The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-02-15


showed the officers where the other
piece was.
How He Would Kill Her.
This piece of rail was offered in evil
dence and identified. Blixt continued:
"He wanted me to go out somewhere
and get hitched horse. He said he
would drive out somewhere with Miss
Cling. He would drop some money
out Of the buggy and get her to get out.
Then he would strike her on the head
with the T rail and leaye her there and
start the horse to run away. He wanted
me to make list of all the things he
had in his pockets when he went, so that
he shouldn't loose anything while away
that wonld turn up against him as evil
dence. That was Saturday night before
the murder.
The next morning he came down and
asked me if ever heard Of people get
ting killed in elevators. I said had.
He said he would get in the elevator
with her and strike her on the head, and
then put her on the floor, SO that when
the elevator started it would cut off her
head"
A Murmur of Horror.
At this there was a low murmur Of
horror that ran through the assemblage
which was checked by the deputy's
gavel.
81 said wouldn't do that" went on
Blixt. Hayward said that every time
Miss Cling came into his room and put
her arms around his neck, he wanted to
stick knife into the - so, }"
and Blixt, with an expressive gesture,
showed how Harry wanted to stab the
woman.
81 said to him, Harry can't you make
money some other way? This is the
awfullest thing ever heard. He said:
You're a coward. Your conscience is
hurting you If L had her and dog I'd
Shoot Her and Leave the Dog
That evening he came down with her
to the boiler room and showed her
things. The next morning, that was
Monday, about II o'clock, he handed
me his watch, box of cartridges and a
roll of money, and told me to hide them
in a tin box, so that if he was arrested
they would not be found. The watch
was gold, and he said there was $50 i'll
money there. I put it in the attic and
when [ told him where L had put it, he
called me a - fool and said that was
the first place they'd look for it. He
said to put it in a hollow tree in the
good, but that some of it was green
goods. Hesaid there was
Going to BE a Funeral
there before the 10th, no matter how it
happened. He says: OF course she'll
be brought here and I'll be so sorry and
I'll have to sit up all night with the
corpse and after the coroner has had his
examination then I'll go East with the
body He said he had to have $4,000
to carry out his plans in the East. He
would get $4,000 out of this and he
would have to make So, 900 in some other
way. Late that evening, he came in
with pint bottle of whisky. He said:
'Blixt, here's some whisky I said L
did not want any. You -- fool
he said, this amt common whisky
Then took it and drank half Of it. He
then said: She's got to die tonight,
and you've got to help me- I said,
Harry amt you got any other way to
make money than to kill that poor little
girl? He said: It's
Nothing to Kill People.
I've killed two other people, He said
one was Chinaman, but he didn't say
who the other was. He said he had
wounded third. I said couldn't help
would kill me. didn't pay any atten-
ton to that and he then said that he'd
kill my wife. [ told him Whatever you
do, don't hurt my wife. You can do
what you like 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, resuming his narrative, Blixt
said:
FINALLY said to him L would do as
he liked, but he must not hurt my wife.
He wanted me to sign receipt for
revolver, but I wouldn't. He gave me
six long cartridges and six short ones to
pun Ill II, anu dltCr IL Was dill IlOuo Was
to change the cartridges. Then he told
me to go out Hennepin avenue to Ken
wood and wait for him When he came,
I was to follow him. Pretty soon saw
him coming across a lot and I followed
him. Then he stopped the
buggy and I came up and he told me
to get into it and drive along. got in
and he said to keep our heads inside
Then he said to Miss Cling, This man is
in the gang Then we drove out Hen
nepin and I didn't see him again until
afterwards.
Had Fight in His Head.
CATER while she asked me if Hay
ward was buying green goods. told
her I didn't know. She asked me what
I had down there by my side, and said
it was revolver that Harry told me to
take. She kept looking out all the time
and I Kept thinking. 1t was a fight
in my head all the time. l
thought I would get out and then
I thought of my wife and stayed
in the buggy. 1 tried 10 times to do it,
and it was always fighting in my head
Finally I fired and shot. 1 hit her
where he said I should. Then she