Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-03

9:20 o'clock and the rebutting evidence on the part of the State proceeded.
 The first witness called was Mrs. Loren Stevens. In reply to MT. Waller she tes- tified as follows was at the oyster supper in March, 1878 Went between 6 and and 7 o'clock and went home about o'clock. Saw among others at the supper Charles Hawley and Imogene Stannard. I saw them going away; think it was between 10 and Il o'clock. MT. Hayden was there and took the money for suppers. My husband cooked the oys- ters part of the time. l saw MT. Hayden several times. Don't know where he was be- tween 10 and Il o'clock. If he was there I did not see him.
 Mir. Waller-Did you see MT. Hayden the day after the homicide ?
 Witness-I did.
 Mir. Waller-Did you have any converse ton with him about the events of the day before?
 Witness-I did.
 MT. Waller-What did he say to you?
 Objected to by MT. Watrous and question withdrawn.
 Cross examination by MT. Jones.
 MT. Jones-Did you see Talcott Davis at the oyster supper?
 Witness-I did. MT. Jones-Do you know where Davis was
 between 10 and II o'clock?
 Witness-No sir. MT. Jones-Then you know no more about
 the whereabouts of MT. Hayden than of MT. Davis?
 Witness-Yes, sir, I do. I heard people inquiring for MT. Hayden. I heard my hus- band inquiring for him. I think it was about II o'clock when he inquired for him, when
 they were getting up from the third table. MT. Jones-Who was at the third table?
 Witness-I don't recollect who wore there. was one, my son Oscar and his wife and another sons wife. Don't think of others. MT. Jones-Have you not talked over with your son and his wife, as to who was at the third table? Witness-Yes, sir, think have. The last time talked the matter over with them was last Christmas. MT. Jones-Now, will you swear that you sat down to the third table? Witness-Think did but it may have been the fourth table, cannot tell you who sat down at the second table. The old people sat down at the first table. remember that Mr. Hayden and his wife were at the first table, Don't recollect any others who were at this ta- bIe.
 MT. Jones-Now. what time was it that you heard MT. Hayden say that he was going after pail of waterE Witness-I cannot tell exactly. MT. Jones-Can you give us the name of any person outside of your own family who paid MT. Hayden any money at the supper? N14ebAL1LAuSJ cauuOG GolI. MT. Jones-Do you recollect whether MT. Hayden was at the first oyster supper?
 Witness-I cannot tell. MT. Jones-How is it that your memory is so poor about the first oyster supper, when you remember so much about the last one? Witness-Because it was later suppose. MT. Jones-It was just one month later, was it not? Witness-Yes, sir. Mir. Jones-You have talked more about the last supper than you have the first, l haven't you? Witness-I suppose so. MT. Jones-You say Imogene Stannard was at the last oyster supper. Was she at the first one?
 Witness-I cannot tell Don't think she l was.
 MT. Jones-Was your husband related to Benjamin StevensP Witness-Yes, sir. He was his brother. MT. Jones-That is all, madam. William H. Davis was next called In reply | to MT. Harrison said he lived in North Madi- son about miles from Rockland I went to l the scene of the homicide on the 9th of Sep l tember. There was water in the road, show 1 ing that there had been hard rain. MT. Harrison-Did you see blood stain l where the body was found? Witness-I did. As looked at it, it was 1 about foot across and about eighteen inches in length.
 MT. Harrison-Whom did you see there? Witness-I saw Oscar Hill, James Hill, Si- las Y. Ives, Frank Bishop, William Smith. Seth Crowell, Greedy White, George Bunnsn and his son George, and others. MT. Harrison-Did you see George Bunnen make any examination of the pool? Witness-I did. He took his cane and marked around it, and then took his cane and put it in the ground and gave the dirt chuck. I should think by the looks that the stain Onifht haVa hoar n inch and 1o1e inches deep. Cross examination by MT. Watrous. Mir. Watrous-Were you ever at the scene of
 the homicide prior to the day of the funeral? Witness-No, sir. Mr. Watrous-Who went with you to Rock land? Witness-Gree1y White, William Smith, Frank Bishop and Bunnel and Jackson ioin- ed us on the way. Mir. Watrous-Were Bunnell and Jackson
 at the scene of the murder when you arrived there? rs Witness-Yes, sir, they were. MT. Watro1s-Did Bunnell and Jackson leave before you did Witness-I don't know. MT. Watrous-How much liquid was there in this pool that you saw2 Witness-There wasn't any. MT. Watrous-Then you don't mean that it was pool? Witness-No, it was 8 stain. MT. Watrous-If this stain had not been more than half or quarter of an inch deep you would not have said that it WAS an inch and half deep, would you? Witness-Think I can guess nearer than that.
 MT. Watrous-Did you seek to get here as witness2
 Witness-No, sir. I said if Bunnell testi- fled as heard he did, would go and testify anyway. I was afterward summoned. Yes k-H Al A1
 Stannard ordered me by authority of the State of Connecticut to go to Guilford. Gaughter.) Oramel Huntington was next called. Said he lived in North Farms town, of Wallingford resided in Killingworth in September, 1878. Don't think it was 8 mile from Rockland
 Don't know but what it was in Rockland I
 was in Rockland on the 4th day ofSeptember, after the homicide, with Walter Green
 first saw Mir. Hayden on that day when the
 body was found. Afterward saw him going down the road from the Stannard house.
 Should say it was about half way between the
 Stannard house and the fork of the road.
 Walter Green was with me. met Walter that morning at George Davis.
 MT. Waller-Now tell us if, when you over- took Mir. Hayden, any conversation passed
 between your 7ss7
 Witness-When we overlook Hayden, Green asked him if he would not stop. He said he would when he got down to the cor ner. Green asked him what he thought about if; whether it was murder or suicide He said perhaps she had been of and got in a family way, and rather than to bear exposure
 the second time. she had committed suicide
 Hayden said if they could have found the knife, the jury of inquest would have brought in verdict of suicide.
 MT. Waller-Did MT. Green know Mr. Hay den at the time2
 Witness-Yes, sir, he did.
 MT. Waller-Were you on foot?
 Witness-No. sir, was in the wagon with MT. Green. ts
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