Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-12-12
A DRESSMAKER MURDERED.
Miss Cling Shot Through the Head
at MinneapoIis-A Gambler
Suspected,

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murdered last night under sensational and
as yet mysterious circumstances. She
was young woman of 20, who had
built up a good business and was reput-
ed to be worth $4,000.
At IL o'clock last night her body was
found in the middle of the country road
leading into the city by William Erhart,
500 line baggageman. 1t was still
warm, but life was extinct. There was
a bullet hole directly through her fore
head, her nose was mashed and broken
and there was a long jagged cut in her
lower lip. The police believe they are
close on the heels of the man who commit
ted the murder, and they have developed
the following facts: Miss Cling had
formed an intimate acquaintance with
certain ST. Paul man, whose name is
known to the police and who is a gambler.
Her meetings with him were clandestine.
Sometimes she went to st. Paul and met
him at some restaurant, and at other
times she hired a livery rig in the evening
and, picking him up somewhere, drove
with him. On these occasions she went
out and returned alone. The man was
accustomed to send notes to her, and
the A. d. t. boy who carried most of
them has been found. The man sent her
a note yesterday, which she tore up.
In the evening she hired a rig as usual
and went out alone Two hours later
the horse returned to the barn with the
empty buggy. The cushions were soaked
with blood and brains. The police believe
she went out driving with the st. Paul
gambler, that they quarreled and he shot
her. 1t was thought that the shot was
not instantly fatal, and that he must have
beaten her face with the butt of the re
volver, taken her out of the carriage
and left her in the road. He then drove
back to town, and, abandoning the horse,
HnH V1N Of hn him
been robbery, as she is known to have
had a large sum in ready cash, or it may
have been the result of a lovers quarrel.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. Harry It.
Hayward, the closest friend of Catherine
Cling, the murdered milliner, is il custody.
His brother, A. A. Hayward, was also
arrested, and, while enough circumstantial
evidence has been unearthed to connect
Harry Hayward with the plotting of the
crime, the authorities do not deny that
they have not yet laid hands on the man
who actually fired the shot which killed
Miss Cling. It was clearly established ear
ly IN the investigation that Hayward could
not have committed the murder, for he
was seen by hundreds of persons sitting in
the Grand Opera house with Miss Blanche
Bartelson, his atfianced, on the evening OF
the murder.
Next to the arrest of Hayward the
most important development in the case
is the announcement by the authorities
that during his ordeal in the sweat-boX
yesterday, Hayward admitted that Miss
Cling was his mistress. 1t is really this
admission that caused his arrest for it
supported the lacking motive for the
crime. Many circumstances convinced the
detectives that Hayward would not have
instigated the crime solely to obtain the
$1,000 and the $4,000 insurance because
he carried thousands with him constantly
and has often been known to stake $1,000
on the turn of a single card.
But Hayward became greatly smitten
with the young lady whom he accompa-
MED to the theater on the night of the
murder. In fact the couple was en-
gagged, the day had been set and even
the trousseau was being prepared. His
approaching marriage and the consequent
necessity for termination of his iason
with Miss Cling furnishes, in the mind of
the authorities. the motive for the crime,
though they say that the idea of securing
her money doubtless came as an after
thought.
The Hayward brothers were taken into
the municipal court this morning and for
mally arraigned on charge of murder in
the first degree. Their preliminary exam
ination was continued until next Thurs
day. They were not admitted to bail,
and, at the jail, are being kept in sep
arate cells with no chance for commune
cation. The theory is that Hayward in
troduceS one of the men directly con-
'cerned in the murder to Miss Cling more
riding with him several times, and this
made the carrying out of the plot easy.
The police are slowly but surely getting
closer to this man. who has come to be
known as 'the man with the iron-gray
moustache" Several new traces of him
49, No iOhH al OF fhn
Metropolitan cafe, st. Paul, remembers
Miss Cling as having visited that cafe in
company with a gentleman of that de-
scription about three weeks ago. They
had supper together and something to
drink They were quite merry and the
time slipped away so rapidly that, before
they knew it, the last interurban electric
car for Minneapolis had left and they
were obliged to hire a cab and drive the
nine miles.
What led to the theoretical connection
of Adry A. Hayward, the brother, with
the murder was his too technical an init
mate knowledge of the very spot where
the body was found. He is said to have
traced the very route that must have
been taken too closely and too positively
to be accounted for on any other theory
than that he at least knew what the plan
was. Another suspicious circumstance is
a confusion of his right cheek bone, which
seems to be the result of blow. Adry
Hayward's alibi is that he spent the even
ing at the house of his father-in-law.
Prior to his arrest he spoke freely of his
brothers position, remarlSing that the in
surance feature was the suspicious part
of the case. "But he will readily be
cleared" he added. ct is not an unusual
thing in business transactions. Harry
will get the insurance money all right
enough"