The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-02-16
Witness Cross Examined

Witness Cross Examined
Under cross examination Mrs. Law
renee reiterated her statement re-
garding the lights in the building and
her instructions to GUNNER relative
to turning them out.
Mrs. Lawrence stated that the
floors in the hall on the second floor
were old and might creak some when
being walked on but that she was Ger
tain that ordinary walking in the hall
would not be heard by her if she were
in the office owing to the manner in
which the floor was covered.
Regarding the foot print near the
fire escape the witness said that there
had been a great many people around
the hotel and premises during the
day and that she had not seen this
foot print until 3 o'clock that after
noon, although she had not looked
for anything previous to that time.
When asked if she had ever told
the officers regarding the blood
stains on the doors of room 81 and
63 she stated that she had not done
50 as she had been requested by Ger
tain party not to say anything about
it as he had been "pestered enough
about it,. She had never noticed any
other stains on other doors or walls
and did not think there were any as
she had Just completed house clean
ing.
Mrs. Lawrence said that she was
not particularly friendly toward the
defendant but that she had nothing
against him.
Brown Quite Dapper
ANDY Brown was placed on the
stand by the defense. He appeared
in court clean shaved, quite neatly
dressed and dapper in appearance. he
said that he had been held by the
state in the Cass and Barnes county
tails since September "a, 1921. tie
had met the defendant at the Add
son flats about the first of January,
1921. He had only seen GUNNER
about three times in January ana
three or four times in February as MY
Brown was at that time canvasslng
in the neighborhood Of Mayville and
did not get into Fargo more than once
= week. During March he and Gum
mer occupied room together at the
Addison flats. At that time GUNNER
had left the Prescott hotel and was
writing accident insurance. GUNNER
returned to his home at Mayville the
last of March or the first part OF
April and Brown saw great deal OF
him at his home, stopping at the
GUNNER home a great many times
for the day or to stay over night.
ANDY Brown was in the Prescott
hotel on the night of June arrlv-
inc there about 1925 that night. The
witness fixed the time of his arrival
bv saving that he had gone to show
that night with young lady who
roomed at the Addison and had come
back to the rooming house about IL
o'clock. He had been in her room un-
til midnight, when he went to his
room and wrote six page letter,
walked to the postoffice and mailed 1t
and walked back to the Prescott. lie
estimated that this would take about
25 minutes. He was shown letter
three pages in length and identified
il as the letter he had written at that
time and said that he had been mis-
taken in the length of the letter.
He left the Prescott at ten minutes
to one according to the clock in the
! Prescott hotel lobby. This statement
| substantiated Mrs. Lawrence's testl-
| mony as to Gummer's statement re-
gaming the time of Browns depar-
ture. He went from the Prescott to
the Grand pool room where he order
ed a matted milk. He was waited on
;by Steve German and there were two
! other men in the pool room at that
time. one of whom he knew as the
secretary of the baseball club and the
other being a travelling salesman
! whom he did not know. He was in the
pool room from 1 o'clock until l:l5
He then went directly to his room
| at the Addison flats, undressed and
went to bed where he remained until
7 o'clock the following morning. The
witness was very emphatic in deny
| ing that he was outside his room at
$50 that morning. When leaving his
room he went to Madson's restaurant
had breakfast, and continued on tc
his work at house at 618 eighth av-
enue north. Mr.. Brown stated thai
he kept his working clothes in grip
| $1,000 L. 1uo,1inn and thai