Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-19

Gummer naQ CalleQ MIN at D 40 d
the CHASTITY crime which had been
Lawrence Tcsufics.
Testifying concerning the discovery
of the crime, Lawrence said he had
been called at 6:45 o'clock by William
GUNNER. GUNNER told him there
was something wrong with the girl In
room 80, that she had the sleeping
sickness or something. He stated THAI
he sent Gunner on back to see what
the trouble was and said that il
there is anything wrong, come baclts
and call me-" GUNNER called him a
few min nutes later.
@. Did he say what he had seen:
A.. He said there was red rag
with spots on it over her face and tina,
there was table before the door and
he had looked over the transom and
saw her with. the rag over her face.
G. Did you look oyer the transom?
. Saw Girls Body.
A. Yes There was table there
and looked over the transom and l
saw her with the rag over her face
After l had seen her / went and
called the police. saw one of the
maids and told her to open the door
with her skeleton key. When she op:
cned the door and saw her, she yelled
S~~~~
she didn't want to go in. b,
@. Did you go In the room ?%E
A. No, I did not. .,.
q. Did you lock it?
A. do not know. '.-4ls.a, ~
4. f. Then TR eni / went ven, and dressed, i and
went back, but the police had noe
called DR.. Fortin. He lived next
door. yiis%,
@. When was the first time you
went in the room?
A. The first time was when D;
Burton was in examining her.
O.. After the sheriff had been in:
A. Yes.
v Went to Ha;cn's Room. ]
@. You went to room 81? 5,"'
A. Yes.
@. What happened?
A. We knocked. Hagen asked
"who was there?" We told him we
wanted to get in, EIe let us in.
q. Was he dressed ?
A. He was in his underwear.
g. Did you make any search OF
the room?
a. We looked over the room and
tho bedding. We noticed that the
towels had not been used. ~,
@. Was the door leading into room
80 locked?
A. didn't notice.
Lawrence also testified that they
in,tstiga I'D other rooms surrounding
that of Miss Wick and found no signs
in connection with the crime in any OF
them. ,,-
Valley City. n. D.. Jan. 19.-The
net circumstantial evidence which the
state claims will prove William Gum
1ner to be the murderer of Marie Wick
began to weave itself about GUNNER
in the Barnes county district court to.
day. BY a, process of elimination OF
all other possibilities the state is en-
deavoring to prove that the crime
must have been committed BY Gum
mer.
Rasmussen Has Alibi.
This line of proof began this morn
ing when Arnold Rasmussen. a boy
hood friend of Marie Wick. who met
her on her arrival in Fargo and ac-
companied her to the Prescott hotel
established his whereabouts from tbs
time he left the unfortunate girl a
the hotel about IL O'Clock D. m.
June 6, showing that he had an abso.
lutte alibi as far as the crime was con-
cerned.
Story C0rroborated.
Three other witnesses corroborateo
Rasmussen's story. thus eliminating
him absolutely as the possible slayer
b The same e!lHIlHdS'uH WIN ~
followed in the examination of wit
nesses throughout the day.
There were dramatic moments dur
ing the trial todav. notably when Han:
!. Wick. the aged father of Marie. told
how his dauchter left her home f'l
the fatal journey which was to end &c
tragically. In a voice choked witt
emotion he told how he last saw hi
daughter alive as she took the trait
for Fargo at Thief Iaiver Falls on the
day preceding the tragedy Towards
the end Of. his testimony his Erie1
overcama him and h" was only ahn'l
able to nod his head in answer to tht
questions asked him.
imi,1rt.l Witness.
Aside from Mr.. Wick and youni
Rasmussen, the most important wit
ness placed on the stand during tn
morning and early afternoon was Mr.
Anna Lawrence. proprietor of tn
Prescott hotel. She not only describe'
the various guests who were at tn,
Prescott hotel on the night of th'
murder but also narrated the cir
.cumstances under which Marie Wicl
came to the hotel.
In addition to these witnesses, .evi
dence was introduced this morning
10 show that Marie Wick made tn
acquaintance Of no men on her wa.
10 FrdTBO. lHuHa uOlHK away Will IH
theory that her slayer might hav
been some man who had scraped VI
an acquaintance with her In tn
course Of the journey. 5 .i.e II
Hagen Called for Friday.
One Of the Eost Interesting phase
OF. the case is expected to come Frida
afternoon when It is expected that II
j. Hagen. former president OF tn
Scandinayian-Amertc Bank of Far
RI, viii be placed on the witness stan
lw the state Mr. Hagen occupie'