St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-07
MISS wACHTER,s STORY.
A Story Woven on the Assump-
ton Of It's Truth.


Now, just take head line for a mo-
ment, and assume, in order to properly
! comprehend his testimony we will as
| sumo, not as proof, but assume by
| way of argument, that Miss Wachter
told the truth. 1t is assumed now by
way of argument. Blixt said to Miss
| Wachter, in talking to his own attor-
ney, "Adry and l put up the job to
| kill Miss Cling for her money, and we
| agreed to put it on Harry if we were
| caught or words to that effect; and
| on the night of the murder, l think
| Miss Wachter said, Adry was where he
| got in the buggy with Miss Cling. She
| would not swear positively to that; that
was her impression. But she did swear
that he said Adry said, Go to the place
where we were at two weeks ago; and
| if you have any trouble you will find
Frank there to help you" Now, just
| consider that not proved, but announce
! that to your minds. When it was as
| certained from the speech of Harry
himself, speaking naturally and in ac-
| cordance with the conditions and cir
! cumstances around him, as 1 will be
| able to demonstrate to you, 1 think
| without a doubt, when it was ascer
| tanned from Harry that he had loaned
Miss Cling $1,000 on the oath of Novem-
Der, instantly at 10 o'clock in the morn
| ing of the next day he was taken into
surveillance under actual suspicion aris-
| ing against the man who over the life
| of girl he was not engaged to or mar
ried to, he held policy amounting to
| 5000
| Now you have got to lay down a car
| dinal rule to which you will subject
| Blixt's statement and testimony, and
| to which you will subject, the same
| one that you will subject Harry's
statement and testimony and Adry's
statement and testimony to. You have
got to lay down some cardinal rule to
which you will bring this testimony,
and measure it upon, and to weigh it
upon; and what is usually that rule
! for? His honor will tell you what the
| rule of court is, always is. 1t is this.
| If you find that out of court the wit
| ness has made statements contradic-
| tory of the statement which he SWears
| to on the stand, then you will take
that matter seriously into considera-
ton in ascertaining whether you can
now believe him in what he does tes-
tify to upon the stand. Now, erect
ing that cardinal rule for both Harry
and Blixt, what is the result?
Remember, now, the shock which
comes TO mind after the unholy mo-
tive has passed into crime. The mo-
tive they ascribe in this story against
Harry was that of avarice and desire
for money led him to insure her life
and then kill her. Now, acting under
that motive of avarice, they say that
he compassed the death Of Catherine
Cling. But recollect that while the law
of heaven, just as sure as the stars
shine, whenever an unholy criminal
motive usurps the place of conscience,
! dominating the life of man, whenever
the crime is committed which is done
under the impressment and incentive
Of the motive, that very instant always
reason assumes her sway, and the con-
science takes her seat again. The
smarting presence of this injury to our
lives wrought in among the very ele-
ments of blood and fury of the crime
itself brings fear, concealment and ter
ror to the criminal always. Always
Well, 1t did not come in Harry's case.
1t always comes when the facts are
true. 1t did not come in his case. Or
If it came he braved it. Mark how the