The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-08
MISS GlNG'S MURDER.
ALLEGED TOOL OF HAYWf RID TELLS
THE AWFUL STORY.

Claus A. Biixt, the Janitor nf tn" ozark
Fats in minneapolis islls How HAIRY
iiaywsri chreaien-d 10 XII Mrs. isiixt
Uniess n. iieipsd KAN Mas, Gins.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. o.-Claus Blixt. the
supposed active murderer OF Catherine
Cling. was put on the stand ly tho prose-
cution and told u strange story-th3
stran ,est part of which was tho way Harry
Hayward put his neck in u moose, If tho
story is true. ANA the cross examination.
which had begun before the session oi
the court closed had male no breaks in
the narrative. Taken in connection with
what Harry Hayward told his b other Of
the matter it would soc N that the defense
had better cling 10 the insanity theory,
for cprtaInly no one but a fool would have
made two contdants about such a das.
tardly murder as that OF Miss Ging
According TO Blixts story Hayward
talkei To him of killing Catherine Cling
as II II had been picnic; canvassed with
Blixt the best way OF putting her out OF
the way; lyut cd out hal II dCz N different
plans of murder AM other plans OF tnrow-
ing off sus jicion; SO minute was hc in
these plans THAI he even had Blixt count
the articles he (Hayward) had in his
DO, kets the night of the murder, SO that
he might be sure 10 have them all ami
leave none anywhere. He got IA peco of
'T" rail to do the decd with and got
Biixt TO cut IL in halt. He proposed q
scheme 10 have the woman's head crushed
In an elevator
lie Was devilish in ingenuity when 1t
came To devising schemes 10 kill Gather.
inc Cling, ANA finally arranged w,th Blixt
to take the glr out IN "a buggy and shoos
her. SnIu BliXt: hayward sad thar
every time Miss cling came into his room
and put her arms around his neck h0
wanted to stick knife into her. l said
to him: Harry, can't you make money
some other way? THIS is the awfules5
thing L ever heard He said: You're u
Dwarf Your conscience is hurting you.
II Ia her and II dog I'd shoot her and
leave the cog" Another time just before
the murder Hayward "said there was go-
ing to be q funeral there before the 10th,
no matter bow iG happene He says:
'Of course SHELL be brought here and FL
be SO sorry, and I'll have To sit up all
night Wi h the corpse, and after the coroner
has hal his examination then Ill go east
with the DO w.
The way Bixt was brought to do the
decd was 10y Hayward threatening to kill
his (Blixt's) wife and Blix5 said then no
would do anything II only Hayward wonld
not hurt his wife The murder was COM
mltted this way, according TO Blixt: He
and Hayward met a buggy in which was
Mss GIng. and Bixt got in, Miss Cling
beng Told that this man Is in the gang"
of green goods men with whom Miss
Cling thought he was dealing. Bixt
drove along screwng up his courage to the
muir er point and finally shot the woman
and pitched her out of the buEgy.
BliXt said that on one occasion when he
wanted some new skates and clothes Hay
ward had told him that if he (Blixt)
would go out and kill any man, woman or
child anu show him the pace he would
give HIM $lJ0
"What else did he sayP" swell, he said
he would give me S. If I'd go TO burn the
barn. 1t was rlgnt across tho street.
Aitcrward he said that he had an affilnvit
sworn TO by a notary public and If l ever
told anything on him he'd put me in
states prison ten years. Harry said he
wanted an excitement"
Erwin then began u long and searching
cross.examinatlon. But the lawyer tried
in vain to shake the original story; he re-
peated it without substantial alteration.
"What did those men do who were with
your" thunuered K win. "rhose men,"
repeated Blxt, in surprise
'Yes, those men" ''rhere were not
any men with me"
Blixt SAID the clothes he had on were
the ones he wore that night, being tho
only ones he hal. Erwin Mt once offered
them in evidence. The jury examined
hnt xxh 4 hnv hnn ht irht
be minute spots of blood. Erwin asked
that Bixts coat remain in the court
room