupied the room Immediately under
Room 80, where the crime was COM
mitted.
Mrs. Lawrence testified that there
were Is persons on the second floor
including children on the nightrOf the
1nhrder and that the family of John
Van Worst occupied the entire second
floor of the annex.
Son Is Called
oyyroncn CON If the nr0I1rl.
etor, Mrs. Lawrence, was called. He
said his age. was q and that he was
an Insurance man. At present work
ing at Nome. Barnes county. He was
asked as to the employees at the hotel,
naming GUNNER as clerk and the
maids. He did not work regularly at
the hotel, but assisted ON the books,
he testified. He said that Gunrmer's
hours were from I p. m. to. I a. IN.
On the night of the murder he was
using room 20 and telephoned down
to, GUNNER from upstairs as to wheth-
ger rcahf 26 Ms occupied. GUNNER
/ AateNSvsr tABsphone that it was not.
There was a bath in room 26. While
hero; GUNNER phoned about one
Myers wanting a check cashed. Call
ed to Meyers to come up. This was
about 11:4O. He then went to-sbed
and to sleep and heard nothing the
balance of the night. Il was not out
OF the room during the night. Bill
called me at 1880 a. M. and said he
could not get response from the girl
in room 80. l asked GUNNER what
seemed to be the matter. GUNNER
said he had looked over the transom
and that the girl was lying in the bed
with rags over her head and red spots
were on the rags.
Look Over Transom
Fred Lawrence then went to the
room, looked over the trapsom. Then
he told Gummer to call the police. The
door was locked SO he went back 10
his room and dressed. Again he call
ed the police and also called doctor.
officer Nelson came and with DR..
Burton entered the room. Sheriff
Krasmer also came and Police Officer
Pickering.
room with the officers. They went to
room 81. There is door between
rooms 50 and 81. Man in 81 asked
what they wanted; then reached out
of the bed and opened the door, still IN
bed. This room was occupied by n.
]. Hagen. Hagen was In his under.
clothes. They inspected the room, but
found everything as usual. The towels
had not been used. He did not try the
door between the two rooms. He In
spected room 20, occupied by jacob
son, and found everything as usual;
towels had not been used. Jacobson
slipped on his trousers when they
came in. In, room IS towels had not
been used and nothing unusual and
nothing out of the ordinary in room
4a. A man in that room was not
dressed and towels not used. Before
the officers inspected it, room 40 had
been made up by the maid, but she
said she found nothing unusual
Tells Of Exits
Lawrence testified as to the win
dows in the, rear of the building and
the doors to room IS which had not
been occupied and that the officers
had noticed that the dust on the sills
was not disturbed and the screen door
was hooked on the inside All pos
sible exits were examined; all screens
were found to be fastened, and no
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