The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-26
THE REV. MR.. HAYDEN FREE.
DECLARING mn INNOCENT or THE MUIR
DER or MIRY ST.INNdRD
The Justice Wishing he were ne Sure OF
Heaven ns he IL OF Mr.. Hnydcn's Innocence
of the Crime OF which he was A Accused.

Of the Crime OF which he was Accused.
MADISON Sept. 25-The Row Herbert II
Hayden was acquitted to-day on the examinn-
ton amid tho enthusiastic cheering OF his
friends and the silence OF his enemies. The
result. although sudden. was not unexpected.
During tho last days OF the trial II has been evil
dent that public opinion was slowly but surely
vcering around in his favor. His evidence.
corroborating rs it did. that OF his wife. and cx-
planning or neutralizing every important point
introduced by the State has been given in n
clear. straightforward. and unhesitnting man.
ner. and has carried conviction with IT, Ono
by one the points which tho prosecution has In
troduccd with such care and elaborated with 80
much labor were either refuted or explained
away in favor Of the prisoner
AT the start II was an imposing case. and all
Of Prof Whites evidence concerning the blood
corpusclcs on the knife certainly looked bad
for Mr.. Hayden. The strong array Of testi
mony concerning the frequent cutting OF the
accused mans hands and those Of his son with
this knife. however. cffectually spiked this. the
biggest gun OF the prosecution. and threw the
State back upon the questionable nfcrences
drawn from his conduct before and after the
| crime. 1t is safe to say that nve-siNths of the
| Inhabitants OF this vicinity agree with the de-
cisl9n. and regard the pastors vindication as
Mr. Hayden's cross examination was then re-
| tutneN. lie SAID tii0t ne lnu not Snnrpeneu OF
cleaned the small blade Of the knife since. two
weeks before his wife's confinement. After
| opening the oysters he wiped Il on the grass.
| He had done nothing to clean II or wipe it, since
| he opencd the oysters on Tuesday noon. II was
in his possession from Wednesday until the
sheriff took It,. Couldn't say that 1t was in his
pocket all the timc. There was n hole in the
rIsht-hand pocket q his everyday tr9uscr.
| The witness sworc that he had never received q
letter of any kind from Mary, stannard and
never wrote her lipc In his l,ie lie thought
| Of shoes. The big blade Of the knife with
which The murder is supp9sGd t2 hay been
the little blade 2 lis Of an inch long.
At 1910 the defence rested A wranGle fol-
| lowed concerning the admish lon Of Mary al
| legged allegations concerning the accused. Mr.
Harrison claimed that the most celebrated
| criminal lawyers Of the state, Including Judge
| thought that Il was admissible. Justice wilcox
said that he had consulted number Of the best
authorities on the subject. and was ?i the opin-
ion that il was outside the pale oi Legitimate
evidence, and so decided;
| During the recess Mr.. Harrison without say
| ins anything 10 the Judge or counsel took a
| horse and wagon and drove away & the north
ward. Mr.. Hayes The junior counsel fer the
| prosecution. said that his colleague. Judge
! harrison. had bcen greatly pancd At the rul-
inEs oi the Court. ana had Decided not 10 con-
sisted in his decision. Mr. Hayes odied that
| he had not intended 10 come back himself. but
was advised to DO 80 by certain Of the county
THIS announcemont created intense surprise
| but tho Justice was iniieNiblc. Mr. Jones. tor
| the defence. characterzcd Judge Harrison's $
action as a point blank insult to tho Court. At
255 z. NJ, his Honor began summing up, The
information. he said. charged the prisoner with
murder Tho state had claimed that the pris.
| oner maintained Illicit relations. with Mary
Mrs scranton testify, unconiradicteI that he
was absent from the ,.oyster supper not
oyer ten minutes. The =, testimony. q
Gddletown with Mr.. Hayden at her re-
qucs'. and the, experts examination q the
| n a In mr. lot I'm Et
| committed on that occasion. Ne one could tcs-
| iiy about The conversatioI AZ the spring. except
| OF the enclosed letter 10 Susan Hawlcy or the
enclosed one and moth ing about II. save that il
son Rsrs9 Win thS S8e q sSS SppeSreed yS eit
continued tho Justice. Il thought there
with the crime, because after the testimony Of
croscopis, | cSpscted, il The knife DID the deed.
unexplained would have been Of force. ! have
knife ip my own pocket that believe is full
and dogs blood. We are told. cannot be- distin-
| guished from human blood. But. from the tcs-
tmGGny. cannot think that the knife sxaminod
Mary on Tuesday atef9Son t lie I deseribea r This bis
picked no Sisckberrss. He S eouIdnt % very @ wsi %s
see no one on the stand TO testify that they had
ever seen anything on which TO found even a
| suspicion tIldt tlle TWO Were unlaWtnlly intimate
after the murder to show that he was the guilty
man. He tcstihes that his wish that the eIami-
nation should be final referred only TO his testi-
moIy before the Coroner,s Jury,
| | cannot doubt single word that Mrs; Hay
| den SAYS. don't believe that lady would tell a
inlsehood to save her husband from the gallows
| She had identified the clothes he Wore and an
expert has examined them and found no blood
upon them whereas il is evident that the mur-
| dercr could not have avoided some deposit of
Marys blood; see nothing from the testimony
was anything that happened Or appeared
W, TO his arrest 70 mike him appear
my mind but that this was murder. II WIS not
suicide but God alone and The guilty person
but never heard such apparently frank. fair,
| truthful testimony a. that given by Mr.. and
| Mrs; luzerne stevens Charles scranton Marys
for tho State. The testimony Of Mr and Mrs.
Hayden and Mr.. and Mrs. Davis was so clear
10 shake il at al. The door was opened
| SO wide 10 the state in the presentation Of Mr..
Hayden. that felt If he were guilty the State
would surely be able TO show 1t. In conclusion.
gentlemen, let me say from the testimony given
here: that II was as sure ot he9yen and OF eter-
| Hayden is gultless Of the crime OF killing Mary
L, Stannnrd. or ot having criminal intimacy
WIN VIII her ! should rest content MI sherln.
The last words Of the Justice were drowned
man n an SutoGrs' OF cneerlnS that shook the 2ld
thronecd around Mr.. Hayden, grasrine lis
| hand nnd shpWering him with congratulations.
| For time nothing was To bo seen except Mr..
| Haydcns flushed face in the centre of push
| ing. squeezing throng Of admirers. who threat
cned u do him more physical damage than
| all the threats II the prosecution, Among those
who shook hands with and complimsned him
| on his vindication We're the Ret. A. NJ Gallup,
| Congregational minister: the RHv. Mr.. Barnes.
| ot the Methodist Church; tho Roy. Mr.
| Knowles, an Episcopal clergyman Mr.. Rnd
Mrs. d. Tnt,le, Mrs VII! lam Wilcox. Mrs Way.
| d"ll, Of New York. and scores Of other we'll
| strangers to the released man.
ON leaving the Court Mr.. Harrison, the
| senior counsel for the State. drove RAPIDLY To
! North Madison and examined tho house and
grounds Of Mr.. Hayden for new evidence II
| was expected that .he condition Of the affairs
| ihere would reveal somo discrepancy IN the
| testimony Of Mr. and Mrs. Hayden, but
| such WAS not the ease. In the murn-
| ing session, Mrs. Hayden was lut On
| IN" stand to corfoiorato some portions II her
| husbands testimony. Among other Things she
swore that when watching him onthe ait"rnoon
| 81 the murder she saw him turn down IN the
| direction Of the swamp. THIS was considered
! hlEh{ IMPORTANT hy tho defence. rs showing
! that Mr.. Hayden at a time when he suppu7n no
! one WAS wal hing him was hcalln. directly
away from the sc"ur 0l q" murtrr
! At lac hour To-day JUST Wilcox was iu-
! formed, on gool authority. Tint wagon ira 4 q,