River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-02-14
THE GING MURDER.
Adry Hayward Tells the Story of
the Crime.
One of the Most Remarkable Scenes in the
History of Criminal Courts-The
Defense Declares Adry
Is Insane.

History of Criminal Courts-The
Defense Declares Adry
Is Insane.
MrNNFAroLIs, Feb. 1s.-Adry Hay
ward. brother of the accused, was
placed on the witness stand yesterday.
He had barely begun his testimony
when Mr.. Erwin arose and said:
May it please the court, ! want to
enter an objection To the testimony of
this witness in that he is not competent
to testify to anything in relation TO
this homicide against Harry Hayward
upon the ground that he labors under
a delusion, and is, in fact, insane upon
the subject"
The Court: well, | don't see that he
is any more insane at the present time
than many of the attorneys" daughter.
Mr.. Erwin: IF your honor please,
the law requires me To make an objec-
ton upon any proposition of which
expect TO avail myself, and | wish to
take an exception to the courts ruling
at his time, and also to the courts re-
marks before the jury"
The Court: Very well. an exception
will be noted" Adry testified as follows:
'One day about the middle of last
September Harry came to me and asked
if wanted to make some good money.
! told him ! was always ready to make
good money and asked him what his
plan was. He said il was nothing more
nor less than to kill a woman for 81 0OO
| told him ] was not in the business of
killing people, and women especially,
and that if was ! would not do it for
such paltry amount as $1,000. Harry
assured me tn il would be the easiest
thing in the world To do without dan
ger or suspicion"
The matter of the accident policy for
IS, O00 taken ont by Miss Cling in tho
Hartford company was then gone over
aud Adry told how Harry had come to
him in a rage over the matter
Damn her said he Che hardly ever
swears but he said damn her this time),
IN kill her now anyway If never get
a cent-such damn fool as to take ont
a 5000 policy instead of $1,000 one
He said he would make more money out
Of it now anyhow as he would have her
make out noJes to him for $4,000"
/ Adry then told of having seen him
make out four notes upon his fathers
4 desk short time afterwards, but when
the notes were shown To him could not
swear that they were the ones, al
though he acknowledged that the print
ed forms were those used in the Hay
wards Office.
''He stated to me at different times
that he also proposed getting the girl
/ out in hack, getting a certain hack
man in town. and he described him as
a large, feshy man, who would do any
thing for him; that he would get her
out in that way, and that he would
shoot the haclSman, too | asked him
if the hackman had family, and he
said that he had, and / made the re-
mark that it was a terrible thing to kill
! person, let alone another to accom-
plish his purpose. And he also pro
posed to drown the girl, but objected TO
4 that later on; he said it would look like
suicide. He proposed driving out in
/ buggy with her, and wondered how
she would fall if she struck boulder;
! and also driving ont in buggy and let
ting her get the lines tangled in her
! hands, let the horse run away with her
and kill her.
ION Friday morning he came to me
between - and IL o'clock and said that
! Blixt had asked him if it wasn't pretty
near time to sacrifice the dreSsmaller
II said: Harry, you are not going to
kill the girl. are you?
He said: Yes, she's got To be the
victim this time
Il talked to him about the horrible
! 4, =. ~ a l,,,t L..
must not do it, that 1T was terrible to
| think of.
ole replied that she had lived long
enough, and then | told him that if he
did not drop the idea ! would report
him, and that just as surely as he killed
| the girl he would hang for it,"
| AS Adry uttered in a terse, deliberate
| tone these last words, a momentary
| hush fell upon the spectators and at
| torneys and all eyes were focused upon
! Harry. The man of ice had weakened
there was not a doubt of it. AS the
| ominous words from his own brother
! fell upon lis ears, deathly pallOr for
| a moment overspread his features. He
! bit his lower lip convulsively and his
! bosom heaved twice with two long,
deep breaths. The iron had struck
home, and for an instant Harry Hay
ward, who had hitherto not manifested
| a sign either of excitement, fear, or an
ger, revealed to the gaze of the crowd
! something of the awful emotions which
must be fighting for egress within his
heart Only for an instant. .s1wcver.
| I he blood rushed back in ruddy tide to
| his clean-shaven features, the heaving
bosom grew quiet again and lapsed into
| the measured reSpirationS of a cain
man. the mocking under-hp resumed its
| careless expression, and Harry was him
self again.
Fifteen or twenty minutes to on
| Dec 3, Harry came to my flat and asked
! for 81, which gave to him, and he told
me had better go TO the theater. |
asked him why He said something
| was liable to happen: that it must be
done: that he had no time: was in a
/ hurry. lie threw his hands a bout in an
| excited manner and said: Go away.
/ don't bother me: don't he fool. but go
',He asked me then to go to his fiat at
| Q and see if the revolver was under his
| pillow ! said | wouldn't. Then he
| wanted me to pull his curtain up in case
| any excitement occurred around Ihlr-
teenth and Hennepiu. ! said couldn't
| do it. Then ! went to my father-in-
| laws. getting there at $50 and went
| home late. At $50 Harry came in and
aid: Don't You know what's happened?
| Mss Ging's dead. She has been muir
| dered Her body was fonnd wav out
( by Lake Harriet. stone dead. was
| urged by Harry to go into his fiat He
said that he was tired | went. and sat
! down. After while Harry went to
| his trunk and took out his Colts re-
| volver and cleaned it, rcmarking, Just
| like finding money ! said had to go.
covered him mp with coat and tried t.
get paper for him. In the morning
| Harry went upstairs and got paper to
| read"
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