Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-06
MISS GlNG'S MURDERER
Biixt Tells How He Shot Her In
 the Buggy.
FORCED TO DO IT BY HAYWARD.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 6.-Claus A. Blixt Eho confessed to firing the shot that killed Miss Ging was the nrst witness in the Hayward case, After giving the details of his early life he got down to the time when he went to work for Hayward in the Ozark Iats. April l4. 1894, as station. ary engineer.
 He came to me one evening in the basement. He said 10 me in the evening: I didn't borrow of Miss Cling no S7. 00o It was S2, QOA am going to kill her. l am going to take her around to 0 restau- rant and havo her show the g., ooJ and then say that she should not carry such a large sum of money With her He said he had already taken her to restaurant and had S..vuI laid on a tumbler The waiter said she was careless He also told me that he had promised to marry her, and that he was going to kill her.
 He also said that be was going to get her to take out n life insurance policy and kill her.
 Hayward laughed several times during the story.
 Continuing his story. Blixt said on the night of the murder-Dec. 3-Hayward told him that he was to kill Miss Cling that night
 An! way Blixt quoted Hayward there wi.l be II funeral before the 10th. Alter she IS killed she will be brought her. and will have 10 sit up with tho cor se Then aft,r the coroner has been here will bc tie one to go east. l have got 10 make that Sl5. QUO. and tonight Is as good tune us any" He said he would get >lu. Uuu out of this job.
 He said. wont on Blixt in a rapid. broken voice. be said she wants to marry me. and l have promised. Now am go ing to kill her. 1 m going to kill her now. Every time l 20 to her place she hangs around my neck. and 1 ha. e the sight of her l would kill her. Blixt. just like q dog If there was dog and this woman together, and l was going to shoot one of them, l would kill her and let the dog 90
 Described the Fatal Ride.
 Hayward. he said. then gave him some whisky and told hIm of the plan he had arranged to Eavo hliKt kill Miss GinR,
 ''l won | do It, Harry" the man re- piled. 'I won't have anything to do with il, and he turned away.
 see here. Bllxt, sad Hayward, m afraid of that wife of yours guess she You d be bet CT of without her anyway a good deal better of "
 When he r gan to describe Hayward s threats toward Mrs Blixt he stared right at Hay ward for the first time since he took his place on the stand, The prisoner smil- ed on and gave no sign other than to shrug his shoulders c"ntemptuuusly. Blixr stared for moment without speaking
 Go on " said the states attorney. but the murderer had reached his limit of en- duranco appar ntly. He collapsed. weep- ing Ike child in describing the fatal ride he sad Mis- Cling asked him what he was tryiE F [" ct mccall at his right side He replied that il was a revolver. and then he shot her
 II raised that revolver. " said he. time after time, but could not do 1t. Then once she turned away. did not look I did not look at all could not look. I just threw tLe revolver up quick and shot her. l ,lld not know where l shot her did moi look to src, Harry told me to shoot Ter tchird the ear in the fore head lie Slid those were the places to shoot, but l dI2 not look l was scared. 1 was afraid Harry Hayward would kill my wife, and kc would have Killed her if l had gone away. Then 1 threw her out threw tho Eody out
 When the revolver was produced there was another dramatic scene in which Mir Erwin figured No one cou,d remove the chambers from the revolver. and Harry took il, q walchful deputy standing c,ose to him The cartridges fell out on the floor and Harry cut his finger on the weapon.
 At once Mir Frwin's dramatic voice came sharp and distinct The defendant has ctt his finger on this weapon There Is blood. you see. want it noticed that such is tEe cas- We want everything open and above board If blood is found on the revolver. this must re notei " The states attorney admitted that there was no blood on tho weapon. and the trial went on, Blixt claimed that Hayward 1 had told him of the killing of two women -one a ChinCse-and woundin2 a third. He also spoke about Icing hired to fire i buildings, hut the court put a stop to this | line of question ng
 Eli>t'. Altered Bearing. Blixts bear ny during the cross exam. ination was remarkable. and in vain did Mir, Erwin, for the defense, try to shake 1 him. .; cSti, followed question in rapid succession, and trap after trap was laid for the witne:S hut he escaped them all His interviews with the attorneys for the state weIe gone into at length. and he de- clarsd that the story he told on the stand was the snlne that he told the prosecuting officers, His whole bearing and his direct manner in answering questions were con. l vincing to no small degree, and the belief | was general that this timo he was really | telling tn truth,
 Things have changed. " said MT Er. | win, referring to the altered bearing oi the witness who. when he was arraigned, was trembling. frightsns wretch. How do you feel now"
 II am happy,
 What makes you happy Lord God in heaven. I feel have q life there, and while there Is sore at my breast over the awful crime God has his promises still for me- You feel that you are forgiven." Yes, sir do God has forgiven ne, and I have felt happy since I have been g | better man and told 1t to all No one made any promises to me for me to tel what know They did not say that the | public was excited and might hang ma ' Court adjourned with Blixt still on ths stand.
 The Cienfu~G"s Ashore. NEW YORK, Feb G-Another chapter to the series of accidents which has befall en the steamers of the Ward line during the past year was added by the strandinG of tho C.enfuegos on Harbor island. 5( miles northeast Of Nassau. N r. The company received n dispatch from Nassau 1 which was as follows "Cienfuegoi stranded near Harbor island Crew ant passengers all safe Santiago has been dis patched to its reIiet It Has Como at Last.
 First Shoe Clerk-T wonder what ha happened:
 Second Clerk-Why: | First Clerk-All the fashionable wom en are now ordering shoes three or fou sizes too large for them,
 Second-Oh. that's part of tn,
 ''Trilby" craze. you kno'E. E.-Syracus' | Post.