St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-20
TOLD HIS MOTHER.
Harry Hayward Said to Have
~ Confessed His Terrible
& Crime.
THE NIGHT OF HIS ARREST
Mt
He Sent a Note to His Mother
II 81 in Care Of a Masonic
GI Friend.
THE NIGHT OF HIS ARREST
SAID ADRY WAS INNOCENT.
This May Explain Why At
sDtorney nale Withdrew
From the Case.

Shectlon with the crime for which he
mas been condemned to death, has in
uuced many people to believe that.
perhaps, after all, he is innocent, and
mat strange combination of circum-
stances has conspired to send him to
the gallows. But it appears that Hay
ward himself has confessed his crime
to his mother, who testified so earnest
ly for him on the witness stand.
According to a report which ema-
mates from an entirely trustworthy
source, Mrs. w. W. Hayward is the
only person in the world to whom the
condemned man ever communicated
the fact that he was connected with
the murder of Miss Catherine Cling.
On the Thursday evening of the arrest
OF the Hayward brothers, when there
was great deal of excitement, Harry
got considerably excited, and commu-
nlcated his fears and apprehensions to
MS mother This was done when the
brothers were at the central police sta
ton. Among those who called upon
the prisoners during the hour or so i'm
mediately following the arrest was a
personal friend of Harry's. The gen
tieman is member of the Masonic or
der, and Harry, being a Mason, had
implicit confidence in his friends abil-
ity and willingness to convey to the
grief-stricken mother very important
message. Harry quickly wrote a note
and gave it to his friend, with instruc-
tons to deliver it as eXpeditiously as
possible. Whether the gentleman who
delivered this startling information to
Mrs. Hayward was informed by Harry
as to the contents of the note, or
whether, when he delivered the note.
Mrs. Hayward, in her great grief and
bewilderment, told of the information
it contained, is not known Shortly
after the trial began a well-known and
thoroughly reliable gentleman said to
-GLOBE reporter:
80 Il know that on the night of Harry
Hayward's arrest he sent word to his
mother to the effect that he (Harrry)
was responsible for the murder, and
that Adry had nothing to do with it.
Harry told his mother that he feared
mob violence, and he wanted his moth
er to be sure and let the people know
that Adry had nothing to do with the
crime
I'D Some considerable effort was made
TO ascertain the Of the gentle
imam who carried the note for Harry,
but to no avail. This interesting in
formation did not come out in the trial
County Attorney Nye had learned of
the incident, but he-did not bring the
matter to the surface during the trial.
1t was thought best not to ask Mrs.
Hayward about it. for in all proba-
3b1lityeshe would deny having received
7 such a message from Harry. The
county attorney also knows that
Harry told Adry about sending the
note to their mother, for Adry related
the fact few days later. Adry does
not say that Harry sent word to his
mother that he Harry committed the
murder, but he does say that Harry
told him in the Ramsey county Jail
that he had sent word to his mother
that Adry was in no wise connected
with the crime. 1t is the opinion of
many that Harry never told another
person excepting his mother the facts
IN the case-not even his attorneys. 1t
is very probable that Mrs Hayward
communicated the sad intelligence of
her sons fearful crime to her hus,
band. and possibly to other members
OF the family. Mrs. Hayward, as has
been developed in the course of the
thrilling developments of the past
three months and a half. is a rather
secretive person. Naturally, this char
acteristc would assert itself in per-
haps pronounced degree in so very
important matter as this. 1t is very
likely, however, that Mrs. Hayward
told Mr.. Hale, who was the first at
torney called in the case and later
gave the facts to Mr.. Erwin. The
family had great respect for and con-
ndence in Mr.. Hale, and he probably
learned of Harry's guilt as soon as he
visited Mrs. Hayward after the ar
rests. 1t is the common opinion
among Mr.. Hales professional friends
that after learning the terrible facts
In the case, he concluded he could not
conscientiously defend Harry.
1t is also a fact that w. W. Hayward.
when he called on Elder Stewart, at a
tlme when negotiations for money for
the trial were pending informed the
elder-on the authority of this note
from Harry-that Adry was In no wise
connected with the crime.