St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-30
nesses other than by the taking 0,
their dispositions.
MIR. Hall Will Open.

nights to produce an erect, out Will
rely entirely upon the weight of evil
dence he has to submit. There is no
doubt whatever but that the state has
much stronger case than has hlther-
to been supposed Witnesses will be
placed on the stand of whom nothing
has been heard here tofore, and by
these witnesses will be proved facts of
which the public has as yet no cog
nizance. 1t is patent that the defense
is entirely in the dark as to the plans
of the state, and it is believed that Mr..
Erwin will rely to very great extent
on cross-eXamination to guide him as
the trial progresses.
AS to the dispositions relating to the
sanity in the Hayward family and to
the witnesses summoned to prove the
same, it is entirely probable that the
state will interpose prompt objections
to large amount of the testimony thus
to be offered on the ground of its lr-
relevancy. The position taken by the
state will in all probability be that the
existence of insanity in family sew
eral generations back is no evidence OF
mental unsoundness in its living rep
resentatives. Mr.. Hall is of the opin-
ion that nothing is written to prove
that such conditions must necessarily
exist or that they may be presumed to
exist, and if the defense finds it nee
essary to make its strongest effort on
that ground, the trial will become one
long, dull, monotonous routine of tech
nical testimony from insanity experts.
The sensational features which the
trial promised will have disappeared
and public interest in the terrible
tragedy of the Excelsior road will
languish.
Michael Eckes, a farmer of Brooklyn,
was the first of the new veniremen
called this morning. Eckes is ma
tive of Wisconsin and has lived in
Brooklyn for twenty years.
Have you ever heard of this case?"
asked Mr.. Erwin.
'I've read little about it"
HAS any one spoken to you about
the case since you were summoned""
mo, SIR.
whats your business in the win
ter?"
Selling hay, cutting wood, putting
up ice and such as that
You are not in the city, then, with
your team"
mo, sir; my wife and I live alone at
home. I read a little when the case
first started, but [ hadn't much time"
Attorney Erwin went at farmer
Eckes from all sides, but the farmer
kept his head and could not be ratified
He admitted that he took daily pa
per, but said he did not read it very
much, nor did his wife, who was lame
in her English.
Now this is a horrible crime,' said
the attorney finally, land l want to
know if there is anything in your mind
that would prevent you from giving an
impartial verdict in this case"
mo, sir, there is not
The Defense Has No Challenge,
said Mr.. Erwin, and after question or
two by Mr.. Nye the juror was sworn in
and took the chair waiting for the
eleventh man.
Rudolph Goethe, a German, living at
Brooklyn Center, was relieved because
of his ignorance of the English lam
guage.
Dave Luby, an Irishman, and A. w.
Mitchell, a Scotchman, were both found
lacking in the proper requisites for
jurors.
Henry Krussow, a former of Maple
Plain, and another tiller of the soil
Of the name of Lee Cook, were next
called, but were found ineligible.
Believed in Capital Punishmnt.
"Have you ever heard about this
case?" asked Erwin.
81 have, some.''
Mr. Cooks family all read and were
posted as to the accounts of the muir
der. He didn't come to town often,
and he didn't recollect whether or not
he had been in town during December.
Now, from what you have heard, !"
said Erwin, cor what you have read,
have you any opinion as to the guilt
or innocence of the defendant?'
mo, sir; 1 can't say that 1 had made
up my mind"
81 don't care so much about your
mind being made up; did you have a
feeling or Impressions
81 don't think so.''
what did your mind think of as an
offset to the accounts? Why didn't the
newspaper accounts impress your
81 don't know; 1 always think
there's two sides to every question:
Didn't this case impress you as be-
ing extraordinarily horrible or brutal?'
ut did at first frankly, but it
does not now so much
How did you steel your mind
against the newspaper accounts?"
Something like this: thought may
be, they all had hand in it,
That's what 1 mean by an opinion.
I thought so. Now, would it take
strong evidence to change it?''
Eyes, it would" was the answer.
"ChalIenge submitted" said Erwin,
drily.
challenge admitted" replied Nye,
in the same tone.
This being the last juror present, a
recess was taken until o'clock.
After recess Charles LIE Compile was
called. He didn't know about capital
punishment.
do you think a man who commits
! murder should be hung?'
81 don't know whether I do or not, -
said LIE Compile, who did not seem to
| comprehend the question. Further
questioning revealed the fact that LIE
| Compile could neither read nor write,
and he was excused.
Louis Hamm, a farmer of Maple
| Grove, a native of Alsace, was the
next man examined. He believed in
the death penalty, and knew nothing
further about the case. No one had
spoken to him since he was summoned
to appear.
How many members in your fam
ily?"
i There's ten OF US III al.
"Are they all CROWN
Eyes, sir; they're all grown" which
| brought out a laugh.
| Mr.. Hamm did not understand such
words as "accomplice, 'abettor, =
confederate" etc, and Mr.. Nye was
therefore enabled to get rid of him
without using peremptory.
G. A. Mendenhall, a farmer of Maple
Grove, followed. He had been farm
err all his life, thirty-nine years. He
believed in the death penalty if man
was proved guilty.
Did you read Blixt's alleged con-
fession?''
Il didn't, but heard about it as
heard of Adry Hayward's statement"
Did you read of the arrest OF
Harry?'
Eyes, did"
'Now, have you had any idea as to
Haywards guilt or innocence?' asked
| Erwin.
81 do not think that 1 have, was the
slowly given answer
Did the account of the murder OF
the beautiful young woman, and the
| finding of her body, did it strike you
4 L Il