The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-14

'lt Stilt Spl uDS a Nii ~ INC ~ p'"'ihS
Claus A. BliXt, the self confessed tool
Of Hayward, on the stand
The states mlin witness walked
firmly to the desk and took the oath
with hand held high above him. The
attitude seemed almost onc Of defiance,
and his facial expression detractcd
nothing from his impression. lie
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 intcntly at
him. and seemingly endo8YOring TO
read his purposes. But BliXt looked
anywhere and everywhere rather than
at Hayward. Mr.. Nye first drew out
some information RS 20 his antCcedcntS.
and his employment as %janttOr by the
HaywardS. In answer to questions
from MIR. Nye. BliXt related how for
six or seven weeks before the murder
Harry Hayward was accustomed 10
come down INTO the engine room and
have long talks with him. BiiXt point
ed out the rooms on the diagram Of the
fats where they were accustomed to
talk, and went on to say that along in
November Hayward began to talk to
him about doing some outside work in
Il newspaper case.
The Plot.
Blixt described how he had wit
messed the note for 5000 given TO
Miss Cling by Hayward. He said he
bad been instructed by Harry to say
when he saw the pile of bills. i
C, what a 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
basement Of the Ozark, Harry had said
to him:
Il am going to kill her. | did not
let her have $1,000. 1t was only s.
600. | am going to take her around
where | have taken her before and
gamble as high as $1,000 ON her. | am
going to take her TO a restaurant and
have her show the money and tell her
how careless she's been.
"Aftcrward." continued BliXt. she
old me that he took her arOund to Il
restaurant and had her how the
money and she placed it In a tumbler
while she ate, and some one else told
her she'd be kill ror her money"
Did he say IA" thing mOre?'
Yes. ne said he was going to have
her life insured and then Kill her. He
said he was going to drive out and
find a place where there were some
rocks and throw her on the rocks and
then they would think IL was a run
away He wanted M to go to ST.
Paul and get an over"Oat, a SlOUCh hat
and a revolver like the one ne had. |
said | wouldn't do 1t. one day Harry
came into the boiler room with a
piece OF Il rail about -four feet long
and wanted me TO cut il in two. |
said | couldn't do il. but a man showed
me how and | did it. Harry took the
shorter piece. put II under his coat ard
went upstairs. Afterward | showed
the officers where the other piece was"
This piece Of rail was offered in evi-
denCc. and identified. Blixt continued:
He wanted me to 60 out somewhere
and get a hitched horse. He said he
would drive out somewhere with Miss
Cling. TIe would drop ONE money out
Of the buggy. and get her to get out.
Then he would strike her on the head
with the Il rail and leave her there and
start the horse to run away. He want
ed me to make a list of all the things
he had in his pockets when he went. so
that he shouldn't lose anything while
away that o turn up against him
as evidence. That was Saturday night
before. The next morning he came
down and asked me If l ever heard OF
people getting killed in elevators. |
said | had. He said he would get in
the elevator with her and strike her on
the head, and then put her on the door
so that when the elevator started IL
would
Cut on Her Head.
At this there was n low murmur Of
horror that ran through the assem-
blage which was checked by the depu-
tvs Savel.
Il 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, ne wanted
to stick a knife into the -
So" and Blixt, with an expressive
gesture, showed how Harry wanted to
stab the woman.
IL said to him, Harry, can't you
make money some other way? This
Is the awfullest thing / 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. Tie next morn
ing, that was Monday, about IL o'clock.
he handed me his watch, a box OF
cartridges and a. roll of money, and
q told me to hide them in a tin box,
SD hat il he was arrested they would
not be found. The watch was gold.
and he said there was $50 In money
there. | put it in the attic, and when
l told him where l had put 1t, ne
called me a - fool and said that was
the first place they'd look for 1t. He
said TO put it In a hollow tree In the
woods. He said that the money was
not all good, but that some OF it was