The Helena independent., 1894-12-10
HE TELLSTWO TALES
BlIt Tolls How Hayward Shot Miss Cling
and Then How He Shot Hor
Himself.
BOTH SEEM TO BE EQUALLY GUILTY.


Minneapolis, Dec. On a confession
voluntarily made by BlixL janltor OF
the Ozark Hat, In the presence OF Mayor
Eustis. the county attorney and the
chief of police to-day, rs true. Harry
Hayward fred the shot that Killed
Catharnc Cling. ana Bllxt assisted him
IN disposlng Of the body. BllKt told OF
his first conversation with Hayward,
about "A month before the murder IL
was In regard to either the holding up
or killing OF a Chicago man who had
lonned Hayward 800. the object being
10 regain possession Of any paper which
the man might have as evidence OF
llayward's Indebtedness. Blixt's lgno-
rance prevents him from giving an In
telliglble account OF Just what the trans
actiDn was 10 be, further than that there
was TO be a hold up or murder. Hay
ward proposed To send BHXt 20 Chicago
and have him return from that city
when he was wanted. Bllxt refused To
go Into IL, and says that Hayward went
70 Chicago himself.
Upon returning from Chicago. Hay
ward broached another scheme 10 him,
duced BliNt Ia commit the act, thus Sc
curing pcnitentlary hold on the man.
IL was shortly after this that the
scheme 10 murder Miss Cling was
broached. Hayward told him she was
completely In his power and that she
would do anything he told her to- When
the scheme OF killing her was mention
ed, Hayward told him that by killing
her he would regain possession of ST.
900 which he had given her. and In addi-
tion would make $4,000. as she had
wllled her life insurance 10 him. He
Offered Blixt one-ilfth of the amount
IL he would commit the deed. Bixt still
refused to have anything to do with the
crime and threatened to quit then and
there. whereupon Hayward stated that
he would do Il himself, saying: II
would as soon kill her as ] would n
dog" This was about a week ago.
In his confession Blixt makes no ref
erence to the ride Miss Cling took Nov.
27. Hayward's first plan. after he con-
cluded TO commit the crime himself
was outlined TO BiNt. There was in
the basement II rail about two feet
I'm length. Hayward directed the jani-
tor 10 cut this In two. stating that he
would take Miss Cling 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 the curbstofie, start the horse
on gallop, and then tell story Of a
runaway accident. He calculated the
body would appear 10 have been thrown
from the buggy when it collided with
the curbstOne.
on Monday night Hayward met Blixt
and by threats and persuasiOns and
promises OF money induced him 10 be
partner In the crime 10 the extent OF
aiding In disposing of the body and
make IL easy for Hayward 10 commit
the crime and return unobserved into
the city. Hayward directed Blixt TO
proceed at 1850 y. m. To the point on the
Excelsior road where the body was
found, and there TO await his coming.
Blixt followed out his instructions Ia
the letter. He had been at the point
designated about ilve minutes when he
heard shot and saw a carriage ap-
preaching. As IL drew up he recognized
| HAYWARD as the driver Hayward said
to him: ITS 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 ls
dead"
HAYWARD got out OF the DuBBN anu
BIixt got in. Blixt did not look at the
woman and the only way that he In
ferred that she was dead was because
she did not move. lie drove up En-
ceIslor road, then alighting, started the
horse and took street car into the
city. The horse. he says, started OFT
slowly and then broke into trot, Hay
ward arrived at Ozark fats at 1880 and
at I:45 was at the house of G. j. Rartel-
son. from where he took Miss Bartclson
to the theater.
Several hours after having made the
above confession Blixt called the mayor
and chief of police to his cell and said
he fired the fatal shot himself. lie then
went ON To tell that Hayward had per
sunded Miss Cling that green goods
could easily be circulated through the
medium of her business as drrssmaker.
She fell in with The idea and on the
night of the murder Hayward had told
her that he had arranged FOR her 10
meet "A green goods dealer on the out
skirts of the city. They started OFT on
A ride together They met BliNt hnd
HAYWARD Induced her TO let BliNt drive
her To the place OF meeting. with the
assurance to her that he would himself
follow Immediately in another buggy
and be present at the meeting, l'liNt
then drove the woman out On the EN-
ccIsinr road and shot her. The body
was then disposed of AS stated IN the
previous confession.