The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-11-12
JURY IN TRIAL
OF DR.. BLAZER
IS DISCHARGED
HopCIessIy Deadlcckcd - lie.
gal Status of Murder "ior
LCve" l. UnSOlvcd
CHARGES DISMISSED

d.. Harold Elmer Blazer toda,
was cleared "f all charges in
Connection with the death of his
a-lCar-EId imbrCilc am crippled
daughter Hazel On February -
last.
he actiCn came less than an
hour ?ticr tn, jury. trying him
IN the charge Of numbering the
"Child woman. rnnOInCcd il had
not reached verdict and was
discharged by Judge Samuel
JI,nsun.
Summoned hastily from ms
hom", Prosecutor joel r. Stone
appeared before the presiding
Judge and made a motion for
dismissal &C all charges and the
release of Dir. Blazer, VIII" was
taken into cu2toiy Immediately
after the jury was discharged.
LittIcton, Colo, Nov. l. LR)- The
legal status Of murder "rnmm 81
for love-" stu remains undctcrmin-
cd in Co!OradO criminal JulI~piu-
dcncr.
IIopclrSsly dcadIockrI. The jury Sc
lrctcd to try Or. Harold Elmer Blazer
on charge Of murd"ring his duugh
ter Hazel the &iycar-old "chilo
woman was discharged by Judge
Samuel Johnson at noon today.
II am satisfied" Prosecuting At.
toincy Joel r. Stone declared. It
is unlikely that | shall bring action
agalnst Blazer again"
eve are satisfied" was the de-
claration of Lewis Mowry, chief Of
defense counsel. AT least "a division
Of opinion Indicates there were some
minds on the jury who considered
that the cold facts Of law should be
tempered with juStifiablc mercy"
The jurors refused to intimate how
they stood in their balioting when
they filed out of the court room fol
lowing their discharge.
Dir. Blazer WAS taken into custody
by Sheriff Roy Haynes to he held un-
til he furnished bail while District
Attorney Stone reached Il decision on
what further action may be taken.
The district attorney indicated
however, that it was most unlikely
that Blazer would be brought TO trlaI
again.
Il shall probably ask for bail Of
$5000-the same as he was held un-
der previously" Stone said.
"Homicide for love- was the way
Blazers act was characterized by the
defense during the trial. 1--WE grant
that ne slew the girl, but we deny
that he did it with malice aforc,
thought or that he was sane when he
did it, was the burden CT the de-
Tense.
lne jury failed to reach 4 verde;
late last night after .wo hours of de.
Liberation. and was ordered locked u
for the night by Judge Samuel John.
son. who said he would be IN cour.
ut 10 o'clock today 20 receive then
decision If reached by that time.
No alternative finding was left tC
the jury by Judge Johnson. who in
5tructed them that only two verdict:
guilty Of first degree murder, O
acqulttal-were possible.
Pm not worried Dr.. Blazer de
clared. THE worst thing that cal
happen to me is a hung jury"
Jury Gets Case at 9:45 p. NJ
Final arguments were disposed o
speedily yesterday afternoon and eve
ming and the jury was given tn
case at 9:45 p. m. The closing plea
were preceded by Judge Johnson over
ruling a defense motion for direct
ed verdict.
Hazel Blazer was not REASONABLE,
human being az omprehended by tn,
statutes Of Colorado Lewis Mowr,
of the defense counsel said in maxim:
his motion.
"A being born Of woman is human
in the eyes Of the law, which take
no account of metaphysical doc
trincs," the judge ruled in his denial
Both sides laid heavy emphasis OF
the testimony as to the sanity Of tn
defendant in closing arguments, bu
both also stressed arguments for an'
against the Humanitarian" aspect o
the homicide
Thirteenth Juror Would A"auit
J. +. Murray, the 18th and alter
native juryman selected in the case
and who was excused last night whel
the case went into the hands Of tn
jury, said he would acqu,t DR.
Blazer
"This is the conclusion reachc'
after listening TO the evidence intro
duccd in an effort to convict the de
PENDANT" Murray said.