The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-12
ADRIAN HAYWARD


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wiis sat beside him with traces of rocou,
tcars upon hor checks. but Adry main,
tanned II mask OF smiles aud joviality.
Whom Harry was brought In BY the
deputios tho eyes OF tho two brothers
mol but there was no sign Of recognition
other than n smilU Of COMMUNICATION on
tho laco OF Hurry.
Adrain Hayward was thon callcd to
tho stand and n buzz OF subduod intor,
est wont around tho court room, lie
stated that no was thirty-threo and
Harry was twonty.ninc yeari OF agO. lie
was employed in his fathers Office.
Harry wac not employed lhoro, but Of,
ton camc thorc. Harry had told him
mat last summer and fall no was on
gagged In l~oaning money on diamonds.
Harry had also told him that no gam.
bIcd some, llc had told him OF having
loaned money for Miss Cling and having
eamblod with hor money.
About tho middle OF September he
askod mo ii | wanted to make good
money. said yos, and ho said | could
get abont s., 900 il | was not too particu.
lar. lilo asked mo il | was willing to kill
a soman for $1,000. l said | was not
willing to kill anybody. lilo said 1t was
easy todo 1t and nobody would DO sua.
picious OF me. After that ho said he
know n hackmau that would do any.
thing for him. Ilo said it would bc
easy 20 kill her in n hack, aud II necos.
sary tho hickman could DO killed, too.
l thon said it would be m awful thing
to kill II woman, lot alone a hackman.
After that no suggested getting her
drowned III n lake. but that looked too
much ike suicide and he gave it up.
Thon no wondered how she would fall
II he took her buggy riding aud they
should strike a boulder. whether sho
would fall in or out"
Turning to the question Of life insur.
ancc, tho witness said:
"Ho said tho drcssmaker had been up
in tho New York Life aud had passed
tho examination all right, but thcre
was some mistake about tho papers and
they had to DO sent back. She had
made Il mistake in getting a 5000 in
stead OF nS7,O00 policy. lIe was quito
angry and said D her-he hardly
ever swore-'the fool, I'll kill her now
anyhow il l don't W get n cent. I'll
make more out OF it now that she's
made such n id bull out OF it Then
no went into fathers office and made
out three notes in blank form. These
were signed on n Saturday. Harry told
me the dressmaker was coming and
said. 4 guess I'll have you sign them as
II witness l said 1 euess not. won't
have anything TO do with it, Then
Harry said III get Jack for one, then,
and Bllxt for the other. II you don't
want TO sign you'd better get out OF
here l then left TO do some collecting
aud went home to luncheon. He told
mo on Monday that the notes we're
signed.
"On Tuesday he wanted me to let
him have n large bill for some one-dollar
bills. l gave him q SEQ and n $50 bill.
The next dav he wanted mo TO take
fifty 81 bills to the bank, get 4 draft and
then change my mind and get other
money in their place. he offered me a
to do it, but | refused. He was
quite angry, and fiually l took the
IuoLeS LILY SUI lu0 ueeu IL Aiou2 tlLlc "
time. The next time was Friday,
when Harry came into the office and
asked mo II it was o time TO sacrifice
the dre,smaker.
~ said, Harry, you're not going to
kill the dressuaker. are you?
He replied, She's got to 60 thi,
time
II repeated to Harry that he must
not think OF such 4 thing. he said it
was nothing to kill people. He had
caused the death OF three persuasive
people in the east and had killed a
third, but he stopped there and
wouldn't say anything moro. lie also
said he mad caused n fro in the east
where the loas wa, Si50.000.
"On Saturday following Harry walked
along with me as l was making some
collections. lie said: You'd better DO
4 little careful where YOU are for the
next three or four days. Something
may happen
shortly after half past seven on the
night OF the murder Harry came to my
fiat and asked me for tive dollars.
II " it to him and then no said,
you'd better go to the theatre tonight.
your wife and 20. Something is
going to happen asked my wife il
she did not wan: to 20 aud make a visit
to her father. At first she said she was
too tired, but We finally went. When
va got home or shortly afterwards |
heard a Quick step IN the hallway and
then saw n light in Harry's room. |
heard nothing moro until 5 in the norm
ing when Harry came to tho door and
said something ha, happened. Miss
Cling has been murdered. She was
found stone dead in the road near Lake
Calhoun He asked me ,o como into
his flat and | did so. He got out his
Colts revolver aud cleaned it. There
was very littlo dirt on it. As he was
doing this he said, it's just like pick
ing up money"
Then he lay down on tho lounge
with his overcoat over him. | went
back to my flat. Wo 20. up early tho
next morning TO get Il paper"
There was n dramatic acene after
court had adjourned. The mother OF
tho two boys. one tho accuser and the
other the accused. WAS in the court
room, and had heard the story that fell
from tho lips OF her eldest born. She
was torn by conflicting emotions, APP
parentiy not knowing to which of her
IONS 10 turn. Finally she put an arm
around tho neck OF each. and attempted
TO draw them together, the tears
streaming down her faco. But Airy
would not thus be recnnciled. 10 tore
himself away from the mothorly ON.
brace with n gaspinc sob, and went out
OF tho court room, while-n deputy put
tho handouts on Harry and led him