The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-11
HAYWOOD COhFEssEDI
Voluntarily Sweeps Away All Doubt As Tolls 1
Guilt Of the Murder of Cathadna cling.
INTENDED TO KILL BLIx1 BUT COULD NOT.


Would Like to Be HUNG Every
bny-hefuscs 60 Embrace Religious q
Coinfort-Wi,I Die AS He Mas LII we'd. n
Minneapolis, Min. Dec. 10.-HarrY
Haywood has confessed Every shni.Ss
ow OF doubt as to his guilt in connection &
VIII, with the murder of Catherine Cling has 1
oecn swept away by the voluntary 4
word or the assassin. In the still tyatch-i&
Us of the night Hayward turned to S
county Physician Burton, who constants
~ attends MIN, and as to a Father Cons
fessor. admitted that the gallows were
about TO receive one OF the gulltiest q
wretcnes OF the nineteenth century. The x
story Of the crime he rccited from be- Il
ginning i;i to end, confessins that he
derous plot nnd that Claus Blixt wapg Is
but his tool q. q : { s. .SSt1s:;
Il fell down at the last moment R
1nss'Gn, 11non'Gh,r J., said HAYWARD after fun cons
Kill SiiXt, but could not. If I hal I &
would nave been safe The morning a9-E;
yer the murder went to him and told !
MN MN 10 go TO Franle-that is the eleva4g
tor boy, you know-and borrow a re- e. +;
VolVer or him. BliXt looked at me forf
moment and then replied: NO, Harry
no, lie was too cunning for rne-hini ~
r,1 laiiea, put II he had borrowed tfat
basement and after taking the revolveFaS
away from Blixt. / would have shot
MN through the right temple Where q. 81
man committing suicide would ,,atural-$
~ shoot. Then I would have dropped
the revolver by his side and bacixedss
from the room. l figured that MRS.
isilNt or some one might come rushing
~. nha II was backing out couId,8
upon the appearance of any one have
simply rushed forward toward the 4bofaY::SS
as if l had heard the shot too and was sss
.usl running in l failed. though and 4
now they nave me-" with a glance to-
| awaiting it's victim Sii 7E5I5 5as9IIsSs
| HAYWOOD Is making q sigahticI effort
TO cover up his shattered nerves to-
sc, uay. lie, arose from his couch this
morning and although he had not ssIeutss
wink, stretched himself and; said h To-
| the death watch: Cd It. i would like
10 be hung every day. I feel like %na
| lighting cock" $50 .is9 rs :asas ssss
lie ate sparingly of wheat cn kos an hi
iried egEs, but jolSed with his wa atCfis
inc while, stating TINT he had #aIySayrsS
leu wen ana he could not leaVeSft fth!aS
woria hungry. Nevertheless, his every
clfort to appear natural to-day Is n a.. ~
,iceable. His lips CULVER like those Of
n suffering child, and he cannot Akssfss
MS mind upon a topic long enougfltS
20 Iorm q complete sentence. Hagis
5treaKing up fast. and although JaiIoT
Sandborg declared that Harry Wol,fEf
walk to the rope without q treffipd.l
1t Is doubtful. lsssisEsy ,ssS
father Timothy visited the condennIissss
ca man In his cell this morning, Sblit;
iiarry refused the comfort offered bys
the Church. He Will die as he haaS
lived, with no profession of relie.oNSi
He sent fer Stella Goodman, the VIZ
man whom he alleges ne married ffs.
New York two years ago, but sfifsS
did not come. -, N lj!9.SSgE Es9S5
Shcriff ldolmburg visited the cell. Pos
a ort.time to-day and asked HAYWARD
II there was anything he wfsheds Il
Yes. was the reply, 81 want to Give
the boys a big spread here to-niEhfs5
;. "All right" answered the shariss
you can have anything you want \,
farry at once set to work and pre-!
pared Dill OF fare for the last social
occasion which he will grace, Including
as oppssum, suclxling pig, one q -
key, chicken salad, celery, oysters ON
the half shell, mince pie
For Or. Burton. he stated apple pis
ETC., etc. He intends to feed the guards;
and deputies to the number OF eight
He has not yet selectd the three per-
sons to attend his execution as allow
cd by the Minnesota law, but stafAS
be one 4 8 go s
He has already dressed himself In
the black suit which he will VIENNA kiE
his execution. A white silk tie he tah
| purchased and insists on wearing
| Later-2:30 a. mat five rS1inutpa
before midnight Hayward nude q
statement addressed to the public iii
(which he asserts his last statement
regarding the murder is correct.t E5&sS
1t is thought he will be executed
some time before 2:30. fsa
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