People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1894 — ALL CONFESS. [ARTICLE]

ALL CONFESS.

Parties to Two Brutal Murders Own Their Crimes. Adry Hayward Clears Cp the Mystery of the Miss Ging Affair—Overwhelming Evidence Against Barnes' Murderers Brings Them Down. Minkeapolis, Minn.. Dec. 11.—The authorities are satisfied they have all the parties connected with the murder of Miss Catherine Ging. The confession of Adry Hayward has cleared up the mystery and it is known that had one man acted upon information given him by Adry Hayward the murder might have been prevented. According to the confession, the crime was planned months ago by Harry Hayward, who induced C. A. Blixt to kill the woman. The fact that the murder was to be done and the motive were known to Adry Hayward long before the fatal night. Adry Hayward tried to dissuade his brother from carrying the plan into execution and told Levi M. Stewart of the plot. The latter scouted the idea, did not report the matter to the police and Catherine Ging was killed. Her death was accomplished by Hayward, whose sole motive was to secure her life insurance. After the crime had been committed Stewart came forward, told all he knew and rendered the authorities valuable aid. From the confession of Adry Hayward it has been the theory of the police that C. A. Blixt, the engineer of the Ozark flats, where both Miss Ging and Harry Hayward resided, committed the murder at the instigation of Hayward. Bllxt'K Con reunion. Blixt made a confession in which he at first charged Harry Hayward with the actual killing of Miss Ging, but shortly after midnight admitted that his confession was untrue, and that he, himself, had committed the murder. Hayward had interested Miss Ging iu a “green-goods’ 1 scheme and drove with her from the West house, until they reached the corner of Hennepin and Franklin avenues, about 2 miles from where the murder was committed. There they met Blixt whom Hayward pushed into the buggy with instructions to drive to where they would meet Hayward, who would have the goods with him. Previous to that Hayward had induced Miss Ging to entrust what money she had, Blixt did not know how much, to him. Blixt and Miss Ging drove around the end of the lake and Miss Ging became anxious and began to ask about Hayward. When they reached the scene of the murder she was looking out the side of the buggy and while in this position Blixt shot her. He drove about the country about an hour and when he was satisfied that she was dead he threw the body out and went home. Had Other Jobs on Hand. Blixt tells of several other jobs which had been proposed by Hayward but which fell through, and says that after this job. for which he was to receive 82,000, or one-fifth of the life insurance involved, he was to receive 8400 for “doing” a Chicago man. Blixt also tells a story to the effect that'Harry Haward wanted his assistance in disposing of the father and mother of a young woman in Minneapolis whom he wanted to marry and secure her property.