The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-03-02
HAYWARD OK iAE STAND
Takes Up the Story Where He
Left Of Saturday.
When lie Heard of the Death Of Gather
Inc Cling Re Knew II. wou.: Es=
Suspected Anxious About
the pers.

Minneapoli, Mimi, Feb. 25.-ln the
Hayward trial this morning Harry
Hayward took his seat or the witness
stand.
MIR. Hayward said Attorney Err
win. Il want you to take up your story
just where you left off. You stated
that you got back to the Ozark about
II O'Clock the night after taking Miss
Bartleson home from the theater."
Il want to correct one statement"
said the witness. II was not in Chi.
cago on March 8 as reported in the pa
pers. Well, hat night l returned to
the Ozark. / went into the Henneplp
avenue entrance M went into the
basement m went Into Blixt's room.
l don't know whether Miss Blixt told
me or not, but l got the impression that
an accident had happened. That a horse
had come back without Its driver. l
went out n O the elevator. An.
derson, / think, told me an accident
had occurred. l went up on the eleva.
tor to the fifth floor. here ! saw some
police, and young Mr.. Goosman. j
asked what the trouble was and Coos
man told me an accident had occurred
l understood thst it was a lady ano
my curiosity was aroused. He told me
that the patrol wagon had gone out
and got the body of a Finally
he said thai Miss Cling had gone out
driving and had not returned with the
carriage. All these things that had
passed between Miss Cling and l came
back to me. Two o. three times before
that she had asked me for my revolver
and l at once came to the conclusion
that 1t was not an accident-that she
l. al L1,, o;11.l. Th-,. NE,- =, n 49,
| went down to the police station, where
l talked with Jailer McKenna. l gave
them Il description of her clothing, for
she had worn the shirt waist, sailor hat
and blue skirt almost constantly for the
last three months. Naturally l felt
sorry. 1 felt tina If She had come back
hurt l would AVE said: I told you So
l was mad. Her secrecy had caused
one else gambling"
Did you ask if you could get in that
vaulta"
Yes. that night. ] did not know
whether hat money was still there"
We'll, when did you see Adry that
night?"
about 3 or 4 O'Clock in the morning
after l had been down town. l wanted
to pass away time. l wanted him to
keep awake and talk to me. There
was no revolver transaction. though.
and that picking up money did not
occur. l did not take mp a revolver.
| do not know whether | went into my
room or not"
You did not say while talking with
Adry, 1T is like picking up money!"
NO, sir, ] did not"
Here the witness Went over minor
points of the night, He read letters to
the police officers and laid down to rest
on the lounge in Adry's room between
4 and 5 hat morning,
"Adry was surprised when l told
him. continued the witness. II lay
there kind of figuring what would do.
! knew that telspicion would point to,
ward mi and l wondered what those
newspaper fellows would say l got a
newspaper in the morning and read it,
and then went to Waterman's room and
said to him. I told you So / went to
the office in the Oneida block that
morning about 8 o'clock. ] met Howard
at Third street and he told me they
wanted to see me at the city hall"
Now you may state what was dona
at the inquisition,' said MI. Erwin.
Mr.. Nichols objected and Mr.. Erwin
said. "Yom. honor. its. absolutely
necessary to show the growth of sus-
picion." The court allowed the wit
ness to proceed. He told of the sweat
ing process conducted by Mayor Eustis
and the assistant county attorney, and
detailed how Lawyer Bartelson inter-
fered in his behalf. Mr.. Erwin then
called the attention of the witness to
statements made by other witnesses.
Hayward denied stating to Blixt that
he had loaned $4,000 instead of $1,000 to
Miss Cling and that he was going to
kill her and that he had seen her flash
big m in a restaurant. Mr.. Erwin
went over the line of testimony against
Hayward, he coolly denying and some.
times smiling.
Mr.. Erwin then asked Hayward re-
garding the hidden box, about the
statement that he had killed two men,
the whisky business. threats to kill
Blfxt ana wife, and IN fact questioned
him about every statement made by
Blixt. to all of which Hayward replied,
mo. sir: that's not So or II v
said any such thing"
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