The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-08
ERWIN STILL SCORING DLIxr.
The Whole OF His Arguments De-
voted to mixes Incredibility.


voted 90 nItXTs Incredibility.
Minneapolis. Mimi, March 7-NIr Erwin
resumed his address for the defense In
the Hayward trial this morning He be-
gan; what viii you 90 with Blixrs in
credible. unreliable testimony? You viii
place no credence In It. II your minds
have become morbid. the time has come
to throw it on and judge this case in
common sense and courageously. / want
TO call your attention to matters Of inn
rortance which the county attorney passed
over with simple wave Of his hand. I
am now endeavoring to aid you ia deter
mining whether the testimony OF BliXt
is credible or not Claus Blixt not only
contradieted himself. and has been con-
tradicted by others but has given on
the stand testimony Of an utterly careless
character"
Again the attorney turned to the first
statement. showing contradictions on sew
eral points scoring Blixt again and again
II go over these things not TO spur you
to act; I do not doubt as to what your
action viii be-" declared the attorney.
but ! read them before these people
that they may see why YOU render such
n verdict. so that they may see why you
cannot accept this testimony. This Is "A
case, whether II Is admitted that Claus
BliXt alone committed that murder or
whether Claus BliXt with an unknown,
did the crime. Cannot you scc the dan
ger of permitting Adry and Biixt TO take
you or me or Harry Hayward at their
| own sweet will and make MS the mover
or originator OF acts OF murder
f''lhgep WIN "a arnpfaH n
put on TO Harry Hayward the authorship
of this crime, they must be held to be
corroborateI or you must not believe
them.
In defiance Of the principles OF the
grand jury Adry and Blixt have entered
into eolusion TO place this crime upon
Harry Hayward, and the grand jury
has violated its principles and said 20 these
men. II you, by your testimony can
convict Harry Hayward. YOU shall re
ceive clemency and an innocent man
shall hang
"Do not let this self-confessed murderer
and this sef-confessed accessory of the
crime before the fact shift the response
| bility Of their guilt unless they carry
/ credibihty by their witnesses"
Then he reviewed the testimony Of Sergt.
Getcheu as to the position In which the
murdered woman's body must have lain,
/ judging from the wheel tracks OF the
patrol wagon and buggy after the body
| had been taken away.
Now producing the bundle OF clothing
| Mr. Erwin attempted to spring CHASTITY
/ humor by remarlNing; Il feel that In Sc
/ lccting this seal3ldn sack first have be-
/ trayed my feminine Instincts" The point,
however. was wholly u7appreciated by
| the spectators, who rather looked horri-
fed at such an attempt at wit amidst
such solemn surroundings and circum-
/ stances.
Mrs. Naegers testimony as to hearing
I the two shots and the scream was char
acterzed as but the slight evidence Of a
/ delicate. sensitive refined woman.
It developed this morning that In case
/ of a verdict convcting Hayward. the state
win move an immediate sentence.
Then the bloody clothing was exhibited
| 20 the jury, and the attorney proceeded
as follows: did she bleed before death?
/ Look at that shirt front. Did she bleed
! from the nose? Let her blood tell you
/ Can there be "A better witness than her
| blood2 II speaks TO you IN thundcrous
/ tones She bled before that was found
| Does not the blood show? Does not the
! bow show the bloody hand that raised
! the top and put the robe between her and
! him? What was II that tore the hat out
/ of her hair and dlsheveled the hair and
/ left 1t hanging down? What was It clot-
/ ted her hair unless she lay there? 1t is
! true that ] was particular about the veil
I W IltH tue Ntll WAS rent tHt ELEfuhl ifulH
/ came out Here Is It's front (spreading the
/ veil out over his two hands for the jury
! Here is its back Well, we won't tear IL
any more Now. what rent that vail2 It
was the blow that cut the lip. It was a
! hammer, or revolver, or something. 1t
was that blow that rent the veil. Was IL
/ before or after death2 Let the blood an
swer. II flowed Here It is holding by
| it's clot the rent interstices of the veiD
! Here is violence before death. Here are
/ >he clothes Of the murdered woman
/ There is dust on the front Of the skirt
Just as rrhart's brother told you. 1t Is in
/ accordance with BliNts first statement
She stepped out and did not fall
Il want to cali your attention." said Mr.
! Erwin, in the closing part of his address,
" to the exact similitude Of Adry's and
/ Blxts evidence, word for word almost
Blixt says Harry came to him in Septem-
/ Der, and Adry says IL was in November to
/ kill q woman for 5000. Why did Adry want
/ 70 place II in November? He wanted to
ascrlbe another motive to Harry, that's
/ why"
The testimony Of both men that Harry
! had spoken Of killing crippes was char
acterzed as monstrous. Their testimony
relative to the killing OF three others was
/ declared TO be hard to counterhct if It
! were not so silly. This woman, constant
! ly In the receipt Of food and drink from
! Harry. and being with him constantly, It
was not reasonable that he would tell any
body else If he was going to kill her.
Mr. Erwin continued: you saw the two
boys on the stand. You saw Adry's un-
/ flial conduct on the stand. You saw the
fathers tears on the stand as he told Of
how the insane boy attacked the virtue Of
his mother. Which is the constituencies
| brother2"
Mr. Erwin will conclude his address to-
| morrow.