The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-15
An Even Dozen Witnesses on
the Stand in the Hay
ward Case.
TESTIMONY CORROBORATORY.
Erwin Causes Surprise by An
nouncing Harry Will
Testify.

was strongly colroborative of what has
already been given by other witnesses,
and the defense discovered no unguard-
ed points at which an attack for the de-
tense might be made. Harry Hayward
will be one of the first wisnesses for the
defense, and his statement of the case
will undoubtedly be the most interest
ing of the trial, as no one except his at
torneys has any idea what it will be.
The statement that Harry Hayward
will be placed on the stand was
made by his attorney, Mr.. Erwin in
forming the state that his client, when
placed on the stand, would admit hav
ing purchased half-pint bottle Of
whisky at the Nicollet avenue saloon on
the forenoon of the day on which Kittie
Cling was murdered. For what pur-
pose he bought the whisky Hayward at
present refuses to state.
AS the case progresses the one thing
that strikes those interested in it with
greatest force is the admirable manner
in which the minor details of the states
case have been rounded up and brought
into play. Not a point has been over
looked, and the chain of circumstances
being woven about Harry Hayward
grows stronger every hour.
Where the Whisky " as Purchased.
The place, hour and day that Hayward
purchased the whisky have been given,
according to the states evidence, to
furnish Claus Blixt with nerve to do
his bloody work 1t was about 10
o'clock ON the morning of Dec when
the purchase was made of Bartender
Mccormick, in a Nicollet avenue sa-
loon. The whisky was the best that
could be obtained-40 cents a half-pint
and if it was doctored, Hayward did
it afterwards.
Thomas E. Kennedy, the fagman of
the Lyndale avenue and Twenty ninth
street crossing, corroborated Blixt's
story as to having stopped at the flag
house on the night of the murder, and
as to his asking for the one armed
man that formerly held forth at that
crossing. The flagman has surprise
for both the state and the defense when
he announced that Blixt or
man very closely resembling him, had
been to his station again on the follow
ing night at about o'clock. He
thought the two were the same, but he
would not swear positively, as the man
who appeared the second night was
dressed differently.
No New Features Developed.
The testimony of Frank Tucker, the
elevator boy at the Ozark was corrobor-
ative of what has gone before, but it de-
veloped no new features of the case.
Tucker had cashed a check given him
by Miss Cling for $50 and had secured
draft which he forwarded to Hayward
at the Palmer House in Chicago. Hay
ward had told him not to go into the
basement with the elevator when Blixt
was down there, but admitted that this
was because Blixt could attend to what
ever was necessary down there and it
was necessary for the elevator to be
ready for use at the first floor.
A great deal of interest was evinced
by spectators in the behavior of Gun
bingham, the East side hotelkeeper
and witness for the defense A place
had been found for Cunningham close
up in front, and he sat there taking in
the proceedings
With Evident Satisfaction.
Cunningham does not look promising
witness. He is man of extremely in
significant appearance, with cast in
his off eye and shifty manner. The
defense says that Cunningham will go
on the stand and tell his story as soon
as their side opens, and there is talk
that his testimony is expected to sur
prise the critics.
Mr.. Nye persists in his belief that the
Cunningham story is an invention, and
he threatens to pull the pegs from under
this imaginative structure as soon as he
gets chance. Erwin merely smiles in
a confident sort of way when approached
on the subject. He declares that there
are a good many things about this case
which the state will not be willing to
admit, but that the evidence will be
strong enough to carry conviction
with it.
Miss Ireland Testifies.
ans niece, was the last witness of the
day. Miss Ireland was quite self pos
sessed, and the greatest delicacy was
exhibited in putting questions to her.
Mr. Smith. for the defense, spoke so
softly to her that he had to be prompted
by the court. She gave her testimony
in a calm voice, and was subjected to
little cross -examination. She made one
important statement. She said her
aunt had told her that Hayward,
for some reason, did not want her
miss reland) to know anything of
their transactions, and had told
her aunt not to let her know anything
about them. Her aunt deceived Hay
ward in this particular and told Miss
Ireland not to ''give her away" This
accounts for the ''Don't tell Harry" in
structions which Miss Cling gave her
niece and which have puzzled every one
who has thought anything about the
case.
Detective Morrissey and Officers Britt
and McKenna were ON the stand during
the afternoon, but the testimony was
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