The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-15
HAYWARD WAS COOL.

Nothing More Sublime That His Nerve
Ever Witnessed.
Under similar circumstances cooler
man than Harry Hayward when he
entered the courtroom to hear the YER
dict of the jury never lived.
His dress was immaculate, as usual,
and he walked with the same cultivated
stride that is one of his characteristics,
to the chair he has occupied for so many
weeks past That he anticipated what
the verdict was to be seemed apparent
in the angry manner with which h9
threw his hat on the attorneys table.
The force was SO great that a rent was
made in the crown of the derby.
Shumaker turned to his client and
besought him to keep cool, whatever the
verdict
Don't show any temper, Harry" he
said. This is not the time to do
that"
The injunction had the desired eff
feet. Hayward Strengthened out tn
sleeves of his well fitting coat, sat down,
crossed his legs and faced the jurors.
He was breathing so heavily that every
breath was almost gasp, but the pass
age from the Jail to the court room was
through hostile and desperate crowd
and it was hurriedly made. He sat
there amid the solemn silence of the big
room, scanning the faces of his II
countrymen, one by one, as if to learn
in advance whether any ray of hope
Lurked Behind Their Impassiveness.
The jurymen looked stern and sad. The
story they had to tell could be read in
their faces, and Hayward knew his fate
before word had been spoken. No
spectators were admitted. The only
persons present when the verdict was
handed in were police officers, sheriff s
deputies and reporters, besides the judge
and clerks. Outside bowling, anxious
mob awaited the news, and awaited it
with ghoulish impatience.
When Judge Smith arrived, he issued
strict orders to admit no one, and the
injunction was religiously observed.
nopIer, Jne deputy clerk, asked in a
tremulous voice whether the jury had
agreed upon verdict, and Neil Nc
Neil, the foreman, stood up. His face
was CHASTITY in it's color, and there was
not man on the jury unaffected by
the intense gravity of the situation.
Undertakes dark eyes shone like sloes
from his ashen visage, and even the
farmer members were visibly Mortified
with the stern duty devolving upon
them.
They Had Agreed.
eve have agreed" said Mcneil, in a
voice that was scarcely audible, and the
folded piece of paper that meant life or
death to the accused was handed to the
clerk. Judge Smith looked over the
document first and returned it to Deputy
Clerk Kobler.
1--WE, the jury, find the prisoner
guilty." he read. Every eye was turned
toward the condemned man. There
was nothing in his face to indicate that
he had heard word of it. He threw
his head back as the word guilty" was
pronounced, but it was only to adjust
his collar band He did not change
color by a single shade. Twice he
coughed-that strange, hard, metallic
cough that has been heard so often in
the last few weeks. Then looking
around at the crowd he raised his eye
brows inquiringly as though to ask:
"What next?'
During the polling of the jury, he lis
tened with evident interest to the an
swers, though what they might be
could signify nothing to him. The ex-
preston in his face was one of indigna-
ton rather than any other sentiment.
Judge Smith then voiced his thanks to
the jury for their labors in connection
with the case.
Thought 1t an Outrage.
When the court announced that sem
tence would be deferred until Monday
morning, Hayward was evidently
pleased. He expressed the opinion,
while being removed from the court
room, that the verdict was an outrage,
and that he was a long way from the
hangman yet.
Albert Hall, the assistant county at
torney, received the verdict in man.