Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-19
RIFT IN THE CLOUD
Through Which Harry Hayward
Sees Some Light.
MAGGIE wACHTEL TELLS HER STORY
She swears That Biixt, in His Confession to
the State Counsel, Charged Adry, Not
Harry, with the Murder, Gives Hall the
Characser of q Legal Bulldozer and
Generally ~Rips Up" the state Lawyers
-Other Testimony.

MINNEAPoLIS, Feb. l..-''How does it
look now, old man" asked Harry Hay
ward after court adjourned yesterday
afternoon, as he slapped a friend on the
back and laughed heartily. He wa, in q
good humor. 1t had been day for the
defense. After four long weeks of triel
the defense had at last made q mark, and
everybody at the left side of that long
table-from w. w. Erwin to the off
boy-was happy and smiled in satisfied
manner. For the first time since the trial
began Nye knit his brows and Hall
changed his face from that pleased ex-
preston to a Tired look There is inst
a suspicion that all this was put on by
the prosecution, for the state, first thing
in the morning, withdrew its objection
to Miss Wachtcr telling what Blixt con.
fesscd to his lawyers while in Jail.
Maggie . Good Witness for Harry.
And Maggie Wachter, tho large-fcat-
nred-stenographer, fully came up to the
expectations of Erwin in her testimony.
She was voluble, positive and could not
be shaken by cross-examin alton. She
called Blixt liar, O'Dell a schemer to
make money out of the county and As
sistant Attorney Hall bulldozer and in
timidator of women. There was some
thing startling in connection with the
testimony. Mrs. w. w. Hayward, the
mother of both boys, came into court to
hear her elder son (Adry) again accused
of the crime from the lips of the woman
who was to impeach the testimony of
Blixt, for Miss Wachter swore that Blixt
i'm his confession to the state attorneys
said the plot to murder Kate Cling was
put up and carried out by Adry.
Hall Says Miss Maggie Lied.
Mrs. Hayward took it calmly, alt hough
there was u look of satisfaction upon her
face as she heard the witness testi fly and
heard how Nye failed to shake her. Harry
was jubilant, but controlled himself; yet
often he would burst out into unco ntroll
able laughter as Miss Wachter would
make an unusually savage thrust at
ODell or Hall. After court adj burned
Hall stated that there was not n Word of
truth in what she had stated about him.
In her evidence she said that Hall had
called on her and attacked her character
in most abusive and scandalous man.
ner. why, our meeting was most
pleasant" said Hall. ''She was as smil-
ing as u basket of chips all the time, and
when left she apologized because her
sister had not opened the door sooner for
me. Do they think l am fool to talk
the way she says to Il woman"
Questions Asked for Impeachment.
For the sake Of impeachment Hall sked
the witness IL she had not told John A.
Olson that if he would go to the def fense
and tell them he knew something ABOUT
the murder case he could make plenty of
money. She denied it fatty. She was
asked if she did not threaten O'Deu to
make it hot for him, and if she did no.
say she had been offered money for BliXt's
statement. She was also asked if she did
not tell Olson that she knew something
about the case, for O'Dell said something
just as they were going out Of Blixt's
cell. She denied ell this fatty.