St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-08
MISS GING,S WOUNDS.
They DisDrOve the Testimony NJ
Claus BiiXt

Ihey DIspTOve the Testimony of
Claus Blixt.
therefore these wounds upon the
body Of Catherine Cling. these frao-
lures upon the skull of Catherine Ginp
all by fair and reasonable internra.
tatlon confront Blixt and show that
the violence which was done to Cath
erlhe cling was not alone the vioIenca
OF the pistol shot and pushing her ont
Oh the buggy, but some other agent in
terIered which produced these wounds
ana Which produced that fractured
nose and that cut lip and that frac-
tured skull. And when you fake that
INTO consideration with his own words
IN MS first statement where he trans
poses the real man to Harry. he saws
Harry told me-" or the real man told
me, Don't leave her until she is dead
? give me plenty of time to get back to
down. These wounds 1 say. this frac-
tured skull corroborate his expression
at that time in the first Statement
prove to you by laws which are NOT
dependent on the truthfulness of indi-
flouals, but which coming from ma
lure which never lies, must he nroof
70 you that there was violence ,,non
tne BODY of that woman other than
what Blixt testifies to; and as he fes-
tlned that he did no more violence that
ne sWears to this proves that soma
Pne did this violence.
MI. Blixt is further contra od-r.
/, member these contradictions. gentla-
men, when you come to consider b;s
festimony-he is contradicted bv the
manner in which the body of Kate Gine
would act If, the shot be in the bueexy
NOW these things are all of the great
est possible Importance. You know
asked DR.. Hance, and DR.. Hapce on
sWered the question, and it was NOT
stricken out but the court Sustained
the objection after it was stricken ont
ana therefore L won't quote the testi.
mony. But L will quote the testimony
Oh DR.. Nippert, just right in the line
ana parallel with the testimony oft Dr
nance, which not stricken out of tb;e
astion, but which will quote. DR.. Min
pert says, on the 1877 and 19Sth page of
MS testimony, 'Now, in a living ,ner-
son, now long could a person live under
such circumstances when the shot had
passed through the base of the brain
ana come through the optic ,boneq,
answer think that death in case
OF that kind must have been. instan-
taneous. 'Question-By what req
son Answer-By reason of shock to
tne nervous system" Question
snock to the nervous system?" can
s~er-Yes, sir" "Question-Do Won
thlnk 1t possible for person to have
hVed an instant after the shot was
Ilfed! Answer don't think .so.,'
Quest1on-What effect on the BODY. on
the fexibility of the body, would a, shot
OF that kind have, would it make #
stiff or make it limp" answer
thlnk 1t would somewhat depend upon
the mental condition of the person
Killed" "Question-Is there any nos
sibility of such a shock causing q nar-
son to stiffen?" "Answer-I think so ;,
"Question-In reference to the sbocl
and its effect?'' ''Answer-Yes." "Oues-
tlon-That is the ordinary condition of
it?" "Answer-Yes, that is the ordin-
airy condition" "Question-And ordi-
narily generally you would exnact
person, after he was shot, to be in
stantly limp" '.Answer-Yes. general
ly. "Question-By a limp BODY Won
mean body of muscles and sinews
all relaxed. When the muscles and
running and extending to the back of
the neck, when they are limp, what is
the natural consequence to a BODY sit
ting up?''
"Answer-It falls together itself"
ana tnen testlfies that it was almost
impossible to hold a person sitting up
In buggy that was shot in this man.
ner, that the body would settle down
OF its own motion.
Now, Mr.. Blixt testifies that the
moment Catherine Cling was shot,
when she was shot she was looking
oout over the buggy seat, that she
Strengthened back. DR.. Nippert tells
you, and your own common sense
tells you, must tell you, if the effect of
that shot was instantaneous death,
then the body settled right down, un-
sGerthe law of gravitation, right down
there In the buggy, or down out Of the
buggy, In accordance with the crawl
tation in the human body. If you
strike a person on the head and crack
their skull and do not produce in
Simultaneous death, then, in accord
ance to where the blow may be on the
branial system, then the body may
stiffen out and remain stiff for awhile.
timony of Claus A. Blixt with the
probability and natural condition of
the evidence here, the circumstantial
evidence is strong that this woman,
while she was struck while she was
sitting up and not when she was shot,
for if she was shot as he describes
in his testimony, the instantaneous
effect would be to make the body limp,
and she could not be held up, very
difficult to hold her up in the buggy
and drive thirty rods one way, turn
around and drive back a mile, and
he says he rode thirty rods before he
held that body up. 81 never looked
at her at all, and the robe was off
my knees, and 1 gave it all to her,
and I showed the robe against her like
this, and I went twenty-five or thirty
rods more in that way" Then he
turned around.
FATAL CONTRADICTIONS.