Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
DAY or PROGRESS
An Even Dozen Witnesses on
tho Stand In tho Hay
ward Case.
TESTIMONY CoRR0B0RAToRy.
Erwin Causes Surprise by An
nouncing Harry VIII
Testify.


Testify.
3aNNEAPoLls. Feb 9-The state
made rapid progress in the Hayward case,
disposing of an even dozen witnesses
during the day session. The evidence
was strongly corroborative Of what has
already been given by other witnesses,
and the defense discovered no unguard.
cd points at which an attack for the de.
tense might be made. Harry Hayward
will be one Of the first wisnesses for the
defense, and his statement Of the case
will undoubtedly be the most interest
ing Of the trial, as no one except his at
torneys has any idea what it will be.
The statement that Harry Hayward
will be placed on the stand was
made by his attorney, Mr.. Erwin in.
forming the state that his client, when
placed on the stand, would admit hav'
ing purchased half.pint bottle of
whisky at the Nicollet avenue saloon on
the forenoon of the day on which Kittie
Cling was murdered. For what pur'
pose he bought tho whisky Hayward at
present refuses to state.
As the case progresses the one thing
that strikes those interested in it with
greatest force is the admirable manner
in which the minor details of the states
case have been rounded up and brought
into play. Not a point has been over
looked, and the chain of circumstances
being woven about Harry Hayward
grows stronger every hour.
Where the Whisky T. u" Purchased.
The place, hour and day that Hayward
purchased the whisky have been given,
according to the states evidence, to
furnish Claus Blixt with nerve to do
his bloody work. It was about 10
o'clock on the morning of Dec 3 when
the purchase was made of Bartender
Mccormick, in Nicollet avenue sa.
loon. The whisky was the best that
could be Obtained-4O cents half-plnt
and if it was doctored, Hayward did
it afterwards.
Thomas E. Kennedy, the fagman OF
the Lyndale avenue and Twenty ninth
street crossing, corroborated Blixt's
story as to having stopped at the flag
house on the night of the murder, and
as to his asking for the one armed
man that formerly held forth at that
crossing. The fagman has a surprise
for both the state and the defense when
he announced that Blixt or a
man very closely resembling him, had
been to his station again on the follow
ing night at about o'clock. He
thought the two were the same, but he
would not swear positively, as the man
who appeared the second night was
dressed differently.
l. No New Features Developed.
The testimony of Frank Tucker, the
elevator boy at the Ozark, was CORRIDOR
alive of what has gone before, but it de-
veloped no new features Of the case.
Tucker had cashed check given him
by Miss Cling for $50 aud had secured q
draft which he forwarded to Hayward
at the Palmer House in Chicago. Hay
ward had told him not to go into the
basement with the elevator when Blixt
was down there, but admitted that this
was because Blixt could attend to what
ever was necessary down there and it
was necessary for the elevator to be
ready for use at the first floor.
A great deal of interest was evinced
BY spectators in the behavior Of Cum
ningham, the East side hotelkeeper
and witness for the defense. A place
had been found for Cunningham close
up in 'front.' and he sat there taking in
the proceedings
With Evident Satisfaction.
Cunningham does not look promising
witness. He is man of extremely in
significant appearance, with cast in
his off eye and shifty manner. The
defense says that Cunningham will go
On the stand and tell his story as soon
as their side opens, and there is talk
that his testimony is expected to sur
prise the critics.
Mr.. Nye persists in his belief that the
Cunningham story is An invention, and
he threatens to pull the pegs from under
this imaginative structure as soon as he
gets a chance. Erwin merely smiles in
a confident sort of way when approached
on the subject. He declares that there
are a good many things about this case
which the state will not be willing to
admit, but that the evidence will be
strong enough to carry conviction
with it.
Miss Ireland Textiles.
Louise Ireland, the murdered wom-
ans niece, was the last witness of the
day. Miss Ireland was quite self pos
sessed, and the greatest delicacy was
exhibited in putting questions to her.
Mr.. Smith. for the defense, spoke 80
softly to her that he had to be prompted
by the court. She gave her testimony
in calm voice, and was subjected to
little cross-examination. She made one
important statement. She said he1
aunt had told her that Hayward,
for some reason, did not want he1
miss Ireland) to know anything OF
their transactions and had told
ner aunt not to let her know anything