Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-28

Robbed-WilsOn Makes q Charge Against
One of Harry's sAttorneys-Popular SYM
pathy Exhibited.
MIyNEAFoLIs, Feb. 2S.-When the court
trying the Hayward case adjourned yes
terday afternoon Erwin said he expected
to conclude his evidence by noon today.
Nye's closing will probably come in Mon
day or Tuesday at the farthest. He will
talk all of one day and perhaps more.
Erwin expects to use a part of two days,
so the case can hardly go to the jury be-
fore some time next week. The most ex.
citing part of the court session yesterday
was in the afternoon when Erwin made
final effort to get in his expert testi-
mony regarding the alleged insanity of
Adry Hayward. Again Erwin AID the
court held long arguments, and when it
was over the attorney had managed to
get before the jury the fact that several
members of Adry's family had been in
sane; that n local physician had pre-
scribed for Il member of the family for
insanity, and that he held that Adry had
been the victim OF insane dclusions for
years.
Wilson Charges Attempt to Hribe.
The court stated that the attorney might
try to prove total insanity by any act at any
time but not partial The intense public
feeling against the defendant was shown
during the argument. Once when the
court sat down upon Mr.. Erwin in a
more than usually forcibly manner and
ruled out the evidence, the crowd, COM
posed for the most part of women, broke
into wild applause and the court became
angered. The evidence of the day
was mostly confined to picking up shreds
of testimong and fitting it in corrobora-
tion of former witnesses. The only ex-
ception was in the case Of NJ. d. Wilson,
who threw shell into the camp of the
defense again, by stating that Attorney
Sweetser, of the defense, had virtually
approached him with an offer of money if
he would change his evidence.
Some of the Facts Brought Out.
Swcetser denied it most emphatically
aftcrward, and it will be left with the
jury which to believe. Nye brought out
the fact that Miss Wachtler, the stenog-
rapher who had startled the state with the
assertion that BIixt had said that he and
Adry put up the job to kill Miss Cling, had
DeSn cinllOyeI IL SWeStscf Office since
her testimony was given. Harry Gilbert
with Goosman, the liveryman. brought
the record of the stable to show that Harry
hired horse there the night of the hold
up at 8 O'Clock, and returned it within an
hour. He showed that Harry had q rig
there several times that week.
Adry Also Hired n Rig.
One Of the incidents Of the testimony
was when Fred Horst, of the postoffice al
ley livery stable swore that Adry Hay
ward hired IA horse at " p. IN. On the date
when Harry was held up last April and
returned it at 1920. This would have
given him time to take part in the hold
uo of his brother and Miss Cling and Miss
Vedder with whom Harry was driving
The defense expects to show by other wit
nesses that Adry was seen near the scene
of the robbery that night
Some More Mob Demonstrations.
There was an incident out of the ordi-
nary as the prisoner was being taken from
the court room to the Jail. There was
the usual crowd and while he was passing
some one from the outside threw into the
road moose made Of evergreens. The
prisoner walked over it, but appeared not
to notice what it was.