Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-18
A BLOODY RING.

Friend Of the Late Judge Hauden. of
Grand Rapids, WIS, Attributes Hts Kill-
ing to Political ChQue-A BSrthdau
Receptton A,uaittag Him at Home at the
Fatal HouT--C0cIrane Held Without
Bail.
Chicago Times.
A gentleman who arrived in this city on
yesterday from Grand Rapids, Wis, gives
an account of the recent shooting of Judge
Hayden by Cochrane, the banker, which diff
fers in some respects from that heretofore
published. According to his statement, a
political ring is at the bottom of the trag-
edy. In brief, his story is about as follows:
Judge Hayden came to Grand Rapids six
years ago and opened a law-ofice. AS he
was Democrat, and an active politician,
what is known as the "Wood county ring,''
Republican organization, opposed his ad-
vancement. Tho alleged intimacy between
him and Cochrane's wife began to be whis-
pered abroad last winter. In due time the
Masonic lodge of which he was a member,
and which is controlled by the ring-a ma
jority of its members being Republicans
took up the report and expelled Hayden on
third and fourth hand testimony, without
giving him an opportunity to
....s MAKE DEFENSE.
Mrs. Cochrane strenuously denies that any
improper relations at any time existed be-
tween her and Hayden, and Mrs. Hayden is
equally positive in her denial of any belief in
the charges.
Cochrane is member of the ring, so the
gentleman from Grand Rapids states, but is
pretty clever sort of man, as the world
goes, and would never have thought of kill
ing the judge had he not been egged on bv
two ring newspapers that we're antagonistic
to his victim. These papers abused HAYDEN
| IN the most INSCRIPTIONS manner, and the
editors went SO far as to send marked copies
of the sheets containing these scurrilous at
| tacks ~
TO HIS MOTHER.
Not content with harping on Hayden's al
legged offense, they began upbraiding Coch-
rane for not inhicting bodily punishment
upon him. Cochrane began to take revenge
by visiting many of the prominent business
men In town, whose attorney Hayden was,
| and notifying them that they could get no
| further accommodations at his bank unless
| they took their business out of Hayden's
| hands, life insurance agent, who was
Cochrane's partner, was induced to refuse to
| receive payment of premium on a policy
held by Hayden, and to peremptorily cancel
| the policy.
Presently Hayden bought an interest in
the Centralia Enterprise, published in the
| town OF Centralia, just across the river from
Grand Rapids, and began writing articles in
his own defense. Cochrane claims that
| these articles induced him to commit the
fatal act, although it is said that he had
CARRIED LOADED GUN
| with him for several days before the shoot
ing, and had laid in wait for his man. On
the night previous to the killing, he had
| taken favorable position for the commission
of the deed, knowing that Hayden was at
| tending court at Wausau and would return
on the evening train, out was foiled by the
latter's wife driving to the depot to meet
| her husband and escort him home.
On Thursday, the fatal day, Cochrane sat
on the postofice steps with his gun at
noon-so the somewhat improbable story
runs-watching for Hayden, and, not
meeting him, returned to the bank and
remained there until after business
hours, when he again resumed his watching.
| Toward dark, as Hayden and his partner,
Rooster, were conversing in the doorway of
their office, Cochrane passed by with his gun
on his shoulder, and at distance of twenty
| five feet turned and fired, the charge of
buckshot entering Hayden's back and pro-
ducing death in twelve or fourteen minutes.
Rossier caught the dying man in his arms
and prevented him from falling. Cochrane
coolly walked back, looked at his victim, and,
| when told that he had killed him, said that
was just what he intended to do, and passed
on.
ADRAMATIC INCIDENT
of this tragic affair is the fact that the fatal
day was the birthday of Hayden's wife, and,
without her husbands knowledge, she had
prepared pleasant little surprise for him, to
be in readiness on his coming home to sup
per. While she was listening with eager an
ticlpation for his approaching footsteps, the
messenger came with tho terrible tidines.
Judge Hayden's funeral occurred on Sun
day, and was attended by an unusually large
concourse Of mourning citizens. -..-').
On Tuesday Cochrane was arraigned be-
fore justice of the peace, waived examina-