The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-07


intensely sensational scene in the court
room today, shortly after the Hayward
murder trial opened.
Blixt, the self-confessed murderer.
was still on the stand and Erwin be-
gan the days campaign by charging
directly that the witness had doctored
his confession given yesterday to suit
the public clamor
The state objected to this manner Of
|cross-eXa mination and the court sus-
tanned the objection
Erwin then asked BIixt how he ac-
counted for the discrepancy between
the two statements he made as to
Harry's giving him whisky.
Blixt wanted to go into an explana-
ton of this after his own ideas, but
Erwin insisted on a direct answer.
Again Blixt tried to hedge, answer
ing that he was in no condition at the
time of his original confession to re-
member the details accurately.
ANY man in the condition I was in
said BlXt, would not be likely to
know whether the time HAYWARD
brought the whisky was at D O'Clock or
1907
And Hayward Laughed.
Hayward laughed aloud and looked
squarely at BIiXt the while The face
of the murderer turned livid, his voice
trembled and he half rose from the
witness chair.
Eyes" he cried. 'this is no laughing
thing l tell you" He was pointing one
shaking hand straight at Hayward and
his lips trembled as he gasped ''YeS.
YOU you are the man that did it ali.
know
Hayward. with his chin resting on
his hand. his white teeth showing as
his lips parted in broad grin. had
enraged the witness beyond endurance
Blixt was called down by the court
and the cross-examination went on.
There was an immense throng pres
ent, at least four hundred being
women.
Blixt Wants to Explain.
1t was evident as the cross-exanina-
ton proceeded that Erwin had deter
mined on a different line Of attack
from that attempted yesterday which
had so signaly failed. He browbeat
the witness.
Blixt.
'No you don't" retorted the criminal
lawyer. you have got to get down to
business now"
Did you not change your statement
10 ~ IiOU anu W HCll marry DIOuEflL. You
the whisky. because you had been in
formed that at that very time he was
with man named Waterman"
"As / sit here before God what I
have said was of myself. No one has
told me anything at ALL
Ibid you not make Your statement
at the point of a revolver and under a
threat"
NO. I did not"
In your first statement. you said
Harry gave you the cartridges about
O'Clock and now YOU say it was u
II Did Not Change"
81 did not change. did not change.
it was between and - and then the
witness was led over the story again,
back and forth and through in the
effort to secure contradictions.
Mr.. Erwin took up his discrepancy
between Blixt's testimony and the
first confession he made wherein he
asserted that Hayward lad done the
actual shooting, and asked the witness
reason for it.
Blixt invariably replied that he was
confused at the time, and his recol-
lection was not clear He had thought
it over every day since then. and all
the details had come back to him
Often times the efforts of the law
yers to entrap him were foiled by the
stolidity and simplicity of the wit
ness
Did You not change your story and
invent this one to fit the green goods
story of the state?" asked Erwin.
mo" said Blixt. My memory was
not as good then as it is now"
''Ah," said his questioner. sarcastic
ally.
Mr. Erwin wanted BIixt to describe
again all about how he got the body
out Of the buggy, but the objection OF
the state was sustained by the court,
who told Erwin he might ask any
specific questions he wanted. but the
whole recital need not be gone over
again.
Il thought maybe he had changed
his memory since yesterday" said Err
win in a half-aside tone "and we have
a right to the latest edition.
Under MerciIcss Fire.
For another hour in the afternoon
the mereiless Erwin kept Bhxt on the
ness into any serious contradiction or
bring out any new fact that would
be of service to the defense.
Blixt finally complained of a head
ache and was excused until tomorrow.
His wife was called next Her testi-
mony was mainly corroborative of
Blixt's story of his relations with Hay
ward and the many conversations they
had.
The cross-eXamination was in Iro-
gress when court adjourned.
THE COUNTRY,s CASH.
Washington. D. c. Feb. s-Today'a
statement of the condition of the treas,1-