The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-15
THE STATES CASE
Resume of the Testimony So
Far Introduced Against
Hayward.
STRONG CHAIN OF EVIDENCE.
Prisoner Not at All PhaSed by
the Outlook For His
Liberty.


weeks have been consumed in the trial
of Harry T. Hayward, accused of the
murder of Catherine Cling, and yet the
state is not through with the forging OF
the chain of evidence upon which it de-
ponds for conviction.
At the present time it will be interest
ing to know what the state has shown.
1t has proved murder on that lonely
road near the lake. Blixt, the self
confessed murderer, admitted the kill
ing and told how he fired the shot.
In graphic detail he told how
Harry had proposed the killing, told
him about the life insurance, said he
had killed men before, threatened the
life of Mrs. Blixt unless he complied
with his request, piled him with liquor,
met him at the Kenwood boulevard
where was Miss Cling and the buggy,
and they took the fatal drive.
Other Facts Brought Out.
Police officers and others testified in
regard to remarks of Harry that she had
been murdered for her money, and that
he was "done up" Then the deals
with Miss Cling in gambling and the
$4,000 life insurance taken out in favor
of Harry We're shown. There was cor
roboration of Blixt's story as to the
many talks in the basement, the break
ing of the T rail, and the fact that they
both left the flat almost at the same
time. That, very briefly, is the story of
the witnesses for the state. It has
shown a motive for the crime, and has
the confession of the actual assassin,
who admits the killing and apparently
cares not for the consequences, but
wants Harry to be shown as the prime
mover and the beneficiary from the
plot.
The Loan to Miss Cling.
The state has attempted to show that
the loan to Miss Cling was fictitious, but
has failed to do so only by inference.
This inference was the fact that Miss
Cling came back to the Office in the
Oneida block, after the alleged payment
of the money and that Harry had 500
bill afterward, the fact that Blixt was
given 80 81 bills to conceal, and that he
was asked to remark in the presence Of
the elevator boy that they were large
bills he saw There, then, is the mo-
tive, the confession and some corrobora-
ton Of the confession.
Hayward Unmoved.
Yet with all this staring him in the
face the prisoner appears unmoved. He
is tr file paler than at the outset, and
at times he appears weary, but study
of his countenance would lead the aver
age observer to believe that he and his
have concise defense, which
they will spring at the proper time.
How else could his ease of manner be
accounted for? One by one the hopes of
the defense have melted away, and yet
he is unmoved, collected, apparently
willing to wager odds that the jury will
acquit him when the time comes.
''Bet your last dollar ON it, he says,
ST will be free man in couple of
weeks
Plan of the Defense.
A good deal of interest was taken in
the proposition to introduce Cunning
ham and his hotel register. Cunning
ham. who is the proprietor Of a small
hotel on Central avenue, will be brought
in to impeach Bixt's testimony and
show that Blixt stopped at his house on
the night Of the murder. This move on
the part of the defense was not known
until three or four days ago, and occa-
stoned much surprise to the prescott
ing attorneys. Some of the men
who, with Cunningham, will testify for
the defense, are not the most reputable
citizens in town, and it is thought that
in several instances the impeachment
will prove something of boomerang
If the present programme of the de-
Tense is to be carried out there will be
an interesting array of witnesses, and
some of the best judges of criminal
practice freely express the opinion that
it will further weaken the defense.