Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-22
PARENTS TESTIFY
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayward Take
the Stand I'M the Inter-
est Of Harry.
EVIDENCE C0NTH0VERTS BLIXT.
Adry Given a Bad Reputation
by the Testimony of
His Father.


MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 21.-The father
ana Mot o. Of Adry and Harry Hay
ward were on the witness stand
during the day. With anguish stricken
voices they answered the questions that
were asked them, and did what they
could to save their son from an igno-
.ninious death on the scafold:. twas q
cad spectacle for the declining years of
life, and when the palsied father broke
down during the course Of the examina-
ton there were tears in many eyes
unused to the solace Of grief. And
there was no depth of tenderness which
pity did not touch when the mother
uttered words which it broke her heart
to speak.
TIE day was one of progress, and de-
ve1op2d efficient to place the case in q
clearer lieh:. The insanity plea which
the defense has all along indi-
cate woull be Adry's portion was
SHARPLY defined by both the attorneys
for thu deteuse and Judge Smith.
Opening of the Proceedings.
Horace L. Wells, paying teller Of the
City bank, and Louise Ireland were
the first witnesses of the day.
Wells testified to having paid Harry
Hayward between 5000 and $1,000
after Sept. /, 1894, thus accounting for
the. defendants. possession Of money
that did not come from Miss Cling.
; Miss Ireland was recalled and ques-
toned by the defense as to Harry's call
ing at the fiat on days preceding and on
the day of the murder. :"
Mrs. Adry Hayward was put on the
sxand at IL o'clock.
Question of Time.
Her testimony simply bore on the
question of the time Harry Hayward
called at Adry's fiat on the night of the
murder, which she could not fix def
nitely and the time she and Adry left
to go to her parents house, which was
about $50.
Mrs. L. L. Hayward, the mother of
the defendant, was then sworn. The
first part of her testimony was intended
to help establish Harry's alibi. Mrs.
Hayward said that Harry came into her
room at 7:2O, and said he was going out
to make call. At about 20 minutes to
8 he came in again, hurriedly, brushed
his hair and said he was going to the
opera. The 20 minutes between these
two times
Is the Vital Period,
for it was in that time, according to
Bixt's testimony, that Harry put him in
the buggy with Miss Cling, with instruo-
tions to drive away and kill her. Mrs.
Hayward was next asked about the ex-
istence of insanity in her family, but the
state at once objected, as the question
of insanity had not been raised. The
objection was sustained by the court.
I'm raising the question now," said
Erwin.
"Who's insane?'' asked the court,
coming at once to the meat of the mat
ter.
"We wish to show that at the time
previous to his going to Elder Stewart,
and at that time Adry was resting under
delusion."
"Well, suppose he was insane, what
then %
ut would affect his credibilty before
this jury and his competence to testify. :"
Determined His Sanity Once.
''The court determined as to his COM
potency when he was on the stand and
there was no offer to prove the contrary.
Insane persons, especially those who are
monomaniacs, are competent to testify"
retorted the court.
Mr.. Erwin asked long series of
questions bearing on Adry's actions, his
jealousy, his unreasoning fears during
youth, the medical treatment he had
been given, etc., but they were all ruled
out.
Mrs. Hayward could not answer a
direct question as to the differences be-
tween Adry and Harry affirmatively or
negatively.
The Father on the Stand.
W. w. Hayward, the father, first dis
puted the statement of Blixt regarding
the meeting with him on Hennepin
avenue the day that Miss Cling signed
the notes. He also said that the T rails
had been bought by him at Fourth
street and Eleventh avenue south at
Blixt's request to fix the furnace, and
that they were cut to length to suit
Blixt. He said that he had large
number of 81 bills last fall in the iron
box in the Office safe, but when he
looked few days ago there was only
one left. He said that Adry did not say
that he would rob street cars, but that
he did say that he would rob and stea]
and hold up trains. He also testified to
finding shortage in Adry's accounts
and to the time Of Harry's second visit
to the flats the night Of the murder
which was at 10 minutes to 8 by hit
watch. He also told Of the scene Of
Oct. 7, and broke into tears as he told Of
how Adry had insulted his mother, and
Harry kept him (the father from as
saulting the older son by locking him
up in the bedroom.
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