Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-12-16
HARRY CONFESSED.
The Fiend Told the Story of His
Life to County Physician
Burton.

ST. Paul, Mimi, Dec IA Mime
apolis special to the Dispatch says that
Harry Hayward confessed. A few hours
before he was launched into eternity he
told DR.. Frank Burton, in~the presence
of a ST. Paul Dispatch reporter, how he
concocted the damnable plot for the
murder of Kitty Cling.
Carelessly and even laughingly he went
over the horrible tale, not in detail but
generally, and all through the revolving
narrative the smile never left his face.
The one great regret of his life was
that he didn't kill Blixt as he desired.
'That man BliXt was an awful d-n
fool,' said Hayward, musingly. He
didn't have brains enough to stock a
WeinerWurst. 1t took me weeks to train
him for the event. l rehearsed him
time and time again until l thought the
how it could miss If Blixt had had any
sense at all neither one of us would be in
trouble today"
The Mistake of His Life.
ooh what an unfortunate thing it was
I didn't kill that wretch! It was the
mistake of my life. It was the only one
point in which my plot fell short. 1t
was the only part of the programme
that was not carried out, and as fate
would have it, that was the very part
that brings me to the gallows tonight"
You see, Doc had arranged great
scheme to kill that fellow Blixt, but dang
me if the fellow didn't have more cum
ming than | gave him credit for. My
idea was to get him in the basement of
the Ozark fats that day. / had no gun
with me, but | knew the elevator man
had one. So that day | said to Blixt:
Now, Blixt, you go down and borrow the
elevator boys revolver. That was the
gun I meant to kill him with. Blixt
looked at me with cunning leer and
said: oh, no you don't, Harry. Curse
his fool soul, hate myself for letting
him escape" and Hayward kicked the
wire netting viciously.
my idea was to get him in the base
ment and shoot him through the left tenn
pie. / knew his wife would rush in at
the sound of the gun and SO my scheme
was to back out of the room at the far
door | was going to back without turn
ing and l would rush in and meet her
and ask what was the matter. She GER
tainly would have thought he had COM
mitted suicide and let it go at that. 1t
would have released me and / would
not be here tonight waiting to have my
neck stretched. | had of a time
working that fool and preparing him
for the part he was to play. After the
murder of Kate Cling | knew they'd get
him in a sweat box and try to make him
give up, so | rehearsed him in what he
was to say and told him what the otfi-
GERS would say to him in order to make
him squeal on me.
Il was sure l had him near fixed up
to the proper pitch and, - him, he had
to go and give the whole snap away.
hate such weak fools as Blixt.'
Full Details of the Plot.
The full details of the plot are con-
tanned in the statement of his life which
Hayward has been making to Goodseli
the past two days. Il would tell you
about it now said Hayward after
wards, land | would announce it from
the scaffold, but if / did it would take
the meat out of the book Goodsell is
going to write. and there is barrels of
money in that book for Goodsell. 1t
will contain the full details of the Cling
murder as l have related it to them to-
night"
This confession, while not, of course,
complete, is true and will be vouched for
as having been told to DIR. Burton, not
only by that gentleman himself but by
the Dispatch reporter and the death
watch