| Show AND indifferent hayward died with a laugh on his lips instigator of catherine bings gings murder executed at 2 05 tills morning his H neck broken by the fall neld held a reception in the prison and celebrated his hia last t tho the crime deo dec 11 harry heyward was waa hanged at 2 05 this morning lie he mado made a statement of five minutes duration r it alon and while not making a confes ion alon said he hoped god would forgive him tor for all the harm ho he had ever done the murderer went to tho the gallows with kith a laugh on hla his lips and went down with the trap just a an ho he uttered the words lightly I 1 let her go me tar garnear dear 1 11 CIS jlia ilia command was directed to the chief deputy prior to tho the execution the condemned man maintained the nerve which has hag made him famous lie ile took his last supper shortly after I 1 and was surrounded by th the e deputies and the death watches J juat before the death warrant haq read hayward turned to his brother ur dr thaddeus hayward and said you know I 1 am a great believer in spirit aall in it if I 1 get safely on the th e other side hide I 1 will send bend a message to you at 2 0 clock hay hayward ard listened to the reading of the warrant soon boom after sheriff holberg entered and the condemned man said eald earnestly earnesti Y I 1 I 1 went want to ask 3 ou as a last favor please pleas eilt let me pull tho the trap it will save you lifelong anxiety and will III give me eternal oatis satisfaction faction ahe sheriff replied 1 I cannot do it harry I 1 know my duty 11 on the scaffold rold hairy made an extended statement lie he flat said that to please the several pastors who had called upon him ho he would say bay god forgive me for all I 1 have done this is looked upon as aa a confession the trap fell at 2 10 and the w onder ful vitality of the man was shown by the fact that he lived 11 ed for several se eral moments afeei the trap tell fell his H neck was broken before dark tonight morbid crowds had assembled in the vicinity of the jail there was nothing to see except the gray walls walla and the occasional opening of the heavy doors to admit some ofil cial yet they lingered in the vicinity waiting for the tragic event at midnight the throng numbered several hundred I 1 THE run LAST SUPPER Ilay hayward wards s swell dinner the last lant supper I 1 aa ho he profanely expressed express d it wits waa served according to tila jas desire shortly after 10 0 clock an I 1 he partook i of it with apparent relish rev ilov vather father timothy arrived shortly after not upon the summons of the condemned man but in caso case that at tile the list moment a desire should be expressed by the unrepentant man mail for a spiritual adviser during the evening hayward hold held a lengthy conversation with chiq attendants and laughed and joked on hta his approaching pro aching execution As capt sandberg was tho the windows of the jail looking into the alley harry no wed him and shouted that 0 i ight block out the gaping crowd people wishing to see rne me will have to call at the morgue as I 1 intend to change my quartel teia a and he laughed as aa it he imald ald it to a newspaper man ho he sald said I 1 I 1 would like to seo see the recount account of how this thin thing came out and about ny my actions on the scaffold I 1 and ag again in he laughed as aa it if he were going to a pie nic instead of to death ald A RECEPTION EPTION hayward spent a consides con considerable sidel able portion of tile tho evening telling stories and listening to by others it being his last night he was allowed quite a privilege anti and was continually surrounded by friends lie he was g gay y and civlo all tho the time and gave every eval ry indication di that he would go to the gallows as aa he would to dinner ile ho spoke it bout about his wife occasionally fur for he insisted aisted she aho was his wife lie he said he gave her GO 50 today to make her feel good ife HP passed cigars around freely and talked about his groat great meal the toast he proposed at hi ahli dinner was waa I 1 here s to the girl who loves me and the garig whom I 1 love lie he gave it in french ile he admi admitted tied tonight ho he could never hang unless thero there was a crowd present hr H wanted to see the people and suggested that it would have been better to have the scaffold outside and have beats arranged so eo everybody could ties see it As aa a sample of hla his conversation the rol following lowIng can be quoted sheriff colburg came into tho the cage cag e and harry sald said how are you sheriff I 1 am as fine as silk you and I 1 are the chief actors tonight aren t w we e sheriff I 1 he fie seemed ne never er to think 0 of f any hereafter about 11 30 a stenographer rr was waa admitted d to harrys cell and he e 1 I the statement which ho fie had bet boon 11 ll spending ending up considerable time on lately there was a largo large crowd around the jail and the city was wan full of deputy sheriffs and a nd chiefs 0 of f police from all over the state all t anxious to the execution |
