Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-28
HAYWARD HAD TIME TO CoMa,-
THE MURDER.
A Reporter Demonstrates That H,,-
ry Could Have Met BIixt and MI..
Cling I'm the EIeven Minutes
That Are Yet Unnccounted
For.
- THE PROSECUTIONS THEORY
CORRECT.
The work Of the Reporter Indicates
That the State Is on the
Right Track.

Minneapolis, Feb. 24-Was IL posi-
bic for Harry Hayward in the eleven
minutes allowed by the state to have
made the trip from the Ozark 10 the
point on the kenwood boulevard
where Blixt testifies he and Harry met
Miss Cling, just before the committal
of the murder, and then TO have re
turned to the Barrleson residence?
With a view Of answering this ques
ton a reporter went over the ground
Harry Hayward Is supposed to have
covered in his route between the thrsa
points, the the result Of the trieals
made was to answer the question In
the affirmative. This would seem TO
indicate that the theory OF the prosecu.
non is correct, at least in this particu.
lar, and that the defense is in the
wrong when the ASSERTION Is made
that the distance attributed to the
favorite son Of the Hayward family
on that particular trip TO AMI from
the kenwoOd boulevard could not have
been accomplished within the time al.
lctVed.
The trials were made under din
~cultics. and in the results of the dis
lance covered all allowance must be
made for this fact The walks were
icy. a wind was blowing and the re-
porter was without overshoes. and his
stride was hampered by a long and
heavy overcoat. Necessarily a loss OF
time was the result. In the four trials
on distance the route was that prob
ably taken by Hayward
On That Gventfui Night
was followed, and the benefit Of every
doubt was thrown in his favor. The
four trials were made on the following
stretches:
First-From the Ozark ont uNanepin
TO the intersection Of Lyndale venue
with kenwood boulevard. cutting
across the acant lot right opposite the
park 70 reach that point just as BliXt
says Harry did.
Second-A return. also on foot, 70
the Ozark by the same route.
T~hird-From the Ozark to the BarteL
son residence at the corner OF Chest
nut avenue and Tw elfth street. and
F~ourth-From the KenwOod boule-
ward to the Ozark OF the car.
The first trip TO the Kenwood boule
ward was made in five minutes and
twelve seconds. the speed Of the re-
porter being no faster than a brisk
walk. Tie watch va held very cara
fully on the two te, minal points. and
the time taken was that exactly be-
tween the steps OF the Ozark and the
corner Of Lyndale and the boulevard.
On the return there was a wind to
face a part of the way and 4 slight hin
at the turn of Hennepin avenu on
the down town side of the corner Of
Mary Place and Hennepin TO climb.
This second trip was accomplished in
five minutes and ten seconds. The
cut taken by Hayward across the va,
can lot opposite the park and next to
the corner Of the boulevard and Hen
nepin was also taken by the reporter.
though there was snow and ice on the
ground, and more time was consumed
In reaching the boulevard By this way
than would have been required TO 20
around the corner.
IL Can he Done.
From the Ozark 10 BartelSon's resi-
dence. a distance OF four blocks. the
time was three minutes and forty-ivs
seconds, but the rate OF speed was
very much slower, in fact /, was a
very deliberate pace, walking as fast
as the reporter did going out Henne
pin avenue. Fifty-five seconds could
have been cut off the time. The
fourth experiment on the distance
from the boulevard TO the Ozark rid
ing on the car CAV a record OF two
minutes and ten seconds. :
Granted that Harry Hayward pur-
sued a very ordinary pace TO and from
the kenwood boulevard, what would
have been the time for the total dis
lance according to the trials made this
morning, with due allowance for the
difference in conditions7 Easily in
side OF eleven minutes, and then. too,
a return or the comes in as an i'm
portant element In time. There are
four lines out Henrepin ven the
Lyndale and Monroe, Kenwood, Har-
riet and the Harriet short line to Thir-
ty-frst street, and the schedule OF
these cars is so arranged that one OF
them would pass the boulevard nea
the time Harry Hayward supposedly
started on his return. In such an
event he would have ridden TO
Twelfth street and that would have
made his time on the car about two
minutes and twenty seconds, but IL
would have also taken that much time
or the necessary amount required to
walk from the Ozark TO the corner OF
Twelfth street. Allow SIS for the
trip out and 2:30 for the ride In and
three minutes fat for the walk Of
three short blocks to Bartelson's. and
there still remains a margin OF twenty
five seconds. and this does not take
into consideration the difference OF
time between watches by which IL Is
shown that Harry Hayward has
eleven minutes that he does not &C
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