The herald., 1895-12-11
HARRY hayward HANGED
The Murder of Catherine Cling
Legally Expiated
THE "LAST SUPPER" EATEN
Amid the Prisoners Laughter and
Blasphem0us Jest
THE "LAST SUPPER" EATEN
His Nerve Never Forsook the Condemned
rlan and He Died Without Making
Confesson-tiis Crime

Associated Press Special Wire.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 11.-Before
dark last night morbid crowds had assem-
bled in the vicinity of the Jail. There was
nothing to see except the gray walls and
the occasional opening of the heavy doors
to admit some official, yet they fingered in
the vicinity waiting for the tragic event.
At night the throng numbered several
hundred.
Hayward's swell dinner. "the last sup
per-" as he profanely expressed it, was
served according to his desires shortly
after 10 O'Clock, and he parsook of it with
apparent relish. :,
Rev. Father Timothy arrived shorty
after, not upon the summons of the con-
demned man, but in case that at the last
moment desire should be expressed by
tina hitheto unrepentant man for spirit
ual adviser.
During the evening Hayward held a
lengthy conversation with his attendants
and laughed and joked on his approaching
execution. AS Captain Sandberg was COW
ering the windows of the Jail looking into
the alley, Harry noticed him and shouted:
s'That's right; block out the gaping crowd.
People wishing TO see me will have TO call
at the morgue, as | intend to change my
quarters" and he laughed as he said it.
To newspaper man he said: II would
like to see the account of how this thing
came out and about my actions on the
scaffold," and again he laughed as though
he were going to a picnic instead OF to
death.
Hayward was hanged at 2 :05 this morn
ing: He made sta ement of five min
utes' duration, and while he did not make
confession he said he hoped God would
forgive him for all the harm he had ever
done.
His last hours were spent in story telling
with the attendants. He passed cigars
around freely at the close OF his last meal,
an as he finished the repast arose and
proposed the following toast:
''dere's to the girl who loves me and to
the girls whom love-"
Tue toast was spoken IN Frencn.
Haywood seems to be in extremely high
spirits during the entire evening. He was
jovIal and indicated that he would go to
the gallows as he would go to dinner. He
spoke about his wife occasionally, for he
insisted that he had a wife and said he
gave her $50 yesterday TO make her feel
good. AS a sample of his conversation
me following may be quoted:
Sheriff Holburg came into the cage and
Hayward said: chow are you sheriff? |
nnc as SILK. lou ana are tU6 CHIEF
actors tonight, aren't we, sheriff."
If Hayward had had any thought of the
hereafter the presence of his attendants
appeared to keep his mind from WANDER
ing to the future. In fact. he admitted
that he could never be hanged if there
were not crowd present. He wanted to
see the people and suggested that 1t would
have been better to have the scaifold out
side with seats all around, so everybody
could see abe execution.
About l l 80 a stenoerapher was admit
ted to Harry's cell and he finished the
statement he had spent considerable time
on lately.
There was a large crowd around the Jail
and the city was full of deputy sherfis
and chiefs of police from all over the state,
all anxious to see the execution.
The murderer went to the gallows with
laugh on his lips, and went down with
the trap just as he uttered the words,
lightly, "Let her go, Megarden."
The command was directed to the chief
deputy. Prior to the execution the con-
demned man maintained the nerve which
has made him famous. He took his last
supper shortly after l O'Clock. and was
surrounded by the deputies and the death
watches. inst as the death warrant was
read Hayward turned to his brotLer, DR..
Thaddeus Hay ward, and said: You
know | am great believer in spritualism.
If get safely on the other side Will send
a message to YOU"
At o'clock Hayward listened to the
reading of the warrant. Soon after Sheriff
Holburg entered and the condemned man
said earnestly:
II want TO ask you as a last favor. please
let me pull the trap. 1t will save you life
long anxiety and will give me eternal satis-
faction
The sheriff replied: ~ cannot do it.,
Harry. l know my duty"
On the scafold Harry made an extended
statement. He said that to please the
several pastors who had called upon him
he would say: "God forgive me for all
have DONE"
This is looked upon as confession.
The trap fell at z: 40, and the wonderful
vitality of the man WAS shown by the fact
that he lived for several moment after the
trap fell. His neck was broken.
STORY OF THE CRIME
On the evening of December 4. 1894, q
little after o'clock. the dead body of Miss
Catherine Cling, well-known dressmaker
of this city, was found lying by the side of
lonely road that skirts Lake Calhoun,
one of the favored drives. An hour before
she had taken from the Gossman stables a
buggy and driven away unaccompanied.
Al about the time her dead body was
found the horse came trotting into the sta
BILE alone ana with no indications of having
run away. At first it had been thought
that there had been fatal runaway, but
the coroner soon found a bullet hole in the
back of the head, and it became a ques-
zion OF murder or suicide. For
some days there was something of uncer-
tainty, but the officers we're finally put on
what turned out to be the proper track.
Hayward's first appearance in the matter
was at midnight on the night of the MUIR
der, when he came to police headquarters
and expressed the belief that the woman
had been murdered, explaining that he be.
ieved that 1t was the scheme of some I'M
known person to "do' him out of several
thousand dollars of her insurance money
from policies Miss Cling had assigned to
him surety for loans. Hayward and
the murdered girl had been close acQuaint-
ances and he, gambler. had placed
money Tor her on cards and had been asso-
ciated with her in Ons or two business
deals.
1t subsequently developed that Hayward,
by threats and drugged whiskey, forced
Claus BliXt to murder Miss Cling. The
liquor contained drug which transformed
Blixt for the time being into demon, and
while in that condition he committed the
murder. Hayward expected that B ixt
would die within two hours after drinking
the detection. but his wonderful vitality
pulled him through. In this manner Hay
wards part IN the crime deyeloped and he
was charged with and convicted Of the
murder. Ii BliXt had died, as Hayward
had planned, it is be ieved the real MUIR
derer never would have been discovered.