The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-12-12
HIS ONLY REGRET
Hayward Says His Great Blunder
Was In Not Killing
70 Blixt.
He Intended to Do So, But, Blixt
Was Too Cunning for
Him.
Such the Story Alleged to Have
Been Told DR.. Burton and :
q Reporter.

a Reporter.
ST.. PAUL, Dec. 12.-The Dispatch has
the following regarding a confession
from Hayward:
Harry Hayward has confessed. A
| few hours before he wa launched into
eternity he told DR.. Frank Burton, in
the presence Of q Dispatch reporter,
how he concocted the damnable plot for
the murder of Kitty Cling.
Carelessly and ven laughingly he
went over the horrible tale, not in de-
tail, but generally, and all during his
revolving narrative the smile never left
his face. The
One Great Regret OF His Life
was that he did not kill Blixt, az he
desired, and only the brute intelligence
of the man who actually committed the
murder led to the hanging of Hayward.
Had he been able to carry out his de-
signs, had not the cunning Of Blixt
thwartcd his fiendish purpose, Hayward
would have had two murders to answer
for to his Maker. But the chances are
no earthly tribunal would have ever
called him to account.
DR.. Burton listened to the awful story
as one in a dream. He always believed
Hayward guilty Of the plot, but, even
insane as he considered Hayward, DR..
Burton could hardly believe that the
man could sit there so quietly and
calmly relate the story Of a murder that
had startled the nation.
His Story Was Frsgmentary.
Hayward's story was fragmentary.
He did not let the events in the plot
follow sequentially, but picked up this
part and that part and jumbled them
all together in q breath.
He told the story, not in direct narra-
tive style. but rather let it slip from, as
he expressed it, regret at things that did
not occur, and his failure to put Blixt
out Of the way as soon as the killing of
Kitty Cling had occurred.
THAT man Blixt was an awful d-n
fool" said Hayward, musingly. HE
didn't have brains enough to stock Q
wienerwurst. Il took me weeks to train
him for the event. / rehearsed him
time and time again, until I thought
the thing couldn't miss fire. I didn't
see how it could miss. If Blixt had
had any sense at all neither one of us
would be in trouble today.
"Oh, what an unfortunate thing it
was I did not kill that wretch!'
Was the Great Mistake of His Life.
lit was the mistake of my life. 1t
was the only one point in which my
plot fell short. 1t was the only part Of
the programme that was not carried
out, and, as fate would have it, that
was the very part that brings me to the
gallows tonight"
"You see, Doc, I had arranged a great
scheme to kill that fellow Blixt, but
dang me if the fellow didn't have more
cunning than l gave him credit for. My
idea was to get him in the basement Of
the Ozark fats that day. had no gun
with me but 1 knew the elevator man
had one. So that day l said to Blixt
now Blixt, you go down and borrow
the elevator boys revolver That was
the gun l meant to kill him with. Blixt
looked at me with a cunning lear and
said, oh, no Harry, no you don't"
Course his fool soul, l hate myself
for letting him escape" and Hayward
kicked the wire netting %viciously.
How He Would Have Killed Blixt.
MY idea was to get him in the base
ment and shoot him through the left
temple. I knew his wife would rush
in at the sound of the gun and so my
scheme was to back out Of the room at
the far door. ! was going to back with
out turning, I would rush in and meet
her and ask what's the matter, she Ger.
tainly would have thought he had com.
mitted suicide and let it go at that. 1t
would have released me and / wouldn't
be here tonight waiting to have my
neck stretched. l had A. of a time
working that fool and preparing him
for the part he was to play. After the
murder Of Kate Cling, I knew they'd
get him in . sweat box and try to make
him give up SO I rehearsed him in
what he was to say and told him what
the officers would say to him in order
to make him split on me.
: II was sure I had him nerved up to
, the proper pitch and then - him,
he had to 60 and give the whole -
snap away. I hate such weak fools n
Blixt."
Told the Rest to DIR. Burton.
, Right here Hayward drew away from
The Dispatch reporter and talked will
DR.. Burton In rapid whispers for u
minutes. The reporter could not hea
T the conversation, but frequently caugh
the words, ''Kate Cling" THAT girl,
n etc.
What did he tell you,'' asked the re
porter Of DR.. Burton afterwards.
Q HE told me how he plotted the mu,
dor NJ Kata Ginu - ho answorod sshoy