Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1895-02-22
CASE O. THE STATE
Evidence OF the Prosecution i'm
the Hayward Trial Is
All Given.
STRONG CASE AGAINST HARRY,
Nothing Left Undone to Con-
Vict the Accused of the
Murder.

MINNEAPoLIs, Feb. 13. The last wit.
ness for the state i'll the Hayward muir
der trail has been examined and at 33l
o'clock the county attorney said, adj
dressing the court, 1.-The state rests
here"
surprise, but there really remained
nothing to add to the avalanche of cor.
roborative evidence which has swept
away the puny barriers thrown up by
the defense. The remarkable story
which Attorney Hall said he would
prove in his opening address has been
told by the chief actor in that bloody
narrative. 1t has been corroborated by
the scathing testimony of the accused
mans own brother and the eXtraordi-
nary story he was constrained to tell
has been corroborated by dozens of wit
nesses.
The case as it stands fits Harry Hay
ward like glove. And however much
that individual may smirll and smile
and affect indifference, it will require
proof little short of the miraculous to
save his neck from the halter.
Miss Ging's Last Remarks.
The sensation of the day was when
the state called Mrs Lillian Hazleton to
the stand. Mrs. Hazleton was Il friend
of Catherine Ging's and is perhaps the
last person with whom she held any
considerable conversation OH the night
of the murder The ladies met i'll Hale
& Thomas dry goods store on Nicollet
avenue at about 4:30 III the afternoon
and We're together for half an hour. In
the course of that conversation the
name of Harry Hayward was men-
toned. Mrs Hazleton asked Miss Cling
to supper, and her reply, given in care
less, friendly confidence, connected her
lover inextricably with her cruel muir
der. She said: II cannot go; 1 have a
ward"
Cross-exsmination failed to shake
Mrs. HaZleton's $ recollection of the time,
| place or exact conversation.
Peter Vallalie's Testimony.
The first witness introduced was
Peter Vallalie, the hackmm Of whom
Harry Hayward had spoken to Adry as
being willing to assist i'll the proposed
crime. Vallalie's testimony was most
damaging, as it corroborated i'll a most
striking way one portion Of Adry Hay
wards remarkable story, and thus
rendered thoroughly untenable the
| defense's pet theory as to Adry's
sanity. Vallalie testified that Harry
Hayward had approached him with
questions as to whether he had ever
"lone anything" and if so whether his
conscience had bothered him. Hayward
had later asked Vallalie whether he
would drive Il hack into Lake Calhoun
and let the occupant drown for a sum OF
money.
81 told him was 10 swimmer" said
Vallalie, "and that was about the enc
of it,"
| First Outside Confederation.
This is the first corroboration of the
stories of BliXt and Adry obtained from
All entirely outside source, and exhibited
in striking way Hayward's strangely
careless way Of asking incriminatins
questions and making damaging state
ments. That u man capable Of concoct
ing so cunning and intricate plo
should have made so many confidant
seems almost as incredible as that Ii,
should have concocted the plot at all
Mr.. Erwin at once recognized the su
preme Importance of this testimony
and tried to have it stricken on
entirely. The court, however, refused
sustain his objection, and the evidenc
goes to the jury. 1t Was knock on
blow reserved by the state until til
very last, and sadly upsets the defense
plans.