The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-11
HAYWARD A HYPNOTIST
His Remarkable Control Over His
! Companions in Crime.
THE PRISONERS INDIFFERENCE.

' the County Jail at st. Paul He Den unce.
tho Confession of Biixt as . "Fake from
Top to Bottom"
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 11.--Claus A. Blixt
the confessed murderer of Catherine Cling
Is pitiable object. Now that the awful
secret which he held has been revealed, be
seems utterly shattered. The tears
course down his checks In I'm unending
fashion. Every few minutes he sends fol-
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 gaiu SO
strong an influence over his tools and vic.
tins. Claus Blixt says no 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 'ilake
p 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 IL 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, y
said Blixt, quiveringly. "On the morning
after the fire he made me sign paper say
| ing that had set fire to tho barn Isigned
my name to the paper, and after that
whenever he wanted me to do things for
him he showed me the paper and threat
ened to send me to Saltwater for ten years
| II refused"
1t Is now remembered that Adry Hay
ward, the brother, In his confession al
ludod to the terrible influence Harry had
| over him, an influence not entirely of fear
He could not explain 1t, but gavo the inn
preston that 1t was almost impossible for
him to resist Harry's wishes when they
were pressed upon him 1t Is known that
Harry had a wonderful influence over the
dead girl. She did anything he told her
to do with implicit confidence, and he
often boasted to Adry that the girl would
do exactly as he told her to do.
Blixt's past record is being pretty thor
oughly looked up, and soine comment is
made on the fact that he has boon thrice
married, and that two of his wives died
suddenly. 1t seems that suspicious were
entertained against him In Cannon Falls
at the time Of these deaths, but no action
looking toward an Investigation was
taken. His people are respectable farm.
ors, who still live near Cannon Falls.
The grand jury yesterday returned a
formal Indictment that Miss Cling came
to her death by shot fired by some uu-
known person or persons Tho officials
frir hnn ,S
ing confession from Hayward, and It
seems that the case will come TO trial In
due time, In which event 1t Is likely to DO.
come celebrated case.
Harry Hayward is apparently deter
mined to fight the thing out to the bitter
end, and fow more developments arc OK.
pected. Assistant Attorney Hall asserts
that he has evidence of Harry Hayward's
nonplicity In number of other dark
S'riines, but he will give no hint of what
)Ney were. It Is certain that arson and
kidnapping wore among them, IL not nur-
der.
Harry Hayward is still in the Ramsey
bounty jail at st. Paul. He has not vet
made any confession, and is not likely to.
Hayward Ia conducting himself In a no.
fuliar manner. All day Sunday he was
making considerable noise In the corridor
Finging and laughing. Hc also Joined In
the religious exercises conducted In the
building, and Joined heartily In singing
hymns. He had some conversation with
one OF the prisoners Of tho Jail after he
read the paper yesterday containing tho
confession Of Bllxt, Hayward said to him:
This whole story of Blixt's isa fake from
fop to bottom, and is made to save his own
heck. will give something which will
paralyze the whole galaxy OF detectives
and criminals, but will walt until the
Sropcr time comes. Hayward had met
the prisoner he thus addressed in one of
the gambling houses In st. Paul, where
he dropped 1000
The burning of the elevator at Hamel,
In this county, on which Miss Cling had
mortgage, is now ascribed TO Harry
Hayward. 1t Is known that he was very
anxious for her to realize on her loan OF
VI 200 at once and that she made that Of
lort through her financial agents but was
Unsuccessful. Just ut this juncture tho
elevator opportuncly burned, and the In
surance money paid the mortgage. The
owner, julius Jensson, says that the fire
beyond question was incendiary.
An effort Is being nade to connect Hay
ward with the murder of Lena Olsen at
Duluth some months ago. The case is not
unlike the Cling case, but there Is as vet
no evidence that Hayward had anything
to do with A. A Austin, the mysterious
stranger who Is supposed to have muir
tiered the girl, and for whom the police are
6till searching.
| 1t is possible that no Indictment will be
returned against Adry Hayward who first
confessed. He will be wanted as d witness,
Pnd while culpable the state is so anxious
70 make II good case against Harry Hay
ward that 1t will probably decide not to
indict him and thereby close his mouth,