St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-09-21

unless he gave me the pistol; then he
denied having one. My husband soon
entered, and Hayden asked him if he
approved of Gertrude's refusal to return
with him. Mr.. Brigham told him it
was her own matter. Gertrude then
told him to go, do the best he could,
and she would enjoy his success and
prosperity. The next day when Hay
den came there, she and her sister were
in the sitting room together, and she
heard Hayden and Brigham talking just
outside, at the head of the stairs, then
a shot was fired. She rushed to the
door, and Hayden appeared with re-
vOlver in his hand, pushed the door
back on her, approached his wife and
fired upon her. l ran for help, and did
not see the second shot fired. l saw
the struggle between my husband and
Hayden, and when the help came Hay
den said 'Don't let Brigham have the
pistol, he will kill me-" Gertrude then
looked up and said ~ am shot, he has
killed me-" She lived six days.
N. T. Sheafe testified: live at Der
by Line; am a lawyer my Office is
just opposite Hanson's hotel on the
3lst of August, 1876, was in my office
heard the report of a pistol and a
scream; looked from the window and
saw Brigham reeling out of the door on
the piazza started for the hotel, but
before l got out of the office | heard
two more reports when reached the
place l found Mrs. Hayden on the floor /;
Hayden was saying ''No Cd d-n
man in the state of Vermont can take
this pistol from me-" l sprang and
took hold of it, and he said: 81 will
give it to Mr.. Sheafe." The pistol was
cooked. GThe revolver was produced
in court. 1t has five barrels and carries
what is called a 30 ball 1t is in the
same condition as it was when / took
it it shows that three balls have been
discharged, and the pistol snapped
again and missed fire. Hayden was
then taken into custody two or three
hours afterward / went into the room,
where he was handcuffed and manacled !;
he turned to me and inquired "DOn't
you think | love my wife ?" | said /:
"You have shown your love strangely )"
'but," said he, ''shall ! not die for
her ?"
Horace Holmes, the magistrate, then
came in; Hayden was called to answer
sistance of counsel and pleaded guilty !;
he said that the deed was premeditated /;
that he came from st. Icons Springs to
do this thing that he found he had not
the courage and drank to get his cOur-
age up to the shooting point he said
II got two shots into her, and by
wish had get three, as l intended to
hope she will die; l didn't intend to
shoot Brigham; don't want his blood
on my head" Just before he was car
ried to the county Jail | went in to see
him he was walking the floor | told
him that his wife was liable to die any
moment, and asked him if might bear
her any word before she died, and he
said: Tell her that hope she will die
E. r. Johnson sworn | saw Hayden
the day of the shooting at StOddard's
hotel Hayden was at the bar with sew
eral others they took their drinks he
said when he shook hands with me that
it was his third drink that morning;
reprimanded him pleasantly; Hayden
then said, II am drinking for pur-
pose; the old lady-Or girl can't live: :
| asked him what he meant, and he said
he should kill herr; Hayden went up tC
Father McAuley and spoke to him
then he returned to me, and said he
would rather shoot her in Canada thar
in Vermont; inquired about the extra,
dition treaty Hayden went with me tt
the front of my house; he then said, 81
can't live without her." l told him i
that was so he had better kill himself
he said he hadn't the ''gus" to do it
Hayden turned little away, and said
81 would do it anyway, only 1 cam
bear the idea of being hung in Yer
mont" Hayden then left. l was called
away from home Immediately thereafter
and on my return learned of the shoot
ing; l have rgretted my not giving
warning to the family.