The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-12
HAYWARD DOOMED TO HANG.
rsF EXECUTION TO TAKE PLACE
N THREE MONTHS.

-r,c Prisoner Reasscrts His limo
~enee when Asked IL He Has Any
,rins 10 Say Why Sentence should
xot he ProEounced-Hc Hears His
punishment Pronounced without
FmotiOn-He Has no Hope of Es-
.apinE the Hangman.
Minneapolis. MINI. March u.-"Hanged
t, the neck until you are dead"
The words fell heavily on the ears Of the
listeners as Judge Smith pronounced the
5oom Of Harry T. Hayward. 1t was le.sO
o'clock when the judge arose and motioned
.ss- the defendant be brought before him.
Have you anything to say" he asked,
..7-hv sentence should not now be pro-
HAYWARD cleared his throat, and with
IN effort. replied: Nothing sir. except
mat 1 am innocent, in spite Of the twelve
Judge smith then began. ut is the most
rainful duty that ever devolved on me, -
r. said. TO pronounce the sentence Of law
mon YOU at this time. You have had, in
nv Judgment. a fair trial You have been
assisted in the defense by remarkable
lecal talent
The jury have been carefully guarded
and kept from the public, so that there
was no possible chance that they should
have been contaminated. | instructed
-hern not to discuss among themselves the
guilt or innocence, or the testimony in
the case until the final charge. and l am
confident that they obeyed that order of
The court They were twelve men care
July chosen and of upright honesty, and
they have had. each one in
his own mind. independent of
the others. an opinion that you
are guilty. In the Judgment of this court
this was a conscientious verdict of this
Jury Although ! am not favorable to capt.
tai punishment, as l told the jury in the
charge, 1 am not responsible for it. l am
here to obey the law in reference to it. 1t
is with a feeling that l wish ! could avoid
that pronounce this sentence;
1T is ordered that you. Harry T. Hay
ward. receive punishment for murder in
the first degree, OF which you have been
convicted, that you be taken from here to
the county jail and after the lapse of a
period Of three calendar months from this
day, shall thereafter be taken to a place
Of execution fixed BY the governor of Min
nes0ta, and at a time in this warrant set,
hanged by the neck until you are dead
Harry sat down unmoved and was i'm
mediately taken back to the Jail
As Hayward left the court room for the
lows" "Yah-h-h-h-h, murderer" and
similar cries greeted him. There was no
attempt at violence though. All that had
been we'll looked after, and there would
have been prompt action in case anything
Of the kind had been attempted. A mo-
ment later Hayward was once more in
his cell with a death watch doing duty
at the door. Hayward accepts the inevi-
table and expects to be hanged.
Low frfrafr f1s slna
deal" said the condemned man. 1T is
nothing compared to the stigma that a
hanged man leaves behind him. l am
innocent, but l have been convicted
That tells the whole story so far as l am
concerned now. / shall be hanged be-
yond a doubt in my own mind, but I shall
80 to the scaffold as 1 went to-day to my
sentence I have 10 faith in the result of
new trial The evidence, as put in my
mind by the 81 - is too strong against
me. Oh no. its all over but the final cere-
mony. 1 fully expect to be hanged"
Have you no hope at all in your mind?"
well. there is the shadow of a chance,
but it is scarcely more than a shadow
The perpetrators of this crime concealed
their tracks well, and L have but one hope
that the truth will come out. If Blixt
IS sentenced to death he will confess to
the truth and .eXonerate me of this. 1 feel
that there is but the vaguest possibility
He might not do it, but l think he would.
Oh no, l have no confession to make
other than that l am tired of this reviling
and parading. expect no new trial; hope
nothing from it if / get one, and expect to
be executed according to law. Good af-
ternoon."