The New York herald., 1879-12-11

| kiss 10 me.
| O. Was that unusual thing? A. Not at all. sir;
| i next saw him that afternoon about four o'clock.
near the edge OF the potato patcn adJoinlng tne 70
| daughter to bring a basket to get some potatoes
without waiting. he came in at the back door. got
| basket and. with the little girl, returned to the
potato patch.
Q. When he spoke of going to his wood lot what
| did you say? A. l discouraged him, because it was
| warm; but he saId would need the wood as ne
| was TO be away at work for several days .,
| q. As he went from the Burr barn across toWaru
his wood lot did you see him until he passed out of
| sight beyond the point OF woods? A. NO, si.; ony
about third OF the disance after ms return urn sso I
getting the he wrote at his desk anu aiso
| made the kitchen fire. the note was III reieion. ~ 80 ~
school but was never mailed Tor II was never CON"
| pleted, the trouble of the murder intervening.
| Mr Jones pa .ed upon desk lot of Hayden's
clothing and Mrs. Hayden selected the cioInihs ne
/ wore IN the afternoon-a shirt. pantaoons anu
| overalis Continuing she said He had but three
! working shirts and they are all here they are OK
diferent patterns the shirt he wore was thrown III
the wash: found it up stairs the following morn
ing when al the washing was taken to neghoor's
house; sho CAME to my house day or so iater ana
did the work there an Episcopal clergyman having
called at my house and the murder and suspicons
cinded not to wash my husbands clothing which
| he wore on the afternoon OF the murder: Mr..
! Hayden exhibited the shirt and pantaloons 70 sew
| oral persons: -
O. was anything washed out of that clothing
| to your knowledge? A. No. sir; on the Sunday fol-
lowing the murder the clothes were taken away to
South Madison. under the belief they would be i'm
/ first knew of Mary Stapnard's death about six
o'clock on the afternoon of the MURDER Mr. Hayden
was sitting at his desk writing the note before re-
ferred to he went out doors and returned two hours
later at night he took his coat and said he was
going after q coroner; l said / could not remain
alone because nervous: he did not go;
Charles Scranton in front OF the house waiting
for him in his wagon
fence called out of their turn. as matter OF con-
veniepce. L. L. Burton and wife. OF Middletown.
They testified to the arrangement about the carpen-
ter's tools, before mentioned, and that Hayden
called at their house regarding them on the fore
noon Of the day of the murder
Continuing. Mrs. Hayden testified After Scranton
drove away We went to our chamber; retired. and
my husband sat in chair holding the baby Mr..
husband called to him, asking whether he was
needed; there was light IN the room. [Mr. Stone
has testified there was not. Mr.. Hayden went away
with Stone and returned some time during the
night the following morning he got breakfast. drew
two loads OF wood from the lot and went up to
neighbours with the washing.
HAYDENs KNIFE
The important matter OF the whereabouts OF Hay
den knife on the of the tragedy taken
up again. Witness said:-Atter opening the oysters
he gave me the knife and put it on a low Shelf
about half past three o'clock my little boy obtained
the knife ana opened the large blade for him.
Witness examined the knife attentively.l This
handle appears to be different some way about four
o'clock going into the kitchen, found the knife
the floor, with some sticks and pumpkin.
Q. What your object in keeping your hus-
bands knife in the house that afternoon A.
wanted to peel pears; but did not peel them.
had to write u letter to mail that afternoon; my
husband had not returned at the time l found the
knife on the floor after my boy had it; put it back
the shelf and used 1t the FOLLOWING day Tor the
purpose / originally intended; about noon, Mr..
Hay den got his knife the small blade ithe States
experts found human blood on thisl was used for
cutting meat and Mr. Hayden used it also in his
pentering; he cut his finger with this blade month
before the affair."
Hayden stepped forward at this point, and after
his wife had identified the scar on his finger he
passed around among the jurymen and exhibited it
to them.
did up the wounded finger; there blood
both the blade and the handle of the knife; the
little boy frequently used the knife and only little
ila hofNr fba NV md nd
up his fingers.
Two knives. owned by the boy. were next pro-
been missing at the time of the tragedy, but was
found prior to the preliminary trial.
q. When last before the homicide did you see Mary
Stannard father? A. That morning early.
@. State the conversation with him?
Objected to, and Mr.. Watrous argued that he
wished to show that Stannard to get Hayden to
haul hay for him, and that Hayden refused, as he
was going to Middletown; he knew this. It is
Mary. SO that when Mary came to Hayden's house
twice on the forenoon of the murder. she could not
have come expecting to see him.
The Court ruled that testimony to the converse
tion was inadmissible.
THE VIRUS SUSPICIOUS NOT AROUSED.
Q. Did You ever know OF anything like intimacy
between your husband and Mary Stannard? A. No.
sir; three times only to my knowledge was she Ia
a carriage with him; the first when we all went
after cherries and the second after she sick with
poisoning Mr. Hayden brought her down from her
house to mine to help me- the third time in
the month preceding the murder. when my hus
band. at my request, took her to Middletown to
berries he was very short of money himself at the
time.
Ter; to which Mr.. Jones replied. "Oh. we thought
you might try to show some time or other that he
bought arsenic this time and We could show that he
out of funds" QLaughter.)
Several scraps Of evidence were next dropped in.
One was that fullers earth could not be bought IN
the town where Hayden bought his groceries. An
other was that he kept his business wagon in his
shed instead OF the carriage for which it testified
Mary Stannard looked on the sunday before the
murder an indication that Hayden was at home.
Mr.. Waller now entered upon an extended cross
examination and witness testified MARY Stannard
was medium-size girl. rather good looking and OF
pleasant ways. photograph exhibited and identi-
port her family; do not know whether the lot
where my husband pastured his is the lot
wherein is located the spriug where the STANDARDS
got their water, but presume so; he was in the
habit OF going after the COW evenings.
O. You say Mary at your house early Monday
morning before the murder. Now, didn't he some
times return from preaching at South Madison
Sunday evening or early Monday morning? A. Yes.
Q. Hadn't this been his habit during August and
after your baby was born? A. Yes, sir; think
q. When Mary called that Monday morning didn't
you ask her if she only wanted to you why she
didn't come down to your house Sunday afternoonI
A. No, sir.
@. She seemed depressed in spirits. believe? A.
Yes. sir; and l said she didn't act naturally; she
was usually laughing.
q. Did she seem greatly depressed? A. Yes;
one time sue said she had q good mind to kill her.
self; this just before the murder.
q. Did you understand that to refer to any little
petty trouble about the childl A. No. bur about
the studeys; something she told mo happened be-
fore she left a certain place.
q. Didn't it strike you as singular that she should
come to your house three times on the day after she
roturnedy A. No, sir.
G. After your husband returned from Middetown
noon the day OF the murder don't you remem
Der that he told you nothing about where he went?
A. don't remember anything about 1t.
O. Did you know he had been there until you
1t in Middetown paper the day after his arrest and
that he had bought poison? A. saw something
about Mddletown, hut nothing about poison;
think he may have said something about Middle
town the day OF Mary's burial.
e. Hadn't you tor long months been troubled with
rats? A. Yes, sir.
q. Were there any rats in the parsonage where
you previously resided? A. don't remember.
Continuing, the witness said that neither ut tho
time OF Mary's sdcath nor the inquest at the
burial did she know anything about the purchase of
arsenic.
@. III. after you knew your husband
pectcd Of murder. he had told you about buying
arsenic. do you think you would have forgotten
important matter? A. have no recollection about
hut only imprassinn that he dld spcak IL