Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-02-15
STORY OF A MURDER
Claude Bllxt Tells Of the Assassina-
ton of Catherine Cling.
HAYWARD'S PART IN IT
An AtrOcious Crime Deliberat.,v p,.n.
and Executed by Heart
less Villains.

minneapolis, Mimi. Feb 5-Tn the
trial OF Harry Hayward for the murder
OF catherineGing the state sprung a sur
prise by placing Claude A. Blixt tho
seH-confessed tool of Hayward. on the
s,ahd. He seemed calm enough. Hav-
ward looked mildly astonished. but ba-
rayed no uneasiness. In answer to
questions from Nye. Blixt related how
slX or seven weeks before the murder
Harry Hayward was accustomed ~
come down into the engine room and
nave long talks with him. Blixt point
ed out on the diagram of the fiat where
they We're accustomed to talk Rlixt
described how he witnessed a note for
shooo given by Miss Cling to Harvard
lie said he had been instructed by Har-
| ny To say when he saw the pile of bills
Jesus christ. what lot of money!
hote was offered in evidence and found
dated November "a. nine days before
'iie murder. That night, in the base
'neht or the Ozark, Harry said to him.
am going to, kill her. l did not let her
nave $1,000 1t was only $1,000. / am 60
ing To take her to a restaurant and have
her show the money and tell her how
careless she has been"
Afterwards" continued Rlixt "bo
told me he took her around to a restau-
rant and had her show the money and
she placed it in a tumbler while she alto
and some one else told her she would
be killed for her money" Blixt said
Hayward told him he was going tn have
Miss Ging's life insured and then vim
her. Witness related the different n,ans
made by Hayward to murder the wo-
l.
to commit the deed by threatening 10
XIII his wife If he refused.
Did he say anything more?" was
asked OF Blixt. Yes, he said that he
was going to drive out and find a place
whefe there were some rocks and throw
ner on the rocks and then they would
lhihk II was runaway. One day Harry
anne INTO the boiler room with a piece
'f II rail four feet long and wanted me
to cut 1t In two. Harry took the shorter
piece put 1t under his coat and went up
stairs. Afterwards showed the officers
where the other piece was
This piece of rail was offered in evil
ience and identified.
BLIXT DIDN'T LIKE 1T.
Blixt continued: He wanted me to go
out somewhere and get hitched horse.
tie said that he would drive out some
where with Miss Cling, would drop some
money out of the buggy and get her to
go after 1t. Then he would strike her
IN the head with the IT. rail and leave
aer there and start the horse to running
way. He wanted me to make a list Of
Ill the things he had in his pocket when
ne went, so that he should not lose any,
lhihg while away that would turn
against him as evidence. This was the
saturday night before. The next morn
ng he came down and asked me IL I
sVer heard of people getting killed In
elevators. He said he would get in an
elevator with her and strike her on the
nead and then put her on the floor SO
that when the elevator started II would
cut off her head.
said l would not do that" went
on Blixt. Hayward said that every
time MISS Cling came into his room and
put her arms around his neck he wanted
TO stick knife into her. l said to him.
Harry, can not you make money some
other way. This is the awfullest thing
ever heard He said: You're a cow
ard That evening he came down with
her to the boiler room and showed her
the things. The next morning. Nom
DAY, about IL O'Clock, he handed me
MS watch, box of cartridges and a
roll OF money, and told me to hide them
IN tin box so they would not be found.
put them in the attic and when I
told him where l had placed it, he
called me fool. He said to put 1t in
hollow tree in the woods. He said the
money was not all good, but that some
or 1t was green goods. He said there
was going to be a funeral there he
fore the 10th, no matter how 1t hap
pened He said: OF course she'll be
brought here and I'll be sorry and I'll
have to sit up all night with the corpse
and after the coroner has had his ex-
animation, then I'll go east with the
body He said he had to have $4,000
to carry out his plans in the east. He
would get $4,000 out of this and would
nave to make $4,000 in some other way.