The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-28

A Reporter Demonstrates That Har-
ry Could Have Met Blixt and Miss
Cling In the Eleven Minutes
That Are Yet
For.
IS THE PROSECUTIONS THEORY
CORRECT!
The Work Of the Reporter Indicates
That the State Is on the
Right Track.

N~llned polls, ItD. n" us IL pDSSl-
BILE for Harry Hayward IN the eleven
minutes allowed by the state to nave
made the trip from the Ozark to the
point on the KenWood boulevard
where Blixt t~estiieS he and Harry met
Miss Cling, just before the committal
Of the murder, and then to have re-
turned to the BartleSOn residence!
With a view Of answering this ques-
ton a reporter went over the ground
Harry Hayward is supposed to have
covered in his route between the three
points, the the result OF the triealS
made was to answer the question in
the affirmative. This would seem TO
indicate that the theory of the prOSccu-
tion is correct, at least in this Particu-
lar, and that the defense is in the
wrong when the assertion is made
that the distance attributed to the
faVorite son Of the Hayward family
on that particular trip to AMI from
the kenwoOd boulevard could N have
beer accomplished within the time al
Iottcd
The trials were made under dim
~cultiCs, and in the results Of the dis
lance covered all allowance must be
made for this fact. The walks were
ley. a wind was blowing and the re-
porter was without overShOes. and his
stride was hampered by a long and
heavy overcoat. Necessarily n loss OF
time was the result. In the four trials
on distance the route was that prob
ably taken by Hayward
On That Night
was followed, and the benefit OF every
Houbt was thrown in his favor. The
four trials were made on the following
stretches:
FirSt-From The Ozark out Hennepin
to the intersection Of Lyndale avenue
with Kenwood boulevard, cutting
across the vacant lot right opposite the
park to reach that point just as Blixt
says Harry did.
SccOnd-A return, also on foot, TO
the Ozark by the same route.
Third-From the Ozark to the Bartel-
son residence at the orne Of Chest
nut avenue and Twelfth street, and
FOurth-FrOm the KenwoOd boule-
vard to the Ozark on the car.
h first trip to the Kenwood boule-
ward was made in five minutes and
twelve seconds, the speed of the re-
p0rrer being no faster than q brisk
walk. The watch was held very care
fully on the two terminal points, and
the time taken was that exactly be-
tween the steps Of the Ozark and the
COrne Of Lyndale and the boulevard.
On the return there was a wind to
face a part Of the way and a slight hill
at the turn OF Hennepin venue on
the doWn town sid Of the corner Of
Mary Place and Hennepin TO climb.
This second trip was accomplished in
five minutes and ten seconds. The
cut taken by Hayward across the va
cant lot opposite the park and neX to
the corner of the boulevard and Hen
nepin was also taken by the reporter,
though there was snow and ice on the
ground, and more time was consumed
in reaching the boulevard by this way
than would have been required to go
around the corner.
1t Can De Done.
From the Ozark to BartelSOn's resi-
dcnce, a distance Of four blocks, the
time was three minutes and forty-five
seconds, but the rate of speed was
very much slower, in fact it was n
very deliberate pace, walking as fast
as the reporter did going out Henne-
pin @ Fifty-five seconds could
have been cut off the time. The
fourth experiment on the distance
from the boulevard to the Ozark rid
ing on the car ave q record Of two
minutes and ten seconds.
Granted that Harry Hayward pur-
SUED a very ordinary pace to and from
the KenwoOd boulevard, what would
nave been the time for the total dis
lance according to the trials made this
morning. with due allowance for the
difference in conditions? Easily in
side of eleven minutes, and then, too,
a return on the car comes in as an i'm
portant element in time. There are
Tour lines out Henrepin avenue-the
Lyndale and Monroe, Kenwo God, Har-
riet and the Harriet short line to 1hir-
ty-hrst street, and the schedule OF
ulese cars Is so arranged that one OF
nlem would pass the boulevard near
the time Harry Hayward supposedly
started on his return. In such an
event he would have ridden to
twelfth street and that would have
made his time on the car about two
minutes and twenty seconds, but IL
would have also taken that much time
OF me necessary amount required to
walk from the Ozark to the corner Of
twelfth street. Allow 5:15 for the
trip out and 2:3O for the ride In and
three minutes fiat for the walk Of
three short blocks to Rartelson's, and
Chere Still remain a margin Of twenty
hve seconds, n this does not tax
INTO consideration the difference OF
time between watches by which il Is
shown that Harry Hayward has
eieven minute that he does not ac-
count for.