The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-02-15

there. I put It In the attic, and when
I told him where I had put It, he
called me a - fool and said that was
the first place they'd ldbk for It. He
said to put 1t IN hollow tree In the
woods. He said tnat the money was
not all good, but that some Of It was
green goods. He said there was going
to be funeral there before the 10th,
no matter how It happened. He says:
OF course she'll be brought here and
I'll be 30 sorry, and I'll have to cit UP
all night with the corpse, and after the
coroner has had his examination then
I'll k6 East with the bodyn.lr He said
he had to have $15, 600 to carry out his
plans In the East. He would get $1O,-
GOO out Of this and he would have to
make 5000 in some other way. Late
that evening he came In with pint
bottle of whisky. He said: 'Blixt,
here's some whisky. said I did not
want any. You -- fool he said.
this amt common whisky Then I
took It and drank half Of 1t. Then he
said: She's got to die tonight. and
you've got to help me- said: Harry,
amt you got any other way to make
money than to kill that poor little girl?'
He said: It's nothing to kill people,
I've Killed Two other People.
He said one was Chinaman, but he
didn't say who. the other was. He said
he had wounded q third. said
couldn't help him do 1t. He said I'd
| got to or he'd kill me. I didn't pny
any attention to that, and then he said
that he'd kill my wife. I told him:
Whatever you do, don't hurt my wife.
You can do what you like with me,
but don't touch my wife," At the
recollection Of this the witness broke
down utterly and sobbed like a child.
At last, resuming his narrative, Blixt
said:
"Finally I said to him that would
do as he liked, but he must not hurt
my wife. He wanted me to sign q
receipt for a revolver, but wouldn't.
He gave me six long cartridges and
six short ones to put in 1t, and after II
was all done l was to change the
cartridges. Then he told me to 80 out
Hennepin avenue to Kenwood and
wait for him. When he came was to
follow him. Pretty soon I saw him
coming across a lot and followed
him. Then he stopped buggy and l
came up and he told me to get into It
and drive along. got in and lie said
to keep our heads inside. Then he
said to Miss Cling: This man Is in the
gang Then we drove out Hennepin
and didn't see him again until after.
ward.
"After awhile she asked me II Hay.
ward was buying green goods. I told
her I didn't know. She asked me what
had down there by my side, and
said 1t was a revolver that Harry told
me to take. She kept looking out oil
the time and kept thinking. 1t wa.
fight in my head all the time.
thought would get out, and then
thought Of my wife and staid In tho
buggy. I tried ten times to do 1t. ant
1t was always fighting in my head
Finally I fired the shot. hit hel
where he said I should. Then sh,
threw her head bnck like this.
went on about thirty of forty yard
further and then thought I'd have K
get her out. I moved her legs so, tliel
she went out, so, and struck on hel
head on the wheel, and then she wen
over ON the ground" The action &c
companying this recital was most dra
matte, as the witness. with upliftct
hands threw his whole body forward
as though falling. He then told how
he returned from the scene of the mur
der down town and went to Soutl
Minneapolis to establish an alibi ant
at last returned to the Ozark.
Erwin cross-examined Blixt ant
used every effort to caYse him to con
tradict himself, but without avail.