St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-02

to recuperate. Mr.. Dyer is resting qul-
etly at the National hotel. and is not
seriously i'll, as was at first supposed.
He has been accustomed to an active,
outdoor life, and the confinement and
foul air of the stuify court room proved
too much for man of his years.
But neither the adjournment of court
nor the frigtd weather had any effect Oh
the morbid crowd that hung about La
Dor Temple during the greater part OF
the day. Mercury might drop to the
bottom of the tube and freeze, but their
curiosity could not be gratified unless
they lowered about the scene OF the
sensational trial. Among the crowd
yesterday was au old lady whose scanty
attire made her most pitifTl object,
and she was repeatedly advised to 60
home. But she shivered and wiped the
water from her eyes and hung about the
east entrance during the greater part OF
the afternoon.
The attorneys in the case enjoyed a
much-needed rest. Nothing new in the
line of theories was advanced, and ii
will be found as the case progresses that
the theories outlined in yesterday
GLOBE will be those or which the de-
fense will proceed.
1t is certain that the attorneys for
Hayward will try to connect third
man with the case, the man with tn e
pointed shoes who is supp osed to have
left the tracks in Excelsior road where
the body was found. It will be argu ed
that Blk had an accOmplice, and after
beating his victim into insensiollity and
shooting her to make sure of his devil
ish work, he drove along until he met
his confederate.
The FLOOD Stains
in the buggy. the dead woman'S fra2t-
ured skull, which could not have been
injured by being slid to the ground, as
stated by Blixt in his confessions. will
be urged as proof positive that b liXt
lied like the dog he is about the whole
story, except that he is guilty of the
murder.
But against these fine theories of the
defense, the state will show the condi-
ton of the fiend's mind at the time of
committing the deed. They will show
that be is all ignorant, brutal man OF a
low order of intellect. U nder the
great excitement which followed his
bloody act he could not be eXpectedsto
talk calmly or make every detail OF his
crime tally exactly with the lnyestiga-
tioDs and suppoSitions of thousands of
people far superior to him in brains.
Tne fact that Hayward piled him with
liquor, which may have contained some
stupefN ing drug, will be introduced to
account for the apparently contradict
ory statements Of his confessions. The
deed was perpetrated under great eX-
element, and BliXt has probably told
all he can OF his actions on that terrible
night.
BlXt's story, if told on the stand as
he has told it 10 dozens of people. must
prove very damaging to the defense.
The man is almost craZed by the con-
temptation of his crime. He is crazy to
be hung. and loves to talk about the day
when lie will be strung up. He is actu-
ally beside himself with impatIence for
the day of doom to overtake him.
One theory in connection with Blixt
has been little advanced, and may
throw some light on the conflicting por-
tions of his confessions, with the teSti-
mony OF young Gooseman as to the
blood stains. By some strange peryer-
sion of his weak mind BliXt may be
concealng important details in regard
to the manner in which he killed Cath