The sun., 1892-05-02
THE SHIPPING CLERK MURDER.
Likely 10 Go Down on the Long List Of
.Jersey,s uJuvupished Grimes.

Serseys Uupuni."c" s''"'
The murder OF the shipping clerk OF the Pot
ter Bleaching Company In Newark on satur-
day. after he had returned to tho factory win
the wages OF tho men. is Ms great n mystery 40
any OF the dozen which have preceded 1t since
phrbc paulin was murdered on the Orange
Mountains some years ngo. 1t will probably
go down uron the long list Of Jerseys unde-
tectcd murders with tho names OF Ph'nbe iau-
lin. Mrs. Garrity OF Harrison. an aged Italian
In the same place. the unknown woman IN
Railway. William II. Durham OF Beilevllle.
Mrs. Senior of Mllhurn and half dozen
others throughout the northern part OF the
State. a Newark police Captain remarked
yesterday, in n sarcastic tone. that perhaps
tho murderer would come and tell tho police
that ho did it. This Is perhaps the only way
the crimo will ever bc traced. FOR the police
have absolutely no clue beyond short but
heavy bale stick and newspaper. IN which.
probably. tho stick was wrapped.
, Tho nnmc Of tho victim was Thomas Hay
don. Tho police booked 1t as Henry Hedden.
and changed il late at night to Hayden. He
was u small and delicate man between 40 and
4S years old. who walked slowly with stopped
shoulders and shufllin. steps. Haydon board
ed in tho house OF Special Policeman james
Decgan, at 13Cherry street. and was employed
as shrring clerk for tho Potter bleaching
building. He was bachelor without Y rela-
tive in This country. and the. only relative he
Eng r!and. % whor" iH Tc was was born. He was, proud
Of the trust rcposcd in him by Mrs Potter.
%n2 tie hG"a Of ,S to staW n s hs
rolls OF money he drew from the hnnk on Sat
nrdnys. The factory is = large ionr;story brick
street front, was altered and fitted up rs
selic OF iluts
between The APARTMENT house and the fac;
tory is,a wide hallway, with double doors and
q 4restibnic. b,!iird which Is another rair OF
hallway. i is said, and other employers en-
tnrcI by the main hail Of the factory huilding.
Hayden habit Of using tho private stairs and
hall which brought about his death. Tho I'M
Tough gang % oi young oi mon ne iron, sewark and
Harrison. who were familiar with llaydon's
habits; When IInyion went to the bunk on
slipped into tho vcstbulc and waited for his
return; Tho old man left the door nnlocked'
Of the, danger Of using the halfway. but ne
sSa M nH %1T"inF iTnt lis assaan stood behind
the m, 'iYed So door in ths vsstlhne: and, waiting
and rough splint Of hickory. thirty-four inches
long aud stu having the bark on it. The
tho same timo tore his nose almost off,. He
fell against tho edge OF the open inner door.
ana received anctINr WOunu AiNnOSl rs patl
Both tables of the skull were broken in each
case. His cothes were torn open In The muir
inner pocket, Another roll of $500 was left
untouched in the coat tail pocket. The robber
must have walked ca lmiy away, as nobody no.
ticed him liaydon lay in the hall for fifteen
or twenty minutes before he wns found. and
then he could say only that somebody hit him.
he was not able to speak again. and lie died in
st. Bnrnabas Hospital Mt g, o'clock that
evening.
Detectives were quickly on the scene. hut no
general alarm was sent put through tho Loxes.
Joker. Lang, was picked up Ly the police
on suspicion, 1t was case Of give q dogn
bad name and nut the collar on him. Lang is
convicted thief and a friend Of Jimmy Kee;;
gan. who lead-p pipcd Bookkeeper Berry OF
Yates 4 Co. some years ago on Saturday
named George Hall was apprehended also.
and it was asserted that botli q these nj en- had
been seen in the neighborlood of the assault
during the morning Hall says. he is from
philadelphia and has been in Newark only |
three weeks. 1t is not generally believed that |
either Of these mon Is guilty. Mrs; Potter
would bear the expenses OF Haydon q funeral. |
Tho body was removed to an undcrtakers |