The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-02-07

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Minneapolis, Feb. 2.-There was in
terest enough In the proceedings Of the
hayward trial to satisfy the court
a room crowd. 1t began with the de-
scriptions by Policemen Fox and
Moore Of the position Of Miss Ging's
body when found by them on the Ex-
selsior road. The questioning Of these
witnesses was sufficiently minute to
satisfy the most morbid-minded audi
tor. With the utmost insistence every
detail of the appearance presented by
The body as it lay there in the road was
drawn out, and although most of the
statements thus elected had been al
ready made in the newspapers the
crowd listened intently.
Mr.. Erwin wanted to establish by
Officer Fox the existence Of tracks
made by sharp pointed shoe in the
vicinity of the body. 1t was stated at
the time of the murder that the prints
Of sharp-pointed shoe could be seen
IN the road, as though the wearer Of
such shoes had turned the buggy
round. The officer described the tracks
Of the buggy where it had been turned,
but knew nothing Of the alleged foot
prints. There were a good many peo-
pie on the ground before he got there,
and a large number of tracks had been
made 1t would have been impossible
to distinguish one from another. The
questioning of Mr.. Erwin in cross
examination seemed to indicate a
theory on his part that Blixt had a
confederate on the ground with him
When the killing Occurred,
turned the buggy around.
The defense is already laying the
foundation for reasonable doubt. Con-
dict exists between the testimony Of
Erhart, who first found the body, and
the two officers who arrived later in
the patrol wagon. Erhart testified that
the body lay with the right side of the
face downward on the road. Fox and
Moore agreed that the left side was
downward. Mr.. Erwin was particular
~ careful to establish this point of
difference. 1t is perhaps a small mat
ter in itself, but with many such to be
used in massing the testimony the ex-
istence of reasonable doubt may be
established.
Altogether the evidence this morning
made a very black showing for the &C.
cused, and the testimony elected was
not shaken in the least degree by Mr..
\ Erwin's searching questions. There is
" othing in the evidence so far to show
>SE-lat Hayward uttered a single SEN
Hence expressly of regret at the death
he was SO firmly convinced had &C.
cured long before any one lse knew it,
1t showed conclusively that his sole
solicitude was as to whether or not he
could realize on the life Of Catherine
Cling.
Minneapolis, Feb. 3. - The great
crowd which gathered to hear the story
of Catherine Ging's murder was
d doomed to disappointment. for the aged
Z juror, S. II. Dyer, whose sudden ILL.,
ness terminated the session yesterday
was unable to appear, and the court
took an adjournment until 10 o'clock
Monday morning. His condition this
morning was said to be improved, but
his physicians advised an adjournment
until Monday morning, and it was so
ordered. The sickness of the juror is
hardly to be wondered at, under the
circumstances, for it is not to be ex-
pected that a man Of his years, ex-
ceeding three score in number, should
be able to resist what other frequenters
Of the court room find intolerable. He
had complained Of not feeling well for
two or three days. He Is suffering from
an attack Of indigestion, caused by the
want Of exercise and the bad air in the
court room. Efforts will be made to
give the place better ventilation.
Bullet or Blow.
Minneapolis, Feb. 6.-The Hayward
case was devoid of the sensational,
the testimony being entirely that Of
physicians and of little interest to the
hundreds who crowd into the court
room daily. The testimony naturally
is of an expert character. The de-
Tense keeps pounding away on the
poor girls skull, it's aim being to estab-
lish beyond doubt the fact that the
two fractures Of the skull We're suf-
fcient to have caused death.
DR.. Nipperts testimony was that
there were two we'll defined fractures,
of equal extent and about four inches
in length, which penetrated both Gov
erings of the skull. 1t is plainly the
purpose Of Attorney Erwin to discredit
BliNt's testimony, and it is thought the
defense will introduce testimony to
show that these fractures could have
been made only by heavy blows from
some instrument, delivered before the
murdered girl was shot The testimony
Of BliXt does not intimate that any
such blows were given, and this story
is in strong conflict with the expert
evidence as to the nature of the in
juries. The state may find it d'fficult
ITO show that these injuries could have
resulted either from fall from the
buggy or from the buggy passing ovel
the body. It will probably be shown
that, in case of fall from the buggy
the fracturing of both the outer and
inner plates Of the skull would moi
have occurred. Dr. Nippert was &
good witness, and had a ready re-
spouse for all Of Mr.. Erwin's technical
questions. DR.. William Russell, who
was one of the few that visited the
scene Of murder, corroborates Witness
Erhardt III the statement that the body
lay on it's right side. The officers
Moore and Fox, testify that it was or
it's left side, and they are evidently
wrong. The state acknowledges thai
on this point they are misinformed
AS to the conditions Of the woman's
clothes and its aDDearance Dr. Rms