Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-09

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cording to Murphy's testimony,
"You stand pat. I ami"
This was all Of the conversation,
according to Murphy.
On cross examination Murphy said
that he had given this information to
Assistant States Attorney o. c.. Wat
Jam on January "a last when Wat
tam Intercepted him as to whether
or not lie had ever heard any conyer-
sation between Brown and GUNNER.
n w. Brown Excited at Phone
The other witness. E. P. Charlson,
testified that on June Z last lie was
rooming at the Addison flats in Fargo
where Brown and GUNNER also had
a room. On the morning of June Z he
said. he came downstairs about $50
o'clock. AS he did so he said Brown
came in by the back door, went to the
telephone, called a number, and held
asconversaion. What. this converse
ton was the witness was not allowed
by States Attorney William Green to
tell although Mr.. Green stated to the
court that this testimony was being
put in as corroborative evidence that
Brown signed the name Of James Far
rell. Willmar, Mimi, on the Prescott
Hotel register on the night of the
murder of Marie Wick.
Brown appeared excited, Charlson
said, and wore his good clothes at
the time the witness alleges he saw
him at the telephone. There was prac-
tically no cross examination of the
witness.
Blurred Finger Prints
Of the other witnesses called by the
state this afternoon, the most i'm
portant was Morton Sadness, special
agent of the Great Northern railway.
and finger print expert who assisted
the Fargo authorities in their investi-
cation of Marie Wick's murder.
The first part Of Sidness' testimony
dealt with his examination of certain
bloody finger prints found on the wall
paper near Marie Wick's bed. He
that they were so blurred that it was
impossible for him to say by whom
they had been made, although there
was a similarity between them Inc
the prints taken from, the dead fingers
of Marie Wick. S'-' y '+'th "-@"Ff ~
Sidness also told of having discov-
cred in the hall Of the Prescott hotel
the bent hat pin already placed in
evidence. He said that with this pin
Wick's room. although it was locked
and the key on the inside; of the door.
This was done, he said, in the course
of an experiment performed a day or
two after the murder.
He also told briefly Of admissions
which he alleged had beer made to
him by GUNNER just prior TO his for
ma arrest.\ GUNNER, according to
Sadness admitted hat in his former
statements he had. told several I'M
truths, notably when he SAT- that he
lood mot Markham poniHo train No
four on the night of the murder, that
he had not entered Marie Wick's room
until after he had called Fred Law
renee on the morning Of June Z and
that he had o called Marie Wick on
the telephone on the night of June
6th.
Sidness' evidence OH these points
was co%rroborativet of that already
given by States Attorney William
Green. and Sheriff Fred Kraemer Of
Cass county.
Overhcars Remark d,
Alfred Kineaid of Fargo. employed
as night yard mar by the Northern
Pacific, who was in one of the rooms at
the Prescott hotel on the night of June
6 and Z. testified briefly to the effect
that he had been working on the night
of the crime and had notS actually
been in the hotel during the night.
Kineaid had only one arm.
The more important part Of his
testimony was that which dealt with
a remark which he said he heard
GUNNER make to some person UNI
known to him in 'the lobby of the
Prescott hotel ON the day after the
discovery Of the crime.
II heard GUNNER say that his friend
was there until between 2 and 8
O'Clock in the morning" kineaid testi-
fled. The presumption of the Estate is
that the friend alleged to have been
referred to is Andy Brown.
Testimony Unshakcn
The greater part of the afternoon
session was takenHup by the cross ex-
animation Of T. J. Cation of Minne-
apolis. handwriting expert for the
state by Claire Brickner. one of Gum
mer's attorneys.
The object Of the cross e~Namination.
was to shake Cations previous testi-
mony that he believed that the name