The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-12-15
MISS GING's sLAYERs FOUND.
Hayward Planned the Murder, Blixt Die
the Rest.


Minneapolis, Dec, s. II Adry Hay
ward has confessed that Harry 7. Hay
ward planned the murder of Miss Cath
crime Cling, and TIA Blixt, engineer of
the Ozark flats, committed the deed.
Blixt was arrested early this morning
and locked up in the central station.
After committing the bloody deed
BliXt returned to the city and disposed
of some of his clothing to a workhouse
prisoner named Erickson. Ole Erich
son left next morning for Iowa Falls,
Iowa, where his wife is employed in
hotel and there had the clothing wash
ed. He returned to Minneapolis ana
sold some of the clothing to a pawn
broker on Washington avenue, south.
The remainder of the clothing was I'M
doubtedly burned in the furnace at
the Ozark flats. The motive for the
crime was the securing of insurance on
Miss Ging's life,
Last evening the mayor went to the
West hotel and repaired at once to a Sc
cluded room on the top floor, where he
was soon joined by Detective Hoy, who
had in charge Blixt, the engineer For
some time the mayor and the detec-
tives sweated their man, apparently
without success; but soon it was evil
dent that they had struck lead which
they expected to develop well, for they
sent in hot haste for the county attorney.
Then the conference was resumed. Be
fore long Detective Hoy was sent away
in carriage and returned with Blixts
wife. Ole Erickson, who did work
around the Ozark, was introduced into
the circle. Then the court of inquiry
settled down to business, and during the
long session which followed, Sheriff
Eye and a couple of his deputies with
superintendent Smith, put in an ap-
pearance. About 1890 Sheriff Eye
emerged and said: 1--WE have the man
who did the shooting, anG are going to
arrest him in a few minutes. Blixt is
the man." The sheriff returned up
stairs and within five minutes Detective
Hoy had come down, taxing Blixt with
him to the lookup. AS soon as he ar
rived Erickson was taken to the lock-
up. The charge was also entered
against him.
1t appears that the scheme was
preached by Harry Hayward to Adry
Hayward, and that the latter attempted
to dissuade his brother from the com
mission of such a bloody crime. When
he became convinced that Harry was
determined to carry out his scheme, he
went to Mr.. Stewart, who has been more
than a friend to the family and told
him of the plot. Stewart took no stock
in the story. but when he learned of the
crime he at once communicated with
the authorities and informed them of
the story that Adry had told him.
Working upon this information the Off
GERS ferreted out the mystery.
The details are largely to be worked
out. The officers themselves are not
entirely satisfied how the murder was
committed. They are however satisfied
that they have the right parties in
custody. Blixt is said to have been i'm
plicated in the burning of buildings in
the insurance of which the Haywards
were interested, 1t has developed that
Blixt left the flats at o'clock Monday
night and returned at 910. Blixt had
formerly been a driver of a streetcar,
and had a cardrivers overcoat. This
coat he sold to Erickson, he ella inns,
on Saturday. Erickson was in the city
hospital at the time and agreed to pay
S. for it. After getting possession of
the coat Erickson left for Iowa Falls
and while there had the coat washed.
Harry Hayward has apartments on