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“¢ roe ( ‘ Ss STATE TRYING TO PIN CRIME ON HOTEL BOY (Continued from page 1) Pickering said: it seemed to be the same kind of a key. ? Gummer, says Pickering, advanced the theory of suicide when the officer arrived in the hotel. Pickering was the first official on the ground. He asked Gummer in the office what the trouble was, and Gummer was quoted as replying that “the girl in No, 30 ix covered with blood and it looks like suicide.” : When they entered the room, after Gummer opened the door, Pickering) says Gummer again advanced the the-' ory of suicide. Pickering asserted that it “looked ; ike murder,” he told the court. Called It Sulelde. Gummer was quoted as replying that “it couldn't be murder as the; door was locked.” Pickering said he made a search of| the room for the key given to the girl but did not find it. He said he did not see from whence | Gummer produced the key he used, nor has he seen it since. | A pair of bloody trousers found in the basement of the Prescott hotel have been introduced by the state asj an exhibit. Gummer has denied own-| ership: The murder trial crowds were han dled more expeditiously by the depu- ty sheriffs and firemen yesterday after- Boon than they were in the morning when the crowds stormed the halls and corridors in an effort to gain en- trance into the court room, Instead of permitting the crowds in the court house, deputy sheriffs were stationed at the entrances to the build- | State's Attorney Green, the witness | ing, keeping the people on the outside, thus preventing any possibility of any- one being. overcome in the jam. When it came time for the trial pro- ceedings to open at 2 P. M.. the deputy sheriffs permittde two persons to enter at a time. Im this way the seats in| the court room were filled without any | disturbance or commotion and there was Ro occasion for delay in begin- ning the proceedings because of noise in the halls. Spalding Recalled. Deane Spalding of the\ county engi- neer’s office, was recalled by the state! at the opening of the afternoon pro- ceedings. He testified as to the dia-! gram of-the third floor which waa labeled state exhibit No. 9, showing; the relation of the rooms to each other. For 10 years, O. J. Johnson, vice president of the State bank, of Grygla, Minn., knew Miss Wick, he testified! in his examination. He said she was| about 18 years. old and. that she left) Grygla on Sunday, June 6. He testi-' fied that she entered his bank Satur-/ against the north wall and the east side of the bed touched the door! day, June 4, and got $20 in cash, and @ caghier’s. check forthe same amount. He sald she. had‘ been employed in the Farmers’ Co-operative store of; bowl, pitcher and slop jar. | was a window ‘in the south wall of | that village for a year. Slain Girl’s Brother Called, “Marie was 18 years old,” testified | with the back against the wall. A Ernie; Wick of Hendrum, Minn., a brother of the slain girl. He said he was 20.- He testified that she had | washstand, A girl lying on the ‘bed never been in Fargo before or apy town of its size. “She had been to Warren, Minn., the biggest town she had ever been in,”! was his answer to State’s Attorney | Green's interrogation, “Ever been in as large.a town as Fargo before?” Mrs. Lawrence Recalled. The state also recalled Mrs. Annie E. Lawrence, proprietress of the Pres- cott ‘hotel; who testified to checking in Miss Wick and that the defendant{ beside the bed; two straw suitcases had not told her who was in room No. 31, adjoining Miss Wick’s room, or whom he had placed in other rooms. She testified with reference to guests i . on the ground floor and other floors; ‘urbed. of the hotel on the night of June 6, Mrs. Lawrence testified that there were about three holes through the panel of the door connecting rooms Nos, 30 and 31,. 1°. the holes had been plugged.’ Sic the plugs had been removed b: of the offi- cers after the discovery of the crime. She testified that there was a chance for a person to leave the third floor of the hotel and step onto the roof of the annex from ‘several rooms, there being a slight drop. The witness testified that Miss Wick at first left a call for 6:30 A. M., and upon going to her room for the sec- ond time asked that it be changed to; 6 A, M. She said that nobody was witn| Miss Wick when she returned to thé, hotel, the second time, which was about 11 P. M. Shortly after that Mra. Lawrence went to hér room, meeting her son, Fred, in the hall Told to Leok Over Transom. “The clerk called me at 6:30 and said be had been calling the girl in room No. 30 and could get no answer,” testified. Fred Lawrence, son of the| proprietress of the hotel, “I told him to look over the tran- som and he returned and told me [ had better go. He said it looked like she had a brown or reddish cloth on. “I then looked over the transom. I tried the door, and it was locked. then sent the clerk down to call the! police, - es 2 | “Just then the maid came along and: I told her to open the door with thej pass-key I had made. She let a yell out of her and ran.” i Mr. Lawrence then testified to visit- ing the other rooms with the officers in their investigation. | John ‘Towers, who occupied room No. 33, testified he did. not hear u/ sound and that he retired about 11 P. M._ Albert Rosenwater, said he arose about 6:45 A. M. and had heard} someone trying to call Miss Wick. Hat Pin Is Introduced, The hat pin, the point of which had been bent, which was found the day following the murder and which the state contends was used to open the slain géel’s room, was introduced as states exhibit No. 11, during the tes- timony of Mrs, Margaret Bergstrom, who occupied room No. 56, on the fourth or top floor, She testified that the hat pin was found on the stand where the water} jar is kept. Se identified the hat pin} as the one which had been discovered. by the maid and shown her. Lawrence Jacobson arrived in Far- go on the evening of June 6 from Bis-! marck afd was assigned to room No. 27, but the lock on his door was de- fective 80 he asked for another room and was given No. 29. Since the mur- BS der he-has been at Hunter, Cass coun: BOSKINS, Ine. The testimony of Ray Simmons, 1407 First avenue N, was to the effect that he did not learn of the murder until noon of Tuesday, April 7. On June 6, he and his wife retired about! 9:30 and heard no disturbance. He arose at 6:30 A. M. John J: Meyers testified that he got! to bed at 11:30 P. M. He did not! hear any noise or disturbance that. night.. Pedro Christianson, foreman of the Haggart Construction’ company’s paving crew, occupied room No. 46, and went to his room about 11 P. M. and did not hear of the murder until 9:30 A, M. the next day. Dyehuk Heard Seream, Mitro Dychuk, formerly of Perham, Minn., went to his room, No. 45, third floor, about 10:30 P. M., and. testified that he was awakened by a single; scream after which there was silenc:,| He testified that he did not leave his! j bed and did not hear any further dis-| turbance that night. f | Bloody Clothing Introduced. | The bloodstained pillowslip wita| which Miss Wick was gagged, the’ bandages which were used as bind- ers, the nightgown that she wore anu! the bedclothing, all stained with| blood, were introduced as evidence! by the state during the testimony of C. Edward Matelock, embalmer for! H. F. Moore. . | This proved to be the most grue-| some part of the proceedings. The| witness testified that the pillowslip,| introduced as exhibit No. 13, was ihe! one that had been removed from the| girls mouth, and testified that the; closed end of the pillowslip was! pushed into her mouth and the open! end down over the face. He said the| large bandage, exhibit No, 14, was/| found around her head. | Under the direct examination by} told of the condition of the girl's body, his statements substantiating those made by Dr. P. H. Burton, | county physician. He enumerated the/ wounds on the head, their location, | and testified that he took 150 stitches! and then quit counting, and that he! probably took 15 or 20 more stitches | before he was through with the body. Following is the sheriff's testimony | in part: | Q—You were called to the hotel ‘on | the morning of June 7? i A—Yes, ' Q-Did you go to room 307 — \ A—Yes. Q—Was it unlocked? A—Yes, sir. | Q—Please describe the condition that you found in room 3 as nearly | as you can describe it. A—Room 30 is in the southwest corner of the main hotel building. It 8 a rather small room, about 10x12, and a door to the hall on the north side, the northeast corner and a door | in the east wall between rooms 31 and 30. The head of the bed was} frame. .The washstand was in the There jthe room; the dresser was against jthe east wall next to the window, carpet covered the floor, A ‘chair stood between the dresser and the with -her arms tied over her head to each bedpost, covered with a blanket and spread, pillows beside her head pulled up- under her arms, and were ‘neatly pulled down over the foot of the bed; her clothes were on the chair; her hat on the dresser; pocket- book on the dresser, also her comb; her stockings on the doorknob on the door leading between 30 and 31; shoes were along the east wall between the door and the dresser. The contents of these were neatly arranged and looked as if they had never been dis- Purse Practically Empty Q—Did you open her purse? A—I did, and found a few cents. Q Any cashier's check? A—No; no bills or silver, but a bankbook on the State bank of Grygla. the water in the bowl? 4—There was dirty water both in the slop jar and the bowl. Q—What was the condition of her body (introducing state’s exhibit 7) from the armpits down as to blood? A—Except on both hips, it was free from ‘blood. Q—wWhat kind of blood did 'you see on the hips? A—Bloody smears; they looked like finger marks. Q—Did you see on the right arm as to the number of knots that were tied? A—There were: about eight knots, securely tied on the right arm. QAWith what was it tied? A—With a portion of the sheet. left arm? A—Had just a few knots. “Holes in Door Plugged Kraemer. also testified to finding blood marks on the wall next to the bed, on the carpet in front of the bed and on the bed clothes and the mattress. The light bulb in the room was found by the sheriff have blood stains. The door leading to room 31 was plugged on the side of the girl’s BaAoriELo REGULATOR CO.. DEPT. BD. ATLANTA. GA. KODAK WORK Done For The HOSKINS #23: Reasonable Charges — We are known everywhere for the expert ‘southwest corner of the room with a | Q—Did you notice the condition of Q—What as to the tying of the | room and the dust at the corners was found to have been undisturbed. An indention in the rod at the head of the bed was found. Q--Did the clerk.tell you who oc- cupied room 35? A—Yes, Q—Who? A—R, A. McKenzie. , tion was made of his clothing. ‘Q—Did he tell you who occupied 26. A—Yes. ‘Ed Smith and wife. went to bed about two. Q—Did he tell you occupied room 1? An examina- Both ;3 ? A—Yes. Q—Who? ‘AH, J. (Hagen, Q-Did you make a search of Ha- gen and his belongings? A—I found no indication of any- thing out of the ordinary. Q—Did he tell you who occupied with the slips off. The covers were | room 40? A—He said a man came in about 2 o'clock. A man of. about 30. Dark | complexioned; had a gray suit, Said he looked like an Italian. Q—Did he have any bagggage? A-No baggage. John Van Worst, night man at a | local department store, who lived with jhis family in an apartment in an | addition to the rear of the Prescott hotel, testified that he came to the {hotel on the night of the murder at a little after .10. The landlady and | clerk were at the desk when he pass- |ed through the lobby, and another | couple that he took to be two men in i | _———————— ret a | Vaudeville and Pictures DELL & RAY Singing, Dancing, Talking -Thomas Ince’s Latest Drama “HOMESPUN FOLKS” A Remarkable Six Act Picture also Mack Sennett’s Latest Comedy. “She Sighed By The Seaside.” Friday—Elane Hammerstine in “A GIRL_ FROM NOWHERE” work we do. Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention. Bismarck, N. D. Copyright 1921 Hart Schaffner & Marv Successors to Army & Navy Store. f ewann INPIOLD the lobby. 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