The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-02-16

will be compelled to prove by the testimony of two
witnesses or by evidence equivalent to the testimony
of two witnesses before ii. II. Hayden can be doomed
to the gallows. II ii is sought TO spare the reput.-
ton of the girl in seeking the punishment of the
man. the prosecution is likely to break downA II
may break down anyway. for the theory is much
stronger than the facts which sustain it, Hayden
me, met the girl in s,,t the morning at her
again in the afternoon at Whipperwin Rock
and left her home with the avowed purpose of meet
ing him; he admits that he bought arsenic at Middle
town. and arsenic was found in the girls stomach;
blood found on his pocketknfe. These the
State will rely and many additional circumstances
will be adduced to sustain and strengthen the chain.
The establishment of these facts the jury may
regard as equal to the testimony OF one
witness. and their confederation by additional
facts and circumstances as equal to the
testimony of another. But, of course evidence so
purely clrcumstantia will be contradiced and weak
encd by clrcumstantial evidence other
An alib is to be set up, the purpose of the arsenic
bought by the minister is to be explained the blood
on the knife is to be shown to have been that OF
Hayden little who had cut his finger about that
time. And so after days spent in the accumulation
and sitting of testimony the jury will be compelled
to balance the probabilities in the end and may
Wet or acqut by the turning OF the scale by feathers
weight.
WHERE WAS HAYDEN AT THE MURDER?
Did the Rev. MIR. Hayden meet Mary Stannard at
Whipperwill Rock she said his intention?
Nobody him there about the time of the tragedy
nobody saw him either coming or going. Mary left
her home about one o'clock to go berrying, AS she
told her father-to meet Mr. Hayden and get some
medicine he had procured for her. as she said
to her sister. Two O'Clock was the hour for the
meeting. To go from Hayden 5 house to the Big Rock
by the ordinary way person must pass in sight OF
four houses and the Durham road. BY the only
path which he would not be likely to be seen, it
testified ut the preliminary examination, it would
take two hours to go and return. Mr.. Hayden claims
that ut the time OF the murder he was in his wood
lot, where he did some work that afternoon, and 1t is
upon this that the albi rests In regard to the time
necessarily occupied in this work and the time it.
would take to go from Hayden's house
to the scene OF the tragedy and from
there to the S Wood lot good deal 40, OF
this is likely to be repeated and ampfed the trial.
After the girls representations as 10 her condition
and her motives in representing herself about to
give birth to child, of which Mr. Hayden was the
father details in regard to these matters will be
OF the greatest importance. Measurements of the
locality and of the wood will occupy much time in
their consideration by the court and the jury. In
deed it is upon these things that the hinges and
the details in regard to them are likely to demand
much space in the HERALD during the progress OF the
trial
SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF THE CASE.
And in another respect the Hayden trial will be
very important-ts scientific aspects Hayden bought
arsenic; arsenic was found i'll the girls stomach and
in Hayden's barn. Was the package intact or was it
broken? The prosecution has so far declined to
satisfy public curiosity on this point and the revea-
tons in regard to 1t will be among the sensations of
the trial. 1t the discovery of the poison which
caused haydens second arrest and the facts In re-
gard to the poison expected to go far toward
tablishing his guilt or innocence. But the
bloodstains Haydens knife, and not the
demonstration of the presence of poison i'll Mary
STANDARDS body, to be the scientific novelty of
the case Do the corpuscles Of blood on tn, knife
show that it the blood Of the murdered girl? If
science answer this question beyond all reason
able doubt science will have become an important
engine in the punishment OF crime. Answered in the
affirmative, and answered with the legal certainty
that will enable a jury to rely upon it. will indeed
bring the crime OF murder home to Mr.. Hayden.
great battle expected this feature of the case,
and much interest is felt in regard to it both in legal
and scientific circles.
HISTORY OF THE MURDER
The murder committed on the afternoon of
he q between of
and four O'Clock. The body of the murdered girl
found by her father about five o'clock. his aten
ton being called to it by two cowboys by whom it
first There was CHASTITY cut III the neck
and an indentation in the skull. in which blood
stained stone found near by exactly fitted. Blood
still flowing from the wounds With cry of
anguish the father recognized his child and rushed
from the place to seek the assistance of his neigh
bors. Among those who came to take up the body
was the minister, and no saw anything in
his manner to indicate the consciousness of guilt.
With GOODNESS mingled only with sorrow he
assisted in the sad task Of removing the remains,
and he afterward present at the funeral, when
he calm as if the finger OF suspicion not
already pointing to him the murderer. Susan
Hanley Mary STANDARDS half sister, communicated
to her stepfather and afterward to other persons
the substance of Mary's statements to her. and upon
these the minister was arrested. The preliminary
examination held at Madison, and resulted in
Mr.. Haydens discharge Throughout this trying
ordeal he calm and collected in the
presence of the dead body and the funeral. Sub
millstered to the girl well other of death
resorted to. Hayden admitted that he had bought
arsenic MiddletOWn, ana arsenic was found III his
barn, where he said he had placed it. Then he
arrested second time q bench warrant and
brought before Judge Hitchcock. of the Superior
Court. His composure and unconcern
marked the time of his second arrest the first.
Lighting u cigar he walked quietly to the station
with the Sheriff. and the train between Madison
and New Haven he chatted indifferently on all
manner OF subjects. He came into court with
out embarrassment and went behind the walls of his
prison making jocose remark. Since then he has
been quietly awaiting the event which is to deter
mine his fate and in the meantime the lawyers have
been busy preparing both for his prosecution and
his defence. On the part of the State will be o. H.
Plat, recently elected United States Senator: ex-
Judge Lynde Harrison and James j. Hayes whose
discovery of important clews by the aid OF a clair
voyant made a sensation when they were reported i'll
the HERALD For the defence Mr.. Samuel Jones, of
Hartford. engaged by Hayden father, a hotel keeper
at Martha's Vineyard. and Mr.. Hubbard, of Wailing
ford. Both sides are confident. the younger of the
counsel for the State saying to HERALD reporter,
MIR. Hayden will certainly be convicted of murder
in the first degree this time" But. has been
it takes very strong evidence to accomplish such
result in Connecticut. and it remains to be
whether the facts to be developed the trial will be
strong as the theory upon which the prosecution
OF the Rev. II. II. Hayden is based
DAssETT's CRIME.
Another trial in which the saving principles Of law
above explained may rescue s,. rom the hangnan
against him than Mr.. Hayden is that of Frank Bas-
set Bassets offence is less startling in its manner
and more surprising in its motive than any of the
Others He himself little better than tramp,
and 'Stuttering Jack. his victim, was little more
than n beggar. IL was only to sell the body OF the
murdered man that Bassctt killed the poor wretch,
he hpd killed other poor wrctches before him. and
It was only owing to the anger OF
that he arrested. Mrs. Mexanders statement
of the crime on the witness stand during her
trial at Bridgeport in November il of those
chapters in criminal history which will have an in
terest of its as long Newgate calendar tera-
ture is read Bassett IL young man of twenty ivc
six; she n mature woman of forty-hve They lived
together i'll open shame and pursued murder
as a business--to sell the bodies of their
victims. Because Bassett surreptitiously dis
posed of her furniture she avowed her
ability to hang him, and her admissions afforded
Glow to her arrest and punishment. On the
witness stand she told the shocking and thrilling
story of their crimes, and she is at Wcthersfeld
for life and he is awaiting the Judgment OF jury.
The woman's story almost exceeds belief. ''Stuttcr-
ing Jack" sleeping in her house. The doors
locked and she the watch to prevent surprise
She saw the murder consummatcd, even procured
the chlorotorm with which it done. II
went into the room. she said; saw !
Bassett standing over the body: handed
him the chloroform; saw the man gasp; shud-
dered to see him take hold OF the dead mans hand.
Is this woman's story true not of herself. but of
l,assctt? Can she be used q witness against him?