The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-04

mrrck but when the latter renamed
ohdulatc did so to please him. HIS
patient had been dead about three
hours when he set out on the trip
ana the body was fast becoming II
l;h the witness said.
The state then produced Exhibit
l. the death certificate which showed
that lreda died in Burlcigh county.
Witness admitted that tins WAS not
correct. On the certificate Short
r.Ggc stated that he saw the dead
woman for the first time on February
26. Witness admitted that this was
not right. To the question on the
certificate as to whether an operation
hal preceded death Shortridgc had
written no" Witness admitted that
this was also wrong but that he had
made out the certificate Ito satisfy
Holta.' He explained that the latter
would have it no other way. Witness
further declared that "he wanted to
keep the body in Flasher ard bury it
, there The defendant was s,ll on the
stand when court adjourned for the
day. 1t is likely that the case will
60 to the jury late Thursday after
/ noon or early Friday morning.
/ Henry Enseltcr. New Salem under
! taker. who followed Holta on the
! stand FOR the state testified that he
| had charge of the funeral and was
! present when The body of Fleda was
exhumed in the New Salem cemetery
Il few days later. he body was IN
! the same condition when cXhumed as
ON the day of the funeral he said.
Emil Bobb, employed at the Perry
Undertaking parlors in Bismarck was
the nest witness. Dobb testified that
: he knew the dead woman as Mrs
Frcda Holta. that he had taken the
body from the flat to the undertake
signed the transportation blanks
necessary for shipping the body te
New Salem.
W. r. Perry, Bismarck funcra
director, testified that he had charge
of the remains and had cmbalme'
the body Of the deceased. He Wa!
present at the time that the body wa!
cXhumed and said it was in the same
condition as when it left his parlors
Drove To Bismarck
Henry Ditto, employed by Short
ridge as driver, testified that he ha,
seen Freda when she cAne to Ilashe
and talked with her in the doctor
office. He had known her previously
Did not know she was dead until H.
started for Bismarck.
! DR.. f. f. Bell Of Minneapolis di
rector Of pathology in tho medica
,, college at the university of Mnncso
tn followed Ditto on the stand Wit
ness said that he WAS present VINE
body was eXhumed and had made tn
-post mOrtcum.
Witness testified that he made
thorough examination of the bod
and found all organs in health
condition., that there were no cvi
dcnce of disease in heart and lung
e hnt that there were positive indica
tions of recent confinement and
!, severe hcmorrhage. He doubted tn
existence of influenza as the lung
showed no trace OF the disease.
DR.. +. 3. Strauss, Bismarck phys
clan, testified that the dead woma
4 had come to him in November 1872
: regarding her condition. That twic
. afterward she came to his Office
the last time on December ii. Wi
!. ness said that the woman was we
aware Of her condition and that sh
had told him she was married to Ho
> tn. The physician said that he wa
u present at the post morteum held {
New Salem and that the cXaminatio
proved conclusively to him that VI
natural methods had been used in a
y effort to relieve the awkward stu;
ton.
Chester Parks of Bismarck VIII
j. testified that he drove Holta fro
u Bismarck to Flasher on the night {
II the tragedy was the last witness
take the stand before the state res