The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-10
HAYWARD SHOT HER.
Engineer Blixt Confesses His
Share in Miss Ging's Murder.
HAYWARD WAS DRIVING WITH HER
After Shooting Her We Gave the Corpss
Co Hired Man ard Went To ths
The.ter with Another Girl.

wr,sEA porrs, Dec. a.-Etii another con-
ses.iou hss been made in the Catherine
ding murder casa IL has been the theory
IF the notice that C. A. Biixt, the engineer
sf the Ozark fats, where both Miss Iing
and Harry resided. committed the murder
at the insligation OF Hayward. Today
nlirt broke down aud made complete
confession. In which he charges Harry
HAYWARD with committing ths murder.
According 10 bis story. be was sent oy
Harvard 10 the scene Of the murder
Hardly had be arrived there than Hay
ward drove up with Miss Olng- hen
within fifty feet OF him the shots were
cred and Hayward alighted from Tue
bugxy. 'sThe deed Is done, said be, get
in and drive around until u IS
dead. and then dump IL out" Blixt took
Havward's place IN the buggy and drove
along the road FOR about mile. until he
became satisfied that Miss Cling waa dead.
Then he drove back. and when near the
place where the murder was committed ne
rolled the body In the robe aud pushed u
out Of the buggy and into the road. lie
then drove the horse about a milo, until
he reached the Lyndals avenue car hne-
Then be turned the animal loose ana rode
in a car down town. The horse went
direct TO the stable. and this las the hrss
tntimatiou any one received that anything
was wrong.
The murder. according 20 Blixt. wac
committed shortly after o'clock, and as
soon an BiiUt got into the buggy Hay
ward walked 10 the Hennepin avenue car
line and then took Miss Barteison,
daughter of prominent lawyer,
10 the thegter. Blixt claims that
the murder was originally liked
for the preceding Sunday night. bat
circumstances were such that IL had 10 be
abandoned. Hayward was 20 slug" Miss
Cling With piece Of railway iron which
Blixt had provided, the body was TO be
thrown out near the curb At
street corner. the horse turned
loose and the buggy wrecked, for
the purpose Of giving color TO the
theory that the woman had been killed IN
a runaway This plan, SO Blist says,
could not be carried out successfully. and
IL was decided 10 shoot her. Biixt tells OF
several other Jobs which had been pro-
posed by Hayward, but which fell through.
aud says that after this job. tor which he
was to receive 5000. or one-tfth of the
life-insurance involved. he was TO receive
500 for doing" Chicago man.
When Biixt first refused to have any
thing 90 do with the crime. and threatened
10 Quit then and there. Hayward stated he
would do il himself. saying: II would as
soon kill her as / would dog.
Several hours after having made the
above confession Biixt called the mayor
and chief of police to his coll, and said
that he fred the fatal shot himself. lie
then went on TO tell that Hayward had
persuaded Miss Cling that green goods
could be easily circulated through the
medium OF her business as dressmaker.
She fell in with the idea. and on the
night OF the murder Hayward told her
that he had arranged for her meet
a green goods man on the out
skirts Of the city. They started of
on a ride together. They met Blixt.
and Hayward induced her to let
B!ixt drive her 20 the place Of meet
ing, with the assurance 10 her that
he would himself follow Immediately in
another buggy and be present at the meet
ing. Blixt then drove the woman out on
the Excelsior road and shot her. The
body was then disposed of as stated in the
previous confession.
Ole Erickson, who took the bundle of
clothes to Iowa Falls. is believed TO have
been dups. aud IL is expected that he will
DO released from custody tomorrow.