The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-12-20
AN ABOHINABLE LIFE
was that Of Harry Haywood, the ssIf-Caa.i
'essed Murderer Of Catharlna cling.
cOAFESSEs TO THREE OTHER MURDERS. /, =

bePr"vitS truly Observation-Disclosures n VI
fie Confidence OF His Victims and 81
Then Killed Them, s
Minneapolis, NIinn Dec 19.--Harrv,st
Hayward's ante-mortem statement. die. q
tated to n stcnographer the night beforeI@
MS e%cution. contains his confessionsg
OF the Cling murder, and also tbas3
startling information that he CONF
United three murders before thn tFss
crime. Hayward stated l, u Is confes-S%
SION mat he never got into trouble uns sj
to form the acquaintance OF COUNTER
feiters, with whom he associated for{{
some time, but he never spent much &
OF one ,ne green-goods-it was too risky.
81. Louis, the horse became frisky and Il
nc shot him dead. He settled for the b
animal with the owner. The confession
then reads II 95s
IN san francisco, In the latter part OF Il
1879. was playing with a Chinaman3i
l9r small stakes and the Celestial was y
i,in, iGhiratimE ING me, | jumped up and told
came at me with knife. pulled the8
heavy chair from under me, butt S
could not get good swing to strike
nm, Iti,, so | poked the leg at him and !
a
then ] punched the leg into his eye;
ana 1t crashed right into the skull ands
he lay stIll. After that I dug q holelt
nine IN me place under the floor in the she'd: ]
the body there. never heard any,
trouble from 1t. although the paper:s 4
made n report Of the finding OF the
body, = -!
After beginning, I rather liked tbas
excitement. Then luck followed z mo 3
ana ! went from there to Pasadena. a ~
had formed the acquaintance of a like
~ lEirl, resYlaar adventuress. was
u nttle pressed for money and the GIRL
had saved $500. 7 had her nat buf A
could not get the cash except by 1preSs
tending ] had an investment for her
e9at Wa MAS y money maker. She turned
ing. shot her and buried the body. She
WnS not very well known and was neyeI,fl
missed; ! never heard of. that mattGrs
from that day to this" n EF1 ISgsSSS
me last trouble before this Ewe q n ~
Ei Pasn Del Norte I was mixed ,II,SS,
with Girl there and we used to paint&
tthlngs once In n while. One night herE
pIother cought us together In my room
n,na, ,.na had us dead to rights. He waa3
crazy, and came at me with n knife. &
!rlcd 70 beat him Off with chair, antfs
the Eiri cried to me to shoot him or he /
would XIII me, and she would be founItH
~ nv ,lred at him and struck him In |
me shoulder. and he dropped the knifaa
ana the girl jumped out of the bed anii
picked him up. He was quiet enougfiA
after that and took him to druEf
store ana had his wound dressed. i Hen
iiiaus UP n story Of how 1t happened }foi
ward Off suspicion. promised SO,
marry the girl anl all was we'll for they
tlme; left there and learned AFTER,
from the wound J'ss.7ts,
i was introduced to Kate Cling irls
January. 1894. That was at fims1
Wnen | had been suffering pretty heaYS3
losses It was about April 1st before IN
was real well acquainted with her anJfs
then I set out to get her money. T HsasA
cured about S3,S00 from her Tint w,,s.sNS
right about my playing the bank with
i,',, h"r ior n partner and that Chicago3i
business. s .1sa, ! did not lose the money theres
any notes nor gave any up to the tiInef
When we liked up the last scheme
hypnotized her and played her right. Il 81
sne was coed business woman. but
she was not highly educated, and Syet3s
wanted to pretend that she understood5
Things readily. In that way coIldH
work on her only through mystery.sj
Morally, With Kate Cling, there wasa
estiy that while talked pretty fplaihE
to her ] played the noble racket Win
her, ana rsaid that. even though ISSwas%
q wild evil. | would not do .her8 q II
wrong for the world. was playing&herS
for other purposes, you see" ys Sss
fhe confession then relates that Hay-$i
ward had the mill at Hamil burnedS
>and that he collected the Insurance 4 RsS
proposed to Adry to help him murders
Miss Cling, hut dropped him because he L
was too white livered.' 5s$s
Then follows the details of plaaings;
$4,000 on Miss Ging's life; how they ar
ranged for flashing money in restaus
rants; visiting fortune tellers, paying
over $1,000 to her, of hfch $4,000 wastg
counterfeit, turning over the policiea,%
etc. & ssss,
Hayward then related how he hyp-S
Noticed BllXt and Interested him ms
the plot to murder Miss Cling, but hes
claimed that BliXt was eager to coryl4ss
nit the crime. Hayward took Miss
Cling out riding on two occasions, shoS-sS
ing her on the first drive house wherefsl
he told her counterfeit money could8
be secured. These drives were taken
on the Saturday and Sunday nlEhtStN
preceding the murder Miss Cling takingSS
the buckskin mare on each occasion and y
meeting Hayward near the West Hotel gSs
He intended to smash her head WittfsS
a II rail each time, but found no suit
able place in which to commit the miir4S ~
der The last time he saw her Was 81 fHfS
O'Clock the morning of the murderss 81
The rest of the confession gives an acss
count OF the killing and comedies WI tfisA
the evidence which came out at thesf
trial, Hayward meeting M iss Cling SneaESsz
the West Hotel and driving S " II hsf EerHS
TO the point where he met Bllxt. kWhens
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