Salt Lake Herald | 1895-03-08 | Page 1 | Blixt's Testimony

BLXTrS TESTIMONY OJ IT HAllItT HATIiIAIV WILL PROBABLY PROB-ABLY HASG Erwln One Attempt In to Brcati U Down Realizing How Dnnnslng i in to RIg Client I I Minneapolis march 7 Erwln iesumed i his long effort before the jury for the life of Harry Hayward this morning 1 developed I de-veloped that In tho case of conviction confidently expected by the state Immediate Imme-diate sentence would be moved The defense te fense has mnde every preparation for 3 sty and appeal Not a third of the crowd applying for admission ad-mission this morning got into the room which was packed to suffocation ErIn attacked the testimony of BliAt which he admitted was the very focal poInt of the case It was full ot most serious contradictions and inconsistencies inconsisten-cies and unworthy of credence he said The Immunity promised by the stale to Jiltat and Adry Hayward for the sake of convicting Harry he declared was a of the ious of turn revival pernicious practice tur ing states evidence In vogue In England Eng-land and he called upon the jury to stamp it out The end Is not yet At I oclock this evening ilr Erwin turned to the court and asked for an hour tomorrow morning The court was loth to grant the request The members of the Jury were suffering but consent was finally given All through the day Erwin kept up one lne Al to break down tlie evidence of Claus A Blijwt and incidentally that of Adry Hayward The casa xvill go to the Jury at the close of the seventh week at noon tomorrow