The sun., 1873-10-07
A HORSE IHIEF,s AuroBIoGRA
A speech TO the Pubiic-A Criminal very RE-
pentHnt after he was CREcd-An Outlaw
Held In uigh Rstimation.

Held In uigh Rstimation.
At Mount Sterling, KY, n convicted
horse thief named Hayden recently made
public speech at the Court House regarding his
many crimes. He was quite young, and looked
like tho son Of farmer In good circumstances.
lie WA evidently unaocustomed 20 public
spcekinr. but desired to warn those who
had iust reached manhood. lie said
he was twenty-thrce years old, and was
married when eighteen. His father, who had
been q Christian farmer, was dead. His first
crime was cutting loose his fathers ferry boat,
to witch act he was instigated by his father-in-
law. In ISL lie Joined gang Of outlaws, to which
he was insugatcd by one satterAeld. At drst
Hayden hesitatcd. but knowing that Srter1eld
was net in ni.h estimation by the community.
rnE o,1r or NrVrgy~utp.
81 vas rrla 10 r ce my lan1 IN nv ear .-a rro.
Hi, i'l 'olll NJ ang'gs sny ,i i9c Iio. .r,.dhs,
n.t th're; mat would alss!t 4old myset subject
i ling pcrJuiy order t. estaui ' al uri, VI to
vh..h ,vti Wss .ao.t practc--.r. ih't va. ~ ray
o''t al ,,'i 3. )gt...d py t'r.,f or 9in'fHI.c .'
i.r N.r ri-fo'es ,A,.Pt 70 d'irii actu4. ra.cA'-s
ms MAIN BUstNrss
Va. NOT to- s'cal ho'scs, but TO run them - a-d
s'l tbclu. The lf.t horse he sold 10 aGernia0
tDr 50. TIE next one lie stole himicf and
n
from Bis .wn blind cousin, who was very poor
The policy of tut hnnd was 70 RIB people VINO
'tDlc severed horses. ard " "A finally arrested uu
,u-' ir'ou wlcu eune TO Keep an appointment
Wa satteraeld. HAYDEN continuei:
" had been many times arrested. and IN
every case, navy IN hand, had broken away rom
the court and escaped. But thls time the OIL
locked M Jtii I began 10 be troubled by my
conscience. knew that my crimes had bro -at
me there and tn the dark noes and qfip-tc II ~ I,
HH ~ IT Tod my 90 4 IA fhsr - 4 .tHD
bearing the same peaceful smile II wure WI en-
he q. q. and could heI MS last words. Nv
honest ire, as plainly ~ ttd when knrlt at
Do, ici-'ie 90 receive ni dylag blessing. he-
gan 20 think that the only reputation could
intNe would he g. confess my crimes ald PIT
tho.e Whom had wronged on tAe TIA 20 re-
"Aftcrot tainu.. fhcir promise that hey would
not On he ruhiic anything should sayto them
until siter my examining trial, connded 90 the
'utui ana touutV iyriS all that nave just t.il
,",L and more thau | am going to tel you.
sonnet nw my luir--ion was made ptnuc. aud
t4. ot jet hri in vitw--to hr.nL tie u. u.eilJtl-
u iAe EsLi. ~ J-stice was q leAted.
1HE CASG
number sixty or seventh. Nearly all Of th"m
lne Ia tie counties Uf bourbon. nout.ur oty.
Nicholas. tlrn ul, AID Rowan. Incir prime pel
10 v 100. our operations were not confined tN-
'u-iN.N g. hufst sfe Lluc and ruui ,ng. We ire
DltAft rDuttd houses and st'r, ISL, aud relieved
tI4Nt .t,rs uf their iuck"tbuuh-. THE ff.h-fI ID
% iut- al ~a,,u wc snil stolen .t 'k were l. .A-
I t4.Ay. ana Aberdeen I'm ONO.
"u.r hutu ss were eAclus .veir iu tho hands o'
t.tacIi. Oi'ii- .Ad Henry .-ou "t un-
lA5 dit tlo I'1unHg. ana received and took
ru~ of the m.u.'s, which We were required TO
NJ. e Hil l.' over = th'.l. i..rc " iu to
-'' u',t gone q. meetings OF tle e .n'. q,
i.u t.t I..a,l va-t t1 iaye been Ilitlicd uut,
s,m"tIi'e m".ys turned up t. pr.,rui
''l.e in the honesty q our chlcfs. aAd
were say "a. r.t1 bN the a.r ur. no o. It oar
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