The New York herald., 1879-11-07
MINISTER HAYDEN'S TRIAL.
Treating the Jury to a Mi
croscopic Exhibition.
FINDING STANDARDS BODY
Interesting Points Made by Pc
culiar Witnesses.
NEW HAYES. CONN. Nov. 8. 1879.

cullar witnesses.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. Nov. q. 1879.
The Hayden trial presented several interesting
features to-day. The jurymen were afforded an op
portunity of examining with microscope sample
Of arsenic, thus demonstrating to them the powers
OF the instrument which had been 80 much de-
pended upon by the States experts. The defence is
fortunate In not having had full exhibition to the
jury of the differing characteristics of the notable
in the case for it could not have failed of
effect. The remainder of the day occupied in
examining witnesses who the corpse shortly
after the murder. The defence met with some sue
in drawing testimony from them sustaining the
theory that Mary Stannard's murder may have been
perpetrated ut some other place than where the
corpse was found.
At nine O'Clock Professor Brewer sat in the witness
box. aud just in front of him. on table. was his
large microscope, with lamp burning beside it.
The jurors In their seats and curiously watched
the Professor as he turned screw here and screw
there and arranged his system Of refectors turnng
on their delicate brass supports). until they
trated the under side of microscopic slide the
rays from the lamp. The counsel in few moments
retired to the Clerks Office for consultation 1t had
been conceded that exhibit Of the arseni-
cal specimens by the use Of the stereopti-
would not be practicable. and perhaps
not advisable for the States experts had made their
Investigations with the microscope alone. The
question then of the time to be occupied
by the State in exercising its right, under yester
days ruling OF the Court to exhibit to the jury by
the microscope. as many Of the arsencal specimens
as they might elect. After half hour Of confer
ence counsel returned to the court room. and Mr..
Waller for the State. said that the prosecution had
consented to abandon the original proposition
hibit the jury specimens OF each Of the four nota
BILE arsenics in the To do this. there
were many mounted specimens of each
kind. would require much time. Therefore 1t had
been agreed to submit to the jury by the microscope
q single specimen Of ordinary white arsenic. for the
purpose only Of demonstrating the power Of the in
strument. From this the jury could judge of the
testimony of the States experts to what they had
seen
Mr.. Jones. for the defence objecting to the Of
the word consented" Mr.. Waller insisted that 1t
was the correct term. whereupon Mr.. Watrous, for
the Defence rejoned that the concession. if any, was
really made by his side in not insisting the exhi
biton of the entire 10 specimens which had been
examined by the experts.
JURYMEN McRoscoPIsTs.
Professor Brewer, having arranged his micro
scope fixing it to magnify to 135 diameters stated
that the 81 recmen he had mounted for this exhibi-
ton was taken at random from Q barrel at New
Haven wholesale drug store. 1t contained. he said.
about even proportions of crystals and irregular
fragments. and was a very fair specimen OF common
white arsenic.
The counsel first peeped into the double tube
OF the microscope and then each juryman in his
turn, Professor Brewer indicating how to get the
right focus for each. Each individual occupied
from two to ave minutes, and meantime the judges
~ rafir
for social smoke and the spectators chated freely.
Some of the jury appearing to be suffering from
esnui while waiting their turn ono of the coun-
sci passed up couple of newspapers and
q moment later tour or five jurymen
were intently reading. other papers being
produced from unknown sources. This proceeding
occasioned some comment. as the Court had. early
in the case cautioned the jurymen against reading
anything about the trial. and one or more Of the
papers in the hands OF the jurymen contained
ports. Upon the conclusion OF the mcroscopical
exhibition Surveyor Butler recalled by the de-
fence and testified that it would not be possible for
HAYDEN to have gone from his wood lot where he
claims to have been work the afternoon of the
tragedy to the of the murder without passing
one two places where he would have been visible
from houses on the way.
Lozell F. Scranton. of Rockland. testified that he
saw the corpse of Mary Stannard on the aftern
of the tragedy Big Rock; 1t laid with the head
Just outside the ruts Of the roadway. the feet
the road the head was slightly elevated, owing to
the slope of the ground. and the hands were folded
across the body the blood from the terrible throat
wound saturated the sand many Of the neighbors
were standing around when witness arrived on the
scene, and among them was the accused; Hayden
said nothing about sending for coroner until after
It was suggested by others that inquest would be
"What was your business. Mr.. scrantonY' in
uuired Mr. Jones on cross-exam1natton.s
''Peddling different things"
.'Arsenic. for instanceY' suggested Mr.. Jones.
ther testified that on the morning Of the tragedy.
when driving to Middletown. he met Hayden return
ing. Being tnterrogatsedi at great length on the
oner and investigation, no contradiction OF his
previous testimony could be obtained from witness.
In him ~ to the of the corpse
some testimony obtained useful to the defence
in one of claims that the girl not murdered
at the place where the body found. but that it
had been placed there an hour or more after the
killing. Witness testified that there was no blood
on the hands nor on the a clothing, % only on the
inches in width, near the neck; there were
spashes Of blood on the leaves or soil around the
most important points scored by the defence; but
an offset the State points to the probability that the
ninety grains OF arsenic in tho poor girls stomach
may have affected her that she was quite power
less to struggle.
Andrew Hazlett. an Irishman, who had been the
.'hired' man at Nehemiah Burr's farm in Rockland
at the time of the tragedy testified that he
ent ut the time the neghbors were summoned to
the scene. '.The body" no sad ''laid leete
to the right with the left shoulder raised of'n the
ground; IL was sloping ground and the head
ten inches hgher'n the feet. There was = cut on
the left side Of the neck and wound on the head.
There wasn't any blood the girls hands. and
don't believe she could have raised 'em up to her
neck to get blood on en-"
Another expertY' calculated ono of the counsel
for the defence
'sThere wasn't any blood on the clothing either"
continued Hazett, .but there was q big spot on tho
ground near the neck"
Witness described the removal Of tho body to the
Stannard honse. and recounted his meeting the fol-