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After years of research and a boastful confession by another man, the new lead prosecutor fights to make sure justice is finally served in the death of Marie Wick

After years of research and a boastful confession by another man, the new lead prosecutor fights to make sure justice is finally served in the death of Marie Wick

After years of research and a boastful confession by another man, the new lead prosecutor fights to make sure justice is finally served in the death of Marie Wick

After years of research and a boastful confession by another man, the new lead prosecutor fights to make sure justice is finally served in the death of Marie Wick

After years of research and a boastful confession by another man, the new lead prosecutor fights to make sure justice is finally served in the death of Marie Wick

After years of research and a boastful confession by another man, the new lead prosecutor fights to make sure justice is finally served in the death of Marie Wick

After years of research and a boastful confession by another man, the new lead prosecutor fights to make sure justice is finally served in the death of Marie Wick

After years of research, interviews and a boastful confession by another man, the new lead prosecutor fights to make sure justice is finally served in the death of Marie Wick and conviction of William Gummer.

December 28, 2020 — At about 6:30 on the morning of June 7, 1921, William Gummer, a 22-year-old clerk at Fargo’s Prescott Hotel, told his boss, “Something’s wrong in room 30.” Marie Wick, a pretty 18-year-old brunette from northern MN was brutally assaulted and killed in that room sometime during the night. Grey hairs were found clutched in her hand. Fargo was an overnight stop for Marie as she traveled to see an aunt in Pettibone. During the train ride from Crookston, ...