The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-16
HAD SEEN HARRY HAYWARD,
AND WAS TOLD OF IMPORTANT
DOCUMENTS TO BE FOUND IN
A PIPE CASE.
ADRY is VERY sKEPTICAL.
DenOunces 1t as Another Attempt
to Impose on Hayward
Senior.

oils. The woman in question, giving
the name of Mrs. Laura Benson and
claiming to be a private spiritualist
living in fiat in the Horton block, st.
Paul. called on Dr. Burton at his Of
fee, COS Nicollet avenue, Tuesday and
in the course of an interview declared
that she had received a visit on the
previous evening from Harry Hay
ward, who was executed for compile
ity in the murder of Katherine Cling,
and Ehle Allen, who committed suicide
at Lake Minnetonka after having kill
ed a man in a St Paul street braWl.
Mrs. Benson said that she had .recelV-
ed visits from both these men since
their Deaths and it was Ehle Allen
who introduced to her the spirit form
of Harry Hayward Mrs Benson here
remarked that she was a medium of
the sort through whose influence Ger
tain dark and troubled spirits were
helped into the light" She Informed
the doctor that Hayward had on his
first visit taken from his pocket pipe
case, the lining of which he raised with
his pocket knife and exhibited small
piece Of paper covered with writing. On
that occasion he said nothing as to the
paper, but it evidently troubled him.
During his second visit he again pro-
duced the pipe case, raised the lining
with his knife as before, and taking
out the slip of paper Informed MRS.
Benson that he wished to give her
some instruction concerning 1t. lie
declared that the document was of ire
mendous Importance In that Its pro-
duction would completely eXculpate
one Of the supposed participants in the
crime of Miss Ging's murder. Hay
ward added that it was his desire that
the paper should be placed in his
mothers possession, and that she
would know what to do with it.
Mrs. Benson says she inquired of
BayWard how she was to bring the
matter to his mothers attention, to
which he replied that she must call on
DR.. Burton, of Minneapolis, and COM
municate to him what she had learned.
This. Mrs. Benson says, she lost no
time in doing She had not known of
the existence of DR.. Burton prior to
the visit of Hayward, and she received
the address of the doctor from Hay
wards own lips Mrs Benson also
saws that she knows nothing of the
Haywards, and has never in any way
come into contact with the family
until she encountered Hayward across
the border of the spirit land.
DR.. Burton was called up by tele-
phone last night and corroborated the
account Of Mrs. Benson's visit. He
says that his first impression was that
the woman was demented, but that,
after listening to her story and noting
the manner in which she told it, he
was convinced of her mental soundness
as we'll as of her firm belief in the
truth of what she asserted.
Dr. Burton was county physician at
the time of Haywards execution and
he was brought very frequently into
contact with the murderer. He at
tended the execution, and his advice
on all matters was much sought by the
condemned during his last days in the
county jail
Adrian Hayward, brother of the
murderer who was one Of the most
important witnesses on the trial and
whose evidence went far to convict
Harry. was the only member of the
Hayward family who could be reached
Yesterday He was found at his home.
512 Morgan avenue north. When told
the story of Mrs. BenSon's alleged VS.
ion, he smiled sacrastically and re-
marked that he believed, if Harry had
any visiting to do on earth, one of the
| first calls he would make would be on
him.
eff Harry comes on EARTH he said,
"he will pay me a visit the very first
| thing I can assure you. The story of
the pipe case does not appeal to my
memory of Harry in any way at all-in
fact, I may add that so far as know,
he never smoked at all. He may &C.
casionally have smoked cigarette,
but if he did I know nothing about it.
Il do not say that there may not
have been a pipe case among his eff
| feots-I was not in a position to know
whether there was or not, but even if
| there was, I have no belief whatever
| in the existence of any piece of paper
! generating any one. Who could it eX-
onerate, for instance? Surely it could
! not be BliXt-waS not his confession on
| the stand as convincing a thing as you
ever heard? 1 know of no one else
requiring generation.
81 don't know anything about this
Mrs Benson-never heard of her in
my life, but my belief is that this SEN
sational story was born at Excelsior,
where my father is the dupe of a
spiritualistic clique that does just what
it pleases with him. I shall not men
ton names in this connection, but it
is sufficient to say that my father
would be improved both in mind and
| body If he could be released from the
influences of these people. The old
| gentleman is by no means in the best
| of health-the troubles OF the last few
years have weighed on him tremen-
dously as you will easily understand.
| Always predisposed towards spiritual
ism, he is now a confirmed believer i'll
the manifestations alleged to occur I'M
der the Vaccinations of the people he
is associated with. He is now, in his
own belief, a fully developed medium.
He sees my brother Harry several
times every day, and spends half his
time in imaginary conversations with
the dead man. My brother Thaddeus
is aware of this fact, as also that it
would be infinitely better for my
father could he be induced to break
with these people I do not think that
my mother has any faith in the alleg-
ed spiritualistic phenomena. She is in
more robust health than my father,
who has for years been an invalid.
you may say from me that I be-
ieve the story of the pipe case is moth
Ing more than pipe story. think it
originated in Excelsior, though of
course 1 am unable to say how it
should appear to come from st. Paul.
7 do not believe a word of it; do not
believe Harry ever had a pipe case in
his life. 1t is an old woman's yarn.
GOOD TO TALK ABOUT.