St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-10
HEARS SOUNDS OF HAMMERS
USED IN THE ERECTION OF THE
GALLONS ON WHICH HE
WILL SWING.
WANTED TO SEE HIS WIFE
He Claims to Have Been Married
John Day Smith Makes
Last Plea.

Harry Hayward at midnight last night
when the solemn ticking of the clock
was ushering in the minutes of his
last day upon this earth would have
or could have believed from his talk
or actions that he was a condemned
murderer sentenced to death before
the hours should have shown the sun
rise of Wednesday morning. His good
humor of the early evening, as stated
elsewhere, continued through the
night. 81 do not care to Sleep" said
he. IT will go to sleep tomorrow
night to sleep long time" His de-
meanor was of the coolest possible,
and those who talked with him during
the night were far more affected than
was Hayward himself. ALI the excite
ment of the past few weeks seemed to
have left him; seemed to have left his
head clear and cool as was that Of
the Harry Hayward when he was a
petted son of society. ''Tell the
world,'' said he, "that my nerve and
my courage is with me as it always
has been. Tell the world that is the
WAY I SHALL DIE"
His cousin, GoodselI, who, with
others, was in conversation with him
at the time, said: Harry" and Good
face pale, trembling and vtsibly af-
fected, Harry doen't this thing phase
you at all?"
mo" said Harry, death is easy
enough" Harry kept on his good
clothes, the suit in which he is to die,
during the entire night. Never before
has he looked as much like the Harry
of old as he did last night. He put on
his new patent leather shoes and then
sat down at a table and wrote out an
order on Barnaby's. He dated it as
usual and wrote it with a hand which
never trembled. 1t bore the heading
from the Hennepin county bastile, and
was for a, four-in-hand silk tie and
some collars and cuff buttons. He
spoke particularly to the messenger
who was to carry the note asking him
to see that the collar button selected
was the one which would not hurt his
neck. His dying statement of his past
life, which he told to Joe Mannix and
in shorthand by the court stenog-
rapher, Dick Mabey, and was one of
thrilling interest. Harry talked for
some time with the three, now and
then his laughter ringing out clear
as a bell before he got down to the
real subject in hand. His conversation
with Sheriff Holmberg before he began
the statement, related almost wholly
to the tests of the rope, which had
been made during the evening. He was
told just exactly what had been done
and what arrangements had been
made and seemed to think the sher-
iff had so far got the thing along in
good shape. He mentioned his new
clothes and fresh shave, and also the
grand jury visit, speaking of his
the sheriff if the
MOOSE HAD BEEN TESTED.
and when told that it was unnecessary.
seemed to think differently, and ex-
pressed his earnest desire to have every
single little detail carefully looked
after. In, all of the mans actions or
talk there was no trace of any fear Of
what was to come. The insane actions
and talk were all gone. When II
o'clock came he had just arrived at a
= y, 30 1t
ment, and was in good spirits and
talking we'll. He noted the approach
of midnight. But few in the sleeping
city heard the clear ringing of the
bells which announced the beginning of
a new day. The bells tolled out on the
still night air which was so calm and
peaceful, and Hayward noted every
stroke. The last peal died away, and
with a. smile he turned to his hearers:
There's but one more midnight on
earth for me-" Then he joked and
laughed as before.
Yesterday afternoon Father Cleary
called upon him and was received with
a pleasant smile and the usual respect.
Of his visit Harry said: I've no time
now for this religious racket, but I
recognize priest as a man who ought
to be respected and treat him ac-
cordingly. Upon leaving Hayward in
the afternoon Father Cleary said: 'I
can do nothing with him. Accompany
ing Father Cleary was a Bohemian
priest by the name of Father Timothy,
rho f0 hir,1y ho ,icrI,t
sibly be able to do something for the
man. Father Cleary came
down and left Father Timothy alone
with Hayward for some time, sbut the
latter gave the task up as an impos- |
sible one. Hayward treated him as he
did Father Cleary, with due respect |
and courtesy and listened attentively |
to what they had to say. Their words |
Of kindly counsel fell upon heart Of |
stone. However, Harry has stated |
MS execution, and his wishes will prob
ably be respected.
AS TO HIS ALLEGED MARRIAGE
like a year and a half ago |
with the girl named Stella Goodman,
Harry maintains that it is an actual
fact that he is married to the woman.
No one who knows him believes his |
story, however, the main reason being
that Stella Goodman is not the kind
If girl Hayward would have married
lnder any possible circumstances. She
q a brunette and fairly good-looking,
md has been a familiar figure about