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


mathematics he changes his state
ment TO suit the mathematics of the
case. And SO he has shifted between
his second statement and the state
ment he made upon the stand from
O'Clock to o'clock in the afternoon.
The motive of that you can plainly see,
and that was, to escape the disproof
of the whisky, which was contained
IN the fact that Harry was not at the
Ozark until nearly o'clock Now, if
there had been whisky in the business
at 5 o'clock Mr.. Blixt would have told
about the infuriating effect of that
whisky in the first statement lust as
we'll as in the second. If he had gone
down there influenced by this whisky.
half drunk, he would have seized upon
that in the first place to account for
his going out there to receive the
horse and keep the body until it was
dead, ard let the other man escape
and come into town. But it was not
true, and as it wasn't necessary he
didn't invent it,
CHANGED IN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Eu. wlen his Sc ,oni SITS meat anne
around he stood under different cir
cumStanceS; he was obliged to invent
some motive and excuse, and he in
vented this one. In the second state
ment, why does he say about bringing
a revolver? That had to be cornered.
In the first statement not a word was
said about a revolver. Now, if it was
true that Harry Hayward engaged
him to go out upon the road and gave
him revolver with long cartridges
and with short cartridges, in order to
exterminate this woman, to be sure
that she was dead, that would have ap-
peared in the first statement just as
well as in the second. He was placing
this upon Harry Hayward-placing the
murder upon Harry Hayward He
omits to state anything about that.
Now he wants a cover for some un,
known motive; some mysterious mos
tive; he wants to cover the one who
was with him-if there was one with
him and he says: "QueStion-Then
he came back again, didn't he, and
brought you this revolver? After he
said the whisky it was about o'clock.
L THINK. l know now when he came
in at half-past 6 and gave you the
whisky, or was it half-past or half
past 90? No, 1t was about o'clock.
think. His attention was directly
called to the time. And he nominated
In his second statement that the
whisky was got at 5. They were try
ing to change the statement from =
until nearly Z o'clock because they
knew that he, Harry, didn't go to the
Ozark flats until T.
But he puts 1T at 5, and he now puts
1t at Z, to suit the exigencies. Then
he came again, didn't he and brought
you the revolver Yes" Now.
tell us about that time" He came
and gave ME the revolver" about
what timer "Thta was right after.
ana he gave me these extra cart
ridges" When was that?' Il think
II was about 6, or something; l don't
know what time it was, as far as
would remeber.' Then, what did he
say when he brought you this re-
Yolver?'' Then he saidLjust let me
think now" Eyes, just take your
time" 81 am not able to do it. L re-
member it so we'll sometimes" What
does he remember so well sometimes.
and sometimes don't? This made-up
story, published by collision with
some one else. Clear upon his memory
dl liiiito dHu DIT OlItT liIHGS not clear.
He has to stop and think, and think
it over. "(Showing him the revolver)
Oh, yes, now L know what he said.
Yes, that looks like the same one"
rs that the. revolver he brought to
your Yes" See how he is led into
this, gentlemen. "At what time did
he bring you that?" THAT was about
between and g. between and 6, yes"
And then, what did he say to you
when he brought you the revolver?'
2 HE said, when l got this 1 have got
this loaded again with a different kind
of cartridges he said, that same kind
that / had in this box he said that
he had hid-kept hidden; and he said:
when you ridges out and he gave
me six of the other kind belonging to
this revolver, and he shall shoot, you
take these shells or cartridges. You
destroy those, or put thew anywhere
else, and fill it up with the others,
and put that revolver under my pill
low, when you get back, he says