St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-18
WHAT SHE HEARD.
Miss Maggie Waehtler May
Never Be Permitted to
Tell It.
1T Is VERY SENSATIONAL.
But Is Evidently Not Admissi-
BILE as Evidence in the
Case.
1T is VERY SENSATIONAL.
HORSEMAN WILSON'S STORY
Erwin Will Try to Use It to
Break Down BliXt'S Con-
fesSion.

taken up by the arguments OIL cOuH-
sci for the defense in an endeavor to
convince Judge Smith that his re-
fusal to permit Miss Wachtler to
testify on Saturday was not war
ranted by law. But it is more than
probable that the young lady's tes-
timony, whatever it might d1Vulge
of Blixt's frenzied statements to
her. will never reach the ears of the
jurors. When the court consented
to listen to arguments touching the
admissibility of her evidence, it was
apparent that it was prompted by a
feeling of courtesy in the matter
rather than any doubt as to the cor
rectness of it's position.
Attorney Erwin, in his cross-eXam-
nation of BliXt, had indicated that
Miss Wachtler had sensational
story to tell in connection with
Biixts statements to his attorney.
The young lady admitted as much
on the stand Saturday, and said that
before taking down Blixt's words
she was told to head them State
ment of Claus A. BliXt." This was
done at the request of her en-
ployer. After an understanding of
the facts, Judge Smith held that
Miss Wachtler was the agent of the
attorney, and as such sustained the
same relation to his client as the
attorney himself, so far as the in
volatility of professional secrets
was concerned. The court was very
clear as to the law in the case gov
erning such relationship, and Mr..
Erwin was told if he had any law in
support of an opposite view the
court would like to hear it. Mr..
Erwin said he could cite a number
of authorities, and was given until
this morning to produce them.
The story which Miss Wachtler had
to tell, according to the hints
thrown out by Hayward's attorneys
is that BliXt made a statement to
his attorney which not only impli-
Gated Adry, but made him the real
instigator of the crime. He told her
that he and Adry conspired to kill
Miss Cling, and in case suspicion
pointed to them they would save
their necks by laying the plot at
Harry's door, because he was we'll
cquainted with the woman and had
had business dealings with her
Blixt is even said to have explained
the murderous plot to her in de-
tail He was to shoot her and if
that did not kill her, she was to be
beaten over the head with the T
rail. A mysterious party alluded to
as Frank" was also to participate
in numbering one poor woman in case
Adry and BIixt needed assistance.
There is nothing but the attor-
ney's dictum to show whether Miss
Wachtler can testify to such things
or not. The young lady will not
talk on the subject, and says she is
keeping what she knows to herself
on the advice of an attorney. She is
not now in the employ of Blixt's at
torney, and when seen yesterday by
a newspaper reporter positively re-
fused to say anything about the
case.
The defense pretends to regard
Wilson's story as a trump card.
They say it upsets BliXt's story of
the meeting on Kenwood boulevard,
when he got in the buggy with Miss
Cling and drove OFF, leaving Hay
ward to return to the Ozark flats,
but according to eX-Mayor Eustis
and many others who have been
over every inch of the ground and
figured the time to a second, Will
sons story, instead of making BliXt
out liar, cOrroborates him and
strengthens the states case materi-
ally. There is nothing improbable
in suppOsing that after meeting Will
son Hayward induced Miss Cling to
drive him back to the corner of
Thirteenth street and Hawthorne
avenue to enable him to go over to
the Ozark and get BliXt to drive her
out to the lake. He must have done
this, and then told Miss Cling to
drive out to the foot Of Lowry hill
and wait for him. He then hurried
over and dispatched Blixt on his
murderous errand. All this could
have been done in ten on twelve
minutes and would have ena bled
him to make himself conspicuous
about the Ozark from 1880 usfil a
few minutes of o'clock.
If the defense finds comfort in the
horse dealers testimony, it must be
that species of comfort which clings
to a forlorn hope, comfort ground
ed in the idea that Mr.. Wilson was
mistaken as to the identity of the
man he saw III the Goosman rig.
Mr. Erwin will doubtless urge that
the night was dark There was a
moon. but it was yet young and the
light which it threw on the face of
Miss Ging's companion was not
bright enough to admit of a certain
recognition. 1t was a shadowy light,
and the man with a light mustache
and brown hat might have been
some one else-Adry, or the omnis-
cent third party" who has been
elI4uNGu " 81 OIl6u-J06 FRANK,
possibly, Of Miss Wachtler's untold
tale. If a strong alibi can be made
for Hayward, what will become of
Wilson'S story? The jury will be
asked to regard it as true in all but
the recognition of Hayward The
man with the light mustache and
brown hat will be admitted, but not
as Harry Hayward. These are the
arguments, doubtless, on which the
Tall Pine will descant to his hearts
content.
Katherine Ging's confidence in the
trance mediums and life readers
while as yet it has not helped to any
extent to accelerate the progress of the
judicial solution of the mystery which
epveIoped her death, has brought some
very peculiar complications to the
knowledge of newspaper readers.
Much curiosity has been evidenced as
to who the married man could be. If
the narrative is really founded on fact,
and many suggestions have been made
as 70 who he might be.
It may be significant, however, IN