St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-11
ACQUAINTED WITH HAYWARD
The Two Met and Admired
Each Other in a Gam
bling Room.
WHERE is THIS MAN NOW +?
Harry Hayward May Know
Much More Than He Will
Give Up.

1t is tCld by ST. Paul gambler and
confidence man. who refuses to allow
his identity to be revealed. that Hay
ward either caused the death or disap-
pearance of a st. Paul man something
less than year ago. This gambler,
who is a young man who earns his liv-
Ing by grating and gambling, says he
knows this, for the reason that he was
solicited by Hayward to decoy the man
to an Out-Of-the-way place on the SMELL
ing road, where Hayward or an agent
was TO put bullet in his head. He
refused absolutely to have anything to
do with the scheme, and at the time he
was somewhat frightened by Hayward's
manner and feared that Hayward would
kill him in his anger at the refusal to
do his dirty work. A GLOBE reporter
was clOseted with the gambler for an
hour last night. and. after much ques-
tioning, succeeded in getting part of the
story.
The man Hayward wanted killed."
said the gambler, twas a resident Of
Albany, n. Y, and had come to st. Paul
for his health. He had little, if any,
thing. to do to keep his mind occupied,
and lived in private rooms on st. Peter
street for a while, then afterwards at
the Astoria hotel for month or so. He
was fellow who had done good deal of
gambling in his own quiet way, and had
hankering for the faro bank. One
day, when the houses in st. Paul were
temporarily closed. he went over to
Minneapolis for ride, and while over
there wandered into a room to while
away the afternoon at the bank. He
had nothing to do, you know, but keep
healthy, and he played bank more for
the purpose of passing away the time
than for any idea of winning much. He
played good portion of the afternoon,
and next to him sat Hayward. The
stranger admired Hayward's style of
playing the bank, and stopped playing
himself in order to watch Hayward, who
lost several heavy bets with the most
perfect good nature The stranger
thought him the easiest loser he had
ever seen in all his experience. Every
would either win or lose a hundred
dollars or SO. Apparently ne had no
Idea as to the value of money, and his
friends all confirm the statement that he
was the most reckless man with money
that ever lived in the burg.
"After while Hayward had turned
all he had into the bank. He borrowed
$400 from the dealer. who, l afterwards
learned, was afraid to refuse the loan,
for he was aware of Hayward's cold
blooded nature and feared he might in
some way seek revenge. Hayward lost
S400, and when he arose from the table
he told the dealer to look in hades for
the $400. During his play the stranger
became acquainted with Hayward, and
little eXclamatiOns which escaped the
stranger attracted Hayward's attention.
He seemed to enjoy. the excitement he
was creating in the strangers breast,
and occasionally turned to him and
made some josh remark. When Hay
ward left the table, the stranger fol-
lowed. They called drink from down
stairs, and both drank trapped abstinthe.
The stranger seemed wholly taken up
with Hayward. and they left the
place together, going Immediately to a
well-knOwn resort, and taking private
room with third party who happened
in, and who was friend of Hayward's.
The stranger wasn't very, fly, because
in less than half an hour Hayward
knew all about him. Hayward also
learned that the stranger had on deposit
in st. Paul bank certified check for
$1,000, and also that he was insured in
the New York Life Insurance company
for $4,000. The stranger remarked at
the time that it was hardly the thing to
tell his business to strangers, and Hay-
ward laughed and said the amount of
money the stranger had wouldn't last
him a month. The stranger believed
him for the reason that he had seen
Hayward lose S700 at single sitting,
besides S400 which he had borrowed
from the bank.
This was the beginning Of their ac-
quaintance. Two or three times afte:
that l saw Hayward and this guy to-
gether in Minneapolis, and once | met
them on Wabasha street in st. Paul.
They were abo1t at night most of the
time, and freQuented most of the we'll
known resorts in st. Paul. 1t was a
strange circumstance, however that
Hayward never went into such places
as Reber's, Twombly's and other Joints
where man is most likely to be OBJ
served. but they did go together to the
Tivell and other German beer saloons.
/ thought at the time, from what |
heard, that Hayward was out to frisk
the fellow of his stuff. and | am told by
some of my pals that he said at the
time that he intended to have the fell
lows check and insurance policy, if he
was able to get it.
Some time after this the fellow went
to the bank and drew out his certified
check. He gave no reason al the bank
for his action, but he said to certain
party that he and a Minneapolis friend
of his intended to open a faro layout.
He did not say where it was to be
opened. He appeared in a jolly frame
of mind. and had evidently been drink
ing considerably. | never saw the fell
low again, and have never been able
TO find any one who has seen him since
that day he drew out the check.
Whether Hayward murdered him or
made away with his check | don't
know, but we all considered it strange