Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-23
HAYWARD'S LIFE STORY.
Advance Sheets of the Book for
Which Harry Dictated
the Material.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec 19.-There
has been the greatest possible interest in
the publication of the confession of Har-
ry Hayward made just before his execu-
ton, which was announced the Mime
apolis Times would publish tomorrow
morning. The ante-mortem statement
was made to Edward Goodsell, Harry's
cousin; Joseph I. Mannix, a reporter,
and Richard Mabey, stenographer.
The statement was copyrighted by Good
sell and Mannix and the right to first
publication sold to the Times. Ihls
morning, however, two other local pa
pers printed portions of the statement,
which they had obtained In some way,
and the Times threatens suit under the
copyright.
According to the story printed this
morning Harry Hayward confessed TO
murder, arson and passing counterfeit
money. in addition to making a clean
breast of his connection with the death
of Catherine Cling.
After describing his early life and
how he became interested in gambling
and travelled all over the country, he
describes how he killed a Chinanlan IN
New York with whom he was playing
and whom he caught cheating. lie
knocked the man down and struck him IN
the eye with chair leg. This crushed
his skull and the fellow died. Hayward
buried him in the shed and fled. Inns
was in July or August. 1898, and though
the papers reported III" finding of the
body, nothing came OF 1t.
He then described falling in with q
'foxy little piece in Pasadena Cal,
who had $500 This he succeeded in
getting hold of for investment. Then he
went out riding with her. shot her and
buried her. She was never missed, not
being well known. and he had never
heard of the matter again.
At ri Paso del Norte he was caught
with young Mexican girl by her
brother and was forced to shoot him to
save his own life The wound was not
serious and the matter was fixed uD, but
after Harry had got away the brother
died of blood poisoning.
The alleged confession takes up the
Cling murder at some length. Harry
claimed to have won Miss Gings conf
dence by studying her character and
playing her right" He secured from
her $500 in all She was a good bust
ness woman but not we'll educated, and
he won her confidence partly by play
ing the noble act" and partly by mys-
terry. Harry maintained that he had
never been intimate with her and that he
had never attempted to be, believing that
policy the best means of retaining her
confidence.
When he had determines upon killing
her he told story about having $4,000
worth of diamonds in pawn in New
York. She was to take out the $4,000
insurance in his favor, give him notes
to make an insurable interest and re-
ceive the diamondsa and $1,000 in money.
This money he pretended to pay her,
but $4,000 was counterfeit and after it
had been put in an envelope he changed
envelopes and gave her one containing
only paper.
He claimed to have hypnotized Blixt
and got the janitor completely in his
power. The first ride with Miss Cling
was just to get things ready. He had
told her a green goods gang story with
a good deal of mystery about it, which
she believed. The second time he had
taken the IT, rail with him, intending
to kill her and then have it appear as
if there had been an accident and she
had fallen against curbstone But he
found no good place and so the third
time he had Blixt come. He told her
Blixt was one of the gang. Blixt car
ried out the instructions to the letter and
the story he told on the stand was i'll
the main true. though little mixed on
time. Harry had his alibi very careful
ly figured out When brought to the
morgue to see her dead body he played
his part carefully and was proud of
the way lie had done it. The rest Of
the confession is devoted to the jail
breaking episodes which have already
been fully described