The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-05
Ex-IssEMBLTMdNH dYEs sTABBED.
Aspersion. against IA Woman In the Case tina
are Pronounced TO he False.

Sporting men and politicians were excited
Yesterday when they heard that james Hayes,
cN-mcmhcr Of the Legislature and Fourteenth
ward Tammany magnate had been stabbed on
Moniay evening. and tho excitement was i'm
tsnsillcl when it WIS said that he was about TO
die from his wounds. Mr. Hayes sat in the
parlor of his home Mt COG Elm street and re-
cci,cd "a few intimate fricpds Among others
who visited him was a Sun reporter. "Jimmy.n
"a h. IL afcctionatcly called by his admir-
crs. was remarkably lively. His right check
was disneurcd 10y few narrow cross
slips Of plaster. and there was gnsh
in the palm Of his right hand. He said
that he had been out in the street since he waa
assaulted. and that h. suffered no pain except
from the cut in his hand. H. said that he was
set upon by one William Tngersoll in Il street
below Houston. and that Ingersoll cut him in
The face and hand. Mr. Hayes desired that no
innocent person might Sun'r in the puhlid
prints I'm cons qu"ns' OF this encounter Mrs.
lngrrsoil : nume bad been disgrareiuy mem
toned with *. H. wish' {, say that the story
CONCERNING her an him - false. She had sep-
arlt I'll from her husband, nul had frequently
y.-itrt his NJ. Hayrs'sl family. That wis all.
Il maj ~ attempt Ia h'vc ingersoll arrested.
MIR Hayes = wife di"d 'vcr,l months ago. and
ahout a." same time Mrs. Ipeersoll separated
toward her She and Mr. llnyrss family were
N'ry ultimate" ani after his wiic's death he fre-
un"nily visited Mrs. lngersoil. Her husband.
who was furniture poliehcr by.tride, had hos
come sporting man, dahhling Ia policy slips
and faro. " WIS the Keeper. at one Time Of a
game in Broadway. Recently he has been in
the employ Of Benjamin Wood. ana he FREE
uuentnd Sandy Sponrcrs barroom in Broad-
way. lie WIS u quiet hammered man. and his
n'qulinan. - did not suspect that he had quur-
relied with his wife. and that she had deserted
him.
>. Mrs. 1ngcrsoll lived at 81 Charlton street.
Recently her husband has frequently been seen
in that neighhorhoOd. ON Monday evening ho
sat on the stOpp OF u house ON the opposite side
OF the street. Pete Crawford and other loungsrs
around Bartons stables wat ohpd,him. He kent
his eyes fixed on the house at o. After ncr-
vousy waiting for three hours he saw thu front
lngcrsoll hurried across the street and grappiel
with james Hayes. They fell together. Henry
Dyer went 70 the seen" lust us lngcrsnll fr""d
himself and ran toward Narick street. Ingcrsul
carried his hat in his hands. HavDs's face was
bloody and Dyer led him t. the stnbl" whore
IN" blood was washed away. Hayes asked for a
cqach. ana mono being in readiness. he took u
sixth avenue car and went M town. Then no
returned down town To his home. H. sent his
htte daugiit r. To- the corner drug store and the
girl cXritgly said that her father had bccp
stabbed. The gossipers Of the neighhorhood
instantly took up the story and magnliled it 70
SUIT their various fan irs.
lngersoll SAYS that Hayes destroyed his hap
pinrss Nv rohhing him Of the affections of lis
wife. lng"rsOll WIS not in his old haunts ycs-
tcriay. Capt. Mcdonnell said that he might
have secured him Lad anybody yesterday de-
sired that he should be arrested.