The New York herald., 1879-11-25
HAYDEN IN THE WOODS.
FOLLOWING UP MINOR POINTS IN THE NEW


and beginning was made Monday instead Of
Tuesday. usual, for the Court Will
probably adjourn over Thanksgiving to the follow
ing week. Judge Harrison of the counsel for tho
State was absent, and it reported that he was
coadnetsto his house In Guilford with severe at
tack of malarial fever. The testimony of the day
was somewhat interesting. although covering only
minor pointsa sort of filling in of little gaps in the
States 1t bore generally upon the movements
OF Hayden on the day of the tragedy.
THE CAMERA WITNESS.
Abram De Silva. a New Haven photographer. re-
called exhibited additional photographs of
in Rockland. numbered Is. 16. II, 49, The judges
took the photographs AMI examined them long aud
carefully.
Mr. Jones-Why do you present these photo
graphss
Mr.. Waller explained at length what the views
showed respectively Regarding the first, or No. l5
he said that it showed that person standing where
the camera was could see person $50 PAGES dis
tant on the road passing the spring.
The point OF this is that the State has a witness
who will swear that the afternoon of the MURDER
when at the spot where the camera placed in
taking the Wow. she Hayden the road near
the spring At this point pathway leads OF
through the woods to the of the murder.
The object Of the photograph was to show that she
could plainly q person crossing the road at tho
point indicated. and only 100 PAGES distant This
matter is OF Importance to the State, tor Hayden
claims that he working i'll his wood lot at the
hour this witness saw him crossing . road half
mile away
Mr.. Watrous cross-examned the witness for nearly
an hour to the locations of his camera for she
different pictures. He said that on or two
sons Judge Harrison. OF the counsel for the de-
fence prcseut but did dictate the positions
the other than i'll general way. Mr.. De
Silva was interrosated REGARDING view No. Is. and
admitted that bush near the window might have
very slightly obstructed Mrs Stevens view of Hay
denis barn. No. 10 was next inquired about and the
adm ssion made that the placed in
a certain place aud man at the point where Hayden
was seen. portray closely possible
what seen on the afternoon OF the murder by
the States witness.
Counsel-n you had placed the man ten feet dis
tant from where he s placed In your picture could
you have seen him?
witness-I might not il he was put ten feet to the
westward.
The redirect examination developed no new facts
other than the view OF Hayden's barn from Mrs Luz
zerne Stevens window was clear aud any person
going to it could be seen without difhcuty. Again
the witness was taken i'll hand by Hayden's counsel
and intcrrogated to the circumstances under
The lawyer endeavoring to wiring from him
confession of intent to do everything in the IN
terest of the State Witness finally replied, with the
first evidence annoyance which he had exhibited
az didn't sell my individuality, sir. merely sold
my services in the taking OF certain views. strictly
MEASURING THE DISTANCES
At the afternoon session 5. H. Champion, OF Madi'
son. was called to testify to the time that would be
required in raversng the distances between several
OF the notable places in the immediate vicinity of
the place where the tragedy occurred. He walked
the distances. accompanied by surveyor and timed
himself. or about the stout physical build
Hayden. and apparently with y stride about OF the
same length his speed would be about the same.
His first measurement was from the place on the
road where Hayden is said have been seen on tho
fatal afternoon to the place whore the body
found. This occupied fifteen minutes. Returning
was the same. Then continuing from the original
o route therefore necessarily somewhat circuitouss
he came out into Haydens potato patch tadjoinins
l,4o 1nna NJ ha mi
about four p NJ. This route consumed nine minutes.
Therefore. from tho place OF the murder to Hay.
denis house the aggregate time twenty-fou
minutes. The distance traversed is, as shown by
the map Of the locality. twothirds Of the distance
where Hayden claims to have been ut work. To
traverse whole distance in . straight line would
occupy something uore than half an hour. Some
further testimony was giyep " TO what Mr.. Cramp-
ton could from the window. OF Hayden's housG
ing past the spring. The evidence intended
disprove her statement.
On cross-examination the. defence pursued line
of inquiry calculated to show that this witness had
sought employment in the case aud was conse-
quently apt to bc prejudiced.
Counso,-Do you swear you never conversed with
Judge Harrison rs to making yourself useful to the
Stale?
Connsel-Havent you proclaimed everywhere be-
tween your town and this that you believed Hayden
guilty man?
witness-I have never said so.
Mr.. waler-I must object to this line Of inquiry.
His personal opinions have nothing to do with the
matter.
asked throwing Light on the possible bias of the
witness. The latter repeated his denial more en-
phatically.
possibility OF hearing Mary Stannards dying shriek
by person standing whore stood Mrs. Mills. the
States witness on this point. MIR. Champion had o
comrade stand at the spot where the body was
found and going himself to where Mrs. Mills had
stood, distinctly heard tho shout.
Counsel-Wss 1t very hot weather, as 1t was on the
day OF the murder. when you made these expedi-
tions?
witness-Guess you were not there; it hot
with q smile.
Counsel-Did you hurry any9
Witness-No sir; judge Harrison told me 70
walk the distances deliberately.
Charles B. Ball. student of the Sheffield Scien.
tilc school. who had been assistant to Surveyor
Butler in making the measurements for the official
map put in by the State testified to traversing the
same routes as CHAMPION trsversed and testified
as above The time he made substantially tina
given by Champion i'll each instance, and hs
also corroborated his statements as to the imposs
bility OF Mrs. Hayden seeing her husband point
the spring roue home as she testified at tho
preliminary trial. rhc witness was exhaustively
crossexamined without developing anything further
Seven witnesses testified to their whereabouts
the day OF the tragedy thus further lessening the
might have been mistaken for Hayden by tho witness
for the State. who saw him crossing the road a.
YOUTHFUL WITNESS.
The last witness of the day was George Stevens,
youngster OF twelve Years, with nut brown race.
black eyes aud pleasant boyish voice. For his ago
he remarkably sef-possessed, and moro accu-
rate than the grown men who preceded him. For
nearly an hour he the witness stand under .
sharp examination. commanding the closest atten-
ton OF the audience aud many marks of approval.
This youngstcr. at two O'Clock the afternoon OF
of the tragedy, said he saw old Benjamin Stevens.
The old man gong home and u thunder shower
rising. The distance from the scene OF the
tragedy was over q mile. and II there mis-
take as to tho time, IL good evidence
that the suspicious against Stevens unfounded.
Tho boy was with his father in the hayheld at the
time and remarked to him the passing of the old
On cross-examination he said that this crcum-
hNsn tx hta rftsnn fhra0
weeks later when Hayden's preliminary trial began
ut Madison. The OLD man Stevens stopped at the
house returning from court and talked with the
boy and his sther about seeing him. This after
ho suspected. Tho boy held bravely to the main
facts of his story. and trng details, by adnii-
ting that he didn't remember. saved himself from
the pitfalls into which the shrewd lawyers for the
defence had plunged many older witnesses
The Court adjourned until nine o. clock tomorrow.
Mhcn the boy will roc allcd 1t renorted to-day