St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-12
HIS DOOM SEALED.
Catherine Ging's Murderer
Must Pay the Penalty Of
His Crime.
H. T. HAYWARD SENTENCED.
Judge Smith Condemns Him
to Death on the GAL
lows.
NEWS DID NOT SHAKE HIM.
His Attorney Will Plead for a
New Trial on the 23d Of
March.
H. T. HAYWARD SENTENCED.
NEWS DID NOT SHAKE HIM.

With the shouts of "Murdererr
Hang him." Take him to the gal
lowsp' ringing in his ears, Harry T.
Hayward was sentenced to an ig-
nominious death by Judge Smith
yesterday .norning
Outside of the court room thou
sands Of men and women had as
sembled to catch last look at the
condemned man, and to gloat over
his terrible fate.
The shouts of derision and the
curses and ilnprecations heaped
upon Hayward while he ran the
gauntlet of his enraged fellow citi-
zens must have sent a thrill of ter
ror to his cowardly heart, however
much he might affect demeanor of
unconcern. But the temper of the
mob spent itself in taunts and
sneers, for Hayward's awful errand
to the court of justice was well un-
derstood. The doors of the cid
court room in which the trial was
conducted were guarded as usual,
but this was ruse to deceive the
mob. The solemn business was dis
patched in the little court room in
the court house in the presence of
less than 100 spectators.
AT half-past 10 o'clock Judge Smith
entered the room. but the prisoner
did not arrive until ten minutes
later. The gravity of the situation
was depicted in every face, and men
spoke as if in the presence of death.
Y l.
Attorney Shumaker sat calmly
awaiting the coming of the man
whose life they have struggled so
hard to save. Near them sat As
sistant County Attorney A. H. Hall.
The little group was suddenly
startled by the shouts of the mob in
the court yard.
There's the murderer ."There
he goes!' Hang him now. was
heard above the roar of the mob
spirit that had been dashed into fury
by sight of the famous criminal.
The attorneys exchanged signifi-
cant glances, and few seconds
later Hayward strobe rapidly into
the room and glanced about him.
An expression of fierce defiance not
unmixed with fear was on his white
face. He held his head high while
the deputies with nervous hands re-
moved the handouts. When his
hands were free he arranged his
coat collar, bowed abstractediy to
his attorneys and sat down. His
eyes were rolling, and finally settled
on the sad face of Julia Cling, the
twin sister and living image of
Catherine Cling. In that moment
Hayward seemed fascinated by her
. face. and gazed fixedly at her for
several moments. Miss Cling, who
had not shadow of doubt of his
guilt, quickly averted her gaze, and
look of indescribable suffering
showed in her dark eyes. Little
Louise Ireland ard Mrs. Patrick
Cling were also in court.
Judge Smith wasted no time in
discharging his unpleasant duty. He
looked straight at Hayward, and in a
solemn voice said:
Harry Hayward, have you any
reason to say, any reason to offer,
why the sentence of the law should
not be passed upon you?"
The doomed man turned his ewes
mechanically on the judge, and was
about to- speak, when Erwin inter-
pose and asked for an arrest of
Judgment, basing his request on the
insufficiency of the Indictment, which
did not charge murder in the first
degree, nor the crime of murder at
all.
The motion was quickly denied,
and Mr.. Erwin began to recite the
grounds upon which he would move
for a new trial. The statutory
grounds, the errors of the court in
admitting certain evidence and ex-
Guiding other testimony would be
offered. The defense would also
claim that the long trial just ended
had not been fairly tried, in that the
popular clamor for a victim had
oVershadowed the court.
Il have not been overshadowed. 4"
was the indignant ejaculation of
Judge Smith.
Mr.. Erwin hastened to explain that
hO hid AOl lIiSd4i the court mad been
prejudiced exactly, but that the entire
forum had been unconsciousIy affected
by the public craving for revenge.
Its true, as the cheering outside
testifies," said John Day Smith, and
Mr. Erwin repeated his colleagues OBJ
servation to the court.
you will be given until March % to
prepare an application for a new trial"
said the court.
The state was given until March 2S in
which to file bill of amendment. and
on the 18th Judge Smith will decide the
question
The preliminaries having been dis
posed of, Judge Smith turned to Hay
ward once more and asked: Have you
anything to say?" The prisoner aroused
himself, and, with Deputy Sirosis,
stepped up to the bench in dazed sort
of way. The expression on his face
was one of Indignation. as, leaning
against the clerks desk, he said in a
clear voice:
Nothing, sir, except I am innocent,
in spite of the twelve jurors decision
He was singularly calm, and there
was no tremor in his voice, as he stood
waiting to hear his sentence.
He had not long to wait.
You have had fair trial" said
Judge Smith slowly. "It is the most
painful DUTY that has ever devoIved