The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-20
CRIMES OF A DEMON
Hayward Confessed That he Had
Killed Five People.
HIS THREE DESIRES IN LIFH
He Said He Had Made His Bed and
Would Lie In IL Without kIot-
ing-A Blood curdIing
Statement


Minneapolis. Dec. 1s.-The ante-mor-
tenn statement OF Harry +. Hayward.
the full text of which makes $4,000
words. which the Times will print to-
morrow morning In full. Is in many re-
spects a most remarkable document 1t
was made under the most formal con-
ditions and with the solemn assertion
that he was telling the truth. Not only
does he claim to have murdered. dur
ing his brief career. no less than fve
different people. but in describing the
various tragedies in which he figured.
he shows an utter absence Of human
feeling and a pleasure In his achieve
ments that marks him as an unusual
type of criminal
His first murder was that of Carrie
Hass. near Pasadena. Cal. and he de-
scribes the AFFAIR thus: II met this girl
at a dance and. to cut IL short. killed
her. She had money and / shot her
and buried her. 1t was 800 and some
odd that she had. I got the money.
She would naturally holler. and as
looked at II. she would be better of IL
dead. There was nobody to holler
around, as she did not have any rela-
tions. She was young. pretty and a
| lttic Dll vi tnt SDOTllnk OfutT. II mas
always been in my head to kin a per-
son and not look at their face after
they arc dead; because that is business
| that leaves an impression on your
mind. That Is what makes murderers
confess. The conscience bothers them"
He then goes on TO describe how he
| got her money on some pretext; how he
inveigled her out to drive in the noun
f.ln nj haw Ha bAf ha
not die at once, but "nopped around"
He buried her the best he could. but
worried about Il afterwards. and hired
a man two weeks after 10 go out and
put her In a box and throw the body
into the river at Los Angeles. He knew
this mans name. but on the principle
OF honor among thieves" would not
tell II. Money. he said. was his first
object In life. girls the second, and
travel the third.
There was a girl in Minneapolis with
whom he was s-going and who had 81. 900
a year. He had planned TO kill her. but
did not, because there was no way he
could get the money. But he longed to
do the deed. she used to make me so
damned mad" said Hayward. that
wanted to choke her. I can understand
how Durrant killed those two girls in
San Francisco with pleasure"
once when tending bar In Long
Branch. he had killed a consumptivs
man who was there and who had
money. The consumptive had money
and wanted to die. The name OF his
victim Harry refused to tell on the
| ground that he had an accomplice who
might get into trouble now, but this
murder was by shooting. too. and tho
body had been thrown into the water.
Then there was a Chinaman killed In .
gambling quarrel. and the brother OF q
Mexican girl at Paso del Norte. and
lastly Miss Cling.
One OF Harry's auditors asked him IL
he ever saw spooks. He replied that
he often saw faces but not OF real peo-
pie. Catherine Cling had never both
cred him after death. but the girl
whose brother he had killed appeared
to him before the Cling killing. and
said: Harry. look out"
The object of the Cling murder was
money and hatred. He hated the girl
because she was so stingy. He had OBJ
tanned $500 OF her money. He said
she was mean and suspicious. and had
way of putting her hands on him and
pinching him that made him so mad he
wanted TO choke her and could scarcely
keep from IL until the time was ripe.
The stories OF Blixt and Adry on the
stand were practically correct and
Harry exonerated Adry from all GRIM
inal connection with any OF his
schemes. Blixt. he said. was surely
hypnotized and was not responsible.
He felt that the man should have been
given but two or three years In prison
instead OF a life sentence.
In closing his statement. Hayward
said: Il have told the truth. SO help
me God-if there Is a God. II there Is.
he certainly won't blame me. as have
honestly followed the dictates OF my
conscience. Don't say am sorry. for
am not. have made my bed and will
lie in II without kicking. have had
my fun and will pay for IL"
He admitted knowing a lot about
green goods and had used counterfeits
a good deal. but would not tell what
he knew. as IL would endanger others.