The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-12-14
BLIxTS STORY.
He First Accuses Harry Hayward OF
Miss oing's Murder,
And Tells Of other Deeds Hayward Plan
subsequently Bllnt Took Another
Turn and This Time Confesao That
lie Himself Was the Murderer.

MINNEAPoLrs, MINI, Dec. 0-Still
another confession has been made In
the Catharine Cling murder case. II
has been the theory OF the police that
Theo. Blixt, engineer OF the fats where
both Miss Cling and Harry Hayward
resided, committed the murder at the
iustigution OF Hayward. Sunday Blixt
broke down and made complete con-
fession, In which he charges Harry
Hayward with committing the MUIR
der.
According 10 his story he was sent
By Hayward 10 othe scene ofthe murder.
Hardly had he arrived there when Hay
ward drove up with Miss Cling. When
within fifty feet Of him the shots were
fired, and Hayward alighted from the
buggy.
,.The deed Is done" said he, get in
and drive II around until II is dead and
then dump il OUT
Blixt took llhyward's place In the
buggy and drove along the road for
about mile until he became satisfied
that Miss Cling was dead. Then he
drove back, and when near the place
where the murder was committed,
rolled the the body out Of the buggy
into the road. lie then drove about a
mile until he reached the Lyndale av'
enue car line. Then he turned the an
imal loose and took a car TO town. The
horse went direct 10 the stable, and
this was the first intimation that was
received that anything was wrong.
The murder. according 10 Blixt, was
committed shortly after o'clock, and
as soon ns he got into the buggy Hay
ward walked to the Henntpin avenue
ear line and then took the daughter Of
n prominent lawyer 10 the theater.
lllixt claims that the murder wa
originally Exed for the preceding Sat
urday night, but circumstances were
such that II had TO be abandoned
Hayward was 10 slug Miss Cling with I
piece Of railroad iron which Blixt has
provided. The body was TO have beer
thrown over near the curb at stree
corner. the horse turned loose and th'
buggy wrecked, for the purpose o
giving color 10 the theory that th'
woman had been killed In n runaway
This plan, Blixt said, could not be ear
ricd ont successfully, and II was decid
| "a 10 shoot her.
Blixt tells OF several other job,
which had bcen proposed by Hayward
but which fell through. and says thai
after this job, for which he was TO re
ccive g. 900. or onc-ilfth OF the life in
surance involved he was also to re
ceivc 800 for doing" her
The man who hid the bundle o
clothes Is believed TO have been dup
and will be released from eustod
Monday
Blixt Sunday night told story t
the effect that Harry Hayward wante
his assistance In disposing Of tn
father and mother OF young woma
In Minneapolis, whom he wanted I
marry, TO secure her property.
About midnight Sunday night Bills
made another confession. In which h
said that he himself committed til
murder. Hayward had interested Nil
Cling In green goods business, an
drove with her from the West hous
until they reached the corner OF Her
nepin and Franklin avenues, abou
two miles from where the murder wa
committed. There they met Blk
whom Hayward pushed into the bugg
with instructions to drive where the
would meet Hayward, who would haN
the goods with him.
Previous TO that Hayward had ir
duccd Miss Cling TO intrust what none
she had to him. II is stated that Mi
Cling drove around the end of the LAX
and that she became anxious and b
gan TO ask about Hayward. When the
reached the scene OF the murder 81
was looking out OF the side OF the bul
Ky, and while In this position Bib
Shot her. lie drove about the counti
an hour, and when he was satisfied thu
she was dead, he threw the body OF
and went home.
Blixt also tells wild story aboV
being engaged by Hayward to set fl
TO the Ozark flats. Blixt had been to
. by Hayward to take Miss Ging's sea
/ skin cloak. and after a few weel
pawn II TO give color 10 the theory tn
, Miss Cling had been robbed.
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