The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-10

sion voluntarily made by Bli&t the
janitor Of the Ozark fiat in the pres
ence of Mayor Eustis, the county at
torney and the chief of police today
is true. Harry Hayward fired the shot
that killed Catherine Cling, and BllXt
assisted him in disposing of the body.
Blixt told of his first conversation
with Hayward, about one month be-
fore the muIder. 1t was in regard
20 either the holding up or the killing
vi u Chicago man who had loaned
u1ayWard $500, the object being to re-
Sym. possession OF any paper which
rGIt efman might have as an evidence
OF 6ayward's Indebtedness.
BllXIS ignorance prevents him from
giving any Ineligible idea Of just
what the transaction was to he, fur
Uher Unan That there was to be a hold
up or a murder. Hayward proposed
TO send BliXt to Chicago and to have
him return from that city when ne was
wanted. BliXt refused to GO into it
and says that Hayward went to Chi
cagO himself
Obtained a Hold.
Upon returning from Chicago, Hay
ward broacned another scheme to him
that of setting fire to a barn He in
duced BllNt TO commit the act, thus
GCO0- lis pGL1IGnlldIN IlOlQ OIL the
man. 1t was shortly after this
that the scheme 70 murder Miss
4sSlng was preached. Hayward told
him she was completely in his power,
and that she would do anything he
told her to. When the scheme of kill
ing her was mentioned, Hayward told
him that by killing her he would re-
gain possession Of $1,000, which he had
given her, and in addition would make
S10 000 cha had ssrxri1l h.,
surance to him. He offered Blixt one
fifth of the amount if he would COM
M the deed
fbLxt still refused to have anything
t6~-do with the crime and threatened
t9 quit then and there, whereupon
Haywood stated that he would do 1t
HIMSELF, saying: Il would as soon kill
hdkr as l would dog"
This was about a week ago. In his
confession BliXt makes no reference to
the ride Miss Cling took on Novem-
her q.
Hayrard's First Plan.
Hayward's first plan after he con-
cluded to commit the crime himself,
was outlined to Blixt. There was in
the basement a "To' rail about two
feet in length. Hayward directed the
janitOr 10 cut this in two, stating that
he would take Miss Cling riding and
one MOulQ see MIN Win nST. AFTER
he struck her over the head with the
iron bar, which he would carry con-
cealed under his coat, he intended to
throw. the body out of the buggy
against d curb stone, start his horse
on gallop and then tell the story of
a runaway accident. He calculated
that the body would appear to have
been thrown from the buggy when it
feollided with the curb.
On Monday night, Hayward met BliXt
J and by threats and persuasions and
promises of money, induced him to be
q partner in the crime to the extent of
aiding in the disposal of the body and
make il easy for Hayward to commit
the crime and return unobserYed into
the city so that it would appear that
by no possibility he could have been the
guilty party. Hayward directed Blixt
to proceed, at 1850 p. m. to the point on
the Excelsior road where the body was
found, and there to await his coming.
Blixt followed out his instructions to
the letter.
sit Is All Done.o
He had been at the point designated
about five minutes, when he heard a
shot and saw a carriage approaching.
AS it drew up he recognized Hayward
as the driver. Hayward said to him:
11t is all done. Jump IN and drive
time to get back to town, and do not
leave her until you make sure she is
dead. Hayward got out of the buggy
and Blixt got in. The woman was on
the left hand side. BliXt did not look
at the woman, and the only way that
he inferred that she was dead was be-
cause she did not move. He drove up
the Excelsior road a piece; then,
alighting started the horse and took a
street car into the city The horse he
says, started off slowly and then broke
into a trot. Hayward arrived at the
Ozard flats at $3.50 and at S:45 was at
the house of c. ]. Bartelson, from
where he took Miss Bartelson to the
theatre.
Another Version.
Several hours after having made the
above confession, BliXt called the may
or and chief of police to his cell and
said that he fired the fatal shot him
self He then went on to tell that
Hayward had persuaded Miss Cling that
green goods could be easily circulated
Through the medium Of her business as
e dressmaker. She fell in with the
idea, and on the night of the murder
Hayward had told her that he had ar
xfanged for her to meet q green goods
ldealer on the outskirts of the city.
They started off on the ride together.
They met BliXt, and Hayward induced
her to let BliXt drive her to the place
of meeting with the assurance to her
that he would himself follow immedi-
ately in another buggy and be present
a. the meeting. Blixt then drove the
wonlap out on the Excelsior ROAD and
shot her
The body was then disposed of, as
stated IN the previous confession.