St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-07
THE MAIN QUESTION.
Mr.. Erwin Finally Reaches the
Case of Hayward.

Mr.. Erwin Finally Reaches the
Case of Hayward.
The defendant, Harry Hayward, is
accused OF inducing Claus A. BliXt to
take the life of Miss Catherine Cling.
! What evidence does the state rely on
| to sustain this charge? You look at
the evidence, not the charge; you look
at the evidence in relation to the
charge, not the charge in relation to
! the evidence. Who are the only per-
sons relied upon by the state to sustain
! the charge-whose evidence alone is
relied upon by the state to sustain this
| charge?
! Why, if you are confronted and
| drawn up now with your first feeling
Of duty, you say In attitude to the
| state, Produce your Witness-produce
| witnesses convincing our minds and
souls beyond reasonable doubt that
/ Harry Hayward killed Catherine Cling,
| and we will hand him over to the
! hangman swift and sure That is my
duty; that is honor, that is your oath,
that is attitude. You were chosen be-
cause you owed that attitude. Do you
| remember how carefully you were
chosen? Did you notice that the most
conscientious, the most fearless, the
men of strongest conviction, best equi-
lbrium, were taken from all the panel
and put In this box without regard to
fear or favor? What for? That at
this point In the contest those quail
tiles might shine out to all the world;
so that your verdict might meet with
the approval of the world. And / dare
say that all of you individually have
been surprised, delighted and surprised
as you increase your personal ac-
quaintance to find that In your box Is
tho very best elements of conscientious
manhood that this panel showed; that
is not alone my opinion, but it is the
sense of the people. / stands out here
absolutely true-and you were chosen
to use that conscientious splendor
Now you will use it. SO you say to
the state, bring on your witnesses 10
prove this man guilty, and swifter
than the light we will strike down the
murderer. But you say to the prose-
cutor, the accusing power of the state,
BE sure you do it. If you do not con-
vince our souls, our consciences and our
minds, beyond all reasonable doubt.
we will not give you this man for a
victim" Be careful you say to the
prosecutor, who you bring If you can
bring men of good understanding, good
character and of weight, that we may
believe them; If you bring murderers
and highway robbers and insane men.
we will criticise them. Be careful who
you bring. That is what you say to
the accusing power of the state And
who have they brought? A man from
whose finger tips the blood of Gather
Inc Cling is constantly dripping, while
from his eyes drop gummy and i'm
proVised penitential tears. He walks
upon the witness stand, blood and
tears. That is one of the witnesses
that they bring. They bring upon the
witness stand next before you a man
having all the indicia of mental weak
ness, deformed mind; so weak and so
deformed that it never could compre-
hend the commandment of God to hon
or father and mother; so weak and so
deformed that it never could use, or
live in, or be benefited by the realm of
feelings, of the blood which God placed
in him; man who could never sense,
so weak and deformed was his mind.
man who was so weak and deformed
in mind that he became a highway
robber. A man so weak and deformed
in mind that he plotted crime, and fin
A0AiON uP ny pulling the QeaIn ana
destruction of his brother. A man so
weak and deformed in mind that in
the very execution, by means of false
hood and perjury Oh the witness stand,
in an oath before high heaven, and be-
fore an American jury, in the presence
of these people, none of the restraining
influences which could be put upon a
human mind or heart were present
pressing upon him to at least be decent;
he could not be respectful to God or his
laws of blood, to father or mother or
their claims upon him, to sense of
dignity or honor. Recreant and rene
gade to soul and mind and blood-this
tiger-you lead him upon the witness
block, reeking, bloody, shameful, cant