The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1895-03-09
FOR THE State
ARGUMENTS BEGIN IN THE HAY.
WARD MURDER CASE.
Attorney Nyc, Although Stul sick
Delivers am Address to the Jury
Thnt Causes u Spontaneous
outburst of Applause Among
the Spectators.
CONGRATULATED nv FRIENDS
Even w. w. Erwin, Haysard's At.
torneS. Heartily Compliments Mr..
NEe Upon His Work.

minneapolis, March THE closing
act i'll the great Hayward murder trial
was begun under strange auspices.
The deputies and attendant nurses
had brought S. II. Dyer, the sick aud
aged juror. carefully into court and
deposited him in Il reclining attitude
IN IN easy chair. 1t was an evident
effort for him to hold his head IN, but
when ut last he had found a comforta-
nc position. court was opened and the
defense having concluded to intro
dlce no more evidence, Frank Nye,
the county attorney, rose to address
the jury. His face was ashen pale,
and his eyes shone like twin stars in
dark night. 1t did not seem, as he
leaned against the table, that he could
possibly prove equal to the five hours
OF talk that were before him. However,
before he had been talking twenty
minutes the oratorical excitement was
upon him. and the mental inspiration
OF the complicated and remarkable
case which he was now summing up
for the jury played its part His voice
rang out like bugle. and his friends
We're confident that he would hold out
to the end.
Mr.. NNc opened with an admission
that he did not feel strong enough to
l,e sure of going through to the end Of
inc closing argument. but he felt sure
chat tho verdict did not rest on any
arm of flesh. God. who ruled the uni
verse. would direct the light of truth
on
This Extraordinary Case.
Briefly but effectively lie then
sketchcd the career of Harry Hay
ward, his gambling proclivitics, his as
sociations with Miss Cling and his in
ttucnce over this sick man" Blixt,
The crime had been committed by
BliXt at the incitation of Hayward, but
1T had brought with it IL revolution in
his entire being. After it came con-
science, remorsc, horror of himself.
No man could picture the agony of the
horror that BliXt endured after tho
cimnlission of the crime until he de.
ciGed to tell the truth. Hayward had
pursued this plan Of getting Blixt un-
der his mental domination for months
BliXt had killed Kate Cling in Il frenzy
and net as n criminal would have done
1t. He had gone to the deed with his
hands grimy with honest toll; he was
not criminal at heart. but a man who
earned his bread by the sweat of his
brow. Scarcely knowing what he did,
he had hurried poor Kate Cling into
eternity at the belcst Of that black
villain and constituencies scoundrel
here accused. Mr.. Nye dilatcd at
length on the fact that for two days
that ignorant man had sat OH the wit
ness stand under the scathiEg fire Of
the most brilliant cross-examincr in
the United States. without flincling
from the truth. The great Erwin had
been but a mere pulpet in the hands
Of this man, endowed with God-given
strength to withstand the ordeal. The
corroboration Of Blixt's story was
ample and complete. and the speaker
traced it out IN detail
Nyc Applmudrd.
Mr.. Nye followed the testimony
carefully and concisely. celebrating
and strengthening by argument and
eloquence that offered by the state,
and criticising and pointing out the
weak points OF the defense. AS he
drew near the finish there was ora.
tory such as the people had seldom
heard so touching, SO tender, so accus-
ing. so denunciatory. and then at the
last. as he delivered the case to the
jury there were tears in that flexible
voice as he cXhOrte1 the jury to do as
God willed and stand by their con-
sciences in the rendering Of a verdict.
Then at the close there was the most
spontaneous burst Of applause ever
heard in Il IInnncpin county court
room. Mr. Nyc sank in his seat and
received the congratulations Of his
friends. first among whom was his an
tagonist. w. W. Erwin. who heartily
complimcntcd him upon his wonder
full work. Mr.. Erwin will begin his
argument tomorrow morning.