The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-01
DRAWING TO A CLOSE.
Hayward Murder Case VIII BE Give


Hayward Murder Case Will Be Given
to the Jury Next Week.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 2s.-The end of the
long-drawn-out Hayward murder trial is in
sight The defense rested it's case this
afternoon Rebuttal and arguments will
require several days and the case will
probably go to the jury Thursday Of
next week. This is the sixth week of the
trial
The first witness to-day was James Ward,
and his evidence was intended to further
impeach that of NJ D. Wilson. the livery
man. Ward declared that Wilson had told
him that Harry Hayward could not be
touched as theE man he had seen in the
buggy with Miss Cling was not Harry at
all. Wards impression was that Wilson
had said Adry was the man, but his Inn
pressions were ruled out.
Paul Born, a messenger who carried a
note to Miss Cling the morning Of the day
of the murder, described the men who sent
1t. The description did not fit Harry. She
had torn the note up after reading it ,.
when asked how he kept his feet from get
ting bloody after the murder, had replied:
BY keeping them out of the buggy. Blixt
sent for, and, pending his arrival, his
two statements were read to the jury,
with some omissions passed on by the court.
Shortly afterward the defense rested, hav-
ing secured q denial from Blixt of the as
sertions of Warren.
G. Terrence, who went to where the body
lay on the night of the murder with the
officers. He wore pointed-toe shoes, and
walked all around at that point His evil
dence was intended to explain the mysteri-
Gus pointed-shoe tracks found by the de-
tectives.
M J. Griffin. a paper hanger. corroborated
Adrys testimony and impeached Harry by
swearing that he found the two together
in the Hayward office when he called on
Nov. 30. He was not shaken in his identi-
fication Of the date by Mr.. Erwin's cross
examination.
r. r. odell. attorney for Blixt denied the
story of Maggie Wachter, his stenographer;
point blank, and declared that Blixt had
not made the statement with reference to
Adry's completely attributed to him by Miss
Wachter.
obliged this afternoon to succEInb to an at
tack of the grip, and this will probably de-
lay the case, as his assistant, Mr.. Hall, will
taken in his absence If Mr. Nye can get
around in the morning the State will con-
clude it's rebuttal during the day The de-
evidence will all be in Saturday.
Late this afternoon John A. Olsen gave
evidence to impeach Maggie Wachtler's tes-
timony, saying she told him he could make
and saying he knew Blixt. On the stand
Miss Wachtler had denied any such talk
with him.
Edward Sidam was an important witness
to corroborate the story of Blixt, and show
that shots heard by the people at Lake Cal
houn were not those fired by the murderer.
He stated that he worked on farm about
mile beyond the Erhardt house. On the
night of the murder, at about O'Clock, he
heard a shot in the woods near where he
standing. Mr.. Erwin brought out the
fact that the people had been stealing their
corn and he watching them. Before he
heard the shot he heard rig drive on the
road toward town, but heard no other one
that he remembered. After the shot he saw
or heard the rig drive toward town.