Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

Blixt Breaks Dawn and Sohx Like
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Minneapolis, Feb. 6.-Thc Hayward
case was devoid Of the sensational
the testimony being entirely that of
physicians and of little interest to the
hundreds who crowd into the court
room daily. The testimony naturally
is of an expert character. The de,
Tense keeps pounding away on the
poor girls skull. its aim being to estab-
lish beyond Il doubt tin fact that the
two fractures OF the skull We're suf-
1icient to have caused death.
DR.. Nippert'S testimony was that
there We're two we'll defined fractures,
of equal extent and about four inches
III length, which penetrated both COW
eringS of the skull. 1t is plainly the
purpose of Attorney Erwin to discredit
BltNts testimony, and it is thought the
defense will introduce testimony to
show that these fractures could have
been made only by heavy blows from
some instrument, delivered before the
murdered girl was shot. The testimony
of Rlixt does not intimate that any
such blows We're given, and this story
is In strong conflict with the expert
evidence as to the nature of the in
juries. The state may find it difficult
to show that these injuries could have
resulted either from fall from the
buggy or from the buggy passing over
the body. 1t will probably be shown
that, in case of a fall from the buggy.
the fracturing of both the outer and
inner plates of the skull would not
have occurred. DR.. Nippert was a
good witness and had a ready re-
spouse for all Of Mr.. Erwin's technical
questions. DR.. William Russell, who
was one of the few that visited the
scene of murder, corroborates Witness
Erhardt in the statement that the body
lay on its right side. The officers,
Moore and Fox, testify that it was on
Its left side, and they are evidently
wrong. The state acknowledges that
on this point they are misinformed.
AS to the conditions of the woman's
clothes and it's appearance, DR.. Rus
sell agrees with those who have al
ready testified. 1t would be inferred
from the questioning of the defense
that Hayward's attorneys wish to es-
tablish the fact that Miss Cling died
from the blows on her skull, and that
the shot, while of fatal character,
was fired to hasten the end. The at
torneys for the state have nothing to
say of their visits to st. Paul. AS
sistant County Attorney Hall has been
known to make several visits to the
sister city. but the mission on which
he went will probably not be disclosed
until given by witnesses.
Minneapolis. Feb. z. - The mass of
PREDATORY evidence in the trial of Har-
~ Hayward for the murder Of Cath
crime Cling having been cleared away,
the state sprung a surprise by placing
Claus A. Blixt, the self-confessed tool
of Hayward, on the stand
The states main witness walked
firmly to the desk and took the oath
with hand held high above him. The
attitude seemed almost one of defiance,
and his facial expression detracted
nothing from his impression. He
mounted the witness stand and sat
composedly with his hands crossed in
front of him, evidently a characteristic
attitude. Hayward never removed his
eyes from the man. gazing intently at
him, and seemingly endeavoring to
read his purposes. But Blixt looked
anywhere and everywhere rather than
at Hayward. Mr.. Nye first drew out
some information as to his antecedents,
and his employment as janitor by the
Haywards. In answer to questions
from Mr.. Nye, Blixt related how for
six or seven weeks before the murder
Harry Hayward was accustomed to
come down into the engine room and
have long talks with him. Blixt point
ed out the rooms on the diagram of the
fats where they were accustomed to
talk, and went on to say that along in
November Hayward began to talk to
him about doing some outside work in
a newspaper case.
The Plot.
Blixt described how he had wit
messed the note for $1,000 given to
Miss Cling by Hayward. He said he
had been instructed by Harry to say
when he saw the pile Of bills, 81
c., what lot of money" The
note was offered in evidence and was
found to be dated Nov. "a, nine days
before the murder. That night in the
basement Of the Ozark, Harry had said
to him:
81 am going to kill her. I did not
let her have $1,000. 1t was only ST.
600. l am going to take her around
where l have taken her before and
gamble as high as $1,000 on her. am
going to take her to a restaurant and
have her show the money and tell her
how careless she's been.
"Afterward," continued Blixt. che
told me that he took her around to a
restaurant and had her show tho
money and she placed it in tumbler
while she ate, and some one else told
her she'd be killed for her money"
ibid he say anything more?'
eyes, he said he was going to have
her life insured and then kill her. He
said he was going to drive out and
find a place where there We're some
rocks and throw her on the rocks and
then they would think 1t was 4 run
away. He wanted nc to go to ST.
Paul and get an ovcrcoat, SLOUGH hat
and a revolver like the one ne had.
said wouldn't do it. One day Harry
came into the boiler room with a
piece of L rail about four feet long
and wanted me to cut it in two. 1
said I couldn't do it, but man showed
me how and 1 did it. Harry took the
shorter piece. nut it under his coat and