The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-06
SPINNING WEB
ABOUT HAZARD
STATE PROCEEDING CAREFULLY
IN THE BIGAMY CASE.
Marriage of Hazard to Viva Fitch
patrick Expected to Be Shown by
the Man Who Performed the Cere-
mony-Line OF Defense Somewhat
in Doubt.

The state laid the foundations o,
| It's bigamy case against Samuel G
Hazard yesterday. 1t will begin the
superstructure Monday. The marriage
| OF Hazard to Linda Burfield, Nov
IL, 1903, was proved by the county
records and by witness to the cere.
mony.
That there was a ceremony which
Viva Fitzpatrick believed made her
| the wife of Hazard, performed In ST.
Paul, on April z, was sworn to by the
complaining witness. Her TESTING ny
was given In a convincing manner and
remained unchanged thru a rigid
cross-examinatton. Her story was cor
roborated in many details by strong
witnesses.
It was shown that Hazard had
lived with Miss Fitzpatrick and in
troduced her as his wife on numerous
occasions.
A half dozen letters were introduced
showing that the defendant had the
confidence of the young woman and of
her parents and expressing q hus-
bands affection for a wife.
Gallick to Testify.
The state next Monday expects to in
troduce Court Commissioner Gallick,
who will, it is understood, testify to
having performed the Hazzard-Fftz-
patrick ceremony, altho he is unable
to fix the date thereof.
Further corroborating testimon
will also be put in, and documentary
proofs of the prosecuting witness di-
vorces from her two former husbands
have been sent for and will be intro
duced in evidence TO checkmate the
defendants apparent intention Of
questioning these divorces to prove
Miss Fitchpatrick's last marriage lille
gal.
Hazards Defense in Doubt.
What Hazards defense will be is
yet conundrum. It is very evident
from the cross-examination of the
states witnesses that an attempt will be
made to prove the complaining wit
ness an adventures who has lived as
the wife Of different men at different
times. The exemplary character and
conduct of the defendant will also be
dwelt upon. For the rest of the case
the fact that the records do not show
a. marriage between Hazard and Viva
Fitzpatrick may be enlarged upon and
an effort may made to show that no
ceremony such as described by the
prosecuting witness was performed by
Court Commissioner Gall1ck, April z.
large delegation of women SYM
pathizers surrounded Viva Fitzpat-
rick yesterday afternoon and con-
graduated her upon the admirable
way in which she had testified. Haz-
Yards latest wife sat back of the de-
PENDANT thruout the day and nerv-
ously transcribed copious notes, and
every now and then offered some word
of advice to Hazard.
Testimony Summarized.
After three hours of cross-exam-
lnation Mr.. Stiles announced that he
had finished with the prosecuting wit
ness. The state then called DR.. c..
e. Dutton, who swore to attending
the defendant and to seeing Viva
Fitzpatrick in the apartments, and
to her being addressed by Hazard
as his wife and as Mrs. Hargarve.
Mrs. Harriet Fitchpatric, the moth
err of "wife No. g." was next sworn.
The witness identified three letters
which were introduced in evidence.
The epistles were written by Hazard
and were Of the approved flial variety,
signed your affectionate son, Sam"
]. A. Kirkpatrick, WAS father and
an Iowa banker, business man and
state senator, also took the stand and
corroborated his daughters story of
her visit to her home in company
with Hazard, and of the conversation
the defendants legal but his "com-:
mon law wife,"
Mrs. Kate Strong, proprietor Of the
boarding house where the Hazards
lived, corroborated the complaining
witness testimony in several details
and indignantly denied that she had
ever, suspected that Hazard and Viva
Fitzpatrick were not man and wife.
Harry Greesang, the last witness of
complaining witness as Mrs. Hazard
and as childhoods friend of the de-
PENDANT stated that his name is
Samuel G. Hazard.