St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-19

ABOUT my character. COulQ nave
stood it better if he had used pistol"
But Mr.. Hall was not the only one.
Oh, dear, no! There was r. r. Odell,
BliXt's attorney, and Miss Wachter's
recent employer. She scored him un-
mercifully, and accused him of cheat
ing her on a collection and of owing
her money which he would not pay.
She went into her relations with Odell
quite extensively despite the frantic
protests of Judge Smith and the at
torneys on both sides. In fact, the
witness appeared to be aching to tell
things about her old employer, whom
she said had collected a $75 account for
her and kept $40 of it for his trouble.
When Mr.. Nye got an opening he
led quickly, and managed to get in
edgewise this question:
You missed a golden opportunity,
didn't you?" This referred to a re-
mark the witness had made about
making money" as she had been
told she could do.
Finally the young lady's shorthand
book was offered in evidence and an
interminable wrangle ensued over her
notes. Mr.. Nye wanted her to read
them, and the witness acted as if she
would much prefer not to. She lost
her voice about this juncture, and at
Mr.. Erwin's request the jury was
taken out of the room while Miss
Wachter read her books concerning
matters not affecting the case at bar.
These notes referred TO portions of
BliXt's statement concerning his early
life, other crimes, etc, which it was.
not thought advisable for the jury to
hear.
Mr.. Nye taunted the witness a lit
tie about her notes and asked her if
she could not read them. A half-hour
was spent at Judge Smiths side by
the witness and the attorneys listen
ing to the reading, of which the crowd
heard not one word.
The reading consumed exactly thirty
minutes, and when Miss Wachter re-
sumed the stand her voice was very
weak, and Judge Smith told her to go
down near the jurors and tell them
what she was talking about. AS for
himself, the judge remarked that he
could not hear a word. 1t was signifi-
cant that when being cross-examined.
Miss Wachter had very little voice, but
"AASii PSI hiitlCO " lcilh Sli away
no difficulty was experienced in hear
ing what she said.
Her confidence, too, came back when
talking to Mr.. Erwin. and at the
slightest provocation she skipped off
like lightning off rod.
The states attorneys were not much
put out by what the witness said.
They laughed heartily, and Mr.. Hall
seemed to enjoy the roast she gave
him. She was asked a question or two
about what she had told a friend of
hers about selling Blixt's statement,
and at once started off at the pace
that kills = stenographers. Finally
when Mr. Nye looked around and no.
ticed people feeling their arms to see
if they were still in their sockets, the
witness was excused.
She looked surprised, and quilted the
stand hastily, her black eyes swapping
fire.
The testimony of the morning ses-
sion was for the purpose of proving
an alibi for Hayward. Thomas Wa
terman, Hayward's friend, who has
been frequently mentioned as a person
who could tell great deal, was on the
olcllNt 1Ol ONCI du Il6 lOlu Oh
his spending the 3rd of December with
Hayward until after o'clock in the
evening, and was followed by other
witnesses who testified to seeing Hay
ward at No. Thirteenth street, in the
building adjoining the Ozark, at lunch,
at o'clock or a few minutes after The
purpose of all this is to discredit the
story of Blixt and Wilson.
Edward Goodsell, Hayward's cousin,
testified to meeting Hayward in Chi
cago OH Nov. 5, and helping him count
over $1,000. Goodsell's testimony will
be used to prove that Hayward had
plenty of money at that time, and
could easily have made Miss Cling the
loan of $1,000.
1t is understood that Harry Hayward
will take the stand the first thing to-
morrow morning.