Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-10
Broken Down Over His Latest Con-
fession.
HOW miss GING CAME TO HER DEATH
Her Murderer Claims to Have Been
Hypnotized.
PERHAPS ANOTHER CRIME

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, December 10
Claus A. Blixt, the confessed murderer of
Catherine Cling, was a pitiable object this
morning. Blixt called the mayor and chief
of police last night to his cell, several
hours after his previous confession impli-
eating Hayward had been made. He now
says he fired the fatal shot himself He
says that Hayward had persuaded Miss
Cling that green goods" could easily be
circulated through the medium of her busi-
hess as a dressmaker. She, having always
had an insane idea to get rich easily, fell
in with he idea. The night of the MUIR
der Hayward had told her that he had ar
ranged for her to meet a green goods
dealer on the outskirts of the city. They
started off to ride together.
About twelve blocks from Ozark flats
they met Blixt Hayward induced her to
let Blixt 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
Blixt then drove the woman out to the old
Excelsior road, and called her attention to
& passing object. AS she turned her head
TO look out Of her side Of the buggy, he
shot her. The body was then disposed of
as stated in the previous confession. Hay
ward, instead of following Blixt, returned
to the Ozark fats and afterward went to
the theater
There seems to be no doubt as to the
truth of this later confession.
Blixt Broken Down.
Now that the awful secret which he
held has been revealed, he seemed utterly
shattered. The tears coursed down his
cheeks In an unendng 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
All night long the nerve-shattered mur-
derer was haunted with the fair face of
his victim. His eyes had a wild look, and
he was actually afraid to be alone in cell
No. IL.
Il want to tell my story and then die,"
he said continually.
Jailer McKenna drew a chair up in front
of his cell door about midnight, and re-
mained with him the rest of the night. The
prisoner was ,ery restless, and passed the
greater part of the night pacing up and
down in the cell. The authorities express
some fear of his mind giving way en-
tirely under the awful mental strain, and
Jailer Mckenna was instructed to speak
enccuragingly to him and tell him that he
had nothing to fear as long as he made his
confession. He says he wants to die now
that he has told all ne knows.
Is There Another Murder.
He has asked that the chief of police at
Cannon Falls, Mimi, where he once lived,
be sent for, and 1t is suspected that he
may have another murder on his soul,
which he wants to confess
1t is understood Blxts wife in that vii
lage died very suddenly and mysteriously
and that the wretched man wants to tell
another gruesome story about that trag-
edy. He has also asked that his relatives
in Cannon Falls be sent for, and when
they arrive more revelations are expected
If 1t proves to be fact that he is re-
sponsible for his first wife's death-he has
since married again-it may also turn out
that Harry Hayward knew of this fact
and made use of it to strengthen his power
over his tool.
The belief is growing that Harry Hay
ward made use of hypnotism to gain SO
strong an influence oyer his tools and
victims. Claus Bixt 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 hypnotic girls.
He said whenever Harry told him to do
anything and he refused he would make
few passes at him with his hands, and
the result was that he did whatever Harry
told him.