Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-21

Bllxt, Erwin's questions In regard to
\ Mot between Rlixt and Adry failed
to bring out any admissions.
Mrs HaZeltOn was recalled mo-
ment and stated that Harry Hay
wards name had been mentioned by
Miss Cling in the store, she speaking
Of him as her friend.
Mr.. Nyc announced that the state
rested.
.They Arc Going to Hung Me-"
Such was Harry Hayward's cx-
clamation to one Of his attorneys as
the two were crossing the street from
the court room to the county jail ut the.
close of the day, and after Adry Hay
ward had given his testimony and
withstood the severe and exhaustive
cross-examination without ninchins
or devlating IN single Instance from
the awful story Of his brothers plot
ting to encompass the murder OF Cath
crime Cling.
Counsel for the prisoner endeavored
to encourage Harry and remove the
impression Of impending doom which
the evidence of the elder brother had
created, but the effort was not sue
cessful, and the young man passed
into the big stone building with the air
of one who had lost hope in the at
tempt to regain freedom.
Minneapolis. Feb. 1G.-It was the de-
fenses turn in the Hayward murder
trial, and there was eager curiosity on
every side to learn what tack Mr..
Erwin and his assistants had elected
to pursue. 10 the layman, now that
the state has rested, all looks equally
dark and forbidding, but tte defend
ant himself had no such thought. His
dc:ncanor upon entering the court
room this morning was positively jul
bilant, and he looked the picture Of
confidence. He nodded to some lady
friends in the front row, and then,
espying his mother. went up to her
and said: Good morning, little moth
cr," and kissed her upturned lips.
When John Day Smith arose to adj
dress the jury in his deliberate and
emphatic fashion, Harry faced square
ly around TO the jury and scanned
their faces as the words fell from the
lips of his counsel. Before tha court
opened he found time to tell Hhe re-
porters that the report in morning
paper to the egect that he had re-
marked, 'They are going to hang me-"
was absolutely and unqualifedly false,
and that he had never given utterance
to any such statement.
Talks to the Jury.
After the usual predatory remarks
about the jury system, Mr.. Smith
called attention to q number of things
the state had promised at the outset to
prove and which it had not proved. 1t
had not shown that Hayward had Sc
cured all of Miss Glng;s money, as
she had balance in the bank at her
death; it had not shown that he had
gone riding with her the Wednesday
and Saturday evenings before the muir
der, as promised. Mr.. Smith declared
that the insurance transactions, the ac-
curing of an insurable interest, and
the waivure Of the assault clause of
which much had been made by the
state were all in the orndiary course Of
business, and not in any way unusual.
The sweat box method of wringing So
called confessions from BXlixt and
Adry Hayward We're adverted to in
denunciatory terms. The defense adj
mitted that Harry was gambler. and
deplored the fact; but asserted that he
was not ON trial for gambling, but for
murder.
Harry Hayward comes into this
court" concluded Mr.. Smith, econ
fronted by the testimony of a brother
whose heart is filled with deadly en-
nifty, and Blixt, who with perjured
tongue has sought to conceal and
shield his real confederate. All we
ask is that the sunlight Of Gods truth
shall be let in on this most remarkable
case"