The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-30
HAYES ON THE STAND.
He TELLS THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
FROM BOYHOOD.

! The Procuring Of Divorce from His
| FIRST Wife Left to His Atlanta Law
yers-His Movements on the Day OF
the Murder Gwen in Detail The
! suit He Wore Exhibited in Court
! BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April % - The
! seventh day Of the Halves trial opened this
morning with ladies out in force, and all
available space in the court room was
packed with an eager throng. The witnesses
in all other cases were discharged until re-
summoned. The attorneys were all looking
fresh and the jury came in with button
hole boquets, and Juror Dunlap had entirely
recovered from his illness Of last week. the
defense continued the examination of VT
nesses to show the resemblance between
Thompson and Halves. Z ,ch witness saiu
that tie resemblance was close, except that
Thompson had deformed eye.
1t was shown that Thompson was intimate
with Mrs. Hawes, visit & her day and
night during HAYES abse ce, and that he
suddenly disappeared after the finliIg OF
Mays body, and has not been seen since. 1t
was shown that ThomDsoA's clothes
answered the de iption Of those OF the
u IN seen on the dummy with May on the
night of the murder, while evidence was
a iduced t. prove tat Halves clothes were
light Instead of dark.
The ere ss-examinations brought out that
HAYES treated his wife badly, frequently
bcating her, and that she wa, dissi pated
HAYES ON THE STAND.
Intense interest was ma lifest ID when the
defense put HAYES himself on the stand
He had res lutely refused to talk from The
night of his arrest up to his examination
tnis NOR ing. He gave an acc Jult of hi N
self from babyhOod. He married Emma
HAYES ten years ago In Alta lta, and filed a
bill for divorce in Atlanta two years
ago last October. He had hi Ell a gooo
lawyer, in whose hands he lett the matte d.
He went TO Atlanta in September last t.
see his lagye', who said he would get a di-
vo ce without trouble that same month,
and Halves sup o ell he hal gottel it. II
then gave an account Of his movements
the time Of the murders. He saw his wife
and children. He ad brought May W
town that night to get her some stockings,
and he carried her back home and returned
to town. He Sc t VIII e, his boy, to At
lanta that night, and returned home be-
twee l and o'clock tuat morning, and
found his wife and two girls gone. The
house was open and empty.
GAVE HIS WIFE $500.
Tie naQ pdlu MS VIE %OJU . tJuFQty III
the presence of Fannie Bryant. He saw
Fannie Sunday and she said Mrs. HAYES
a d the girls were at Mrs. Carohle's. He
detailed his actions on NJ )nday and Mo e.
day night, saying he had spe It time
that ii hit, between to 10 O'Clock, at
various stores and saloons. He had on a
worn blue coat. light pants and SLOUGH hat
| all during Monday They were in court
and were identfi by Lin. He had not
been to East Lake since last summer and
never saw MS wife or either of his daughters
after Saturday night
Have cross examination was long and
searching, but he came through without
confusion.
Fannie Bryant, the supposed acco nplice
Of hawes, and Il der Indictment for the
murder Of Mrs. Halves and Ire e, wa
called by the state in rebuttaL Sac denied
having seen Halves pay his wife $500, and
said Halves came to her house Monday,
! about dark, and got little May and took her
away.
The ate will close in rebuttal to-mor-
row and the argument will probably begin.