The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-06
HAYNARD'S GREED FOR GOLD,
1t Prompted the Slaughter of
Catherine Cling.
Claus Blixt Tells the Story on the
Stand.
The Accused Arranged to Have the
Gfrls Life Insured In
Large Amounts.

Harry Hayward for the murder oil
Catherine Cling the state today sprung
surprise by placing Claus A. Blixt,
the self-confessed tool OF Hayward, on
the stand. He seemed to be calm
enough. Hayward looked mildly aston
ished but betrayed no uneasiness.
In answer to questions from Nye,
Blixt related how six or seven weeks
before'the murder Harry Hayward was
accustomed to come down into the
engine rooms and have long talks with
him. Blixt pointed out rooms in the
diagram OF the hsti where they were
accustomed to talk. Blixt described
how he with essed the note for $1,000
given by Miss Cling to Hayward. He
said he had bsen instructed by Harry
to say when he saw the pile OF bills:
Jesus Christ, what a pile OF bills !"
The note was offered in evidence and
found to be dated November 24.h. nine
days before the murder. That night in
the basement Harry said to him:
Il am going to kill her. did not let
her have $1,000; it was only $4,000. I
am going to take her to a reetauran and
have her show the money, and tell her
how careless she had been. After
wards" continued Blixt, "he told me
he took her around to a restaurant and
had her show the money, and she placed
it in a tumbler while she ate, and some
one else told her she'd be killed for her
money!"
did he say anything more?"
Yes, he said he was going to have
her life insured and thsn kill her. He
said he was going to drive out and find
q place where there wero some rocks
and throw her on the rocks and then
they would think it was a runaway. He
wanted me to 90 to ST. Paul and get an
overcoat, SLOUGH hat and q revolver, like
the one he had. said would not do
it. One day Harry came into the boiler
room with piece OF TT rail four feet
long. and wanted me to cut it in two.
said could not do it, but a man showed
me how, and did it. Harry took the y
shorter piece. put il under his coat and
won't up stairs. Afterwards 1 showed
the officers whore the other pisce was"
The piece of rail was offered in evi.
dence and identified. Blixt continued:
HE wanted me to go somewhere
and get hitchsd horse. He said he
would drive out Homawhers with Miss
Cling would drop some money out OF the
buggy and get her to go after it. Then
he would strike her on the head with
the ct" rail. leave her there and start
the horse running away. He wanted
me to make list of everything he had
in his pockets when he went away so
he would not lose anything while away
that would turn up against him as evil
dence. This was Saturday night before.
The next morning he came down and
asked me il eve, heard OF people got
ting killed in elevators. He said he
would get in the elevator with her and
strike her on the head and then put her
ON the floor 90 that when the elevator |
started it would cut off her head"
At this there was Q low murmuY OF
horror that ran through the assem-
blage, which was checked by the dep.
uty's gavel.
II said would not do that" wen on
Blixt. Hayward said that every m
Miss Miss Cling came into his room and
put her arms around his neck he wanted
20 stick knife into the -
-" and Blixt with an expressive
GESTURE showed how Harry wanted TO
tab the woman.
Il said to him: Harry, can't YOU
make money some other way? This 10
he awfullest thing ever heard He
aid: You're a coward. Your con-
Silence is hurting. II had her and a
log I'd shoot her and leave the dog
That evening he came down with her to
he boiler room and showed her things.
The next morning, that was Monday,
Ibout IL O'Clock. He handed ma his
watch, . boz of cartridges and roll OF
money and told me to hide them in a
in box 80 that they would not be found.
The watch was gold and he said there
vas $50 in money there. Iput it in the
lttic, and when told him where I had
placed 1t he called me id fool, and
laid that was the fist place they would
ook for it. He said to put it in hollow
rec in the woods. He said the money
was not all good, but that some OF it WAS
green goods.
''Some of it was green goods. He said
here Was going to be a funeral there
before the 10th, no matter how 1t hap
pened. He said: "Oi course she'll be
brought here. and I'll be sorry, aud Phi
have to sit up all night with the corpse,
and after the coroner has held his ex-
animation then I'll go east with the
body" He said he had to have SIG, 900
10 carry out his plans in the east. He
would get $4,000 out of this and he
would have to make $4,000 in some
other way. Late that evening he came
in with q pint of whisky. He said:
'Blixt, here's some whisky" l said
did not want any. You're a damned
foul; this amt common whisky" Then
took it and drank half OF it.
Then he said. She's got to die to.
night and you've got to help me- 1
said. Harry. amt you got any other
way to make money than to kill that
poor little girl?' He said, It's nothing
to kill people. I've killed two other
people, He said one was q Chinaman.
but be did not know who the other was.
He said he had wounded third. 1
said could not help him do it. He
said I'd got to or he would kill me. |
did not pay any attention to that and
then he said ned kill my wife. I told
him, Whatever you do don't hurt my
vile. Do what you like with me, but
don't touch my wife,
At the recollection Of this the Witness
broke down utterly and sobbed like a
child. At last. resuming hir narrative.
Blixt said: FINALLY seid to him that
would do as he liked. but be must not
hurt my wife. He wanted me to sign a
receipt for revolver. but 1 would not.
Hs gave me six long cartridges and six
short ones to put in it; after it was ali
done ! was to change the cartridges.