The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-11
THE HAYDEN FAMILY.
A Queer Father and a Queer son-The Cir
cumstances Attending the Suicide Of the
Former and the Disappearance Of the
Latter.

A Queer Father and a Queer son-The Cir
cumstances Attending the Suicide Of the
Former and the Disappearance Of the
Latter.
Henry Hayden, the missing son of Fred
erick II. Hayden, the Middlebury suicide,
has been heard from. When seen tues
day., he was at Fort Edward, N. Y.
When asked If he knew of his fathers
death he replied that he did, and when
asked when he was coming home he replied
that he did not know. His reason for not
coming to his fathers funeral was that he
about the sudden departure of the hoy is
cleared up by statements made yestei day to
your correspondent by Mrs. Hayden, the
wife of the unfortunate man and the step
mother OF Henry In the language OF Mrs
Hayden, "Henry has been railroading for a
number of years and am afraid 10 rather
wild. His father was anxious for him to
run the farm, but this did not seem to suit
him. The father and son abd 81 an and The the
fact that Henry saved my life when my
husband attempted to kill me embittered
the father more than ever against the
son. Although at intervals during the
week previous to his death we thought
he had spells of insanity, we never thought,
as we believe now, that he was insane all
the time, and was connecting plan to kill
myself and his younger son. The morn
ing Henrylleft, according to the statement
of Mrs. Hayden, he went to his father for
money to pay the farm laborers and tax
bill, the father passing over 800 for the
purpose. On the previous day Henry had
collected 800 from man owing him, and
had gotten his fathers gold watch, costing
over $500, on some pretext. About nine
o'clock he called in neighbor and request
ed him to stay with his father while he
| (Henry) went down town. On his way
down he met the doctor and told him the
story that "his father had given him a
hundred dollars and his watch and told
him to clear out" The doctor tried to dis
suade him from leaving, and finally Henry
consented to stay, but he was not seen
from that time. The laborers received no
money nor was the tax bill paid. The
| physician states that he had determined on
that day to send the man to the Brattleboro
asylum, but when Henry did not appear no
shrank from taking all the responsibility.
1t was arranged that two men should watch
with him over night, and the physician
distictly ASSERTS that he eDjoined the men
to keep close watch and not take eyes off
| from him for one moment. About 10 o'clock
the hired man got sleepy, and with consum-
mate skill and tact Hayden persuades his
keepers that be is in his right mind, gets
the sleepy man off to bed and then attempts
to retire with his wife. She no doubt
owes her life to her refusal to occupy the
same bed with him. ''although," says she,
she seemed SO much better that l was at
| first constrained to humor him." The rest
is soon told. The confiding neighbor at
the request of the maniac goes for water.
The door is locked behind him, and draw
ing butcher knife, whose edge has been
made sharp and keen, from his clothes, he
cuts his throat from ear to ear. The farm
upon which Hayden lived is considered one
Of. the best and must productive in the
acres, has large and ccn2&0dt6tds fnoha9
ana splendid barns upon 1t, and ia located
within five minutes walk from the village
center. 1t is valued at $40, 900. Hayden
left no will. Mrs. Hayden was married to
her late husband ten years ago. and 1t is a
noticeable circumstance that her first hus.
band was also the victim ofa violent death.
He did not commit suicide, but he was
drowned from foolhardiness, having at
tempted to cross a portion of the overflow
of one Of the branches of Otter Creek dur
ing freshet number of years ago, al
though warned by bystanders not to do SO.
| The widow sued the town and recovered q
| considerable amount.-B0ston Globe.