The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-28
HAYWARD'S CASE.
ALLEGED CONFESSION THAT DID
NOT PAN OUT.
A Detective, However, Has Certain
Details of the Crime Which Were
Not Brought Out at the Trial.

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. Pit was re-
ported here last night and telegra phed
extensively throughout the country
that Harry Hayward had made a con-
fession. The facts are that a detective
named Quinlan is supposed to have
certain details of the crime that did
not come out in the trial and for spec
ulative purposes expects to print what
he claims he possesses, in book form.
An abstract Of this was published last
evening by an evening paper as a
confession. Hayward has not made a
confession.
The alleged confession was made to
Michael Quinlan some tineA ago. but
the fact has only just been revealed.
1t admits the securing of Blixt to COM
nit the murder the gambling, and in
fact everything that Indicate that
Hayward is guilty Of murder. 1t lets
out portion of the secret connected
with the actions of Miss Cling. At the
time of the murder there were several
theories advanced in connection with
a gray whiskered man who was said to
have sent a note to Miss Cling, which
note she tore up and threw in her
waste basket. Many hours were spent
by detectives in an attempt to paste
paper, but no trace of the note was
ever found. The bearded man was a
myth, but was a man who, for
consideration, posed as money lend
er, who could be negotiated with, <and
it was this man who was to
meet Miss Cling on the night
of the fatal ride. During his
trial Harry Hayward accused his
brother Adry of the murder of Miss
ln M
Their than the commission of the crime,
during the time when Quinlan had a
personal knowledge of some of Hay
wards escapades. At one time a news
paper published damaging statements
about Hayward, and he secured a de-
tective to assist him in effectually pun
ishing the perpetrator. He reckoned
without his host, for the intended vic
tim was informed by q detective, so
that there was no crime committed, al
though the publisher of the paper ask
ed for the assistance of the county at
torney in planning a trap for Hayward.
The victim was to call at a room for
the supposed purpose of securing
money, and then he was to be beaten
by BliXt and carted away. From these
portions of the history of the prison.
er'S confession, the admissions of Hay
ward that he used Miss Ging's money,
bClAl4iS llOW llluCA anu
how he gambled for her. but not as he
said on the stand at her request, but
by his scheming; it tells of the trip to
Chicago when he lost so much of her
money, but says nothing of the talk
with Goodsell and the producing of the
money before him in the hotel The
life insurance affair is admitted, and
also the writing of two letters, one of
which he had his victim copy and send
to him, asking him for a defense. Ac-
cording to the alleged confession Blixt
was paid a considerable amount of
the money at different times, all the
amounts to be ultimately taken out of
the $1,000 promised for killing. Hay
ward claims in the confession that
there was not nearly so much urging
ais BliXt pretended there was to induce
him to commit the deed.
Mike Kierce, an assistant at the Jail,
who revealed the plot OF Hayward to
escape, says Hayward also made a
partial confession to him, enough to
convict him in a court of justice, of the
murder of Miss Cling.