The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-01
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HELD A WAR DANCE
RED MEN IN NEW YORK HOLD SES.
SION ON A FALLEN BROTHER

They C00Q0le0 with Him on the L00a
Of His Young Wife. Passed Resolutions
and Sent = Floral Wreath but He was
| inE-For All this He was Asked to
Gather Up His Traps and Depart from
the Camp of the Tribe-Re was Q
Hypocrite.
New York. Sept. 30.-The members Of
the Bayonne Improved Order of Red
Men are making the matrimonial sea
of John T. Hayward a strong one. They
met on last night and were there to a
man, their united purpose being to
| make it hot for the object of their wrath
| Hayward, who formerly lived in Bay
onne and now resides in this city, was
some months ago elected sachem, the
| highest Office in the tribe, and continu-
ed to hold that post Of honor after he
removed to this city
He is young man Of good education,
| and by trade, a compositor He is en-
ployed by one of the daily papers in
this city.
On Sept his young wife died. Her
death received due notice from the mem
bers of his lodge as a mark of respect
Tor their chief officer. A handsome
moral piece was presented along with
set of resolutions of coincidence for the
bereaved husband At a subsequent
meeting OF the tribe Hayward offered
most fearful acknowledgment for the
consideration that had been shown him.
Imagine the feeling of Hayward's
brother Red Men when they saw a no.
tee in the Jersey City papers of last
saturday announcing his marriage in
that city on Sept. IA to Miss Eva Clark
son OF 461 Avenue D, Bayonne Just
twelve days had elapsed since the death
OF Hayward's first wife. and the Red
sMen at once put on their paint and held
a war dance.
A committee was appointed by the
lodge to wait upon their chief and as
certain the truth about the case. Hay
ward admitted that he had been mar
rled and the committee after giving him
sharp rebuke, carried back the report
to the council. Then did things wax
warm for the erring brother The
lodge began preparations to summar-
lily fire him out, and the meeting on
Thursday noght was called for that
purpose. Hayward was there blissful-
ly ignorant that his brother braves were
after his scalp. He was not left in ie-
norance long, however, but he doggedly
remained even after he had been apris-
ed OF the purpose of the meeting.
The tribe selected ex-Councilman r.
A, Bridgeman Of Jersey City to act as
chairman Of the meeting, and as soon
as the session had opened the chair
man said:
This meeting has been brought about
by the publication last Saturday of a
marriage notice in one Of our local pa
rers. 1t is less than four weeks ago
that the members of No. 1877 were shock
ed to hear of the almost sudden death
OF the wife of our sachem. and it is
three weeks ago that her remains were
laid in the Bay View cemetery. While
the shock of Mrs. Hayward's unlocked
for death was great, the shock of the
announcement Of this marriage little
over week after the last sad rites at
the cemetery. was Of the acutest kind.
Our sympathies had gone out to the
bereaved husband and to the little
motherless child. 1t was my privilege
to suggest to the tribe the propriety of
sending floral tribue of respect to the
house of mourning. which suggestion.
am proud to say, met with the instant
and unanimous approval of the men,
bers present
Little cid l suspect that the heart
Il
ment meditating another marriage
aye before the deceased's friends had
taken their last look at the corpse prior
to the fastening down forever of her
collins lid. God knows it was very
hard for me to hear all this of the man
who had in many ways been so closely
associated with me-
AT first I Indignantly denied the pub !
hshed rumor. and doggedly refused to !
believe in the scandal which had spread
throughout our city. and not until the
most convincing proof had been pre- |
sented in the shape Of copy Of the mar |
riage certificate. given to us by the gen. |
tleman who performed the marriage |
ceremony-the Rev. Mr. Little-then. |
and not till then, did believe the story |
was true one. Why this indecorous, |
indecent. unseemly haste?
Gentlemen. think Of what took place 1
only one short week ago, when Mr. Hav |
ward arose from the chair in Arcanum /
hall to thank the tribe for its sympathy |
and with feigned emotion. and in bro |
ken accents and with bowed head. told 1
US how his heart was breaking over |
his irreparable loss. while at that very
moment the new Mrs Hayward. in Am /
sterdam avenue, New York city. was
waiting for her husbands return from |
his lodge in Bayanne. Oh. the shame /
OF such hypocrisy. To me this heart
less dupiicity is imcomprehensible The
matter is now in your hands II is for
you TO say what action shall be taken"
Hayward put in his defense, saving
that he had sacrificed conventionality
To the needs of his little child. But
this would not go with the braves, and
he was requested to present his resig-
nation and get out of the TRIBE bag and