Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06
Reading OF Testimony
S6far Taken In Trial
Causes Long Delay;
No Witnesses Called.
%tinuation and occupied seats in the
court room today:
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tinuation and occupied seats in the
court room today.
Crowds Not So Large.
The court room was we'll filled
when the morning session opened al
has been present at rornler sessions.
When the court opened States .Attor-
ney Green made formal application
for the addition of Roy Murphy and
e. b. Charlson to the list Of Witness
es for the state. No objection was
made to this by W. J. Barnett, Cum
mer's counsel, and the namss Of the
new witnesses were added. On mo-
ton Of Mr.. Barnett, it was then de-
cided to read to the jury the greater
part of the transcript Of the evidence
taken this far in the case. This will
take UP several hours.
GUNNER Shows Elects.
GUNNER when brought into court
this morning showed the effect of the
strain he has been under during the
last two weeks. He way pa1er and his
sharper angles. Andy Brown, Cum
mer's roommate, who has also been
held ip the Barnes county jail. is re-
ported to be in. a state Of extreme
nervousness, spending hours pacing
the floor Of his, CELL
1t was expected this morning that
James Milligan, deputy sheriff Of Cass
county. would BIZ the nrst witness
placed on the stand this afternoon
when the taking OF new testimony is
resumed. His testimony is to deal
with tests made In the. room Of Ma
rio Wick in which it is said Mrs. Van.
Worst, living in the Prescott hotel
annex, recognized noises which she.
heard on the night of the crime. This
has reference to the first attack al
legged by II state to have been made
on Marie Wick shortly after 1880
o'clock a. m. Z
St,te Not Through.
When the adjournment was taken
some two weeks ago, the state still
lad several witnesses to place on the
stand. These included May Melaas,
VINO was employed at the Prescptt
hotel as chambermaid at the time of
the tragedy, a handwriting expert
from the Twin Cities. and one Roy
Murphy, q prisoner who was confined
m the Cass county jail during th,.
time that GUNNER and Andy Brown
his FORMER roon mate were occupy
ing cells there.
The testimony Of Miss Melaas will.
it is known, deal with sounds which she
heard at the Prescott hotel at about
4 o'clock on tho morning of June Z.
will be introduced by the state with
a view of proving the contention that
two attacks were made on Miss
Wlck the first occurring shortly after
1880 A. M. and the second about 4
q. m. s-
Handwriting Expert.
Through the testimony CT the
handwriting expert it is expected by
the state hat it will be- establish cd
that Andy Brown Gummer's room
mate wrote the name of james Far
reil. Willmar," on the Prescott hotel
register on the night of the crime in
'endeavor to divert suspicion from,
the real perpetrator by providing a
mystery man" who could not be
found by the a%uthorities' the. next day.
Just What is the nature of Murphy's
testimony has not yet been made
public. H7
In addition to these witnesses the
state will endeavor to place in evil
dence certain statements OF GUNNER
to the authorities made when he was
being quizzed regarding the murder.
later than Wednesday.
Defense Still Doubtful.
What, line will be adopted by the
defense has not yet been indicated
except that questions asked by w. j.
Barnett. Gummer's, chief counsel
would tend TO show that there viii
may have come from outside Of the
hotel n escaped by the roof and
fire escape. =
1t is not known whether or not the
defense will place either GUNNER or
Brown on he witness stand, Q what
other witnesses may be called.
The only statement SO lar made by
MIR. Barnett is that Our contention
is that GUNNER didn't do it, and they
can't prove that he did"
Tho Trial Up to Date
I'D to the, time of the adjournment
OF the case two weeks ago the testi-
mony introduced by the state had
been largely Of a preliminary nature
Two doctors were put on the witness
stand to show that Miss Wick had
been raped as well as murdered and
to testify as to the cause Of her death.
Blood stained garments, and fur
niture found in Miss Wick's room,
were. displayed to the jury by the state
were also placed in evidence.
With this foundation the state be-
gan eliminating the various persons
who were in the hotel at the time Of
the murder with a view to showing
that none of them could have had any
part IN the dlta1r. FFaCCcaliF all OF
the guests. and other occupants of the
hotel were thus placed on the witness
stand
Hagen Testified -
The chief interest In connection,
with this evidence lay IN the test.
mony Of ii. j. Hagen. former presi
dent OF the Scandinavian-A1nerican
bank Of Fargo. who occupied the
room next TO that Of Miss Wick on
the night OF the tragedy.
Mr.. Hagen gave a thorough account
kof his movements on The night in
question, and the state will contend
that the first assault On Miss Wlck
was made prior to his arriyalaat the
hotel.
Arnold Rasmussen. the boyhood
friend of Miss Wick, who met her at
The depot and took her to the hotel
also proved q complete alibi for him
self.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
New. York. Feb. 6.-Foreign ex-
change irregular. Great Britain. de-
mand. $4.32 l-e; cables, $4.32 81; 60
day bills on banks, SAGE Ia.
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