St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-09
MYSTERY IN A LETTER.
The HaywardS Believed to Be
Guilty Of Several Other
Grimes.

The confession of Adry A. Hayward
in the early hours of Saturday morning
that his brother Harry had planned the
murder of Catherine Cling, created
profound sensation in Minneapolis yes
rerday. Every scrap OF news was eager
ly devoured. and the most intense satis-
faction was expressed on all sides that
the deviIish assassin was known and
scarcely an exaggeration to say that
thousands of people neglected their
daily aYOcatiOns to revel in
the gruesome details of the story
of the atrocious crime. The con-
feSsion duplicates not only Harry Hay
ward, the chief conspirator. but his
poor dupe, Claus A. Blixt, ianitor of the
Ozark flats. and Ole Erickson. who bears
e workhouse brand. Adry himself has
confessed to knowledge which will
prove very damaging to him in court
Of justice. as be Informed Elder Levi
n. Stewart of his brothers. hellish de-
signs on Miss Ging's life three days be-
fore the murder. Mrs. Blxt. wife of
the janitOr, will be called upon to explain
many mysterious matters in connection
with her husbands mysterious move
ments last Monday night. This woman,
however, confessed that her husband
was away from home between and
o'clock. The circumstances which led
up to Adry's horrible confession were
manifold and intricate.
When first placed under arrest he be-
haved in a cold and careless manner,
and exhibited a nerve which the police
declare to have been wonderful. He
fairly outplayed his brother in the role
of innocence. He was for hours sub
jected to the most persistent question
ing, but to no avail. He took shelter
under the convenient subterfuge that
he did not know the woman, and knew
absolutely nothing of his brothers. rela.
tions with her. When the prisoners
were removed to the county Jail Friday
morning they were placed in the same
cell. During the evening Sheriff Eye
felt impelled to make another attempt
to break his silence. His efforts, how
ever. were unavaiing, and It was not
until long after midnight that the
damning proofs of his brothers. guilt
were forced from him. At that hour
the unfortunate man was ushered into
the office of Elder Stuart, in the Kasota
block, the spot where but few days
before he had communicated his broth.
er's scheme to murder Catherine Cling.
He was there confronted by Elder
Stewart, the very man to whom he had
betrayed
Ezis Brothers vi urderOus Plot.
The county officials were present and
also the police officials. 1t had been
arranged with Mr.. Stewart that he
should be al his office. The hour was
late, and the mans environments we're
peculiarly painful. He-was led into the
room by Assistant County Attorney
Hall, and a moment of intense anxiety
AbiAOHCN' " lAOH llC CduSIi SlSHI OI tuO
Well-knoWn features CT Elder Stewart
the cool Indifference which has charac-
teriZed his actions since the arrest was
shocked into something like nervous
ness.
But he did net give up without a
struggle. He became confused, but
persisted in his deniaIs. The spectacle
was a pitiful one when Elder Stewart
said calmly:
"It's no use, Adry; there is no use to
quibble. 1t will be much better for
you to tell the truth as you told it to me
In this very ROOM"
All eyes were on Hayward, who hesi-
tated for few seconds, and finally said,
with great bitterness:
you're right Pm done. Pll tell you
The whole story"
Hayward's whole demeanor at this
time showed that he had no longer any
heart TO keep up. Every artifice known
TO trained detectives had beer exhaust
ed on him many hours previously, and
the strain had told upon him. He had
been told. even before their arrest, that
BlIXt and Erickson had confessed every
thing. Every species of cunning had
been employed to trap him into some
,atal admission. When at last he was