The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-02-08

Of evidence before adjournment to.
day In the trial of william Gum.
mcr.
Valley City. Feb. S.-William Gum
mer, accused Of the murder of Miss
Marie Wick in the Prescott hotel ad-
nitted on June IA, 1921, seven days
after the murder that he was in the
room on the morning following the
crime at least half hour before he
aroused anyone to 90 to the room
with him. .s
He also admitted on June IA that
he had called Miss Wick on the hotel
telephone while he was on duty as
night clerk and had made suggestions
to her which she rejected.
These alleged admissions were re-
cited today in the Barnes county dis
trict court by William c. Green,
states attorney Of Barnes county, who
read the transcript of the conversa-
ton he testified took place on June
II in the sheriff's office in Cass coun-
ty. -
The transcript, the reading of which
began yesterday, covered two distinct
sessions on the afternoon and even
ng OF June II in which GUNNER
was. questioned concerning the mur-
der.
At the afternoon session, according
to the evidence as read today, Gum
mer denied that he knew anything OF
the murder or death of the girl un-
til he and Fred Lawrence, son Of the
proprietress, were admitted to the
room by the chambermaid.
Called Her on Phone.
GUNNER, during the afternoon ses-
sion, told the officials that Miss Wick
had called him on the phone to
change the time of her. morning call
and that he had not engaged her in
conversation at that time, according
to the testimony of Mr.. Green. He
maintained during the afternoon con-
versation that he had not teen neal
the girls room fbefore he and Fred
entered it at a. NJ. Dur
ing the evening session on June II
the alleged admission was made,
Green said, concerning the conversa-
ton with Miss Wick and OF GUNNER
beng in the room after the murder.
Fred Kraemer, sheriff of Cass coun-
ty, testified today also that GUNNER
made admissions prior to June II,
corroborating Green's testimony.
Deputy Sheriff Testifies.
Deputy Sheriff Millgan will have
to reproduce with every detail cor"
rect the demonstration in room 81
in which he tried to recall to Mrs.
Van Worst the noises she heard from.
her apartments that night. He was
instructed to procure an exact dupli
cate of the iron he used on that oc'
casion and re-enact his demonstra-
tion in court. Deputy Sheriff Milli'
gan took the stand for cross-exam!na
ton when the trial opened
Milligan Relates Experiments!
He told of his movements on the
morning following the tragedy and
of his movements when making the
tests in room 80 on the Afternoon of
June Z. On going to the room he
said he went in, left the door open
put one knee on the side of the bed,
shook the mattress and springs,
walked around the bed to the SIDE
nearest the wall. which was about
IS inches from the wall and in SO
doing tramped en- the two pipes run
ming next to the wall on the floor.
allowing his foot to slip from the up
per pine to the lower one. ~ Il
He then put his knee on the bed
nearest the wall and again shook
the springs and again walked around
the bed stepping on the pipe as be-
fore. He demonstrated his method
~ striking the hedstead with fiat
iron bar but the iron used in the
court room did not resemble the iron
used in the test in any way and the
witness was instructed to find a bar
resembling the one he had used in
the test at which time he. would be
returned to the stand later to use
this bar in demonstrating the test.
He told of being in room 40 and
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