River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-28
Harry HAYWARD TestiGes.

MINNEAPoLIs, Feb. 22.-The defense
scored a point when the bullet taken
from Miss Cling and new ones of 80
caliber were weighed. The bullet that
killed weighed the same as a short 80
while Blixt testified that Harry told
him it was a 80 long.
Harry Hayward was called to the
stand shortly before noon to testify
in his own behalf. lie told of his gam
bling operations in connection with
Miss Cling lie denied Adry's testi-
mony and made the charge that it was
his brother who held up and robbed
him, Miss Cling and Miss Nedder about
year ago while riding in the evening.
The interesting part of his evidence
was when he came TO that part of his
testimony which brought him down to
the day of tho murder.
Harry swore that the night of the
murder he arrived at the Ozark flats
at 6:45 o'clock; then he told of doing an
incredible number of things before
1882, the time he came out from supper
and went 10 his fiat. During that time
he washed in his bathroom, changed
his clothes throughout, went TO the
basement, went up to see Miss Ireland,
went down stairs again and had his
supper. He left the fats after going
to see his mother twice, calling upon
Miss Ireland, talking twice with Mr..
and Mrs. Bliyt on the first floor, going
into the basement and fondiug The dog
and washing his hands. Then he went
down Hennepin avenue n short distance
intending to go to the rooms of Miss
Cling in the Syndicate Block, retraced
his steps and went to the corner OF
Hennepin and Laurel avenues, and
there he looked at his watch and il
was Is minutes of s.
He stated that he went up to Laurel
avenue intending to call upon yonng
lady, and then remembered that he had
an engagement with Miss Bartleson.
He looked at his watch to see if he had
time to go there, and thought he would
take her to the theater. lie followed
this up by recounting his trip to Mr..
Bartleson's residence, and giving the
time as Mr. Bartlesou had sworn to it.
He was quite sure that he was in the
thester before the curtain went up. In
speaking of the testimony of Edward
Murphy, who swore that Harry bow ed
very low to him, he SAID that he did
not bow To Mr.. Murphy, but to a gen
tleman behind him. He thought Mr..
Murphy beneath his notice, as he was
a man who hung about the entrance TO
pose for people.
In regard to the bottle of whisky, he
stated he often bought the liquor for
Miss Cling and he purchased that bottle
Saturday and carried it around in his
pocket all day, taking it to his bath
room. He thought that if the attor-
neys would look there they would find
il IN the shelf. 1t is possible that Mr..
ErNy n may claim that BliXt took it
from there if he secured it, but If he
does he must admit that Harry left his
doors open that night-a matter he
want TO dIsprove.
The prisoners testimony was hardly
begun when court adjourned, and 1t
will be continued Monday.
Harry showed plenty of animus to-
ward Adrv, and wanted to give reasons
why Adry would want to testify against
him, and get up plot to give him the
worst of it. but the court would not
allow it. There was one feature of
this point that looked queer. The de-
Tense has been trying to show that
Adry was insane and therefore was
telling delusions when he told how
Harry had approached him to assist in
the murder, and yet wanted at the
same time TO show that he had perfec-
ted a deeply laid plot to down Harry
by connecting him with the murder.