Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-13
THE MURDER is OUT.

THE MURDER is OUT.
The Mystery Surrounding the Cling Trag-
edy DispeEled and the Whole Vile Plot
Laid Bare-The Poor Unsuspecting Girl
was Done co Death in Order that Harry
Hayward Might Secure the Insurance ON
Her Life-The Confessions
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec 10-Stiil
another confession has been made In
the Catherine Cling murder case IL
has been the theory of the police that
C. A. Blixt, the engineer of the Ozark
flats where both Miss Cling and Harry
Hayward resided, committed the muir
der at the instigation of Hayward.
Yesterday Blixt broke down and made
complete confession, in which he
charges Harry Hayward with commit
ting the murder. According to ms
story he was sent by Hayward to the
scene of the murder. Hardly had he
arrived there than Hayward drove up
with Miss Cling. When within NIFTY
feet of him the shots were fired ana
Hayward alighted from the buggy.
1.-THE deed is DONE" said he; get in
and drive it around until it Is dead
and then dump it out"
Blixt took Hayward's place in the
buggy and drove along the road Tor
about mile, until he became satisfied
that Miss Cling was dead. Then he
drove back, and when near the place
where the murder was committed he
rolled the body in the robe and pushed
it out of the buggy and into the road
He then drove the horse about a mile
until he reached the Lyndale-avenue
car line Then he turned the animal
horse went direct to the stable, and
this was the first intimation that any
one received that anything was wrong
The murder, according to Blixt, was
committed shortly after o'clock, and
as soon as he got into the buggy lay
ward walked to the Hennepin-avenue
car line and then took the daughter OF
prominent lawyer to the theater
Blixt claims that the murder was
originally fixed for the proceed ing Sat
urday night, but circumstances were
such that it had to be abandoned.
Hayward was to slug Miss Cling with
a piece of railroad iron which Blixt
had provided. The body was to have
been thrown out near the curb at
street corner, the horse turned loose
and the buggy wrecked for the pur-
pose of giving color to the theory that
the woman had been killed in a run
away. This plan, SO Blixt says, could
be notcarried out successfully, and 1t
was decided to shoot her.
Blixt tells of several other jobs
which had been proposed by Hayward
but which fell through, and says that
after this job, for which he was to re-
seive So, 600, or one-fifth of the life in
surance involved, he was to receive
$500 for doing" a Chicago man.
Ole Erickson, who took the bundle
of clothingto Iowa Falls, is believed
to have been a dupe, and it is expected
that he will be released from custody
to-day.
Blixt last night told story to the
effect that Harry Hayward wanted his
assistance in disposing of the father
and mother of a young woman in Mime
apolis whom he wanted to marry and
secure her property.
The Truth at Last-Blixt Confesses HIM
self the Murderer.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 10.-About
midnight last night Blixt made an
other confession in which he said that
he himself committed the murder.
Haywood had interested Miss Cling in
green-goods business and drove with
her from the West house, until they
reached the corner of Hennepin and
Franklin avenues, about two miles
from where the murder was COM
mitted. There they met BliXt, whom
Haywood pushed into the buggy with
instructions to drive to where they
would meet Hayward, who would have
the goods with him.
Previous to that Hayward had in
| duced Miss Cling to entrust what money
| she had, Blixt did not know how
| much, to him.
Blixt and Miss Cling drove around
the end of the lake, and Miss Cling be-
came anxious and began to ask about
| Hayward. When they reached the
scene of the murder she was looking
out the side of the buggy, and while in
| this position Biixt shot her.
He drove about the country about an
| hour, and when he was satisfied that
| she was dead he threw the body out
| and went home.
Blixt also tells wild story about be-
| ing engaged by Hayward to set fire tc
| the Ozark flats. Blixt had been told
| by Hayward to take Miss Ging's seal
skin cloak and after a few weeks pawn
| it to give color to the theory that Miss
| Cling had been robbed.