The morning call., 1895-02-06
BLIXT THE BUTCHER.
Miss Cling Met Her Death at
His Hands.
WAS SET ON By HAYWARD.
Yet lie Seems to Have Been a Willing
Tool.
HIS HORRID TALE TOLD In COURT.
He Is a Happy Man Now, and lie
Says He Has Home in
Heaven.
HIS HORRID TALE TOLD In COURT.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. SIN the trial of
Harry HAYWARD for the murder of Cathe-
rine Cling, the State to-day sprung a sur
prise by placing Claus A. Bfxt, the self
confessed tool of Hayward, on the stand.
He seemed calm enough. Hayward
looked mildly astonished but betrayed no
uneasiness. In answer to questions Bllxt
related how six or seven weeks before the
murder Harry Hayward was accustomed
to come down into the engine-room and
have long talks with him. Blixt pointed
out the rooms on the diagram of the flats
where they were accustomed to talk.
Bhxt described how he witnessed
note for $1,000 given by Miss Cling to Hay
ward. He said he had been instructed by
Harry to say, when he saw a pile of bills,
6 what lot of money! The
note was offered in evidence and found to
be dated November "a, nine days before
the murder That night in the basement
Harry said TO him: 81 am going to kill her.
1 did not let her have $1,000; it was only
$4,000. am going to take her to restau-
rant and have her show money, and tell
her how careless she has been."
"Afterward." continued Blixt, she told
me he took her around to the restaurant
and had her show her money, and she
placed it in tumbler while she ate, and
some one else told her she'd be killed for
her money"
'Did he say anything more?"
ayes. He said he was going to have her
life insured and then kill her. He said he
was going to drive out and find place
where there were some rocks and throw her
on the rocks and then they would think it
was runaway. He wanted me to go to St.
Paul and get an overcoat, slouch hat and
revolver like the one he had. ! said
would not do it. One day Harry came into
the boiler-room with piece OF Trail four
feet lorg and wanted me to cut it in two. /
said could not do it but a man showed
me how and I did it, Harry took the
shorter piece, put it under his coat and
went upstairs. Afterward l showed the
officers where the other piece was.''
The piece of rail was offered in evidence
and identified. Blixt continued:
"He wanted me to go out somewhere
and get hitched horse. He said he would
drive out somewhere with Miss Cling,
would drop some money out of the buggy
strike her on the head with the Trail,
| leave her there and start the horse to run
ming away. He wanted me to make list
of all the things he had in his pocket when
he went, so that he should not lose any
thing while away that would turn up
against him as evidence. This was on
| Saturday night. The next morning he
came down and asked me if ever heard of
people getting killed in elevators. He said
! he would get in the elevator with her and
strike her on the head and then put her on
the floor so that when the elevator started
it would cut off her head"
At this there was a low murmur of
horror that ran through the assemblage,
which was checked by the deputy's gavel.
81 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 the e---," and Blixt.
with an expressive gesture, showed how
Harry wanted to stab the woman. "I said
| to him, Harry, cannot you make money
some other way? This is the awfulest thing
| ever heard He said, You're a coward.
| Your conscience is hurting. Ii had her
and dog I'd shoot her and leave the dog
That evening he came down with her to
the boiler-room and showed her things.
The next morning that was Monday, about
| II o'clock, he handed me his watch, a box
of cartridges and roll of money, and told
| me to hide them in tin box, SO that they
would not be found. The watch was gold
and he said there was $50 in money there.
I put it in the attic, and when I told him
where had placed it he called me -
! fool, and said that was the first place they
would look for it. He said to put it in
| hollow tree in the woods. He said the
money was not all good, but that
some of it was green goods. He said there
was going to be a funeral there before the
10th no matter how it happened. He said,
'Of course she'll be brought here and Tll
be sorry and I'll have to sit up all night
with the corpse and, after the Coroner has
had his examination, then I'll go East
with the body He said he had to have
$15, 900 to carry out his plans in the East.
He would get $4,000 out of this and he
would have to make $4,000 in some other
way. Late that evening he came in with
pint of whisky. He said, 'Blixt, here's
some whisky I said 1 did not want any.
you're - fool, he said, this amt
common whisky Then I took it and
drank half of it. Then he said, She's got
to die tonight and you've got to help me.
1 said, Harry, amt you got any other way
to make money than to kill that poor little
girl?' He said, It's nothing to kill peo-
pie, I've killed two other people, He said
one was Chinaman, but he did not say
who the other was. He said he had
sounded q third T said 7 cou1d not bal,,
him to do it. He said I'd got to or he would |
kill me. 1 did not pay any attention to
that and then he said he'd kill my wife. | |
told him Whatever you do, don't hurt my
wife. You can do whatever you like with |
me, but don't touch my wife
At the recollection of this the witness
broke down utterly and sobbed like |
child. At last, resuming his narrative,
Blixt said: Finally said to him that |
would do as he liked, but he must not hurt |
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