The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15

| death and destruction OF his brother, a
man so deformed and weak in mind
that in the witness stand. under oath.
could not be respectful to God or bis
| laws of blood, to father or mother.
A Murderer and Tiger.
''These, a bloody, hypocritical murderer
and an escaped tiger, they ask you to
believe. These are attended by two
squires-W Wilson and jerks. These are
the only witnesses they have brought.
"If Claus A. Blixt has sufficient
weight with you to convince your
minds and conscience, if he and his cor
roborator, this foul tiger-if they are
enough, your duty is plain to convic-
ton. If the testimony of Claus A Blixt
is not enough, nor the corroborative
testimony of the tiger, then your duty
is plain to acquit. 1t becomes your
duty to consider with all possible care
the testimony of Claus A. Blixt, and see
whether he lies. There is the supreme
duty.
Paid His Respects to Eustis.
"While you are Analysing the murder
of poor Miss Kitty Cling did you an
alyze the testimony? Mayor Eustis is
the man who, waking up in his dreams,
should cry, Damned spot-out-out-
there's where the murderer shook my
hand Yes; there is where this poetry
comes in. And he, the mayor, stepped
up to this man when on the witness
stand and shook his hand. You made
splendid Witness he said; and when
this defendant marched from here to
the Jail, the partisans cried out, Hang
him Hang him. But when this
penitential saint, Claus A. Blixt, was
taken across there, no one cried out,
hang him. hang him."
Knew BIixt Was Perjured.
81 had an honest purpose" said Mr..
| Erwin, Gin my cross examination OF
Blixt. had an unconscious sight and
| Judgment. knew before he got half
way through that he was perjured. He
could not hide the fact that he had
perjured himself He was a phenome.
nal man so far as the grasp of intellect
was concerned. His mind was strong
and he had the capacity to commit per-
jury. He had boldness in proferring
his silly excuses. found him shifting
as to his motives. He claimed he was
hypnotized in his statement, and
on the stand he claimed it was
fear for his wife that moved him to
do this deed. saw it was necessary to
bring out this strong, absolute fact if,
with his strong mind, he could explain
his former statements. l think Blixt
proved himself on the witness stand,
under rules of court, to be the most as
tonishing and daring perjurer I have
ever seen on the stand.
| Roasts the Officials.
"By mistake, by error, the mayor, the
detectives and county attorney turned
themselves into an improvised grand
jury. They stepped in the investiga-
ton just where they pleased. They
took the self-confessed murderer and
patted him on the back, with promises
of clemency, and set themselves to
work to crush down and destroy all the
natural sources Of inquiry. They pro-
tect Claus A. Blixt and Adry Hayward,
the ones who should have been investi-
gated All the mysterious movements
of Miss Cling could have been disclosed
had there been the proper investigation.
Now, Claus A. Blixt and the construc-
ton Of his story is voiced here in this
evidence, and in way you can't help
taking notice of. How many things do
you suppose contradict Blixt?
An Array of Contradiction.
"He contradicts himself, the condi-
ton of the body contradicts him, the
blood in the buggy ,contradicts him,
witnesses contradict his movements, his
wife contradicts him, he is contradicted
by the bullet, he is contradicted by 1C
reputable witnesses. 1t is astonishing,
this array of contradiction.
"This remarkable penitent had nc
desire to tell the truth until he heard
that Adry was telling the truth. He
stuck to his bargain with Adry. Then,
later, he says, They made me cry be,
cause they called me murderer this
with the lie on his lips that Harry had
killed Miss Cling Look at this wonder.
full penitent. And yet they would have
you believe this fellow.
| Was Killed for Her Money.
"What must Blixt do now? He must
now, in order to obtain his release, in
vent an excuse for the murder of Kate
Cling. He and his accomplices killed
Miss Cling for her money-he and his
accomplices. They killed her for he1
money and I'll prove it by his own lips.
At the first statement the papers were
full of the ideas that Harry had insur-
ance on her life. Blixt knew it. In
that statement Cardinal Eustis asked
Blixt where the money was that was on
her person. Here Blixt made slip.
; Wonderful thing that. Blixt said it
was fake. How does he know? How
was it that Blixt made that expression
in his first statement? He did not know
until she was murdered that it was fake.
In Defense of Miss Cling.
Here was Mr.. Erwin's climax of his
great speech. Blixt had said she was
going out to buy green goods. She was
criminal! Not content with disput-
ing the truthfulness of Hayward 8
father and mother and 20 other wit
nesses, this green goods theory was not
content to SANDER the living, but must
| libel the dead. No! No! The line must