Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-07

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Fsred tais morning after ne sxaniina-
5on % several Incompetent candidaras
rom the country districts adjacent TO
Minneapolis and the cass n been
ss5efaed hv Assistant County Attorney
zssl ia A sDeaci sDuae " hours long.
sBverfng in detail the history of the
Savoltsng c-fme ever committed
N Hennepin county The twelfth
Iip.or is John Dun, a farmer sons
forty 1--we years. % sge residing IN Day
ia township Dunn is a native %
Hova scotfa, and a. a Juror, was ac~
sepraala ia both prosecution and De-
se7ase. The members of the jury ara:
Ilndssy Wehb Insurance. ageuys
Caleb q Phfbrfck, unlbernsns John
smith, Blacksmith; n H TimhariaSs,
Ifa Insurance AGENT John Kinbali,
Gaginar, Champlin MINI. Neal McNeal,
6armer. Dayton, MINI r. r.. Dlckeys
nIllwrig.at: Charles Prybbla, farmer,
-~haupliu, Minn John Denny. caTDeus
er. :. H. Dyer, boar builder, Excel
aor. Michael Foxes farmer. BrookIyn
John Dunn, farmer, Dayton
Tho presentation of me states cass
~ Assistane County 4rs6raey Ffail
ras nnt az nh out Or me Ordinary. IL
setng on the whole A plain narrative
" facts a.readg wen known Fila
speech was low. and a0ne except TIE
Fnry and those in fae immediats Vi
gsnSey heard &c 81 its entirety.
The n lew point he brought 0ut
1a his speech was che fact thar 6n
Monday the day OF the murder, Fay
ward received from Catherine Cling a
sart5feata fr0n the Traveierg rnsnr~
aace company which provided thac me
policy abe beid in rhae company ~as
~ rsTaaia In force IN case the las1red
.arse to Ssafh az tie hands 6f pteS-
vh0 might Threaten her Hfe. Nr. TIalf
oroaght fhis Doinr strongly, COM
1aanting on II at IangtA and the facr
ssssS sist VERY n1glF Miss Ging was
aasaderpa Bftsr reading The Indict>
aeua charging Harry n. Hayward
wieh procuring ehe death ~ Kafierfis
Gtnv ne reviewed the law, showing
/ the accBmplies IN ~ TsfT9g az rhe
man who sre6 the fatal shot. IN flis
sase, ne declared. sie scroEnptice wss
sven more guilty than the F~ed-naaded
murderer Mr. fall then graphically
sehearsed The history of ne Afs 81 the
nassrdered 1rt
Tsrougaour 6 ali FAIRY Haywars
sat BnpioveH, WITH arms folded ACROSS
tfs bTsssf. Occasionally he smiled ~
soBse emphatic statement whlcll the
state proposes TO prove. The Only mo-
tive for the crime. said Mr HaII, ia tbs
course ~ his remarks. was notGfag
49, NF4~vaa u wN.xFE.xL 49, RI =
pfFares policy taken Sssg Ia she aanac
~ the deceased BY Harry Hayward.
% tais be promised 20 satisfy ehe jury
The crowded court Ta5sa gays CAe
closest attentioa throughout The hesF~
ing.
4moSg me spectators IA the conr
room thss a0ralag eaS ET. +. Hay
ward A Brother o. che accused RE
beeupfed a chair atose beh4ad Harry
sad appeared 70 take nor interest 10
fine proceedings than his accused
brofisey Among offers we're fine nffa
aus mother % Assistant Comfy At>
ssTAey Han. who came 60 hear the
opening address
Minneapolis. FEB z-Thers vas ia
bsrsss eaoBgh n the proceedings o. eae
Hayward tssal 20 satisfy the eoart
sccn4 crowd &c began with ire de-
srfptgons by Policemen Fox aad
MGR. s@5 posTETon 90 Miss fSings
body wAen found BY tbeTa on fhe Tx
scissor road The questioning ~ Fhese
witnesses was ssgfs6fentlg naKa8te TO
satisfy the most aSoYbSd-hsihdeG audi
corr With the sthlosc Iasistenes every
1efaa ~ fAe appearances presented By
he body a. 10 lag there id the road wa
sfann ont, and a!thoagh most 81 the
statements thus ELECTED had heen Al
rss4y HFads I'm tBe newspapers, The
crowd listened Intentfy
Nj. Erwfa wanted 20 establish hy
0fseeY Fox the exIsseacs Of tracks
made by n ssarDpofafsd shoe In the
vicinity Of The body. ft was stated se
tkss time Of the murder that the crlsts
81 q shag1.re=a suoe could be seem
In the road, as though the wsarsr Of
such shoes had tuned the buggy
v9aFsA. THE officer deserfb%d fhe tracks
~ the hrszzy @a4T ii bsd been taraea,
bat knew nothing Of the alleged f6ot~
prints. There were a rood many pe0-
DIE on the ground before he got there
~ ~ ~ So htkftBNN VI EFNL&~ AHu 0~~t
made. ~ would have been impossible
10 distinguish one from another. The
questioning Of Mr. Erwin 10 cross
examination seemed ~ Indicate a
theory on his part that E9fst had a
c0ufedeTate on the ground with him
sshea tire KffIi.9 0~sesrrsa,
and that ID wss this confederate who
turned the buggy around
The defense IL aIready laying ms
foundation for reasonable dcubt. Cor
ftct exists between The testimony Of
Mrhart 1ha fret fsa.A ths~ hS-sr era
the two officers who arrived later in
the patrol wagon. Erharf testified that
the body lay with the right side of the
face downward ON inc road. Fox and
Moore agreed that the left side vas
downward. Mr.. Erwin was particular
~ careful to establish this rloint 81
difference. IL n perhaps a small mat
ter in Itself. but with many such 70
used In missing the testimony the OK.
istcnce of a reasonable doubt may he
established.
The testimony OF Moore. driver ~ The
patrol wagon, as to what Hayward
said when ut the station that night
shortly after the news OF an accident
had been received. created nm impress