The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-06
BLIxT'S STORY
o! tho Murder OF Catherine Cling, ut
Minneapolis.
HAYHNRD'S COLD-BL0OOED. PLANS
For tho Murder ot His VictIm-Evcry
Detail OF the Plot Carefully Consld.
ercd-Blixt at First Refused to bs
,an Accomplico, But Hayward
Frightened Him by Threatening to
duplicate Biix,'s VITO.


MINNEAPOLIS, MIyS., Feb. 5.-In tho
trial Of Harry Hayward for the murder
OF Catherine Cling, the state to-day
sprang surprise by placing Claus A.
Blixt, the seli.confossod tool Of Hay
ward, on the stand.
Blixt relatod how for six or seven
weeks before the murder Harry Hay
ward was accustomed to come down into
the engine room, where h0 WAS en-
ployed, and have long talks with him.
Blixt pointed out the rooms on the dia-
gram Of tho flats where they woro nc.
customcd to talk, aud went TO say that
along in November Hayward began 10
talk to him about doing some outside
WORK in newspaper case.
Bixt described how he had witnessed
tue note for $1,000 given by Miss Cling
to Hayward. Ho said he had been in-
tructed by Harry 10 say when he saw
the pile Of bills, "Jesus Christ, what a
Not OF money" That night in the base
men: OF the Ozark. Harry had said to
him: II am going to kill her. l didn't
lot her have $1,000 1t was only s., 600.
| am going to taken her around where l
have take her here aud gamble rs high
as 81 900 on her. 1 am going to take her
to restaurant and have her show the
money and tell her how careless she'd
BEEN"
afterwards" continued Blixt, "he
told mo that no took her around to a
restaurant and had her show tho money
and she placed it in n tumbler while she
ate. and some one else told her she'd be
killed for her money"
WOULD HAVE HER LIFE INSURED.
He 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 it was runaway. He
wanted me to 90 TO st. Paul and get an
overcoas, q slouch hat and a revolver
like the one he had. l said l would not
do it. One day Harry came into the
boiler room with piece OF rail four
feet long and wanted me to cut it in
two. said couldn't do it, but n man
showed me how and l did it. Harry
took the shorter piece, put it under his
coat and went up stairs. l showed the
officers where the other piece was."
"He wanted Inc to 20 out somewhere
aud get hitched horse. He said ,ha
would drive out somewhere with Miss
Cling. He would drop SONS money out
Of the buggy aud get her to 20 after it.
Then he would strike her on the head
with the I rail and leave her there and
start the horse to running away. He
wanted me to make n list OF all the
things he had in his pockets when he
went so that he should not lose any.
thing while away, that would turn up
against him as evidence. That was
Saturday night before. The next morn.
ing he came down and asked me If
ever heard OF people getting killed in
elevators. l said l had. He said he
would get in the elevator with her and
atrike her on the head and then pu.
her on the floor so that when the elera.
tor started it would cut of her head"
BLIXT PLEADS WITH HAYWARD.
81 said would not do that. Hayward
said that every time Miss Cling came
into his room and put her arms around
his neck he wanted to stick knife into
the - -" and BliSt, with an
expressive gesture. showed how Harry
wanted to stab the woman. ~ said 10
him. Harry. can't you make the money
some other way? Thia is the awiuless
thing l ever heard. He said, You're
coward. Your conscience is hurting
you. II had her and dog. Pdehoos
her and leave the dog That evening
he came down with her to the boiler
room and showed her the things. The
next morning, that was Monday, about
II o'clock. he handed me his watch, a
box Of cartridges aud roll OF money.
and told mo to hide them in tin box,
so that ii he was arrested they would
not be found. Tho watch was gold,
and he said there was $50 in money
there. l put it in the attic, and when !
told him whero had nut it he called
mo - iool, and said that that was
the first place they'd look for it. llo
said TO put in n hollow tree in the
woods. lie said the In oney was not all
good, but that sons OF 1t was green
goods. lie said thore was going to he u
funeral there before tho tenth. no mat
ter how 1t happened. Ho says: 'Oi
course she'll be brought and hore I'll
be sorry, and I'll have to sit up all night
with tho corpse, and after the coroner
has had his examination then I'll 90
east with the body
NEEDED MONEY.
'He said ho had to have $4,000 to
carry out his plans in the east. Hc
would got $4,000 out OF this aud hs
would have to make 5000 in some
other way.
Late that evonin. ho came in with a
pint bottle OF whisky. lie said, 'Blixt,
here's. somo whisky. | said | didn't
want any. You d. fool,' ho said,
this amt common whisky thcn took
it and drank half OF il. Ho then said,
She's got to die tonight aud you've got
to help me- said. Harry. haven't
you got any other way to mako money
than to kill that poor little girl" IIc
said, IT'S nothing to kill people. l'vo
killed two other people, llo said ono
was n Chinaman. but ho did not say
who tho other was. lie said hc had
wounded third. ! said could not
help him do 1t. llo said I'd got to or
ho would kill mo. did not pay any
attention to that, and then ho said tha.
ho'd kill my wife. | told him. 'Wha,-
over you do, don't hurt my vito. You
can do what you liko with me, but don't
touch my wiie.
BLINr FINALLY YIRLDgp.
Finally said to him that I would