Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1895 — HAYWARD IS HANGED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAYWARD IS HANGED.

Murderer of Catherine Ging Pay* the Penalty of Hia Deed. Harry Hayward was hanged Wednesday morning in Minneapolis. He made a statement of five minutes’ duration, and, while not making a confession, said he hoped God would forgive him for ail the harm he had ever done. The murderer went to the gallows with a laugh on his lips, and went down With the trap just as he uttered the words, lightly:

“Let her go. Megardim.” The cmuniand was directed to the chief deputy.l’rior to the execution the condemned man maintained - the nerve which rhasT made him famous. On.the scafilold he made an extended statement. He said that to please several pastors who had called upon him he would say: “God forgive me for what I have done.” His neck was broken.

HARRY HAYWARD AND CATHERINE GING