St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-06

| county Attorney" was the first ques-
| ton asked by Mr.. Erwin.
Last night
WHO was present?"
Mr.. Hall, Mr.. Nye and Mr.. Odell."
The details of the conversation were
then gone into the attorney endeavor-
ing to ascertain if any unusual inf1u-
ence had been brought to bear on the
witness.
WAS anything said to you about
what you might do when you got out
of prison?''
mo, sir, not word
Witness went on to say that he had
talked frequently with a good many
gentlemen, the states attorneys, Mayor
Eustis, Detectives Howard and Hoy,
and others. He had talked about the
case and answered their questions on
several different occasions.
when did the horror of this thing
strike you first?' inquired Mr.. Erwin,
with a touch Of sarcasm.
''In about two days"
What was the effect?"
II was sorry"
Blixt then gave the details of his ex-
animation by Mayor Eustis at the West
of gentlemen there, and he lied to all
of them. He swore to them that he
didn't know anything about the muir
der He was asked a moment later if
he had been interviewed by Mr.. Nc
Murchey, of the Times. McMurchey
was produced, and Blixt said that he
had never seen him before. In this
he was in error, and subsequently
stated that he was so worried and sick
that for two or three days he did not
know much of anything.
81 am all right now," Blixt added,
land an happy"
What made you happy?" inquired
Mr.. Erwin.
God in heaven" came the answer in
a reverential voice. II feel that have
a life with Cod
"You are perfectly happy?'
mo. 1 have a sore in my heart that
will never heal up
Witness then told of his being taken
to police headquarters, of his talk with
Chief Smith, and went at length into
the details of his first confession. He
described the drive to the scene of the
murder and repeated the substance OF
his confession, which made Harry out
the real murderer. He frankly adj
mitted to the attorney that he deliber-
ately lied because he feared the con-
sequences of telling the truth, but he
added that he was different man now
and desired only to tell the truth.
Mr.. Erwin questioned him very close
Iy as to his contradictory statements
in his two confesSinoS and tried to
find if any inducements had been held
out to the witness to make him change
his mind. BliXt protested that he had
not been promised anything nor had
he been threatened. He seemed eager
to tell the story again, and when at
one point Mr.. Nye suggested to Mr..
Erwin that there was no use in cover
ing the same ground, BliXt said:
II will tell it all over again" In
fact throughout his. entire examination
he displayed the same spirit.
Mr.. Erwin took up the bloody clothes
theory and, turning to Blixt with a
look of great seriousness, said:
81 want to ask you this impeaching
question. That night you were with
Miss Cling you drove a mile beyond
where the dead body was afterwards
left?"
"Yes, sir"
The question was put to him in many
forms, but Blixt maintained that he
drove on about three-quarters of mile
before he turned around-turned when
he came to the big trees in the dark.
."Did you leave bloody clothes?"
mo, sir.''
Didn't men with you leave bloody
clothes?"
The witness looked surprised at this,
but quickly answered, mo, sir; there
were no men with me-"
"Why didn't you dump the body out
at the big trees?"
81 don't know; I was just nervous"
"Are you sure somebody didn't tell
you to carry that body away?"
Eyes, sir. Nobody told me anything
but Harry"
what reason do you give for haul
ing that body back three-quarters of
mile?''
81 don't know. I wasn't sensible at
all. kept thinking L must get rid of
her, as 1 was getting near town."
when you started that night, did
Miss Cling have travelling bag with
her?''
"I didn't see it,
''Did you get blood on your clothes?"
mo, sir, and 1 didn't examine for
any"
Mr.. Erwin offered Blixt's clothes in
evidence. Witness testified that the
clothes he had on were those he wore
the night of the murder. Later in the
examination, when the bloody clothes
question was renewed, Mr. Erwin said:
Come over here to the light and let
the jury see your clothes. 1 want
them to inspect you and see if they
can find any blood on your clothing"
Blixt went to the east window back
of the stove and the jury went over
and looked him over. Blixt took off
his coat, and when the examination
was concluded Mr.. Erwin said there
had been few spots noticed by some
of the jurors, and he would like to
have Blixt change his clothes and leave