The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-04-04
BLIXT'S TRIAL SET.
CATHERINE GING'S SLAYER WSILL
BE TRIED IN MAY.
Blfxt Appears in Court Wnth His
Attorney, and the Trial Is set for
May 1.-THE
His Equanamity.

Minneapolis, March 2S-The bare an
| nouucement that Blixt's trial would
be formally continued I'VE the term
served To bring a roomful of s~ightseers
| to the little court room in the old court
house. BliXt was brought up by Dep
| uty SirOis. The outside door was
locked for a while and the hall filled
up with people. At length the door
was forced by the deputy and the
crowd entered.
BliXt o his seat quietly in front
Of the clerks desk. A moment later
Judge Pond, Assistant County At
torney Peterson and BliXt's attorney
entered. The latter then spoke, say
ing:
May it please the court, the case OF
the state against Claus A. BliXt comes
UP at this time for continuance over
the term. l will ask that it be set for
a certain day of the term on account,
l may say, of the poverty of my client,
who would have great difficulty in
getting witnesses here. l ask h Il it
be set for May IA. | think that is
agreeable to the county attorney"
1T is satisfactory to the state, your
honor" answered Mr.. Peterson.
THE clerk will enter the order"
said the court, setting the trial for
| May IA. The prisoner may be re-
manded
Il am much obliged TO the court"
remarked BliXt's attorney, and with
that Blixt faded out of the ROOM, fol
lowed by the crowd.
Blixt does not seem to be the least
anxious. and when he stood in the
hall this morning waiting for the
| court room door to open, he laughed
and chatted just as any ordinary man
would have done. taking an interest
in the jokes which were made about
| the closed door and the defeating OF
| the ends of justice.
Why Hale Pulled Out.
The attitude of Adry Hayward to-
ward his brother Harry, who now lies
in a cell of the county Jail condemned
] to death, is a peculiar one. lie
| evinces no disposition to attack the
PROSTATE man, even going so far as
to assert that he is not convinced of
| Harry's guilt. Adrian Hayward was
| questioned as to what, in his opinion,
was the true solution of the Cling
murder. He replied that he knew moth
ing whatever of the case except what
Harry had told him, and that he a
! told all this on the stand.
81 am not at all alarmed at h talk
of insanity OF my part" said the elder
brother. "Of cOurse it incensed me a
great deal during the trial taking that
sort of stand toward me, but l under
stood the position they were in, and
realized that it was the only chance
they had of clearing Harry. AS for
myself, l have a wife and family OF
my own to provide for. The duty l
owe my brother has certain limits, and
| think l understand what they are.
/ am not on very good terms with my
father and mother just now as a re-
suit of my attitude on the stand, but
| could not have done differently. The
first plan of the defense was to plead
insanity for Harry, but he absolutely
refused to allow this, and the neces-
sites involved in making out another
case for him induced w. Il. Hale to
withdraw from the defense.
"As to whether Harry is guilty or
MOI | do not pretend to say. If the
stories he told me are true he certainly
is guilty, but after all they may have
been nothing but the wanderings Of
an unbalanced mind, and l have no
means of telling whether he is guilty
or not"