St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-08

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Mr.. Erwin admire your star nerve,
trying to fall back ON statement that
is in the possession of his attorney.
just thought l would call the bluff.
The Court-You have no right to call
upon Mr.. Odell for that statement. 1t
is private paper of his own, and l will
not allow it.
After this setback BliXt was asked
as to the time of day it was when Hay
ward told him he intended to kill Miss
Cling. He could not remember the
hour, but fixed the day as that on
which he witnessed the signing of the
note.
Q. Have you got any memory wheth-
er it was more in the afternoon than
in the evening? A. No, 1 have not; |
know he told me the same day before i
went to bed.
@. How do you know he told you the
same day? A. Well, because [ know
it, before 1 went to bed he had told
all about his intentions to murder his
girl.
@. How do you know it and do not
know whether it was done in the after
noon or in the evening? Well, l
never paid no attention to any time,
because he was speaking to me at all
| times.
Q. This was the first time he ever
told you he was going to murder his
girl? A. Yes, sir.
@. And there is no way, no cir
cumstance, no picture, nothing around
the ground, the place, the furniture or
anything else of which you are remind
ed when he told you this, that you can
fix the time? A. Yes, sir; there were
three boilers there and a steam pump;
that is all the pictures have.
O. Now, here was a horrible decla-
ration, was it not, that he was going
to murder his girl? A. Well, 1 should
say so.
Q. Well, I am glad to see you smile ?
| A. l did not smile on that account
| that l want to assure you.
@. And the only associations of that
horrible story which you have are the
three boilers? A. That is the only
witness we had, he and I.
O. Well, when Harry told you that
he was going to kill his girl, where
is the picture that was around you
when he told you that, when that hor-
rible idea was placed upon your
mind?
Mr.. Nye-That is objected to as a
repetition, and further, the witness
does not understand the counsel.
Mr.. Erwin-Well, in that case [ will
try and make him understand.
| The Court-He has stated what he
| knows about it a half a dozen times,
| and l don't think you can get any
thing more out of him.
After threshing over a great deal of
old straw, Mr.: Erwin turned his atten-
ton to an entirely new line of eXami-
|
amount of surprise but the crowd in
the court room heard it with incredul-
ity and smiled knowingly. 1t was
nothing more nor less than an at
tempt to connect Blixt with a green
goods gang.
'Mr. Blixt,'' said the attorney with
a look of great seriousness, where
were you on the afternoon of Nov. 2
last? A. 1 think 1 was in the block
@. Do you know where the Zahners
hotel is at 405 Central avenue, on the
East side? A. I don't know the
place; 1 have not been there for three
or four years.
| @. Have you ever been over on the
East side? A. Yes, sir; [ have lived
over there
| @. Did you live in Zahner's hotel,
you mean? A. No, 1 don't know
where that hotel is.
| O.. Do you know where 405 Central
| avenue is? A. If I go there 1 will
know it.
@. Do you know a man by the name,
of T. c. Cunningham, the proprietor
of the hotel? A. No, sir, I don't.
Mr. Erwin-Is Mr.. Cunningham I'M
| the room ?-Mr. Cunningham, will you
| please stand up.
Mr. bara sfoo6 III, in,
the court room.) o.. T
! @. Do you know him? A. No, sir,
, I do not.
@. You see him thoroughly, do you?
A. Yes, sir, 1 see him. s"-s
| O.. On the afternoon of Nov.2, 1894,
did you call at 405 Central avenue, at
the Zahner hotel, in company with two
men? A. No, sir, did not. No, sir,
1 never
@. Did you not go on Nov. 2, 1894,
in company with two men who regis
tered themselves as w. N. King and
Albert Lund and say to Mr.. Cunning
ham, the gentleman who stood UP be-
fore you here, that you wanted to get
a large front room or two connecting
rooms suitable for four men? A. That
is the biggest lie 1 ever heard in my
| life
The attorney asked a hundred ques-
lions of the same general purport. and
always met the same answers. Final
| ly BliXt was asked if he knew a man
| of the name of H. F. Hayes, former
street car conductor in Minneapolis.
He said he did not
Court adjourned at this point I'M
| til 2 o. m.
| After recess Mr.. Erwin made the
witness describe with great minute
| ness his actions after committing the
murder. His visit to Claus Blooms
i residence in South Minneapolis was
| made much of, and the witness was
| asked to estimate the time consumed
| by all his movements on that night.
His explanation was ready at all times,
| but he would not be pinned down to
| the time. He gave as his reason for
| going to see Bloom that he wanted to
i collect $1.15. A few moments later Mr..
! Erwin tried to have BliXt account for
his going into the bath room in the
| Ozark flats to change the cartridges in
| the revolver. BliXt said he did not
! know why he went there. The at
torney REQUIRED to the matter again
and again, but the witness could offer
| no explanation. He then insisted on
witness explaining his reasons for hur-
rying around the city after the muir
| der and asked him repeatedly if he
| did not meet some man at the scene
| of the murder who assisted him, but
| Blixt's reply was 81 did it all myself"
| He told again of putting the revolver
under Hayward's pillow in his bed
| room, as he had been instructed to do,
and was clear and explicit in all of
his statements except as to time.
Did you hear any shot besides the
| one you made?" Yes, sir
Heard one shot right in front of
you?"
81 should think it was about a half
a mile from me-"
How far apart were those two
shots?''
about five minutes II
| Didn't the poor girl scream when
she heard that first shot?" :.
! mo, SIR =.
you are afraid of a gang. amt
your -
Yes, sir.'' Il
wouldn't you go out of doors
alone?" "
mo, sir, would be killed" =
| Witness was asked if he had ever