The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-14
TALE OF BLOOD.
Engineer Blixt COnfeSSeS to
the Murder of the Minne-
apOliS Milliner.
PROMISED $4,000 FOR THE JOB,
Details of the Awful Crime
With Hayward as Chief
ConSpiratOr.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 10.-Claus Blixt
has made a confession that demon
strates beyond REPUTATION that Harry
Hayward stands foremost in the annals
of crime. He is an arch fiend in the
guise Of human shape, man utterly
devoid of sensibility, whose hearts
blood is like to that of fish, veritable
monster, and the Hennepin county au-
thorities were wise when they removed
him beyond the corpor alton limits OF
Minneapolis. Blixt, by his confession,
establishes beyond a doubt that Harry
Hayward instigated the murder, and
that Blixt fired the fatal shot and hur.
ried back to the city.
Blixt confesses that he killed Cathar-
inc Cling himself, and that Hayward
planned the crime. Several weeks be-
fore the murder he says Hayward came
to him and preached the matter. 1t
was first proposed that Hayward kill
her, and Blixt should
Make Away With the Remains
after the murder. But when the fatal
night arrived Hayward's coward heart
asserted itself and it was decided that
Blixt should kill her. The affair had
been carefully discussed, and Hayward
had informed the engineer exactly how
to fire the shot.
On Monday Blixt took car on the
Hennepin avenue line, getting off at
Kenwood boulevard on Lowry hill.
Arrangements had been previously
made whereby he was to meet Hay
ward there, and in a short time he
heard him whistle. They stopped to
converse for few moments, and, as
per arrangement, Catherine Cling drew
up in carriage. Hayward had made
the woman believe she was to meet
some person who could furnish ''green
goods" and consequently she
Had All Her Money With Her.
When she drove up she asked Hay
ward if he was ready to go with her,
but he remarked that there was a pos.
sibility of detection if he went along
with her in the carriage. Blixt, he
said, would drive her to the appointed
place near Lake Calhoun, and he (Hay-
ward) would take car and meet them.
Accordingly she acquiesced by driv-
ing with the engineer. Hayward left
them and went back to the Ozark, and
from there to Mr.. Bartleson' S residence,
arranging for his alibi. Blixt rode
along until he reached the intersection
of Lake street and Excelsior road.
Catherine appeared uneasy and several
times asked for Harry. Blixt told her
he would soon make his appearance.
She then turned her head to look back,
at the same time remarking that she
thought it queer he did not come. This
was the opportunity Blixt was looking
for. He had his revolver ready. and
Deliberately Shot Her in the Head,
under the ear, just as he had been told
to do by his master. Death was instan-
taneous. The murderer drove on for
about half mile, with the dead woman
by his side, hidden from view by the
buffalo robe, and then turned around
and came back, dropping the body out
of the carriage where it was afterward
found by Erhart. He then returned to
the Ozark, arriving there shortly after
10. Blixt was to receive one-fifth of
the insurance money, which was So, 900,
for his part in the tragedy.
Hayward, he said, discussed the MUIR
der with him for fully four weeks be-
fore the murder was done. He also re-
ferred to the other murders that might
occur. He told Blixt that he had killed
two men, and
Intended to Kill Several More
before the winter was over. He did
not give the names of those he intended
to kill, but told the engineer he would
let him in on the jobs and pay him well
for it.
Hayward, Blixt said, was planning
to burn the Ozark some time during the
winter. It was to be burned for the in
surance, and it did not make any diff
ference if every person in the building
was burned, just so that the job was
well done. Blixt, of course, was to
help do the work and receive pay for it.
The confession as given verbatim was
a dreadful affair and caused the blood
of the listeners to run cold. 1t was
made in the presence of Mayor Eustis,
Assistant County Attorney Hall, In
spector Hoy and Secretary Mannix.
Prison Warden Suicides.
WALLA WALLA, Wash, Dec. 10.-J.