St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-09
GRlNDALL ALSO ARRESTED.
Eoth Of the Warrants Sworn
Out by the Attorney for
Blixt.
HALLS FINE ITALIAN HAND
Believed to Be In It--Miss
Wachter Released Late
Last Night.
Sensation follows sensation in the

Sensation follows sensation in the
Cling murder case.
New developments appear day by
day, even though the murderer of
Catherine Cling has been found guilty.
and but awaits his sentence and ex-
ecution
Last night shortly after o'clock
George Grindall and Maggie Wach-
ter, two of the most important wit
nesses put upon the stand bv the de-
tense In the Hayward case, were ar
rested, the former by Inspector
Hankinson and the latter by In
spectors Hoy and Lawrence, on war
rants sworn out by Blixt's attorney.
and in which appeared the fine Ital-
ian hand of the special assistant
county attorney.
Neither County Attorney Frank
Nye nor Assistant County Attorney
Peterson knew the slightest thing
about the contemplated arrests un-
til the information was brought to
them by a reporter, and both de-
MED having anything to do with it.
his consultations with the special
assistant county attorney.
Grindall was the first of the two
arrested, and he was found at his
home at the corner of Eighth and
Central avenues by Inspector Hank
1nson. BliXt'S attorney was in the
police court swearing out the two
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arrested. Inspector Hankinson had
no warrant in his pocket when he
ran across Grindall, who refused to
come without a warrant, and a
heated argument ensued, at the end
OF which Grindall accompanied the
Inspector. At the entrance to lock-
up alley Grindall -bucked' again.
and fatty refused to go any further
without warrant. The veteran in
spector pulled big revolver from his
pocket, and said:
Come on now, L won't fool with
you.'' |
Grindall looked into the muzzle of the
gun and quietly walked into the lock-
up, and was put in Cell g. while the
charge of perjury was entered against
him Blixts attorney, who was in the
lookup at the time, chuckied with elee
and evinced the liyeliest interest in the
arrest
Grindall objected strongly to his in
generation, but there was no help for
1t and in the cell he went. Those who
asked him what he had to say
were told to go to sheol.
The warrant in his case charges that
/ he perjured himself when he swore on
the witness stand that on the night of
the murder he was on First avenue
north, between Fourth and Fifth
streets, and saw Miss Cling drive lp in
the buggy and meet a man, and saw
him get in the buggy and drive off with
her. 1t is alleged that it can be proven
that he was no where near there; that
there is no lamp post on that side of
the street and that his story is a lie
from beginning to end
Maggie Wachter, Blixt's attorneys
stenographer who testified on the wit
ness stand to having heard Blixt tell
the attorney that he CBlixD and Adry
put up the job to kill Miss Cling
and, If caught, would throw It on to
Harry because of his intimacy with
MISS Cling, was arrested about Z
O'Clock by Inspectors Hoy and Law
renee at her room in the Langham
hotel, corner Nicollet and Ninth street.
Miss Wachter was just sitting down
to supper when the inspectors arrived.
She is personally acquainted with In
spector Hoy, who stated his business
to her as briefly as possible
Miss Wachter was taken completely
by surprise, but made no objection to
accompanying the two inspectors, who
called hack and all three drove to
the lookup.
AT the police station Matron Paine
assigned her to quarters in the woman's
ward, and she at once sent for her at
torneys, John d. Smith and McMahon.
both of whom came about II o'clock.
Through the kindness of Supreintend-
ent OF Police Smith reporter was al
lowed to talk with Miss Wachter, and
she willingly told her story, going into
the details of the trouble she had had
with Blixt's attorney and assigning her
arrest wholly to spite work on his part.
Her arrest, she said, had taken her
completely by surprise. She said that
Mr.: Hoy had advised her to tell the
absolute truth in the matter, and that
if she had been bribed to go on the
stand and tell that story to send for
Mr.. Nye at once. and tell him all
about it, and the absolute truth; but
that if she had told the truth to
stick to it, even though it landed her
in states prison, for if she told the
truth it woud all come out right in
the end.
Miss Wachter, referring to Blixt's
story, stated that she had received no
money; had been offered no money.
She first told of what she had heard
when taking that now famous state
ment to Mr.. Mcmahon, and thought
it was he who communicated the fact
to Mr.. Erwin. She sturdiIy claimed
that it was the absolute truth, and
hoped to drop dead that minute il
Blixt did not make the statement she
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