Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-15
CROSS EXAMINATION J. J. I
Y, GIVEN: ANDY BR0VNNlhllEl:NlHlE
{ 9 IS PLACED on WITNESS STAND

ii Valley City, N. D., February IL
Nipaaen the tfial adjourned! this att
ernoon THE end OF the direct testi-
mony and scross-examination Of Andy
Mown,s Gumnier's froorn-mate,,a who
according tosfhe contentionsHwhtch
Will be sset UP by the state was Gum
i 4accomplice IN the murder OF
Marie Wick, had just been reached.
Browns cross examination by VIM.
Green, states attorney of Cass county.
WIS Of the, most grifling description,
aud was apparently designed today
the foundation for rebpttal testimony
to beaintroduced to imbeach Browns
evidence. 3& 10 81
The testimony given by Brown both
ON direct and cross-exalnination was
in, the nature Of a.generaln denialNof
practically every point raised by the
state in connection with him, except
that he admitted being with GUNNER
nj the Prescott hotel for a short time
early on the morning of Marie Wick's
murder. ~
The states attorney however gave
an Indication of the startling nature
of the testimony which he will put in
on irebuttal when he cross-examined
Brown concerning his relations with
.MurrM Schultz and FL. Henderson, two
prisoners who were in the Cass county
jail at the same time that Brown was
confined there as a witness.
"a ys.tDidn't you ask SchcAtz to take "a
message for you to53ummcr on New
Years night?" asked the attorney.
Didn't you say to him. tell GUNNER
fHt to squawk until the last minute,
n don't let anyone see you tell
him ?'''
mo, I never told him that, then or
amy other time" replied Brown. He
admitted hat Schultz had warned
him to keep mum as, if he did that,
- City, but q hat his answer had
Zee that. he could not tell anything
anyway. .#'& ''aA 4sa
Brown said that the only messages
which he had ever attempted to send
Gummere were simply message5 of
greetings. such as "Say hello to him
FOR me- '~4 5f@a
.a,frn Talked Through ventilator.
One interesting admission which
the witness made, however. was that
since> he and GUNNER a both been
confined in the Jail they had been
able to- communicate toX some extent
through the v%enti1ators. He also adj
mitted that his real name wasn't
Andy Brown, but Leslie Locke. He
oame from Texas. he said. Browns
qenials were of A sweeping character.
Hbe OF the most important of these
was in connection with the stand pat
Hessage which Roy Murphy, another
prisoner in the Cass county jail, testi-
n1er shortly before Christmas. pr
Browns story of the circumstances
surrounding the meeting between
Himself and GUNNER on that date was
very similar to the account given by
Marphy. He declared. however. that
the only words which passed between
them were in regard to a new pair of
snoes which had just arrived at the
.1afl for Brown. the location of their
respective cells. Int that finally he
had said SO long to GUNNER.
Brown Passes the Lie.
sssssSss5Brown branded as a lie the state
sa1ient of o.. Charlson. one of the states
q witnesses. that he had telephoned
ss4rom the Addison hotel about $3.50
sssya' clocksin the morning on June z. On
occasion he did not call anyone
SsmMe sWore.
This WILDE, one of the9points taken
IND byS the State on, rebuttal.
Denies Vulgar Talk. 20,
Although admitting that he talked
SSWith GUNNER at. the Prescott hotel
sF4Marly on the morning of June {,
Brown denied hat there was any OF
-4he unprintable conversation regard
sss1hg Marie Wick and other girls that
GUNNER is said to have admitted to
satshe Fargo authorities at about the
of his arrest. u
Y. The only conversation about Marie
sssNVick. Brown said. was that GUNNER
Issnentioned the fact that a good look
Ing girl had checked into the hotel
night and had gone to a show
sayyvith some young man. In response to
question as to who she was