The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-15
HAYDEN AGAIN IN COURT.
BEFORE A GRAND JrRY TO .fNSWER TO
IHE CH.IRGE or MURDER.
The Accused Clergyman Listening Anew to
the Testimony Concerning the Murder or
Mnry Stannnrd- -.Imdae NIchcnck'. Ghnrnc.

Mary stannard Judge HIchcock's Charge.
NEW HAVEN, Oct. H. - The Rev. Mr.
Herbert II. Hayden was the observed Of all
observers MS he walked into the Superior
Court room this morning. accompanied by
sheriff Byxbec. Following the two was
Mr.. Hayden's father we'll preserved man OF
about 80 years Of age with n gray chin whisker.
portly. and evidently one who thoroughv on
joys tho good things Of this world. He looked
careworn and anxious. and seemed to cvlncc
more interest In the proceedings than lid his
reverend son. This trio arrived in the court
room some ten minutes before the hour at
which the court proceedings regularly Begin
10 o'clock. Father and son sat down in chairs
next the Shorif's box and the accused minister
was engaged in lively conversation with Mr.
William Minor Of Madison. who has been one
OF his flrmcst friends until Judge Hitchcock
entered and took his seat. The court was OPEN
ed in formal manner and Mr.. Hayden watched
tho proceedings with n much interest "a the
crowd watched him. Every spot of sitting and
standing room was occupied. and all anxiously
awaited the incoming Of the Grand Jury, who
were ushcred into the room by Sheriff Byxbcc
at half past 10.
The Grand Jury had boon selected with rrcat
care, and was made M of picked men from the
county. Among them were Frederick J. Kings.
and the Scovill Manufacturing Company; Chas.
inodtH, Secretary Of the Benedict Burnham
1Mgn,1MjiTsrns 1un, ~ fD9mpany Wm Brown. PrHsi;
Waterbury; Samuel simpson and Charles u.
Yale Of thc Simrsoni HAL \ Miller Com.
~ The Home National Bunk. ana Lemuel j.
turtisS. prom n"nt mcrchnnt. both ,oi Mcri-
den; VIM. ). Ch9rnlcy broker and Pymns-
ter-Gencral OF the State under Gov. Ingersol;
Burr Parkins. n retired merchant aud Gardner
Morse; insurance broker. OF New Haven; Ed
wnrl \. Cornwall. Cheshire lawyer; stephen
\. Pawn, Il retired hotel man. now living in
Milford; Sidney 4. Downs and Nathan :. John
Stephen {. Gilbert Of N6rth Haven Edmund
nay and Henry Brudey of seymour. and BEN
lanin A. jarvis of Cheshire. Tho Jury rrpro-
s"ntrd several millions 50 far as capital went;
and are all capable. eill lent men and we'll
known IN tho county. several having held
prominent positions in the State Government.
They nre al! we'll along IN life. and. without eN.
rrml9n. had the silver prominent IN hair and
After the oath had boon administered to- them
~ "rk Auk'irll, thcy Were charged hy judge
Hitrhro.S ns to the difference between murder
In the first AMI second d'groc. and the n,'',-si-
~ Of obtaining evidence serious and suh-tan-
iiai enough to hold tho prisoner for hearing
after the routine charges delivered 10y Judges
go a Grand Jury. who are coneidc ring nn in.
difm"nt Tor murder in tho first legreo, and
was d' llN'rrd ih thr hcsllinllns an tauiy ~
onl munn"r that chnrnrfori2" all of Judge
htchrnrk : rhnrE"s rnrii u.ar stress wns laid
upon th' necessity oi I'm ;iug strong evidrnc"
" prem"di'aiion of murder ON the pnri ~ tho
nc'u@rd Clergyman before "A true h wns found.
After being io!d the mod" of procedure they
We're Go follow in roeard o. the hearing of t"sti-
mDny. th"S wore s"nt 10 the supreme Court
room. there to hear and decide upen the t"-ii-
mony to h. presented Ia them hy States Attnr-
nry ~ Il and Judge Iynde Harrison. who Is To-
is- -i tho attorney for The State i'm Tie prr-entn-
tion of the raHe Lynde Harrison. who is n
prominent politician IN this section Of the
state Is working with the alleged energy Of the
When "A Judge began charging tho jury Mr.
Hayden lkten"d very nuentlyeiy. placing his
d ] 10 Aaa H. o. 70
that drnppNl from the hps OF him VIII Will he
ono Of the Ju. u.lgcs 10 try him. But his immonile
iuirr' ~ iu tie Proceedings. H. a,t,'l rather
ik"A lst 50 spectator thnn man on tri4i for
chnitrt nrrruy with hir friend. Mr. Minor,
When The GRIND jury l'ft the room for their
quarters Mr.. Htyd"n was escorted - IA" Same
room hy the sheriff and snt thrrr while the tcs-
tWuuy ON ih' lur' of tho Stntt WdH being pro-
s"nted. he having the right q DO 50. under The
mode of procedure in thls State. Occasionally
bee would question the witnessc, as they testified
before u" Jury. but generally he was listener
rather than an in,.rro-ator. and occasionally
would mpkr notes Of the testimony given by the
| different witnesses.
The first witness heard by tho Grand Jury
WIS Sylynnu- Butler of Now Haven. Surveyor
| ot the County, who gay" To- them cplorrd map
of the scene of the murder. NeXt, susan T.
| her couf,laut told Of the unfortunate Mary
Stannard coming home from, Guilford; Of her
guinl; Ia see Hayden on Monday 10 aAk him To
| help her out Of her supposed trouble; OF tho
promis" Of the minister 90 procure quick
|
| Whppoorwill Rock on the afternoon OF Tues
day sept 3. when she WIS to take the medicine
which he had told her at the Spring in the
morning no had obtained in Middlctown g
procure the ahortion, and OF his parting words
when sho said. Mr.. Hayden Will FIX me al
right; Susan and shall have no more trouble.
She ais told Of tho letter that she Ind received
from her sister. enclosing one 10 the Rev Mr..
Hayden. which had been destroyed 10y Mary
Stannard herself before it could be delivered To
her alleged seducrr, the man who said TO Sheriff
Byxbre that he took great Interest in the girl,
md irving to rptlulm her from a Ii fn %
shame. toward which she wns steadily drifting.
Charles 5. Stannard. the father Il the unior-
tuuHtc woman. told tho Jury how he found her
lying in IN" middle ofthe unused highway. a
short distance only from his house, whore she
told him she was going to nick hla"khcrrrs.
H. told about finding her lying on her back.
with her hands folded across her stomach. with
II gr"Ht gaping wound in her throat and "A pool
Of blood at her elbow. At hcr feet lay tho pal
which she had taken to pick her berries in. and
undcrnoath her the sunh9nnet stained with
blood, and cut by the stone that frled her TO- the
earth niter she had been given the fatal dose
of ofnrsenic. He told Of summoning the neigh
bors. Of the arrival of Mr.. Hayden at tho scenc
Of the murder, and his expressions OF grief and
sympathy and hs assistance in conveying the
Mrs. Eliza Mills and her son Freddie told the
| jury of the terrible unrnrhly cry thatthey heard
while going from their house to that Of their
| neighhOr Charles Stannard-a cry that resrn-
| bled neither that Of beast. bird or human being.
DR.. Rufus w. Mathrwson Of Durham testified
| his son Earl made of Mary SannArd's re-
| mains. He described the wound In the head
| mace WIN n hnnrp Sionei OF tne cut IN inc
| throat with some sharp instrument scVering
| both the Iugulnr and the carotid artery. He
! told. also Of the examination that he mnde
which proved concluslvey TINT tho murdered
| woman was not encrint". M she had ella med to
| be to both Mrs. htudley and her sister. He also
| said that the woman had been murdered and
| had not committed suicide. and explained how
the cut IN the throat was conclusive proof of tho
| fact.
The last two witnesses heard to-day were
| Nehemiah Burr and Andrew Hazliu two OF the
men who helped remove tho body from the
| place whore 1t was found to Charles SRnnard's
| humble little cottage. They also proved that
| the theory OF suicide was first advanced by the
| Rev. Mr.. Hayden. and that they secuted this
theory and claimed TINT she hnd been most
| fouly murdered by some one, and left there in
! order that the theory of euicide might ha adj
| VHnced M it had been. This closed the testi-
| mony for tho day and at O'Clock the Grand
| Jury adjourned to meet Tomorrow at 10 O'Clock
| The examination OF witnesses Tomorrow will
| include Mr. Frank Tyler. the drug clerk nj Mid
| dlrtuwn, who sold an ounce of nrsrnio to Mr..
| Hayden on the day of the murder. aud who saw
| him in conversation with DR.. Bailey, Prof NJ
| G. White and Prof. H. W. Johnson will t"stlty as
to the finding Of arsenic In the murdered girls
| stomach. and Dr. Bailey viii tell about tho con-
vrrsntion that Hayden hnd with him concern
| ing tho condition of his (Haydrnsl wife. Just
| what additional testimony Will be- prUSeutDI