The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-04
HAYDON'S SLAYER CAUGHT.
HE PROJES 40 he 15- FEAR. OLD
ILDES EALES.
lie Had Formerly Worked In tho B,cachery.
AVID Ne Wanted haney-Us nit unydoA
Three Times with the Da'e Stick.

lErcc 11mes Win the ba'e Sttcs.
Tho murderer OF Thomas Hayden. the ship.
ping clerk for tho Potter blenchrry In Newark.
is in custody. lie is ~ boy Of Is. who worked
In tho factory until two weeks ago, and who
was discharged for misconduct Ills name 10
Alden Fales. and he is tho second son %! q
widow whose husband committed suicide
three months ago.
Alden was arrested at $50 o'clock last
night by Police Superintendent Brown. who
waited from \ o'clock in tho morning in front
o; his boarding house. at tho corner of Sixth
avenue and Cutler street. for his return.
brown heard on Monday that a boy wearing =
yachtin. cap was seen approaching the factory
with bale stick wrapped in II newspaper In
his hand. He WAS informed OF this by u young
man. who first told n son OF Police Cap.
tain McAianus. and by him was assured
OF immunity from detention. Erown made
inquiry ut tho factory. nnd Learned! that Fales
wore n yachting cap and formerly workc cd In
the factory. He learned some particulars Of
tho hoy aud watched for him all day. Fnles
was not surprised ut his arrest. and the
ilrst thing hc did was to say to the Supcrin-
tendcnt after being warned not to commit
himsolf II will begin this way" and running
his hand into his trousers pocket he produced
roll containing S3!'5..
ile freely admitted Killing Hayden. but said
that no had no intention Of killing him. He
wanted money. he said. and was unable to get
work In Newark. He desired to go to Boston.
where he had II friend. IIc know Hayden car
ried the shop money on saturdays aud ne set
out TO rob him. Ho waited halt an
hour in the hall and when Hayden en-
tered ho struck him on tn, head with
the stick. Hayden fell with his head
toward the ,loor and got up again: then ho
struck hin! three moro blows. amt as no lay on
~ n n
~ other ha,l sesI marked ne snme: but tie
MA taken: He could rot ttelI VIA, ne hal
on Monday and Yesterday: ~ $50 w - $500
S..ra .t n Ned to run a ST4 then until +.
ion. After he heard Of the Old mans death. he
tel" Sa had S yha a fns %
and declared also that Hayden did not see his
s sisrs 1sr Tx %, blow struck
old hoy lie has light hair closely cropped.
hne .rS. and FINAL mnIth With
il tsE:a i;ssy i. ssht IN sn.E;ri S%sf sSs
He worked "ntil o. o'clock ION" on saturday
ny ana sSadnf Is 1 % s To-
int the old man, After robbnS him hs
to establish an aibi. He bought 4 new Int and
n new cap: The latter he, wore when no
BY police erseants. and has brass " tnasc o on
the front. As the boy sat in. the Supe-in-
tendent's, Office at Police Headquarters last
might have been mistaken for a Telegraph
messenger. He was stol i'll and unmnved. ani
was his first crime. and that he hah never ,ae.l
a1sspsS sssaH that there was nobody else in
terested in the assault. and that hc hal not
made conndant OF anybody before or after
the crime. He did not seem to understand
the gravity OF his position nor did he show any
brays I'd He had a pistol when he was arrested
more. but had never, used 1t except to sh"nt
blank cartridges, The young man who CAV?
chat his name names Should not be pnblshed. "'"'
Fales's mother is sister OF Alonzo and
Spencer Egbert. two notorious burglars who
her brothers. saying that she desired to re.
move her boy. Allie. from their bad influence.