The Helena independent., 1894-12-09
MURDER WILL OUT.
Tho Brutal Assassns OF tho Minneapolis
oressmaker Have Been Run
to Earth.
THEY ARE TELLING ON EACH OTHER.
Gambler Hayward coniesses That He Hired
aThug to Do the Bloody Work
for Him.

iihAH'N tH' uuluti VI Mlas Nulncflue
Cling, and that G.. A. Blxt the engineer
at the ozark flats, committed the deed.
Blixt was arrested early this morning
and locked up In the central station.
After committing the bloody deed Bllxt
returned 10 the city and disposed OF
some OF his clothing To- worlS-house
prisoner named Ole Ericsson. Ericsson
left next morning for Sioux Falls. Iowa,
where his wife is employed In hotel.
and there had the clothing washed.
He returned To Minneapolis and sold
some Of the clothing TO pawnbroker
on Washington avenue south. The re-
malnder OF the clothing was undoubted-
ly burned In the furnace OF tho Ozark
mats The motive for the crime was
securing the Insurance OF Miss Ging's
life.
Last evening the mayor Went to the
West hotel and repaired at once 10 a
secluded room on the top floor. where
he was soon Joined by Detective Hoy.
who had in charge Blixt, the engineer.
For some time the mayor and detective
swehted their man. apparently without
success, but soon 1t was evident that
they had struck lead which they ex-
pected TO develop well, for they sent in
hot haste for the county attorney.
Then the conference was resumed. Be
fore long Detective Hoy was sent away
In carriage and returned with Bllxts
wife. Ole Ericsson, who did the work
around the Ozark, was introduced into
the circle. Then the court of inquiry
settled down TO business, and during
the long session which followed Sher-
III Ege and a couple of his deputies,
with Superintendent Smith, put in an
appearance. About $50 Sheriff Eye
emerged and said: 1--WE have the man
who did the shooting and are going to
arrest him in a few minutes. Bllxt Is
the man."
The sheriff returned upstairs and
within five minutes Detective Hoy had
come down, taking Blixt with him to
the lookup. AS soon as he arrived
Ericsson was taken To the lookup. The
charge OF murder was also entered
against him.
| IL appears that the scheme was
broached by Harry Hayward To Adry
hayward, and that the latter attempted
10 dissuade his brother from the COM
mission of such bloody crime. When
he became convinced that Harry was
determined to carry out his scheme. he
went to Mr.. Stewart, who has been
more than friend To the family. and
told him of the plot. Stewart took no
stock In the story, but when he learned
OF the crime he at once communicated
| with the hnrtffao nd inf Ia. q
of the story that Adry had told him.
Working upon this information the of
iicers ferreted out the mystery. The
details are largely to be worked out.
The officers themselves are not entirely
satisfied how the murder was commit
ted They are. however. satisfied that
they have the right parties In custody.
Adry Hayward has been taken to
st. Paul for safe keeping. He is ex-
pected to make a written confession Of
the whole plot. His attorneys are very
indignant at the action Of the author
tiles In preventing them from seeing
their client. The manner in which his
nerve was finally broken, and he was
induced to confess, Is sensational.
When Adry was first taken under
detention and the sweating process APP
piled he was totally lnvincible. His
course In all of the tcrrors which We're
applied To him To induce him to confess,
and other appeals made, together with
confronting him with pretended proofs,
10 which levers Were applied by Assist
ant County Attorney Hall with all the
consummate skill he was able to bring
10 bear, was greatly admired. He
stood like n mountain in a storm, alb
solutely unflinchlng.
~ know nothing whatever" Adry
| ratortad constantly FINALLY he az
planned, 'If all you say is true, and |
knew aught which would tend 10 con-
Wet Harry. still would keep my mouth
closed, | would not have the blood OF
my brother ON my hands"
BllXt Is said TO have been implicated
In the burning of the buildings, in the
insurance OF which the Haywards were
Interested. 1t has developed that Bllxt
left the flats at o'clock Monday night
and returned at $40 Blixt had former
ly been driver of a street car and had a
car drivers Overcoat. This coat he sold
TO Ericsson, he claims. on Saturday.
time and agreed 10 pay 81 for [, After
getting possession Of the coat. Ericsson
left for Iowa Falls, and while there had
the coat washed.
Harry Hayward's apartments on the
ground floor of the Ozark were searched
this morning by Sheriff Ege, Chief OF
Police Smith and Detectives Hoy and
Howard, Several spots Of blood were
discovered on the floor OF the closet ad-
Joining the room In which Harry slept
Sheriff Ege, after scraping one Of the
spots with n knife turned To Detective
Howard and said The bundle oi
bloody clothes was probably thrown ON
the closet floor and left there Tor the
time being, until taken away by Erie.
son the following morning,
Detective John Hoy who arrested
Ericsson. stated that he had positive
proof that Ericsson left Minneapolis The
morning after the murder with n neatly
wrapped bundle containing the bloody
clothes. lie stated that he took q train
for point I'm Iowa, where the clothes
were washed. The motive In having
tho clothes washed and brought back
To the city. II IL claimed, was IN cyado
suspicion. the owner wishing to con-
tinur tU wear them.
Thus matters stood until towards
midnight last night. after II was known
that Blixt aud Ericsson We're safely un-
der cover. Levy NJ. Stowart's office Is
in the knsota building. one block away
land here Adry was brought In car.
ringc, stewart having been requested
io be at hin Office The moment he wns
In stewards presence he showed The
FIRST signs ~ weakening when Stew.
Iart said there was no use quibbline
thnt ho know OF his brothers whole
plot. Adry broke down utterly. lic
turned tn the country attorney and
said: "t am done, | VIII tell the whole
story"
| IIr did 50. aud II covered his own
knowledge of the plot from near the
time it was conceived The plot was
for BliNt and Ericsson 10 de- the actual
murder As Adry understood II, Miss
icing WAS TO be dcooyed by BliXt and