The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-26
TRYING TO SAVE THEM.
The Power of Money.

We said, the other day, that an at
tempt would be made to save Harry
Hayward and Blixt. We can see the
fnger marks. One of the st. Paul pa
pers contained the following commune
cation:
GIVE Us REST.
Editor Morning Call
The people Of the Twin Cities have
had surfeiting overdose of the dis
gusting details attending the late
murder in Minneapolis. One of the
parties implicated has been charged
as being connected with about all the
murders ever pc erpetrated. excepting
p0sslbly, that Of Abel. 70 keep up
the excitement Sheriff Edge takes
mysterious ride incog., and his keen
scent brings him UP TO lot Of bloody
clothing, among which is handker-
chief with name thereon. These
meme ntoes OF the ibloodY tragedy he
withholds from the public gaze An
other sees the ghostTof the victim-a
real talking ghost, and she is heard
to say, Harry, Harry, how could you
have treated me thusly?" What to-
day will bring forth no man can tell.
Seriously, is it not time to relcgate
this subject to the courts which have
been wisely created for the trial of all
offenders? SO far this case has been
conducted in most unusual manner.
The ''sweating" process will be fully
ventilated when w. w. Erwin gets
the sweaters in the box. Some OF the
witnesses will undergo q "sweating''
that they will long remember. \.
1t is easy to see what this means.
Erwin is to put Mayor Eustis and the
Minneapolis police on trial, instead of
the murdcrers. They are to be
sweated, in way ''they will long re-
member" And too much has been
said already! Indeed, this rich mans
son, Harry Hayward, should not be
prosecuted With SO much publicity,
for merely killing miiliner. The
sacred rights of wealth must be re.
spected. In truth the murder is a
good joke, and the ghost said, thus
ly." And Bill Erwill says he wants
Blixt to repeat his confession of the
murder backwards and forwards a few
times. 1t is not enough that a mis-
creant confesses murder, but his
learned counsel must prove that the
man lied, and save him in spite of
himself. And Blixt, under this tute-
lage, is trying to get out Of his own
admissions. The St. Paul Globe of
Dec. II, says:
sDespite the evident sincerity of
Blixt's confessions, the county attor-
ney's office is suspicious Of the man,
and that suspicion was somewhat in
creased yesterday by his apparent dis
inclination to talk to his ATTORNEYS.
The county authorities knew that it
would be an absolute. impossiblity for
BliXt to secure more competent or
honorable legal counsel, and have
sort of an idea that the fellow is out
to get some shyster attorney who can
be ''fiXed'' to aid him, and thus save
| his neck from the gallows anyhow. and
perhaps save Harry Hayward. There
| is considerable more back Of the case
than has yet been told, the authori-
ties believe. and are Just enough sus-
picious of Blixt to study every move
! the confessed murderer Makes"
We repeat-and repeat it delib-
erately-that if any "shyster 'attor-
by trick or evasion or corrupt
ing the jury,-sayes these villains
from punishment, we hope the people
Of Minneapolis will rise up and hang
them and the ''shysteri with them, to
the same tree.
| The age has grown fearfully rotten
and corrupt, but tic community has
some rights after ALL We recommend
the villains Of the. legal profession,
| I'VE admit there are many honorable
| lawyers) to remember Che riots in Gin
cinnati, where the eorruptions of the
courts and the immunity Of wealthy
criminals, provoked an insurrection
which sweetened the atmosphere of
that city for years afterwards and
sent the 'shysters' hunting their
holes like rats, although it destroyed
millions of dellars worth Of property
ard cost few lives.
Since then the beautiful Harry, Eve
are told he is graduate Of the Min
/ nesota University appeared to plead;
Eand the newspapers significantly note
shat as he gracefully loungcd at the
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