The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-12-11
HAYWARD A HYPNOTIST
His Remarkable Control Over His
Companions in Crime,
THE PRISONERS INDIFFERENCE.

Singing and Laughing in the Corridor Of
the County Jail at st. PauI-He Dcnouncos
the Confession of Blixt as "a "FalSe from
Top to Bottom"
MINNEAPoLIs, Dec. 11.-Claus A. Blixt,
the confessed murderer of Catherine Cling.
is n pitiable object Now that the awful
secret which he held has been revealed, he
seems utterly shattered The tears
course down his checks in an unending
fashion Every few minutes he sends for
Chief Of Police Smith, whom he seems to
regard as the only friend he has on earth,
and breaks out into lamentations over his
hard fate
The belief is growing that Harry Hay
ward made use of hypnotism TO gain so
strong an influence over his tools and vic
tins. Claus Blixt says he did. He told
the officers that Harry had controlled him
with hypnotic power, as he also did Miss
Cling. The murderer shuddered when he
made this statement, and appeared to
stand in mortal terror of Harry even then.
With gestures of the hands he illustrated
the means Harry used to hypnotize girls.
He said whenever Harry told him to do
anything and he refused, he would make
a few passes at him with his hands, and
the result was that he did whatever Harry
told him.
The time he fired the barn Harry, he
said, threatened to kill him if he did not
obey his command "He looked through
me with those eyes and went and set fire
to the barn without saying another word, 3"
said Blixt, quiveringly "On the morning
after the fire he made me sign a paper say
ing that hatf set fire to the barn. Isirned
my name to the paper, and after that
whenever he wanted me to do things for
him he showed me the paper and threat
enod to send me TO saltwater for ten wears
if rpfu.pd
Itis now remembered that Adrv Hay
yyar8. thp brother i'm his confession al
ludcl t8 the tgr-ibls influence Harry had
over him. an influence not entirely OF fear.
He couIl NOT eyDlaip IT, but pave the inn
1,ras-ior fhat it was almost in,nossible for
him ID. resist Harrv's wishes when they
were pressed uDon him If is known that
Harry had wonderful Influence over the
dpod girl. She did ANYTHING he told her
TO do with implicit confidence. and he
oftar h,gstad to Adrv that tbe girl vould
do evoctIv ne he told her to do
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