Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-05
GUILT CONFESSED.
"Nervy" Harry Hayward's Admis.
sions Of His Crime.
NARRATED BY DETECTIvEouINLAN

The Cool Murderer of Catherine Cling
Shown to Have Convicted Himself on
-Four Different Occasions While Talking
to the Man Employed to Find Evidence
for the Defense-Plots to "Remoyen His
Brother Adry and Elder Stewart.
MINNEAPoLIs, Dec. 5-The closing act
IN the drama Of Harry HaywarIs life is
1t hand and in that connection the book
OF Missing Links" which has been pre-
pared BY Michael Quinlan, the detective
employed by the Haywards. has remark
able interest. The whole book is virtually
confession of Haywarrs guilt. Two
chapters are devoted to n running account
Of the crime and trial. The remaining
chapters are devoted to the links" and
are SO designated. The most important Is
that on which the confession Is based,
which appears in Link Five. In that
chapter visit to Hayward at the Jail is
detailed by the detective. Harry had been
discussing with his detective preposter-
Gus plan for getting Adry out of the way
The plot was an exceedingly ingenious
and daring ono
What Harry Hayward Confessed.
Quinlan said: We'll. Harry, your scheme
Is great one and well put up, but you
mus. remember that you only look az one
eide OF it. You know there are two sides
to everything. You remember how well
your plot was laid in your last job on the
murder of Miss Cling, and you sec how
poorly You put up that Job. You look only
ct one side of it."
WELL" replied Hayward, pctulantly,
"who In heavens name would think his
own brother would go back on him? Had
Adry stayed by Inc l would not have
cared what Blixt would have said, or
Stewart They did not Gisprovc my loan
60 Kit Miss Gingl on the trial, and that
alone would have carried out my theory"
THAT" says Quinlan. twas Hayward 5
confession"
On another occasion Harry said to Quin-
Ian, IF Adry only tod all the truth and
the facts as they are he would not help
me any, bat he would get hanged Just rs
expect to be. We both deserve hanging
for the crimes We have committed before
this"
Fact Tha: Has just Come Out.
a third confession is narrated just az
the close of the book in n bit of unwrittel
history which is extremely interesting
but which, strange to relate, has never
been known throughout the entire ease,
which has been siftcd as finely for facts
and evidence as any case that has ever
come before the public. 1t is simply the
fact that at one time while. Adry was Oh
the stand Harry announced 10 some of his
friends that he was going to throw up the
sponge and confess the whole thing lie
was only deferred from this by the earnest
solicitation of those interested in the case,
the appeal being placed solely ''for his
mothers sake" Qui.l!an claims to have
secured the first knowledge of the attempt
TO break Jail through a question from DIR.
Thaddeus Hayward, who came to his otiica
and wanted to know what he would
charge TO go AWAY with n man and keep
him under cover for one year
Wanted n Real Live Crtthroat.
The detective describes the cffrontcry
exhibited by Harry in requesting Quinlan
10 send TO Chicago or st. Louis for n rea.
live cutthrolt who knew his busires.
&c be ready for a consideration to enter
Elder Stcway:'s house. blow chlorotorm
through Quill into the elders bedroom.
and when hc was gone or TO enter the
room. 'rcmove' him with rope around
his neck and then clean out the place.
Harry was TO PUT the thug on" so he
could make rich hau! and people would
think the elder hai been inurlcre!
FOR his money Harry congratulated him,
self that with Adry ana the cider re
moved Assistant attorney Hal coui..
get no mo:c lies ont OF them "
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