The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-15

Minneapolis, Feb. 1.-THE defense's
turn came in the Hayward murder
trial today, and there was eager
curiosity to learn what tack Attorney
Erwin and his assistants would pur-
sue
The defendants demeanor. upon
entering the court room. was positive
~ jubflant He nodded to some lady
friends in the front row and then,
spying his mother. went up to her and
said; Good morning, little mother, {"
and kissed her upturned lips.
Scanning the Jury,
When John Day Smith arose TO I'D
dress the jury. in his deliberate
fashion. Harry faced 5Quarely around
TO the jury and scanned their faces as
the words fell from the lips of his
counsel Before the court opened, he
found time to tell the reporters that
the report in a morning paper to the
effect that he had remarked: They, Re
going to hang me-" was unquahhedly
false
Attorney Smith. in addressing the
jury, called attention TO q number of
set TO prove, and which, he said, it
had not proved. 1t had not shown
that Hayward had secured all of Miss
Ging'g money. as she had q balance in
the bank at her death. It had not
shown that he had gone riding with
her the "Wednesday and Saturday
evening, before the murder, as
promised. MI. Smith declared that the
insurance transactions, the acquiring
of an inSurable interest and the
0vaiyure Of the assault clause, of which
much had been said by The state, we're
all in the ordinary course of business,
and not in any way unusual The
called confessions from Blixt aud
AdTy Hayward were referred to in
denunciatory terms. The defense ad-
mitted that Harry was gambler and
deplored the fact, but asserted that
he was not on trial for gambling, but
for murder.
gives the Lie 10 Bli1t.''
Gentlemen Of the jury exclaimed
the attorney, "the mute form of Cath
crime Cling lying at the county morgue
gives the lie to Claus a. Bli1t. EYi-
dence presented by the defense will
fairly prove 10 you that Claus A.
Blixt pounded that woman's head al
most to q Jelly before he fired the shot
and then only fired it when ne thought
she was not dead.
When BliXt came on the stand his
p honor, e6-Mayor EustiS, stepped up to
him and shook hands with him, with
a smiling face. I could not help but
think it was to give him a character
before this jury. [ confess [ could not
have touched the bloody hand Of the
murderer for large sum of money l
believe in the religion of. Jesus Christ,
who has promised to forgive sins, but
has not promised to remove the scars.
Such actions as those Of Bl11t are a
trayesty.
Adry as q Lunatic.
There is another witness with whom
we are confronted here who is pecu-
liar in many respects. We will show
you that he has led Shiftless life. He
was involved IN this case at the begin
. ming, and vas put through the sweat
process and showed the proYerbial
jealousy of the elder brother. You viii
remember that in the beginning OF
his testimony he looked with pity or
his brother and said, I do not blame
him for making the best defense ht
can You VIII remember how, later
when his mother was sitting yonder
thai mother who has borne him and
watched over him with tender sohel-
tude, he told OF q quarrel he had with
and had said &c that mother Why die
you raise such a litter Of pups?' .
@"He was a, peculiar man in many
respects. and had dtathests from
Which he could not separate himself
There have been experts here both fot
the state and for the defense and they
Will be examined on that point. There
have been no less than six members
OF the family confined to the asylum
{ha% xyare ipsana Va claim
that Harry is much more sane than
his brother Adry.
>sSYe have No Theory
Now you viii doubtless want to
know what is the theory Of the de-
tense. Gentlemen. we have no theory
Theories have banged many a man
You must be convinced OF the guilt OF
the defendant beyond a reasonable
doubt We will also establish a COM
plete abb for Harry Hayward at the
time he Was said to have been at the
henWOOd boulevard.
rye shall bring out some Of the tes-
tinony which has lain demUTred in the
county attorneys office and shall show
that there was 4 suspicious character
in the city about whom the county at
torney was told. but he old not use the
information, We expect to compel the
bloody clothes found on the shores OF
Lake Calhoun to be brought into
court. The defendant viii take the
stand in his own behalf on the truth
Of the testimony given by Adry Hay
ward and Blixt.
Harry Hayward comes into this
court. - concluded Mr. Smith. con
fronted by the testimony of brother
whose heart is flied with deadly
enmity, and Blint, who with perjured
tongue, has sought TO conceal and
shield his real confederate. All we ash
IS that the sun light Of Gods truth
shah be let in on this most remarkable
case"
H Startled Erwin.
John Walsh, keeper of the morgue,
wag the first witness and he described
the incidents connected With the bring
ing of Miss Ging's body to the morgue.
lie undreS5ed and washed the body
immediately, and In answer 60 Mr..
ErW1n's questions described ninutely
the clothing found on The body, the
wounds and where blood was found.
Terence Connolly, jr., an undertaken
was called, and produced the clothing
7yhich had been turned over to him by
Walsh It developed, much to the
establishment and Indignation Of Mr.
Erwin, that the sealskin sack had
been cleaned. The lining. however.
stiH showed some stains of blood
Th9 knOtted blue veil which had been
pinned in the hat was torn and ciotted
with blood. The Jury and the at
torneys examined all the clothing
carefully for blood stains
The entire afternoon was given VI