The New York herald., 1879-11-09
THE HAYDEN TRIAL.
INVESTIGATING THE NAIL MARKS ON MARY
sTANNARD's cHEEK-wHAT THE Defence SAY

STANNAEDS CHEEk-WdAT THE DEtENCE oAA
ABOUT IT.
NEW HAVEN Conn.,, Nov. 8. 1879.
The discovery on Mary Stannards face of marks
claimed to have nail marks made by the rudely
pressed heel of Hayden's brogan on the day OF the
tragedy continues to be the principal topic of in
terest in the Hayden trial. The long continued
secrecy which was maintained as to this piece OF
evidence until it was maze known publicly through
tho medium of the HERALD. is something sur
prising. Other discoveries and alleged proofs OF
Haydens guilt had been made no secret from the
newspapers. The reason alleged is that until this
time the experts had not been so fully salts
fed Of the identity of the marks that they were will
ing to have their suspicious and Investigations re-
voaled. The spots on the face were noticed at tho
time of the post-mortem examination, but were be-
lieved to be simply miniature blood spots. which
ha read ly yielded to washing. Agentleman
thoroughly converraut with the facts states 10 the
HERALD representative that after Professor White
cut off the head and brought it to Yale College last
October the cutice had commenced peelin2 from the
head by the natural process of decay.
TRACING THE NAIL Marks.
"when peeled from the cheek. he said. the
marks were noticed the true skin lying mme-
dlately beneath. Then 1T was suspected that they
were due to bruises. Dr. Jewett and DIR. White com
months but were determined to say nothing until
they reached some definite conclusion. This they
ton of Norwich called into the case as he was
proficient surgeon and valuable witness, owing to
his experience in medical Jurisprudence. DIR. Carle-
ton went to work with Dr. T. Il. Jewett, son or DR..
Jewet, who had previously been at work on the
case their labors resulted not only i'll an entire
agreement the accuracy of the which
had been reached but also series OF forty diagrams
showing the positions of the nails OF the boot
heel which were found to compare exactly in posi-
ton with the ndentations on the cheek.
"Will the cheek be exhibited in courty
perhaps so, although the State would prefer not
to bring in such CHASTITY object. They Will prefer
to present photographs and their diagrams, ~hich
were made by the careful Of calipers III measur-
ing. 1t is understood that the defence will insist
that tho cheek be brought in"
DEFENCE EXCITED.
By agreement with the States authorities Messrs
MED by Professor Sanford, Of Yale College
ian expert employed by the defence). in
spected the cheek and boot heel at three o'clock
this afternoon, at the Yale Medical College, Profess
sor White, representing the State, exhibited the
articles, which subjected to critical examine
ton with magnfying glass for nearly an hour The
indentations do not present any different color. The
counsel for the defence say this evening that they
utterly fail to perceive anything sufficiently definite
to convince them that the State has any proof what
this feature and that they will claim that the
whole discovery amounts to nothing more
than the admitted false rumor that
piece of steel found in Mary stannard's
neck corresponding to nick in the blade Of Hay
den's knite. The States counsel however say they
never made this claim. further examination will
be made on Monday. when both State aud defence
will call several additional experts. This indicates
the Importance that is attached to this piece Of evil
dence.