Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-12-12
HARRY HAYWARD WILL BE Exc
CUTED WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Sunrise the Murderer Of Gather
inc Cling VIII Pay the Penalty
for His Crime - Hayward Says
That He Is Sorry That the Exc
sutton Is Delayed So Long-TaIk
with Gov. CIough.

The death warrant is a purely for
NAL affair, but is remarkable, because,
IN all tie history of the United States
there IL none just like il. Never be-
fore has the governor of this state
aamed other than a Friday as the day
OF execution. Gov. Clough says he
sees no reason why he should follow
this precedent. One day win 90 as
well as another, he says, and by set
ting the day for the execution as o
as possible after issuing the death
warrant. Gov. Clough believes that the
best interests of the community will
be served. e"
The governor had a severe trial in
The morning before he issued the war
rant. He went to st. Paul on the $50
O'Clock %interurban car, and as fellow
passengers he had the aged father and
mother of Hayward. He knew, then,
that they were On a mission that could
not prove successful. They entered
the capitol building immed" ? be-
hind Ia governor, and, des e the
fact that he had given orders to allow
no ono to see him before the warrant
was issued, he felt that he could not
refuse the plea of the parents and
granted them an audience.
A Trying Ordeal
Never before" Gov. Clough in
formed a reporter, did | pass through
such a trying ordeal as during the
hour | was cloSeted with the parents
Of that young man whose death war
rant / knew / must sign a few hours
later. | have never felt so sorry for
a father and mother as / did for them.
They pleaded for the life Of their boy
as only a father and mother could.
Jpnu nffnypl M pnDgn .yhv, I chnrIl
not carry out the letter Of the law.
simply asking me to waive the death
warrant. They were both hysterical
and their pleading would have soft
ened the hardest heart. No man could
feel more sympathy than | felt for
them, and it was the hardest task
ever set for me TO perform when l had
to tell them once for all that the law
must he obeyed. 1t was peculiarly an
unpleasant task from the long ac-
q~uaintance with the family which |
have enjoyed, especially with the eld-
er Hayward, with whom | have had
intimate business relations, and have
always found an honorable. Christian
gentleman, honest and upright i'm all
his business dealings. But | am here
to perform the duties of my office and
shall do so regardless OF consequences.
The law had condemned Harry Hay
ward to death and | have carried out
the spirit of the law, although it's final
contamination will grieve me more
than / can tell"
what was your object in naming
Wednesday instead OF Friday, as the
day of execution?"
MY only object in fixing a date for
the execution of Hayward was to best
serve the interests of the public and
all concerned. | decided that this
could be done by naming rs early a
date as possible, and so fixed upon
Wednesday. There is 40 law reauir-
ing Friday TO be selected as the day
Of execution, although 1t has been GUS
tomary to do So"
A RevengefuI Spirit.
That's a damned long time to wait
for a railroad train was the state
ment, made quite philosophically, with
which Harry Hayward received the
news that he would be hanged
Wednesday morning. Sheriff Holm
berg and Jallor West were at his cell
door, and the sheriff had said: Harry,
| am here to tell you that the governor
has signed your death warrant, and
you will have to hang Wednesday
morning. 1t may be a long time to
wait in a station" said the sheriff,
"but 1t Is short shrift for a man who
Is to give up his life, and you had bet
ter prepare for the end"
II don't care for that" was the re-
ply. II have been making ready for
this all the time, and IL is not such a
great surprise. l wish ii had been
weeks ago. l suppose / can make a
statement, however. can't L"
"You can say just what you want"
said the sheriff, land l promise that
It will be given the papers just as you
say It."
ssThat's what / want" said he, with
a look of satisfaction.
Jailer West then seated himself near
the cage, and with n pad of paper n
pencil wrote every word down as the
prisoner spoke it. The statement Is
as follows:
SITS a short time, but it's just as
well. am just as ready as l shall
be. I would rather be hung than go
to Saltwater for life. IL the governor
would come over here and talk with
me l should tell him the same thing.
/ have had a good time here and am
going to have a good time yet. | have
got no kick coming. They ought to go
back to the old times. Everybody Ia
too soft-hearted now. I tell you Mike
Kierce is smart. but that brother Of
mine. Adry-if | had him here I would
pull his eyes ont and cut his heart out,
and hen I would like to have Blixt
here and make him look on. After l
had them all cnt mp ] weaia then sew
them up and throw them away TO the
dogs"
Hayward then began a TRADE
against Mike Kieree and IN cy prison
err whom he had paid money TO assist
hin to escape. and who had given
away the plot.
Docilc.
Hayward was changed TO another
cell. He was taken from the n occu-
pied by him since the Illustration or
his attempt at breaking jail and given
another Immediately adjoining. 1t Is
No. 3 on the second tier. Before being
removed he was again treated 10 a
bath, This lrxury has been denied
him for some time past. in fact prior