The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-12

me on Monday that the notes were
signed.
The Dressmaker Must Go.
con Tuesday he wanted me to let
him have large bill for some one
dollar bills. I gave him a $40 and a
$50 bill. The next day he wanted me
] to take fifty 81 bills to the bank, get a
draft, and then change my mind and
get other money in their place. He
offered me dollar to do it, but [ re-
fused. He was quite angry, and
finally took the money myself and
he came into the office and asked me II
| it was not time to sacrifice the dress
maker. L said, Harry, you're not go
ing TO kill the dressmaker, are you?
be a victim this time l said. Harry,
you must not do it; it's awful He
replied. She's got to go this time
said, Harry, you must not do this 1t
you don't quit this idea, I'll report
| you
His hands were clutching and he
looked wild. am not naturally afraid
| of anybody, but 1 was afraid of him
then. I moved slowly to where my
coat and hat were hanging, and was
| just making for the door when Harry
came after me. [ told him [ was go
| ing for a walk until he cooled off.
went out to my rooms and got my re-
| volVer and finally went back to the Of
! flee.
Murder Mere TriHe.
| Harry was still there, but was
| cooler. L repeated to Harry that he
must not think of such a thing. He
said it was nothing to kill people. He
had caused the death of three per-
sons"
I'VE move to have that struck out"
put in Erwin.
i ~
| He Said,' the witness continued,
chat he had killed two persons in the
| east and he had killed third, but he
stopped there and would say nothing
more, He also said he caused a fire in
| the east where the loss was S450,000.
He said he got $1,000 for doing it. 1
told him that if he killed her she
would haunt him. He said: People
may dream of such things, but if you
| kill somebody 1t don't make any diff
ference. so you kill someone; kill a
cripple; it's better for them to die than
| to live. Go out and kill someone and
[ will give You a hundred dollars
asked him how he would know that [
had done it. and he said he would see
| it in the papers. I said I would not do
it. That was the last conversation [
had with him. I didn't want to say
l
affair, but L went and told Elder Stew
art"
Hold on, there" said Erwin. Eve
| object as immaterial.'
The objection was sustained, but
Adry was allowed to state that he
made communication to Mr.. Stewart,
"SOmething May Happen"
ION the Saturday following, Harry
walked along with me as l was making
some collections. He said, You'd better
be little careful where you are for the
next three or four days Something may
happen. I talked to him all l could, and
told him he must not think of such a
and said I had better take my wife and
go to the theatre. told him ! would do
as l - pleased. He said something
might happen, and that my wife's evil
dence as to my wherea bouts would be no
good l stayed at home all evening. The
next morning Harry saw me out looking
for paper. He smiled and asked me if
L thought something had happened.
Shortly after 1880, the night of the
murder, Harry came to my fiat and asked
me for 50. gave it to him and then he
said, You'd better go to the theatre to-
night. Take your wife and go-some-
thing is going to happen He seemed a
little eXcited-it was one of the few times
) shook himself loose and said, I've no
time TO fool now; I'm in hurry My
| VIE sat rocking Jne DdOy. linen he
asked me to go into his room about $50
and see if his revolver was under his pill
low. refused, and then he asked me to
raise the curtain in my room so that he
could see the light about 10 o'clock. re-
: fused to do that, too.
"SOmething Has Happened"
! Then he went away [ asked my wife
if she did not want to so up and make a
, visit to my fathers. Al first she said she
was toe, tired, but we finally went. When
we got home, or shortly afterwards, l
heard quick step in the hallway. and
then saw light in Harry's room.
heard nothing more until o'clock in the
z morning, when Harry came to the door
and said Something has happened. Miss
} Cling has been murdered. She was found
stone dead in the road near Lake Cal
houn.' He asked me TO come into his
hat, and did so. He got out his Colt s
, revolver and cleaned it. There was very
/ little dirt on it. AS he was doing this.
g he said. It's lust like picking up money
t overcoat over him. Then ] went back to
2 my fiat. We got up early the next morn
J ing to get a paper
l There was a dramatic scene after court
, mad adjourned. The mother of the two
1 BOYS, one the accuser and the other the
q accused: was in the court room and had
0 heard the story that fell from the lips
D of her eldest born. She was torn by con-
$ fficting emotions, apparently not know
, ing to which of her two sons to turn.
:, Finally, she put an arm about the neck
= of each and attempted to draw them to-
i eether, tears streaming down her face.
e But Adry would not thus be reconciled
4 He tore himself away from the motherlv
d embrace and with a gasping sob went out
4 Of the court room, while the deputy out
+ the handouts on Harry and led him
: back to the jail
Afternoon Session.
:, Look him in the eye Harry; look him
: The words came in an excited whisper
a from the knot of people around thu
= lprisoner. and we're spoken by the mother
u iof Harry Hayward during the most eX.
I citing. moment of the trial today. Never
q had there been such q crowd. The cour
room was packed to suffocation anf
Everything was depressed. There was al
air almost OF terror in the atmosphere
g The faces of the vast concourse of people
S bore expressions as if their minds wer,
l2boring under great mental disturbances
,, Gradually from the time that w. W
Erwin had taken AdrV Hayward TO
Y cross-eXanination this feeling had beer
5 growing. 1t reached its height whel
: ATr. Erwin asked Adry to explain how hi
o brother acted when he had told him h
. would hang if he persisted in followin,
( out his scheme.
n Adrv explained how his brother hal
n turned black in the face with passion
d how he had bent toward him and passe,
n his fingers around his neck and owe
- his face In order to PXUlain If NOR