The herald., 1894-12-10
Another Confession of the
Murder.
Janitor Blixt Fired the Fatal
Shot.
He First Stated that Hayward Did
the Shooting.
Then He Retracted and Admitted That
He Himself Committed the
Crime 1t Hayward's
Inztigation.

MINNEAPoL1s, Dec. ell the comics
sion voluntarily made BY Blixt, the jan
itor of the Ozark fats, in the presence OF
Mayor Eustis, the county attorney and
the chief of police today is true. Harry
Hayward fred the shot that killed
Catherine Cling and Blixt assisted him
in disposing of the body. Blixt told Of
his first conversation with Hayward
bopt one month before the murder. 1t
was in regard to the holding up or kills
ing OF Chicago man who had loaned
Hayward $400, the object being to re-
gain possession OF any paper which the
man might have as an evidence of Hay
wards Indebtedness.
Blixt's ignorance prevents him from
giving an intslligible idea Of just what
the transaction was to be, further than
that there WAS to be q hold up or a
murder. Hayward proposed to send
Bllxt to Chicago and 10 have him re-
turn from that city when he was wanted.
Blixt rstuned to 90 into it and gave that
Hayward went to Chicago himself.
Upon returning from Chicago, Hay.
ward broached another scheme to him.
that of setting fire to a barn. He
induced Blixt to commit the act, thus
securing q penitsntiary hold on the
man. 1t waa shortly after this that the
scheme to murder Miss Cling was
broached. Hayward told him she
WAS completely in his power and
that che would do anything he told
her to. When the scheme OF
killing her was mentioned, Hayward
told him that by killing her he would
regain possession of $1,000 which he had
given her, and in addition would make
$4,000, as she had "willed" her liie in
surance to him. He offered Blixt one-
fifth of the amount ii he would com NIT
the deed. Blixs still refused to have
anything to do with the crime and
threatened to quit then then and there.
whereupon Hayward stated he would
do it himself, saying: II would as soon
kill her az would dog"
This was about week ago. In his
confession Blixt makes no reference to
the ride Miss Cling took November 9th.
Hayward's fret plan, after he concluded
to commit the crime himEelf. was out
lined to Blixt. There was in the base
ment I rail about two feet ia length.
Hay ward directed Janitor Blixt to cut
this in two, ststing ho would take Miss
Gi ,g riding and no one would see him
with her. After he struck her
over the head with the iron bar which
he would carry concealed under his coat,
he then intended to throw the body out
of the buggy against curb-stone, etart
his horse on gallop and then tell the
story of runaway accident. He calcu-
lated that the body would appear to
have been thrown from the buggy when
it coilded with the curb.
On Monday night Hayward met Blixt
and by threats and persuasiona and
promises of money, induced him to be q
partner in the crime to the extent oil
aiding in che disposal of the body and
make it easy for Hayward to commit the
crime and return unobservsd into the
city, so that it would appear that by no
possibility could he have been the guilty
party.
Hayward directed Blixt to pro, eed al
7 80 p. m. to the point on the Excelsior
road where the body was found, and
there to await his coming. Blixt fol-
lowed out his instructions to the letter.
He had been at the point designated
about five minutea whom no heard a
shot and saw q carriage approaching.
AS it drew near he recognized Hayward
as the driver. Hayward said to him /:
1T is all done. jump in and drive back
slowly and give me plenty of time to get
back to town, and do not leave her until
you make sure she is dead"
Hayward got out Of tina buggy and
Blixt got in. The woman was on the
left hand side. Blixt did not look at
the woman and the only way he in
fsrred that she was dead was because
she did not move. He drove up the
Excelsior road piece. then, alighting,
started the horse and took q street car
into the city. The horse, hs says,
started off slowly and then broke into q
trot. HAYWARD arrived at the Ozark
fats at 1880 and at 7:45 was ut the
house OF G. J. Bartelson, from where he
took Miss Bartelson to the theater.
Several hours after having made the
above confession. Blixt called the mayor
and chief OF police to his cell and said
that he fred the fatal shot himself. He
then went on to tell that Hayward had
persuaded Miss Cling that green goods
could be easily circulated through ths
medium of her business as dress-
maker. She fell in with the idea, and
when on the night of the murder Hay
ward had told hsr that he had arranged
for her TO meet green goods dealer on
the outskirts sof the city. they star ted
OFF on the ride together. They met
Blixt and Hayward induced her to let
Blixs drive her to the place of meeting,
with the assurances to her that he would
himself follow in another buggy and be
present at the meeting. Blixt then
drove the woman out on the Excelsior
road and shot her. The body was then
disposed OF az stated in the previous
M faaninu