San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-14
TALE OF MURDER.
HOW TWO VILLAINS BUTCHERED A
WEAK GIRL.
Blood Curdling Details Chilly Told
by the complacent Assassin of
Catherine Cling.

going to have her miss Ging's) life
insured and then kill her. He
said he was going to drive out and
find a place where there were some
rocks and throw her on the rocks
and then people would think it
was done in a runaway. He
wanted me to go to st. Paul
and get an overcoat, SLOUGH
hat and revolver like the one
he had. l said | would not do it.
One day Harry came into the boil
er room with a piece Of 7 rail, four
feet long and wanted me to cut it
in two. [ said | could not do it,
but man showed me how and |
did 1t. Harry took the shorter
piece, put 1t under his coat and
went up stairs. Afterwards |
showed the officers where the other
piece was"
Blixt continued: ale wanted
me to 60 out somewhere
and get a horse. He said
he would drive out some
where with Miss Cling. He would
drop some money out of the buggy
and get her to go after it. He
would then strike her on the head
with the Il rail and leave her there
and start the horse to running
away"
ale wanted me to make list of
all the things he had in his pockets
when he went SO he would not
loose anything while away that
would turn up against him as evil
dence. This was the Saturday night
| before. The next morning he
came down and asked me if | ever
heard of people getting killed in ell
evators. He said he would get in
an elevator with her and strike
her on the head and then put her
on the floor, so that when the ella
vator started, 1t would cut off her
head. l said l would not do that.
Hayward said every time Miss
Cling came into his room and put
her arms around his neck he want
ed to stick a knife into her." and
Blixt, with an expressive gesture,
showed how Harry wanted to stab
the woman. He said: at l had
her and a dog, I'd shoot her and
leave the dog That evening he
came down with her to the boiler
room and showed her the things.
The next morning, Monday, he
handed me his watch, a
box Of cartridges and a roll
Of money, and told me to hide
them in tin box, so II he was ar
rested, they would not be found.
He said, the money is not all good,
but some Of it is 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
I'll be sorry, and I'll have to sit up
all night with the corpse, and
after the coroner has held an
examination, then I'll 60 east
with the body He said no
had to have $4,000 to carry out
his plans. He would get $4,000
out OF this and would have to
make $1,000 some other way. Late
that evening he came in with a
pint of whisky. took it and drank
half of it. Then he said: She's got
to die tonight, and you've got to
help me-
al said, Harry, amt you got any
other way to make money than to
kill that poor little girl?'
Gle said, It's nothing to kill
people. I've killed two other
people, He said one was a China
man, but did not say who the other
was. He said he had wounded
third. said could not help
him. He said / had to or he'd kill
me. l didn't 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 |
what you please with me, but don't |
touch my wife,"
At the recollection of this the |
witness broke down utterly and |
sobbed like a child. AT last, resum-
ing his narrative, BliXt said: "Fin-
ally, / said 1 would do as he
liked. He gave me six long
cartridges and six short
ones to put into his
revolver, and after it was all done,
l was to change the cartridges.
Then he told me to 60 out Henne-
pin avenue to Kenwood and wait
for him. When he came l was to
follow him. Pretty soon saw him
coming across lot and followed.
Then he stopped the buggy and 1
came up and he told me to get into
it and drive along. got in and he