St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-11
A DEEP-DYEO VILLAIN.
City Of Minneapolis Has a Poor
Opinion OF Her Prince Of
Murdepers.
LYNCHING is TALKED OF.
Several Great Crimes Of
Which the Scoundrel Hay
Have Been Guilty.
GRAND JURY IN SESSION.
Denial Of the Rumor That
Hayward Is Pretending to
Be a Lunatic.
.YNCHING is TALKED OF.
GRAND JURY IN SESSION.

The Catherine Cling murder is still
the topic of conversation in the Flour
| city. There are no longer any theories,
| and 1.-The man with the clue" has disap-
| pPared. The people now discuss the
awful disclosures made by the cowardly
assassin BliXt in awe-struck tones. 1t
/ is, however, conceded on all hands
that of the two Harry Hayward is the
| deeper-dyed villain, and people are loud
in their expressions of hope that he will
not escape the gallows. That it was
wise precaution TO remove the fiepd
from beyond the limits OF Minneapolis
| there is no doubt. At no time would it
be difficult to secure a mob OF sufficient
magnitude to break down the doors, or
even walls of the county Jail, and drag
him to his just deserts in Judge
Lynch's court.
1t is expected that there will be
developments to prove that he has been
in some way connected with a great
of the country. 1t is said that he had
something to do with The murder of
young Hatcher last summer, for
which crime the brother was
tried and acquitted. The burning
of the mill at Hamel, upon
which Catherine Cling held a mortgage,
ic aIc fn hIS
it is hihted that he knows more about
the murder of Lena Olson, on the shore
of the lake at Duluth, than he cares to
tell 1t is proved that he was an inti-
mate friend of A. A. Austin, who is
supposed to be the man who committed
the deed, and that the two divided the
poor girls 5000 between them.
The Beckford Murder.
A rumOr comes from the East that Hay.
ward was possibly connected with the
mysterious murder of Hattie NJ. Beck
ford year ago last fall, in little town
in Rhode Island. The peculiar part Of
it all is that E. J. Sturtzel, the assistant
city clerk, met him in New York city
about the time of the mur-
der. He was apparently endeavor-
ing to kill time, and remarked
when be met Mr.. Sturtzel that he was
willing to go any place to pass away the
time. The latter said he was going to
Hartford to make a visit, his parents
living there. Hayward said, if there
was no objection. he would go along,
and there of course being none that Mr..
Sturtzel could raise, he took the train
with him for Hartford
Mr.. Sturtzel remained in Hartford
eight days, and when he left Hayward
was still there. He apparently knew
no person there. and wandered around
the city in listless fashion. The MUIR
| der OF Hattie Beckford, it appears, was
mysterious one. She was lured from
her home one evening aud the next
morning her dead body was discovered
lying by the side of a country road.
Her throat was cut from ear to ear.
The grand jury yesterday afternoon
took up the matter of the murder of
Catherine Cling. The various witnesses
| were on hand, and during the entire
afternoon the jury was busy listening to
the evidence adduced by County Attor-
ney Nye. Among those brought before
the jury were the detectives who have
been working on the case; Coos
man, the liveryman, whose buck
skin horse was hired by Cath
erlne to carry her to her doom:
Paul Born, the messenger boy, who
carried the note Oh the fatal Monday
morning that lured the young woman
| into the hands of the aSsasSins: Elder
| Stewart I, to whom Adry Hayward out
lined the plan of murder three DAYS be-
fore It's consummation; Assist ant Coun-
ty Attorney Hall, Mayor Eustis and
Supt. of Police Smith. The jury did
not complete its work. When the
meeting was adjourned in the evening
| Mayor Eustis was requested TO be on
hand again this morning at O'Clock.
There is scarcely any doubt but in
| dictments for murder in the first degree
Will be found against Blixt, the two
| Haywards and perhaps Erickson. Yes
terday morning it was thought advisa-
bic to release Erickson, but Assistant
| County Attorney Hall concluded that he
| had better be detained at least for dav
! or two.
Everybody Interested.
Interest in the case when it comes to
trial will be at high pitch, and it is
quite probable that a change of venue
will be taken to st. Paul on account of
the intense feeling against the Hay
wards in this city. 1t is understood that
| chip Erwin is to be retained by the
| defense, and the case will be fought
| from start TO finish over every inch of
/ ground. AS the case was taken up
before the grand jury yesterday after
noon and County Attorney Nye had his
evidence all ready to present, it is prob
able that the indictments will be re-
turned tonight at least against Blixt.
and Harry and Adry Hayward. What
connection Erickson had with the case
does not yet appear, and, while the au-
thorities do not believe that he was in
any way connected with it. he was
nevertheless be held, at least until the
return of Inspector Stavlo from Iowa
Falls.
He Is Not Insane.
Sheriff Eye and others connected
with the case deny emphatically the
rumor that Harry Hayward is feigning
insanity. While Harry has begun to