Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-20

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II think I said part Of the bandages
were covered with blood. he said.
You didn't know she was dead,
did yo,u? 2"
NO" ' 4.
Why were you afraid. what was
there to scare and brighten you?'
Il knew something was wrong"
X .You dtdn'ts-know she was killed ?''
NO"
Why we're you afraid them" \.
Well Nv already told you"
That you knew something was
wrong, is that all"
Wen l didn't wan to be the first
tof1nd her in that condition."
What condition."
l. That she was dead
"You didn't know positively did
We'll there might have been some
tning to my mind that she
might have been killed. 1t was not
very great"
You never thought of her having
been raped did your"
No sir I didn't"
didn't know she was dead you
say. Why were you afraid to stop
n tell Fred Lawrence?"
y told you that from my conclu-
SONS something was wrong. 1 didn't
sup " SASA1Al1lS. a. .t- A-srrH nEslr-. "t#
Didn't o tell Kraemer that some
one in Mayville found a man dead and
b c%oroner's jury held him p"
that" -
did you tell him that was your
thought" 49,
Yes"
You say you didn't know she was
dead ?" NJ.
MOP" /"
Why did you wait five minutes to
all Lawrence ?"
7 didn't know what to do
Is that your best explanation p"
Well l was scared about the con-
dition 2" 80
He declared then that If some
thing was wrong he didn't want to be
the first one to discover it. He insist :
ed tina he! didn't know what was
wrong.
Goes Back to Transcript.
After several minor questions
States Attorney Green went back to
the transcript of Gummer's state
ments made to officials of Cass couh-
ty on June IA, 1922; statements
I! which have been admitted as evil
dence.
He read the statements to the effect
AZ 0LICl uOOu OIL June la
GUNNER said Miss Wick had called
him on, the telephone and that on the
evening Of the same day GUNNER ad-
mttted that he called her on the
phone. In that conversation the
transcript shows ~ MINER admitted
calling her up to re if 'she was
sporty
He said that he told the officials
that Miss Wick had called him be-
cause he was afraid if he said he had
called her that they would connect
him with the murder.
The Sleeping Sickness" Idea.
Nov, then" asked Mr.. Green,
when did you get the idea thai the
girl had the sleeping sickness as YOU
told Fred Lawrence?"
II don't know when l, got it. II
just came to me-"
In regard to the testimony given by
Roy Murphy, a trusty in the Cass
county Jail, in December to the effec,
that he overheard Brown tell Cum.
mer to stand pat" GUNNER said tina
he was not paying any particular at,
tention to Murphy the day the con.
%versation is alleged to have taken
place. He said he recalled the incl
dent of Murphy's visit there when his
name was read in court as q witness
Why did you think Of that partic.
ular time when you heard his name
read in court? %
II didn't think of that particular
time. I thought Of it along with 9th.
ers."
He finally admitted that there wal
nothing about Murphy's actions tina
particularly impressed him and that
portion of the testimony "a dropped.
Questioned on Motive Fol Crime.
Mr.. Green then switched into a
grilling examination regarding the
states contention regarding the mo-
tive for the crime.
why did you call Marie Wick or
the phone?" he asked.