The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-10

6eu1Ass
v,,yr.poLIs, MISx., Dec. e,-Adry A.
u,,r.rd, under arrest for the murder
= catherine Cling, whose dead body
found in a carriage uearthis city on
~. Monday. has made a confession.
g,ryI. Hayward, his brother, planned
a.. rirps murder, and @. A. Blixt. an
',,ipser, killed her. This, a. least, is
mi The police say. aud acting on this
s.Iist they arrested and locked up Blixt
nd. man named Erickson, whom they
h,li.ye TO be an accomplish. After
s,mmi.sing the deed BIixt returned to
n. city and disposed of some OF his
.l,,bips to Erickson next morning for
T.,, Falls, Iowa, and there had the
iiS",Sinr washed. He returned TO Min.
s ..'noIls and sold some Of the clothing
w." ~ ssnaWnbroker on Washington avenue
'"or,h The remainder was burned in
, liz irrnare OF the Ozark flats. The mo.
.;s Y far the crime way the securing OF
,Ss in,urauce on Miss Ging's life.
iiter an hours conference, in which
Sheriff Eye, Detective Hoy, Superin-
, 1 Smith and the district attorney
,oot tT ua.t at the West hotel. a detective
~. ssn, for Blixt aud his wife, whom
,hs notice had located. They were ques-
toned S aud later Sheriff Eye said to the
newspaper men:
ARREST OF BLfXT.
ave have the man who did the shoot
IN, and are going to arrest him in
law minutes. @. A. BIixt is that mau."
D.,sctive Hoy took Blixt in a hack to
the lookup. Upon the arrival there he
VA. locked up on a charge OF murder.
and Hoy returned to the hotel. Just as
bs arrived Erickson was taken to the
lookup. The charge OF murder was also
entered against him.
Il appears that the scheme to get the
Insurance on Misc Ging's life was
bruached by Harry HAYWARD to Adry
HAYWARD, and that-the latter ATTEMPTED
Ddis.uale his brother from the CON-
mission OF such bloody crime. For a
time no thought he had succeeded:
Butanal1y when he became convinced
that Harry was determined he went to
AMI Stewart, who has been more than
afriend to the family, and told him OF
the plot. Stewart took no stock in tho
story at first, but afterward commun;.
Gated with the authorities. Working
upon this information. the officers fer
relied out the mystery.
Adry Hayward's confession is only
IS 10 the events preceding the murder.
il 10 evident he knew nothing Of how
i.occurred. His confession shows that
prior to the murder Harry had ar.
ragged all the details of the loans, the
evidence and the life insurance in such
amanner that it would appear to the
public afterward that it was all open
and above board. Time after time
Harry made appeals to Adry, but the
latter always told he never could carry
Outsuch sheme as getting rid OF q CIR!
without hanging for it.
Harry grew angry at Adry's repeated
opposition, aud finally threatened to
murder him If he resisted. Harry's
visit to Adry's apartments on the night
Of the murder was TO warn him to place
himself so that he could prove an alibi.
This Adry did. Harry Hayward's apart
inents, suite of rooms on the third
floor Of the Ozark building, were search.
ed this morning. Several spots OF blood
we're discovered on the floor OF q closet
adjoining the room in which Harry
slept. The officers confiscated a satchel
containing lot OF clothes belonging TO
the engineer, and it ia thought the
clothes worn by the murderer OF Cath.
crime Cling were among the contents OF
the satChel.
HAYwARD's CONFESSION.
Adry Hayward was taken to st. Paul
i0t saFe.kesping. He is expected to
make written confession OF the whole
pOtthere. 1t was in the district attor.
ney'. Office, and when confronted by
Stewart, that Ardy broke down and
confessed. He turned to County Attor-
ney Hall and said: II will tell you the
whole story" He did so, and it GOV.
cred his knowledge OF the plot from
near the time it was conceived. The
plot was !or Blixt and Erickson to do
the actual murder, As Adry under
stood it, Miss Cling was decoyed into be.
ing delivered over 10 BIixt's hands, and
BlIxt was to kill her and Erickson to
assist in hiding the clothes, or what
ever was necessary. No one was per-
mItted to see the Hayward boys except
'belr attorneys and relatiYes.
harry Hayward was greatly affected
by the news broken to him at the Jail
that his brother had confessed, but he
asserts innocence. He said Adry might
think he was telling the truth, but lie
was not Bixrs clumsy attempt to ar
range an alibi after the murder has
been thoroughly looked up and the alibi
exploded. 1t is understood that the
authorities believe that Miss Cling was
Iured to her death by a confidence
game. allied in nature to the gold brick
,sTihdie She was robbed OF her money
besides being killed for her life insur.
ance. This theory explains the three
tde', and the mystery which she sur
rounded Tor actions.