, 1881-09-19
The circumstances Which Led to
the Killing Of Judge
Hayden.
Popular Demonstrations III APP
lrovnl Of E0cllrntlo'H Ac-
1tiittut.
Horrible Murder at Chester, Pa*,
Followed by an Attempt at
Suicide.

brought tn Il ci.so Inst Friday ut tho Village
Of Npiitsvilie, Wis, will lung te remembered
~ ole ut tim most remarkable erlnllia trials
thu. l,1ye lecn l,pld III. tllis aou,ttry. 1t WIS
remarkable hutl oil Wccuuut Ut Its sel'sf-
lonal "details, u.ld uao on account Of tl'e IM'-
cs,iar alHt 'lovel fGgal questions then for Lilo
Ifrst Tine put IN fssnr.
Thu miserable story of domestic rtttn
which eulH,iratcd Iii tho so0ttll. of uio
seslllccr by tile wro!lXuh husband may bo
vury briefly tul.t. Tho defendant, William
II. Cochranc, WIS born III the wpatcrl, part OF
Nuw York Statc III tllc ycAr lsl;!, a!ltI'wllen
tlla Rebellion irnke nut, 4 ybIlth Ut IL, lle
enlisted In tl,u Uniun army. Ri,tl WIS present
Mt tile but,cs of Hanover C0urt-lt0usc,
ualHns' Mill, Malvern I'LL, 4eeon,l llnl' Rur.
4An:fctan,, mid fredericksburg. lie served
Until Uctuher, lSGt nlltl un Ills discharge Ob-
ta!lc,i cterkshlp III tic Wur Olice. wlIEclt
lie lielt fur nbout two years. ile.cattic West
In April, 1877, a,t settled III GRAND Rapids.
Wis, wi,eru tle s1un becunle Cnslitur III the
First NntIol,nl LINK. Il posItlntI which,
Ito still llo'tis, tic confidence Of Ills employ
OH hu!ng unbrokon by tho tragfcal events
in which he lins been cuicerilet'. lfo mar.
riud III Dcuc,nher. 1907, II young lntty six
years younger THU himself, md 4 daughter.
Ills only chilli, wis born to him III March,
1SI0. iy industry altl thrift he was tho
| uwnur Ut Ills owl hollc, ind II WINS Il happy
tlo,apstit purAutse untf! there CAME tn Grand
| IlapIlis few yuars latar Il young lawyer
| from Missouri named Henry lInyttcA, II ,nall
of spIcl,,lid physical appenraltce, brilllnnt
ucnlul faculties, mid Il plausible nnd fnsci-
natfng address,. Ills abilities woll f.! tho pm
sftan If CnHnty Judge, md Ills nl'st1'ers es-
lab|lshud him 0u!ci,iy In thu goutl graces OF
F.3. int
| with III, accomplished, wife mil II tal,,Iy OF
tlircp children. lii tho fall ut 1878 l!u begun
pulktns atlyallcos to Mrs. CoclIrnne, first by
raising his Int anl smiling at her when he
met her, u,,tl then, meeting lIer on tho collll-
| ty fairgrounds tla intra,l,ced ',i,nself md
Mira. HAYDEN tn l,ur, The nc.1,laintaneu thus
fornutl, he never lost nn opportunity 0f
I ulretlns Mrs. Cochrlne, at!1 ut length won
t,rr c,,t,sc,H II, ulsut Him Of, lonely iuud OH
thu outskirts Of tho town, wI,eru there was
ou!y the scl,uol.l,otse nll one side vi the
r,a,l and on t1ie other u tf,cket Of bushes.
| Tlrir meetings utter this were frcauent.
sometimes rs uftcn rs thricu week, H. always
after tlurIs, nl.l nionc. Tho result was tic
seduction 1T Mrs Cnc1lrane.
AT tits tina C0elranr WIS busy In 0thor
ventures bvsltlus his occupation Mt tim bank.
1lu wus running shlngle-n,il mid was ab-
sent llum enrly noratng until tllo bank
opu,lu.l, mud from supper~t[me until uttor
midnight in tho wosu!s al,l l,okllg after IIiS
siil,.lc-mlll. Willie IIs was Illus incrts,st.,t.
his fortune he WIS leayl,,4 Ills domestic
happiness n prey to the sedncer. Gossip
suou tastcnctl OIL Ills wlfe's reputation. and
uyerybply WIS nwnro If hcr H!lAue except
thu husband himsuf. At length, in Junc,
1871, sllo went OIL trip to Minnesota, aud
| ,,tl, ain ,,nu Uo,,u spnrl MANI, In Mfr.