The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-02-16
TIE GING MURDER.
Adry Hayward Tells the Story Of
the Crime.
One of the Most Remarkable Scenes in the
History of Criminal Conrts-Tho
Defense Declares Adry
Is Insane.

MINNEAPoLIs, Feb. 12.-Adry Hay.
! ward, brother of the accused, was
placed on the witness stand yesterday.
He had barely begun. his testimony
| when Mr.. Erwin arose and said:
MAY it please the court, l want to
enter an objection to the testimony OF
| this witness in that he is not competent
to testify to anything in relation to
this homicide against Harry Hayward
upon the ground that he labors under
a delusion, and is, in fact, insane upon
the subject
The Court: We'll, don't see that he
is any more insane at the present time
than many Of the attorneys" Laughter.
Mr.. Erwin IF your honor please,
the law requires me to make an objec-
ton upon any proposition of which
expect to avail myself, and I wish to
take an exception to the courts ruling
at his time, and also to the courts re-
marks before the jury
The Court: Very we'll, an exception
will be noted" Adry testified as follows:
"One day about the middle Of last
September Harry came to me and asked
if wanted to make some good money.
told him l was always ready to make
good money and asked him what his
plan was. He said it was nothing more
nor less than to kill a woman for 81, 900.
I told him I was not in the business OF
killing people. and women especially,
and that if | was / would not do it for
such paltry amount as 81, 600. Harry
assured me thu it would be the easiest
thing in the world to do, without dam
ger or suspicion"
The matter of the accident policy for
S., 900 taken out by Miss Cling in the
Hartford company was then gone over
aud Adry told how Harry had come to
him in a rage over the matter.
I" Damn her" said he Che hardly ever
swears but he said damn her this time)
lit kill her now anyway if never get
a cent--such a damn fool as to take out
a. SIS, 600 policy instead of $1,000 one.
He said he would NAL Ike more money out
of it now anyhow as he would have her
make out nores to him for $40, O00.''
Adry then told of having seen him
make ont four notes upon his fathers
desk short time afterwards, but when
the notes were shown to him could not
swear that they were the ones, al
though he acknowledged that the print
ed forms were those used in the Hay
wards Office.
''He stated to me at different times
that he also proposed getting the girl
out in hack, getting certain hack
man in town, and he described him as
o large. feshy man, who would do any
thing for him; that he would get her
out in that way, and that he would
shoot the hackman, too. asked him
if the hackn1an had a. family, and he
said that he had, and I made the re-
mark that it YVES Il terrible thing to; ill
a person, let alone another to accom-
plish his purpose. And he also pro-
posed to drown the girl, but objected to
that later on; he said it would look like
suicide He proposed driving out in a
buggy with her, and wondered how
she would fall if she struck a boulder;
and al>o driving out in buggy and let
ting her get the lines tangled in her
hands, let the horse run away with her
and kill her.
ION Friday morning he came to me
between 10 and IL o'clock and said that
Blixt had asked hin if it wasn't pretty
near time to sacrifice the dressmaker.
II said: Harry, you are not going to
kill the girl, are you?
Gle said: Yes, she's got to be the
victim this time
II talked to him about the horrible
aspect OF his intention, told HIM that he
m lst not do It, that 1T was terrible TO
think of.
"He replied that she had lived long
enough, and then told him that if he
did not drop the idea l would report
him, and that just as surely as he killed
the girl he would hang for it. y
AS Adry uttered in terse, deliberate
tone these last words, Il momentary
hush fell upon the spectators and at
torneys and all eyes were focused upon
Harry. The man of ice had weakened
there was not doubt of it. AS the
ominous words from his own brother
fell upon lis ears, a death]y pallor for
moment overspread his features. He
bit his lower lip convulsively and his
bosom neaVGG TWICE Will Two iclS,
deep breaths. The iron had struck
home. and for an instant Harry Hay
ward, who had hitherto not manifested
sign either of excite ment, fear, Or an
ger, revealed to the gaze Of the crowd
something OF the awful emotions which
must be fighting for egress within bis
heart. Only for an instant, however.
The blood rushed back in rudy tide to
his clean-shaven features. the heaving
bosom grew quiet again and lapsed into
the measured respirations of calm
man, the hooking under-lip resumed it's
careless expression, and Harry was him
self again.
Fifteen or twenty minutes to on
Dec. 3, Harry came to my fiat and asked
for SIS, which gave to him, and he told
me | had better go to the theater. l
asked him why He said something
was liable to happen: that it must be
done: that he had no time: was In a
hurry He threw his hands about in an
excited manner and said: Go away,
don't bother me: don't be a fool, but GO
He asked me then to go to his fat at
9 and see if the revolver was under his
pillow. I said I wouldn't. Then he