Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-06
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, February s.
The mass of preliminary evidence in
the trial of Harry Hayward for the
murder OF Catherine Cling having been
cleared away, the State to-day placed
Claus A. Blixt, the self-contessed tool
Of Hayward. on the stand.
Hayward had not expected this. Blixt
mounted the witness stand composedly.
Hayward gazed intently at him, but
Blixt looked anywhere rather than St
Hayward. In answer to questions 1liIt
related how for six or seven weeks be-
fore the mGrder Harry Hayward came
to the eugine room and talked with
him. In November Hayward began TO
talk TO him about doing some outside
work. Blxt had Witnessed the note for
81, 600 given by Miss Cling TO Hayward.
He had been instructed by Harry to say
when he saw the bills, Jesus Christ
what a lot Of money" The note was
dated
NINE DAYS BEFORE THE MURDER.
That night in the basement OF the
Ozark, Harry had said TO him: ~ am
going 70 Kill her. | didn't let her nave
81, 900. 1t was only So 900. | am going TO
take her around where have taken her
here and gamble as mig As 81, 000 on her.
am going TO take her to restaurant
and have her show,the money and tell hsr
how careless she'd ben" "Afterward,"
continued Blixt, che told me that he took
her around TO restaurant and had her
show the money, and she placed 1t In
tumb while she ate, and some Cne
else told her she'd be killed for her
money"
"Dld he say anything more?"
Eyes, he said he was going 10 have
her life insured and then Kill ner. lie
said he was going to drive out and find a
place where there were some rocks aud
throw her on the rocks and then they
would think IL was runaway. lie
wanted me to go TO ST. Paul and
get an oVercoa;. q siouch hat and
revolver like the one ne
had. | said I would not do 1t. One
day Harry came into the boiler room
with a piece OF I rail four feet long and
wanted me to cut IT in two. | said l
couldn't do IL, but man showed me how
and did il. Harry took the shorter
piece, put it under his coat and went up
stairs. Afterwards | showed the oil
GERS where the other piece was"
This piece of rail was offered in evil
dence and identified. BIixt continued:
He wanted me to go out somewhere
aud get htched horse. He said be
would drive out somewhere with MISS
Cling. He would drop some money out
of the buggy and get her TO go after II.
Then he would strike her on the head
with the T rail and leave her there
and start the horse to running
awav. He wanted me 10 make list
of all the things he had in his pockets
when he went, so that be would not
lose anything while away that would
turn against him as evidence. That
was Saturday night before. The next
morning he came down and asked NE II
| ever heard OF people getting killed ln
elevators. | said | had. lie SAID he
would get in the elevator with her ana
strike her on the head, aud then put
her on the floor so shat when the ele
vator started
IT WOULD CUT OFF HEE HEAD
Al this there was low murmur OF
horror that ran throughout the assem-
bly. which was checked by the deputy'S
gaveL
~ said would not do that" went on
RIixt HAYWARD said that every time
Miss Cling came into his room aud put
her arms around his neck he wanted 10
stick knife into the - - ano
Bfxt with an expressive gesture
showed how Harry wanted TO stab
the woman. II said TO him,
Harry, can't you make money some
other way? This is the awfuIlest thing
| ever heard Of He said; You're a
coward. Your conscience is hurting
Won. If 1 had her and dog I'd shoot
her and leave the dog That evening
ma came down with her 10 the boiler
room and showed her things The next
morning. that was Monday, about
II O'clock he handed me his watch,
hoy of cartridges and roll OF
money, and told me to hide
tbsp, in 4 tin box so that if he was ar
rested thev could not be found. The
watch was gold and he said there was
S50 in money there. l put II in the at
tic. and when told him where | had
placed it, he called me - fool ana
said that was the first place they'd look
for it. He said to put il In hollow
tree in the woods. he said the money
was not all good, but that some OF
il was green goods. He said there
was going to be funeral there
before the tenth. 10 matter how II hap
neped. He saws: 'Of course she'll be
bTought here and III Oe sorry and III
lave TO sit up all night with the corpse.
and after the coroner has mad bis exam.
ipation Ihen I'll go East with the body