The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-12-15
THE PLOT REVEALED.

The confession OF the slayer OF Catne-
rine Cling has justified the statements
made by The IRISH STANDARD last week
Blixt has told enough to avenge the
blood OF the murdered girl. Coward and
tool in the hands OF another he has
helped to fasten the rope around his own
neck. It is unpleasant to speak of the
horrible deed, the details OF which have
been written again and again. Blixt,
too weak and cowardly to keep his own
company, was forced to tell omething
of the crime, but while rehearsing the
details was SO depraved that he deliber
ately lied, although the falsehood could
not possibly benefit him.
He acknowledges that he has been
an agent of crime, that he has
burned buildings for the same dastardly
principal for whom he dared to take hu-
man life. He says he could not resist
the power of Hayward. 1t is not to be
wondered at that the wretch has shown
himself to be a crouching coward devoid
of the least spark OF N " al principle In
wickednes5 be is only surpa ssed by his
calculating principal For pure de OIL
isbness--in conception and execution
we have never read of anything that sur
passes it. None of the great passions
were called into play There was no
wrath, jealousy or hatred. The life OF
an unsuspecting, defsnseless woman be-
came the object Of m oaey considera-
ton.
To kill q human being for pay has at
all times been held to b. SO atrocious a
crime as to deserve punishment of ex-
ceptional severity, Illegitimate gain
may beobtained by simple crimes against
another mans property, such as theft,
larceny or forgery. To obtain it by hon.
icide, while the victim would have been
quite ready to sacrifice property in order
to escape death, is always proof of the
deepest depravity.
Theirs are probably no other criminals
to be compared in point OF moral perVer-
sion to such a monster as Hayward, who
actually made it the objsct OF study and
even consulted professional skill as to
the quickest way to cause the death OF
his victim with whom, by most accom-
plished hypocrisy, he kept up friendly
relations to the moment OF her violent
death. Not content with killing his vic.
tim Hayward, braggart like, incriminates
himself and assails the character OF the
dead woman. He would have disgusted
and enraged community believe that he
had had illicit relations with Catherine
Cling. But the examination Of the dead
body then the only witness for it's de-
parted soul, silently gave back to him
the infamous lie. THIS incident alone
stamps him as dsspicable coward. But
after all the less said about such charac-
ters the better. Such criminals should
be legally disposed of with the least pos
sibls delay. The spirit Of our laws-the
result of two thousand years of Christi
anity and two Thousand more of learn
ing--is not revenge, but protection.
Such morstrosities as the murelerers Of
Catherine Cling the law looks upon as in
open rebellion against the human race
and treats them as barnacles apon CON-
munity, to be Topped off as dead limb
from tree. But in the spirit of justice
let us not be uncharitable Our laws
furnish sufficient redress and our courts
ara able and willing to apply them.
To young mon and women there is a
lesson in that awful tragedy. The disre-
gard of religion in homes, the luxury of
our civilization, the struggle for wealth
and social position, the pursuit of sensu-
GUS qualification, are powerful factors
which disintegrate character. Surround
cd by those conditions and actuated by
those motives there is no depth to which
human nature may not descend. From
the life of that lovely and unfortunate
woman young women should learn to
shrink from everything dark and con-
cealed.