Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14

down and asked me IL l ever heard OF
people getting killed In elevators. !
said had. He said he would get III
the elevator with her and strike her on
the head, and then put her on the loor
so that when the elevator started IL
would
Cut on Her Head.
At this there was low murmur OF
horror that ran through the assem-
blagc which was checked by the uepu-
tvs gavcl.
81 said wouldn't do that went on
Blixt. "Haywafcsaid that every time
Miss Cling came II Ito his room and put
her arms around his neck, he wanted
to stick knife into the - - -
So" and Blixt, with an expressive
gesture, showed how Harry wanted to
stab the woman.
81 said to him, Harry, can't you
make money some other way? This
is the awfullest thing l ever heard
He said, You're Il coward. Your con-
science is hurting you. If had her
and a dog, I'd shoot her and leave the
dog That evening he came down
with her to the boiler room. and
showed her things. The next morn
ing, that was Monday, about IL o'clock.
he handed me his watch, box OF
cartridges and roll of money, and
told me to hide them in tin box.
so that if he was arrested they would
not be found. The watch was gold,
ana he said there was $50 In money
there. l put it in the attic, and when
l told him where I had put it, he
called me a - fool and said that was
the first place they'd look for it. He
said to put it in hollow tree in the
woods. He said that the money was
not all good, but that some of it was
green goods He said there was going
to be funeral there before the 10th,
no matter how it happened. He says:
OF course she'll be brought here and
I'll be so sorry. and I'll have to sit up
all night with the corpse. and after the
coroner has had his examination then
I'll so East with the body He said
he had to have $4,000 to carry out his
plans in the East. He would get $10,-
600 out of this and he would have to
make $1,000 in some other way. Late
that evening he came in with pint
bottle Of whisky. He said: 'Blixt,
here's some whisky l said did not
want any. You --- FOOL he said.
this amt common whisky Then
took it and drank half of it. Then he
said: She's got to die tonight. and
you've got to help me- said: Harry,
amt you got any other way to make
money than to kill that poor little grip
Ey tn Ut
I've Killed Two Other People.
He said one was a Chinaman, but he
didn't say who the other was. He said
he had wounded a third. I said I
couldn't help him do it. He said I'd
got to or he'd kill me. I didn't pay
any attention to that, and then he said
that he'd kill my wife. l told him:
Whatever you do, don't hurt my wife.
You can do what you like with me,
but don't touch my wife," At the
recollection of this the witness broke
down utterly and sobbed like child.
At last, resuming his narrative, BliXt
said:
"Finally I said to him that l would
do as he liked, but he must not hurt
my wife. He wanted me to sign a
receipt for revolver, but wouldn't
He gave me six long cartridges and
six short ones to put in it, and after it
was all done l was to change the
cartridges. Then he told me to go out
Hennepin avenue to Kenwood and
wait for him. When he came was to
follow him. Pretty soon 1 saw him
coming across a lot and I followed
him. Then he stopped buggy and I
came up and he told me to get into it
and drive along. got in and he said
to keep our heads inside. Then he
said to Miss Cling: This man is in the
gang Then we drove out Hennepin
and didn't see him again until after
ward.
"After awhile she asked me if Hay
ward was buying green goods. / told
her didn't know. She asked me what
l had down there by my side, and I
said it was revolver that Harry told
me to take. She kept looking out all
the time and kept thinking. 1t was
a fight in my head all the time. 1
thought I would get out, and then /
thought Of my wife and staid in the
buggy. tried ten times to do it, and
it was always fighting in my head.
Finally fired the shot. / hit her
where he said 1 should. Then she
threw her head back like this. 1
went on about thirty of forty yards
further and then thought I'd have to
get her out. moved her legs so, then
she went out, so, and struck on her
head on the wheel, and then she went
over on the ground" The action ac-
companying this recital was most dra-
matte, as the witness, with upliftcd
hands threw his whole body forward
as though falling. He then told how
he returned from the scene of the muir
der down town and went to South
Minneapolis to establish an alibi and
at last returned to the Ozark.
Erwin cross-eXamined Blixt and
used every effort to cause him to CON
tradict himself, but without avail
Minneapolis, Feb. SIT was evident
at the cross-examination of Claus
Blixt proceeded to-day, that Erwin
had determined on different line of
attack from that attempted yesterday
which had SO signally failed He
threatened and browbeat tho witness,