Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-25

stand, becauSe we contend that Andy
Brown did have something to do with
that crime. We contend that they
had, much in common that night. be-
cause two innocent men wouldn't
have occasion to tell different stories
to different people the next day Or the
next week.
Brown Helped GUNNER. y
1--WE don't have to bother about
ing Bill GUNNER and we want to dis
pose of his case first. Unless the de-
Tense was trying to raise a reasonable
doubt as to whether Brown is guilty,
just remember that Brown wasn't
doing anything that wasn't done to
hel" Bill GUNNER. They were stick
ing together then, and they are stick
ing together now:
Now, then, take the theories we
upon sand, why didn't they tear them
down? Why didn't they? Because
they are based on reason and logic,
that's why. My arguments made
yesterday are just as sound this after
noon as they were at 5 o'clock yester-
day:
They tell you that noise could not
be heard. Why, I suppose that this
girl was not murdered because it
couldn't have happened between
1880 and 1 o'clock. But it did hap
pen. And we brought here two wit
nesses who heard noises while that
crime was going on. They can't hope
to tear down u arguments, they can
only hope to raise an obstacle of rea-
! sonable doubt.
Hagen Slept Soundly.
They asked you why we didn't
bring Steve German here to prove
that Brown was not in the pool hall.
Do you suppose, if Steve German
could tell anything, that he wouldn't
be here. Why didn't they have him
here to corroborate Andy BROWNE"
Green said that May Melaas was
awake before she heard the noises in
Room 80, because she testified that
she heard the court house clock
strike four. 1t would be easy for her
to hear such noises, he said, and not
easy for Hagen. who was sleeping
soundly after 1s hours of beine
awake. Noises. of a man walking
down the hall could be heard, he said,
because the state had proved that the
floor was old and creaked under the
weight of a body.
He declared that a man who was
hard and cold-blooded enough to
choke Miss Wick, bind her hands.
gag her, rape her, and, then, murder
her and do everything to hide evil
dences of his crime, was the very
Kind of a mar who would 20 to sleep
right after it. -
He then referred to the fact that
tne de1ense did not dwell upon Gum
mers lasciNious nature and desires.
as the defendant himself had. ad
mltted' and closed withithis appeal:
The Strongest Witness.
The strongest Witness against the
defendant In this case was not a wit
ness VINO came here under subpoena
ior either state or the defendant;
II was a witness who could not be
forced to testify; a witness whose tes.
tlmony can never appear upon the
written records of this court-but a
nevertheless, who told Won
more convinciigfyA than all the othe,
evidence in the case told you-more
co~nvincingly than eye -witnessAs could
nave told you-that Willia4nst\N admL
mer destroyed the life of Marie. Wick.
Q TWO hours o Monday mofntne
Of this week the naked soul Of WEI
nam GUNNER sat, In that witness
chair, and. while William Gutnmer,A
Tongue lodged and evaded and. ar
gued and refused to answer questions.
mat soul OF his displayed itself to you
' and told You as no human voice. could
tell you: This is the man. =
If ever the old, calculating. nerve
less, fear-nothing. vindictive spirit
which must dwell in the body of a
man who would commit such a. crime
as TINS, came out and displayed itself
IN the eye and features and actions
and words of a. living being. that, spir-
it came out of William GUNNER on
Monday morning, when everyone who
looked could see in that cold; I'M
blinking stare behind that sardonfc
grin h spirit which would not be
bound by preparation or advice of
lawyers or even fear of consequences
the spirit which will not stay hid
den when William GUNNER is crossed
IN his desires, but comes out ready to
rape or torture Or kill, if. need be, be-
U 1t knows no law except the law
of it's own desire,
True Nature Will Show, Up.
III ever a mans true nature will
come to the front it is when he is
charged with such a crime as this,
ana stands before a jury of his fellow
men who are to decide his fate. and
tells his story. He may hide it for
a while, but if it is strong enough it
VIII burst out. And so it was with
this defendant drummer. On direct
IL narnoo ne sat In that chair, a lit
eYnao+ Tvs ~ one might natural lily
in good English, and 0ith the
ca ~ neIp given him by his coun-
be- y. ~ assins leaolns questions so that
Ne "ouiu OILY nave TO answer Yes or
and he was showing up we'll. But on
cross examination things didn't 20 hi.
COINS to 81 be 's asked a asdl so Dh he e ns /, %Si