St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-08
THERE WE'RE TWO SHOTS,
But Blixt Insists There Was but
One Fired.

Now, gentlemen, 1 want to just show
you formula here, which you can ex-
pertinent with in the jury room on
these clothes. I will tell you there
were two shots there where this brute
killed this dying girl. Now, here is
square-shouldered man illustrating on
Mr.. Schumacher. 1 cannot get any
lady to try this coat on, for they
would always remember trying on this
unfortunate sack, but now 1 will try to
use this man here as a person to get
this sack on. This is cold night,
and this is buttoned up. Now, see
how high the collar would have to be
up in order to get this ball here at
this point of the head. Do you see?
There it is. Now, see here. Here is
this shot right here; here is the angle,
passing up to the left eye. Now, the
direction, don't you see, of all the pow
der must be right against the head,
burning off here and burning off the
skin, don't you see? Well, now, here
is the other shot, missing the girl. Put
your finger right on here. Here is
where the man said the mark was
burned. Here is where the man that
cleaned this thing swore it was burned.
In order that you can feel it, and see
its location, put your finger here.
This shot here could not have made
that there. This shot here was from
this point right here, and as high as
that. 1t angled right towards this left
eye. There is the direction, and 1t
never could have made that powder
blaze there. Here is where he missed
the girl in that first shot. The AL
mighty God confronts Mr.. Blixt with
his law.
Mr.. Hall-But the head was turned
Mr.. Erwin-Turn the head as you
please. Put the pistol for this angle
of the ball where you please. There
is no place that you can make the
burn upon the collar of that
coat. You can experiment with this
l shall take UP no further time. Here
is the mark where that burning went
down, and that is the angle of that
burn. 1t was testified to here by the
man who cleaned that coat, and here it
is. 1t confirms Mrs. Maggie. 1t could
not be made by the wound behind.
One of you men whose figure is like
unto a lady's can put that on. You
will have this revolver, and you can see
much better than I can demonstrate it
to you. l simply call your attention to
it at this time, and l make the claim
that there were two shots fired against
the body of that dying girl who had
been pounded to a jelly by an accom-
plice of BliXt, and who had given her
body over to him, saying, do not
leave her until she is dead; give me
plenty of time to get back to town.
And that man was not the man sitting
in the theater, unconscious of any part
of this tragedy, or that it was contem-
plated.
But to make Things doubly sure, Liz
zie Burch left home to go skating at
7:30, and walks seven or eight blocks,
within half a block of the lake; heard
two shots in quick succession coming
from the direction of the tamarack
swamp, and she told you that the diff
ference was only four or five seconds;
shot and shot again.
Gertrude Bond left home at half
past Z, had been at the lake about
twenty minutes when she heard shots
in the direction of the ice house. She
left the lake about half past 8. Now,
I don't recollect, but you will know,
the topography between the two
wharfs; one was Ewing's wharf, and
the other was the boat house, and
there skating she heard the two shots,
but the direction was a little angular
from where Miss Lillian Burch heard
them-not Lizzie. She corroborates
the fact of the two shots, but does not
entirely corroborate the direction. Mrs.
Naegele and Lillian Burch agree as to
where they were. Mr.. Springstead
then comes forward. He was the COM
panion of Kittie Brown, and says the
shots came from the direction of the
tamarack swamp. H. c. Stevens left
at five minutes to s, came part way to
Calhoun, and turned back, and saw a
top buggy and SO on. Mr.. Eidam heard
a single shot a mile beyond where the
body was found. Just stop now to con-
template the constituent parts ofs-the
story told by Mr.. Blixt in his testi-