St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-07

little hill just across the railroad
track, near where the body was. not
over two blocks from where the body
was found. Then Hayward came along
and heard a shot few minutes be-
fore he got to me-
Ihe body was in the seat on the left
hand side, sitting up. He said 1t is
done now, be sure and give me plenty
or time to get back. See that she is
dead. Don't leave her until she is
dead 1 went on about a mile and then
turned the horse around and came
back, and we saw he would have to
drive into town, and put her out of the
buggy, push her over the seat of the
buggy, and she slipped out herself. She
did Slip out herself. Her heel mark
was found by Erhardts brother. 1t
was lndisputed testimony before you
here that she struck upon her feet.
She fell upon her face. The dust was
upon the front of her skirt alone.
Everything verifies this first confession
IN that regard. He says he went a
mile after he heard a shot, after the
body came up to him. He now SAYS lie
went mile from that point and shot
the woman, drove thirty rods beyond,
turned around and drove back a mile
and there put the woman out and
drove three-quarters of mile or mile
down to the big timber That was
proved by the testimony of Eidam, 1
believe, about that distance where the
creek was and the woods are
What is there significant in the con-
struction of this. first statement Z?
What to your minds must be the main
significance? And in that first state
ment, while he puts it on Harry in ac-
cordance with his agreement with
Adry, he plainly shows you that some
one else was connected with him at
the place OF the murder. And what
Is remarkable as you pursue the in
curry INTO this case, of this best form
OF evidence, these circumstantial
things, which you follow psychologist
ally as you watch the construction of
mems words or the doing of their acts
or the birth of their motives. their
strongest testimony in the case, here
under these circumstances, that is
deeply wonderful, suggestive What he
said that Harry said to him, he simply
lies. Henry Barrett transposed Harry
for the other man. lie spoke the truth,
ASf'O''Su Tic PcISOii ne says
this man, or Harry, says, ut is done
now; l have killed her." He saws the
arrangements We're that he should hide
the body and put Harry as the person;
put the arrangement, the subject mat
ter on his mind was truth. Then as
he drove up, the man said to him, BE
sure and give me plenty time to get
back. See that she is dead. Don't
leave her until she is dead" and those
words will sound in your mind forever.
as long as you shall live. You cannot
escape those words.
When l take up the skull; when I
go and get that torn veil; when I
point TO the disheveled hair. and the
broken nose and the cut on the lip. and
about five inches of cracked skull on
each side of that dear, poor girls head !:
when l show you by all the reason
and law in relation to violence upon
the skull she was and did submit TO
deadly violence before she was shot.
wheh L call to your attention the pool
OF blood that laid under her head when
the carotid artery was cut by that
1atal bullet, you will remember those
words that he put in his first state
ment, although he put it against
Harry. But under the circumstances
II was applicable to whoever was with
MN. See that she is dead. Don,t
leaVe her until she is dead Give me
plenty OF time to get back"