Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-07-10
The Hayden Scandal.

Trained from saying anything upon
the subject suggested by the head
ing to this article, for the reasons
that we have hoped that the guilty
party would have the good sense to
leave the country and render news
paper discussion of him here unnec-
cessary, and because we desired to
avoid, if possible, course that
should cause unnecessary pain to
those who are blameless, but neces-
sarily involved In the consequence
lof guilt. A remark in the last
TRIBUNE, used in a brief declination
to publish letter addressed to it,
may be, and has been, construed as
indicating a sentiment SO unlike
ours, that we feel constrained, in;
Justice to truth and In view of the
now probable fact that our hope that
4 the community would be speedily
relieved of the offender will not be
realized, to say just what we think.
The readers of the TRIBUNE will
understand of what Mr.. Hayden is
, accused-not Of scandalous crime
merely, but in its commission, and
in seeking and securing opportuni-
ties to commit and repeat it, of
treachery and peridy that cannot
be fully estimated. There is no
doubt of Mr.. Hayden's guilt. 1t is
we'll understood that he denies it,
and that he has made some people
believe him, but we speak under
standingly and with full knowledge
: Of our responsibility, when we state
that he is not only guilty, as eocas-
r ed, but is guilty far more and far
worse than the general community
have any idea of. He has not only
invaded, prostituted and ruined one
: home, under circumstances that ad-
init Of no excuse or palliation, but
he has studiously obtruded himself
into the presence of respectable la
$ dies. addressed amorous letters to
= others, over an assumed name, and
: boosted, falsely, Of course of hay
f ing sustained relations of criminal
intimacy with large number of the
wives and daughters Of our citizens.
L Always elaborately dressed, varnish-
e ed. and scented with ssl5illing" cos
e metics, possessed of moderate abili-
|, ty, fair education, a self-conceit
that knows no bounds, a hypocriti-
: cal cunning, that sometimes dresses
a a part Of his conceit in the gsrb Of
C modesty, and utterly destitute OF
V conscience, he has been aud is 6
= dangerous man in the company o
these weak-minded and unsuspect
g ing females who may be found, ir
d greater or less numbers, in every
Community.
) He delights in being accounted a,
a slayer Of female virtue, and strive:
y to get himself suspected of imprope
o intimacy with every respectable fe
|. male who is unsuspecting enough t.
W be seen speaking to him, and en-
a ploys two or three mahogany-facet
:. distilleries 1.-TWO Or three in alp anC
- wall-eyed females, to assure people
'e that "Hayden can't help it; he i
y so good-looking the women are u5
o after him!' And by such means
~ and with such aid, he has managed
to de6le one pure woman, cast sus
g picion upon several others, ha
is dared to approach still others, al
. the time actually maintaining rela
Y. tons OF lecherous criminaiity will
:, women of ill-repute, the more effect
" ually to blot the fair fame of re
'e spectacle ones who were SO unsus
f. pccting as to treat him with courtes,
e when he threw himself into thei
d company in public or upon tn
street. Most men who have known
- very much about him for the las
70 year or tive, have understood tn
tie general rottenness of the man, AM
i. as consequence he has done littl
r harm among the stronger sex; bu
O. very few, if any, of our citizens
y men of families, especial y-unti
IL very lately have dreamed Of the ut
in ter and deliberate depravity Of tn
man SO far as female character All
virtue are concerned.
1t is OF the County Ju0ge Of Woo
County that we are writing w
have written nothing but tn
truth; and as to his general unwor
{ thiness as a man and an officer, stno
tie half the truth has been told" Wha
rs do yoa think of him, citizens Q
ns Wood County-of the man you hav
o. chosen to sit in Judgment upon tn
rights Of the widows and orphans Q
do the county? Every rightminde
Id man and woman in this count
Sc knows that he ought not 10 be toleI
re ated in any decent community, muc
less upheld i'll the office OF Count
Judge. If be had any self-respec
or any shame. he would not retail
the Office or remain in the communi
~ ty he has disgraced. But he ha
fe neither, and he can only be remove
: from Office by impeachment Tha
10 can only be done when the legisla
at ture shall meet, and would Of cours
x be attended with labor expense an
in delay. But the people can reliev
~ themselves of all responsibility 70
~ his continuance in an Office while
~ his very person communicates. The
IN can ask him to resign, to 'ste]
a down and out" and with such EN-
er phasis that he and his poor apollo
II gists, Every few in number, we ar
glad to know will find it altogethe