The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
A stranEe Mnraer case.


b tiOnaI as was ever published between yell
I low paper covers. The Hayward-Ging
murder trial Is referred 10; and no flight
I Of fancy could weave villainy. pathos.
{ coWardice, terror and crime into more
I striking narrative than the witnesses in
I this case have done Monks. the evil
genius created by Dickens to torture poor
Oliver Twist-and he was a superlative
I devil ga his way-was not bIacker villain
than Hayward. the defendant. has been
portrayed, on the witness stand. by his
own brother
Briefly told, Harry Hayward, society
man on the surface Of his life. but gam
bier in fact paid attentions 10 Miss Cling.
"a nilliner who had saved some money.
until she became infatuated with him. TAX
ing advantage Of her infatuatiou he In
duced her TO have her life insured IN his
favor. So blind was Che womsn's love
that she never for an instant suspected the
man, who Immediately after the issuance
of the insurance policy, began to cast
about for "a means OF killing her. 1t has
been developed IN the trial that he talked
with hackmen about The feasibility OF hay
ing her killed in "A runaway, and with boat
men about how she could be- drowned, so
that il would appear TO have been acct
dental He talked freely with his brother
about his Intention 10 murder the woman,
and said TO him that getting the amount
of the insurance policy would "be like
picking up money" He preferred, how
ever, that some one else than himself
should do the actual killing. and finally
fixed upon the engineer Of the Nat in which
he llved-a weak minded man named BliNt
las his tool. BY working upon BliXts
fears through his wife, the engineer was
wrought UP to the pitch Of shooting Miss
Cling to DEATH according to directions.
Upon the arrest OF BliNt he made a full
confession, which, with the corroborative
evidence Of other Witnesses. showed Hay
wards character to be most monstrous,
and his crime one of the most cold-blooded
Imaginable.
During the trial Hayward has
maintained an appearance Of Ut
ter nonchalance, smiling at the
recital Of the unfortunate wo-
mans love for ana confidence in him, and
laughing when his tool, Blixt and his own
brother. Adry Hayward, related his plans,
his threats etc. The case has been al
most concluded. and the verdict will
be made known in a day or two.
There seems to be little doubt at Mime
apolis what the verdict viii be.
Hayward seems to be a subject for the
study Of the mental pathologist. He ap-
pears TO be sane person; yet, according
to the evidence, he is without trace of
moral sense. He has for years passed as
a gentleman; yet it appears that at heart
he is a thug, without conscience or regard
for human life. save his own.
a Washington Cruzet
A Paris cable brings the information
that in that city ana St. Petersburg there
exists Washington craze" which bids
fair to become as absorbing as the ma
poleon craze" that is taking the atten-
ton of literary Europe and mas been i'm
ported to this country. At q recent sale
of Washington relics the Rochambeau
family paid 10000 francs for an autograph
letter of the Father of his Country" It
was addressed to their ancestor, the FAM
Gus Count Rochambeau, hence it cannot
be said that the Washington sign-manual
gave it all of its value. Nevertheless,
heavy orders have been given by persons
in what may be called the -four hundred"
of Paris for Washington relics-portraits,
letters, swords. furniture, etc. The Pa
rislans are eager purchasers, hence the
stock of Washington relies in this country
may be shortly depleted, unless the relic
factories at Battle Creek, Mich, and else
where do a little overtime work
Shall We of the United States, import
the Washington fad? 1t would probably
be a good thing to do so. After having
studied the ambitious and selfish Napo-
leon, a monumental failure in the end. it
would be a pleasant change to study for
while a noble ana patriotic character,
whose endeavors were a brilliant success.
And it may be truly said that this country
is in need, at the present juncture, of
literary, or other, regimen for the promo
ton of patriotism. one has only to turn
to the Chicago and Brooklyn strikes, OF
to congress to see that the fire of pa
triotism in the blood of the republic is con-
siderably cooled. Indeed. there appears
to be symptoms of a chill
A tonic is needed. 1t may be that a
study of Washington-his sacrifices, his
sufferings his lofty aims, his love of
country-will quicken the public pulse It
is to be hoped that the publishers viii
foster the Washington craze
Guatemala must have some very good
reason for exhibiting so much spunk in
the matter of a possible conflict with
Mexico The President of Guatemala is
a shrewd man. He knows how strong
Mexico is. and how weak his own little
! government would be in an unaided fight
with the Mexicans.. It is possible, there
fore, that ne has assurances of assist
ance from some of the neighboring re-
publics in the event OF q beginning Of
hostinues. \ union of the Central Ameri-
can states could make a fight very inter
esting for Mexico for while.