Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-16
(By Stan Oorrespondcnt.)

lBy Stan Correspondent
Valley 4Caty;a n. IL.n Fab.sl5.-ust
Ae4Nre athe court adjourned this after
nO4h#Gumlner had given his account
Of lis liaterview with his roommate.
iAnSys Brown, in the Cass county Jail,
sco4kerning which Roy Murphy, who
war also q prisoner in the Jail at the
tine .testiGed .lyring the present trial
thai Brown andtEuHmer advised each
oth3r ( oyEtaDds Pal. 81 Gunner denied
th4I such advice was passed back and
forth and it IS expected~that n de-
fense will put ether witnesses on the
staifd to ,corroborate this part OF has
testimony. E.
q Corrected Measurements.
Earlier in the afternoon, Gunner
admitted thai he had made three mis-
statements to the officers who were
INVESTIGATING the murder of Marie
WSk but claimed thatrhe had correct
edsthese statements Of his. own accord
and that he had at all times en-
deayored to give the officials all OF
thes information WITHIN his power. .
Explaining why he did not admit
immediately after the murder was
y discovered that he had gone into
Marie Wick's room at the Prescott
hotel where the crime was committed
shSftly after six o'clock on the, morn
inE.of June Z, and found the girl dead
thsre, GUNNER explained hat he had
behn frightened by the circumstances
of sthe case, and did not. wish TO be
al49Epe in finding. the body.
Y Describes Farrell.
He described James Farrell who
= thss state contends is; fictitious per-
son. as a man about five feet eight
inches tall, about 25 years OF and
shabbily dressed. He also gave a
ciroumstantial account OF farrelfs
Jaae :.
GUNNER showed few signs OF emo
tidn while on the witnes stand today
speaking the greater part of he time
inNh rather expressionless monotone.
Hessfaltered however the first time he
wac compelled in the course of his
testimony to pronounce the name OF
M4fie Wick, and he once corrected
himself hastily as he was apparently
ABOUT to say that he had told Andy
Bt6Wn h room in which Marie Wick
was staying. =" So y 7 =
The largest crowd which has yet
attended the trial packed the court
room today to heal GUNNER testify
during the morning session. Today
GUNNER gave his version of his con-
v%ersation with Brown in the Prescott
hotel OF the night of the crime and
r O1ASo SkAo NStSk SSAIV VASAi
Marie Wick both of which were in
cluded in the admissions he is alleged
to have made to the Cass county Off
i GERS. This afternoon he repeated
that he had called the unfortunate
girl by telephone as he! had previous
ly admitted in his conversations with
the officers according to- their testi-
monyf although his first story was to
the contrary. @o s F
aqD Talk With Brown.
Referring to the conversation with
Andy Brown in the Cass county jail
at svhich~the stand pat" advice is al,
legged to have been given and received
GUNNER: old Il story very similar tc
that told by Brown ons the witness
stand Tuesday.
he said tina there were a number
ofsGersons in the room including Clail
Brfekner, one of his lawyers, the
ja3ter, and a mar by the name ol
MAnahan, who was present in courl
thus afternoon. Brown, he said wa!
sitting on the stairs trying on e. pat
ofNshoes. q
1krom this point on. GUNNER
testimony was as follows: ~"
~. BY Mr.. Barnett. While he wa
detng this where were you?. ..
III. By GUNNER. I went over ant
ta1ked to Brown.
B3vn 20" far were you fro"
"a. -Four or five feet.
n. Was there any little ihciden
winch you now recall?
Brickner brought me up a DO,
of@4andy and I opened it.
Then what did you do?
l gave Brown a portion of tn
caStGSdy. =
This Manahan was there talk
ingstoo, all of the time?
Yes sir, all three of us wer'
taxing together part of the time.
How was this conversatio1
ca&led on, in what tone of voice
wHtspers or ordinary tone?
~ We never whispered at an,
tinf. =.