The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-02-07

OIL f1ayWafu, on the STAND.
The states main witness walked
firmly to the desk and took the oath
with hand held high above him. The
attitude seemed almost one Of defiance,
and his facial expression detracted
nothing from his impression. He
mounted the witness stand and sat
composedly with his hands crossed in
front of him, evidently a characteristic
attitude. Hayward never removed his
eyes from the man. gazing intently at
him. and seemingly endeavoring to
read his purposes. But BliXt looked
anywhere and everywhere rather than
at Hayward. Mr.. Nye first drew out
some information as to his antecedents,
and his employment as janitor by the
from Mr.. Nye, Blixt related how for
six or seven weeks before the murder
Harry Hayward was accustomed to
come down into the engine room and
have long talks with him. BIixt point
ed out the rooms on the diagram Of the
flats where they were accustomed to
talk, and went on to say that along in
November Hayward began to talk to
newspaper case.
Ihe FlOt.
Blixt described how he had wit
messed the note for $1,000 given to
Miss Cling by Hayward. He said he
had been instructed by Harry to say
when he saw the pile of bills, "J-
c., what lot of money" The
note was offered in evidence and was
found to be dated Nov. "a, nine days
before the murder. That night in the
oq4 ~ T =, IL
to him:
81 am going to kill her. I did not
let her have $1,000. 1t was only ST.
600. I am going to take her around
where I have taken her before and
gamble as high as $1,000 on her. I am
going to take her to a restaurant and
have her show the money and tell her
how careless she's been.
"Afterward," continued BliXt, che
told me that he took her around to
restaurant and had her show the
money and she placed it in tumbler
her she'd be killed for her money"
''Did he say anything moreY'
Eyes, he said he was going to have
said he was going to drive out and
rocks and throw her on the rocks and
then they would think it was a rum
away. He wanted me to 20 to st.
Paul and get an overcoat, SLOUGH hat
and a revolver like the one he had. I
said wouldn't do it. One day Harry
came into the boiler room with a
piece of T rail about four feet long
and wanted me to cut it in two.
said I couldn't do it, but a man showed
me how and did it. Harry took the
shorter piece, put it under his coat and
went upstairs. Afterward l showed
the officers where the other piece was"
This piece Of rail was offered in evil
dence, and identified. Blixt continued:
''He wanted me to go out somewhere
and get hitched horse. He said he
would drive out somewhere with Miss
Cling. He would drop some money out
of the buggy, and get her to get out.
Then he would strike her on the head
with the T rail and leave her there and
start the horse to run away. He want
ed me to make list of all the things
he had in his pockets when he went, so
that he shouldn't lose anything while
away that would turn up against him
as evidence. That was Saturday night
before. The next morning he came
down and asked me if ever heard Of
people getting killed in elevators. I
said 1 had. He said he would get in
the elevator with her and strike her on
the head, and then put her on the floor
so that when the elevator started it
would
Cut OFF Her Head.
At this there was a low murmur Of
horror that ran through the assem-
blage which was checked by the depu-
tvs gavel.
81 said wouldn't do that" went on
Blixt. Hayward said that every time
Miss Cling came into his room and put
her arms around his neck, he wanted
to stick knife into the - - -,
So" and Blixt, with an expressive
gesture, showed how Harry wanted to
stab the woman.
81 said to him, Harry, can't you
make money some other way? This
is the awfullest thing I ever heard
He said, You're a coward. Your con-
science is hurting you. If I had her
and a dog, I'd shoot her and leave the
dog That evening he came down
with her to the boiler room, and
showed her things. The next morn
! ing, that was Monday, about IL o'clock,
he handed me his watch, box OF
cartridges and a roll of money, and
told me to hide them in a tin box,
so that if he was arrested they would
not be found. The watch was gold,
and he said there was $50 in money
there. I put it in the attic, and when
I told him where I had put it, he
| called me -- fool and said that was
the first place they'd look for it. He
said to put it in hollow tree in the
woods. lie said that the money was
not all good, but that some of it was
, green goods. He said there was going
! to be funeral there before the 10th,
| no matter how it happened. He says:
! or course she'll be brought here and
! I'll be SO sorry, and I'll have to sit up
: all night with the corpse, and after the
! coroner has had his examination then
I'll 90 East with the body He said
he had to have 5000 to carry out his
plans in the East. He would get $1O,-
600 out Of this and he would have to
make $4,000 in some other way. Late
that evening he came in with a pint
bottle of whisky. He said: 'Blixt,
here's some whisky 1 said I did not