The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-26
ccnyersation at tho spring hal, way between

| conversation Mt tho spring. halt way betwee
out out and then Mr. stuiley. The dairymgn. drcy
sa sh A. c snf tax KIN n w x'ss
r0st OF the minister. Mr. Studlcy had snt
that Mary had told him that sho had ice. ,SV T.. +"
ws WAL about % toy {" bdsoms mother He s@d ST.
had said she was going home to ICE MIN an
toset him to Ylp Sd put S' nS r,C a w"l
no again. aud 10 tho Artonishment o. the M
tnoriiios It was found that Mary had not bon
pl I'd, Ell The , Tide turned it" il iaycr d IT,
| minister. who had borne himself 50 honcsu!
and un,uspcinusy ihnI all MS G0nsreGaih, %;
| attracted the attention OF tho Whole country
| BY This timc, and there was anintiGA 81 dyteG
YYs from a." Sihs' mnSy Ma a 'nS G%
and 1t was found thai tcfore Mary was stabbed
she had takon an enormous dose 81 ars9ni"
nam camu forward and said that On e." morn
hs Of tho day Of thu murder tho Rev Mr.
Hayden had bH,pght arsenic Of him. saying hi
Them susan Stannard told hcy story. She
said her sister had confessed 10 her thnt hr
dag mornin. H. had ridden up to the house.
aud when Mary started for tho spring to Got
lin ahf had sS T@Ysd G tn 'h sSs Sn her
10 tho blk rock that aftornoon. to moot the,
minister and take does Of "auick m 4,
maintained hi, innor"noc. md proved an allbi
and hold his congregation to HIN: me nutor-
tlvcS BEGAN FCLrch into mis- past. ana t!ils Is
what they lounl: a..
AZ Tho TING Of tho murder he was 30 years
h.d I sradmstod from The Wesleyan University
NJ Nfhdlctosn in 1873. md h4d ut once gone
INTO tho Mothodis, ministry. lie had wrctched
health. but he and HIS WIFE who was ben4tt.
fui young woman 81 m excellent aud culti-
yated mind. had managed to struggle along.
kooping plose to tho vorso of absolute poverty.
Ia. u,hN AL yNi hn - "a tnrinnu
support his wife and his three children and to
get tho benefit OF an opcn-alr lie me.
boon Llameless.. He had tho devoted love Of
his wife, and the purity OF his conduct and
tho power,o his preaching made him we'll b.
several villages near hy. Mary had told Mr.
Studicy that the minister and she HAD como
to know esGn ons sd i hv h innE 10 a
ho had thore declared his loro for hor. and
had there ruinod her.
OUT this story hut there wore many other
things that made It extremely improbable.
And whom tho crmo itself, 81 cold. So d"iiner-
could understand how such nervous. weak
man OF such correct and eyon severe HE
r,a ia for the be- pn- a Of tho arsenS o
had an Iiihi that, was ~ good as n man can
Renersly get Ia the country where - much OF
from ali Dyes. His bearing, SO confident 50
cheerful. 50 tree from cant or violent protest,
was much IN his FAVOR. Ana his Vile never
sYorvGd from her DEVOTION.
Their" were other clues which tho authorities
Nigh have tolloWci up. but they felt 80 coni,-
TIT N.Y. lnHen ss , sns
solvos to making stronger tho strong links in
tho long chain u clrcunstantal evidence;
tur the third time and ront away parts OF i to
tho most learned OK aerts in tho country. They
hrnH tho aSSss dstSs,Tn Th hey SKnmned
II WAS not until Oct. a. 1919. over a y"nr
from the murder. that the cnse was ready THO
Il WINS Ms1 H. Tho Stats were psd aainst one
NEST a and the " % Hsss 'a n
ociIani w: syn syn a nu:l daily report Of
tho tria! OF from, two or 'hr"e columns t. a
page. and pathinE coI!d DO more Interesting
produced lU6 witnesses ana tho lefonCn called
seEnnty. Among these wore twelve prOteS tnrs
81 the fa!n faulty, fifteen doctors q modictne.
on for Nny-richt days and the interest never
Tagged; \; the end Of that tim" TIL, jury went
to agree. The last bailo, stood eleven for uc-
qltial and one for convict .on.
Ir. Hayden was released urder 5000 bond
spent about S3u.OU0 and had failed to solve
the mystovy; For mystery it htill is. There
atc many Tho believe that Mr. HAYDEN did The
against him were eGuu.ly suspicious AGAINST
thu 'n 81 t IN" too aae at
tcntion to the tirst person upon whom sus-
iirion happened to light.
nnly thoss things ARG certain. that in the
shadow Of the seciudcd WhippoorwIli Rock on
Tat Tuesday afternoon some one guvo Mary
81 nGnrd 80 grains OF arsenic under the pre-
t"ncr thHt it was some other sort OF medicine:
that Ii" thee crushed her skull while standing
so clos" behind her that his arms might have
tcon about bor: that he cut will the deXterity
Of "A physician both tho JuGuiar voin and the
carotid artery He thon laid out hcr dead body.
thn strong and baautfu! lines Of
her io'm. And he vent - way through tho long
shadows OF the autumn afternoon. leaving he
hind him a nlystory OF murder that has not
been GOlVcu.