The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-12-10
.HAYWARD'S AWFUL DEED
HoU 30 Lufsd Cathslils Cling to
Hsr Dsath.
HE'S A FlEND lNCARNATE
Bilxt Fired the Fatal Shot-He Was
Hired to Do 1.-THE Whole
shocking story Told BY
the Murderer.

voluntarily made by Biixt, tho janior Of
tho Ozark Hat, In tho presence Of Mayor
Eust,s, the county attorney. aud the chief
OF police to-day. 10 true, Harry Hayward
fired the shot and killed Catherine Cling,
body. Blixt told Of his first conversation
with Hayward, about month beforo the
murder. 1t was in regard to either hold.
ing up or the killing OF Chicago man
who loaned Hayward sloo, the object be-
Ing TO regain possession OF any paper
which tho man might have ~ evidence Of
Hayward's Indebtedness.
Biixrs ignorance prevents him from
giving an intelligible idea of just what
the transaction was to bc. further than
that there was to be q holdup or murder.
Hayward proposed to send Bllxt to Chi.
cago and have him return from that city
when he was wanted. Blixt refused to 20
into IL and says that Hayward went to
Chicago himself.
Upon returning from Chicago, Hay.
ward broached another scheme to him,
that OF setting fire to barn. He induced
Blixt to commit the oct, thus securing
penitentiary hold on tho man. II was
shortly after this that the scheme to mur.
der Miss Cling vas broached.
Hayward told how she was completely
In his power, and that she would do any.
thing he told her to do. Whom tho scheme
Of killing her was mentioned, Hayward
told him that by killing her ho would re.
gain possession Of 5000 which be had
gwen hor. and In addition would make
$4,000, - she had ''willed" her life insur.
ancc to him. He offered Blixt one.flfth
Of tho amount IL no would commit the
deed.
Blixt still refused to have anything to
do with tho crimo and threatened TO quit
then and there, whereupon Hayward
stated he would do Il hlmself, saying. III
would - soon kill her - I would dog"
This was about . week ago.
In bis confession Blixt makes no refer.
ence to tho ride Miss Cling took Nov. q.
Hayward's first plan, after he concluded
to commit the crime himself was outlined
to Biixt. There was In the basement .
1T" rail about two feet In length. Hay.
ward directed the janitor to cut this In
two, stating he would take Miss Cling rid.
M khu no one would see him with her.
After he had struck her over the head
with an iron bar, which he would carry
concealed under his coat, hs then iutsn.
ded to throw tho body out OF the buggy
against curb stone, start his horse on q
gallop, and then tell tho story Of 0 run.
away accident. He calculated the body
would appear to have been thrown from
the buggy when 1t collided with the curb.
On Monday night Hayward met Blixt
and, by threats aud persuasions and
promises Of money, induced him to be .
partner in the crime TO the extent Of aid.
ing In the disposal OF tho body and to
make IL easy for Hayward to commit tho
crime aud return unobserved into the
city. Hayward directed Biixt to proceed
st 7:30 O'Clock p. m. to the point
ON the Excelsior road where tho
body was found and there 10
await his coming. Biixt followed
out bis instructions to the letter. Ho had
been at the point designated about i've
minutes when hs heard shot and saw
carriage approaching. AZ Il drew up he
recognised Hayward as the driver. Hay.
ward said to him: ats all done. Jump
In and drive back slowly aud g.ve the
plenty Of time TO get back to town, and do
not leave her until you mako suro sho "
dead"
Hayward got out Of the buggy and Blixt
got In. Blixt did not look at tho woman
and tho only way that ho inferred that sue
was dead was because she did not move.
He drove up the Excelsior road then,
alighting, started tho horse and took .
street car into tho city. Tho horse. he
says, started of slowly and then broke
into Q trot.
Hayward arrived at Ozark fats at 7:3o
o'clock. and at 7:i5 o'clock was at the
house Of Z. J. BArtelson from whsre ho
took Miss Bartelson 10 the thsater.
Several hours after having maio the
above confession Blixt called the mayor
aud chief Of police 10 his coll and said no
fired the fatal shot himself. He
then went on to tell that Hayward had
persuaded Miss Ging that green
goods could easily bo circulated
through tho medium OF her busines . As
dressmakcr. She fell in with the idea,
and tho night Of the murder Hayward had
told her that he had arranged for her to
meet . green goods dealer on tho out
skirts of tho city. They started oil
on tho ride together. They met
BlixA and Hayward induced her to lot
Biixt drive her to tho place of the meeting
with tho assurance to her that he would
himself Immediately follow in another
buggy and b, present ut tho meeting.
Blixt then drove the woman out on Ex.
celsior road lul shot her. The body was
then disposed of as stated in his previous
confession.