Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-17
Denies in Court Guilt of the Cling
Murder.
THE PROSECUTION MUCH DISAPPOINTED
Had Expected Quite the Oppo-
site.
HARRY HAYWARD'S CASE

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December H.
Claus A. Blxt, the self-confessed murderer
of Catherine Cling, was arraigned in the
district court today and In a weak voice
pleaded mot guilty" r. X. Odell appeared
for him, BliXt having refused to see the
attorneys appointed by the court to under
take his case.
The case was set for trial January Z, in
spite Of Odells demand that 1T be not set
earlier than January %. Blixt was pic
ture Of misery in court and seemed scarce
ly able to stand
When Blixt stood up at the bar and his
attorney entered the plea of not guilty,
County Attorney Nye was much taken
aback. He spoke sharply TO the prisoner
and asked him If he understood what he
was doing.
Bike seemed dazed, but finally said. half
defis,ntly, that ne did. Mr.. Nye was there
fore forced to face the probability OF the
trial of the case, where he had expected a
plea of guilty. BliXt made no explanation
of his actions and the state asked none:
Harry Hayward will be arraigned in the
same court at $50 this afternoon. This
hour Is chosen to avoid the curious crowd.
which has been watching for the arraign-
ment for several days.
The defense will be on the plea Of tenn
pcrary insanity, brought on by the use OF
alcoholic stimulants given by another for
the purpose of provoking the deed. Mr.
Odell claims to have medical testimony
which will bear out this theory.
Hayward. he claims, was unable to Sc
cure the services Of Blixt in the fearful
crime until he had filled him with a pint
of whisky, taken almost at one dose. He
intends to show that alcohol had a Graz
ing effect ordinarily on BliXt, and that in
this case the effect was more than ordi-
nary. His past history shows that whisky
affects him so as to make him temporarily
insane, he claims. With the defense Blixt
noV hn ofo faI
against Hayward, and that story will be in
line with his own defense. and yet will
blacken Hayward more than ever. The
blacker he paints Hayward the better his
own case will appear.
All hope of Hayward, therefore, that
Blixt will not testify against him has prac-
tically fled, for it will be Blixts aim TO
have Hayward tried first and convicted, IL
possible, and this will let him off with
perhaps a second or, as the attorneys be-
lieve, third degree verdict.
An afternoon paper says:
The latest development in the Cling
murder case is the discovery OF evidence
that leads lawyers to believe that Harry
Hayward is the western agent of a green
goods combination, whose headquarters are
at New York, with principal branch at
Chicago.
The first clew to this was given by one
of the members of the gang, whose con-
science was quickened by the murder OF
Catherine Ging.~ A day after the murder,
resides at Auburn, NY, received an anony-
nous letter from New York city, stating
that her sister had been murdered. and
that she had better have the matter in
vestiga ted. A search, the letter intimated,
would bring the facts to light in the case
and the guilty parties to justice.
The tone of the letter as well as several
hints therein, leads the authorities to be-
lieve that II the murder had not been
solved as quickly as il was the writer
would have furnished evidence enough to
lead to the truth of the affair. In fact,
the authorities of New York did take up
the clew offered by the letter, and, fol-
lowing 1t up, discovered that the writer
was member OF a green goods gang
which had been operating extensively.
What additional facts the officers dis
covered have been kept secret, but it has
been learned that the connection of Harry
Hayward with this organization has been
of long standing, and that in his series of
escapades in various parts of the country
Hayward has handled a large amount of
the fictitious cash successfully enough to
gain the entire confidence of the gang
The money which Catherine Cling obtain
cd from Hayward just prior to her death
will be shown to have been Q portion of the
green goods which passed into her pos
session from Hayward, who afterward
found IT necessary to put his victim out
of the way to prevent exposure
The authorities do not claim that this
was the main cause of Miss Ging's re-
moval, but that t was a factor which