Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-12-21
A DAMAGING STORY AGAINST HER
Mrs. Hearn's Relations With DR.. HeaTn
Before They Were Married.

st. Louis, Dec. IA special to the Post
Dispatch from Bowling Green, Mo, says:
There was feeling of suppressed ex-
element in the Hearne trial this morning
when 1t became known that Mrs Susie
Hayward was to go on the stand. II
was she who changed the belief of Dick
Stilwell in the innocence of Hearne and
more than any one else is expected by
the state to show the relations existing
between the two defendants prior to the
murder of Amos j. Stilwell. Mrs. Hay
ward, who was the first witness on the
stand, said she had known Mrs. Stilwen
very we'll and had often visited her.
One day in June, before the murder
when witness was visiting in Hannibal
she went to Dr. Hearne's office about 10
in the morning. She entered the front Of
flee. No one was there. She went to
the room in the rear and tried the door
1t was locked. She went across the street
to the park and sat down. Two hours
later she saw De. Hearne come to the
door and look up and down the street.
Then Mrs. Stilwcll came out and passed
up the street. Witness accused her OF
having been at Dr. Hearne's. Mrs. Still
we'll admitted it. Mrs. Sulwell told her
guest she was unhappy on account of her
relations with DR.. Hearne and would
gladly break them Off She said she
could seen only trouble ahead, but DR..
Hearne had such influence over her she
did not seem able to break away from
him.
She asked me-" continued the witness,
IF I would go to DR.. Hearne and ask
him to have no more to do with her, say
ing that if he would give her up she would
give him up. The next day at noon DR..
Hearne came to the Stilwell house.
ct understand he said to me, that
you know how matters stand between u.s.
I told him l did. Dr. Hearne then said,
We'll, the fact is, | want Mrs. Stilwell to
get divorce and marry me- He said
that if she got a divorce she would have
aimony. | told him that Amos Stilwel
was not the kind of a man ever to give
his wife alimony.
DO you really believe that?' he asked.
Yes answered. Well was his answer,
L could have Amos Stilwell slugged for
$3.50
Or Hearne also spoke to me about
my knowledge Of the fact that Mr.. Still
well had come home from ST. Louis the
night when he was in the house.
Suppose Amos Stilwell had seen you,
what would you have done?' l asked. L
would have shot him. he said.
Then you would have been hanged for
a murderer 1 told him. His reply was
that no one would ever suspect him; that
the public would think burglar did it,"
The witness was then passed over to
the defense for cross examination Cross
examination was begun at $3.50 o'clock
and was not ended for three hours 1t did
not shake her original evidence. On her
direct examination by the state she said
she had told nobody OF her conversation
with DR.. Hearne until six days after the
murder because she loved Mrs. Stilwell
and did not want her to get In trouble.
When she did tell it, it was to friend
through whom Dick Stilwell heard it and
he came to her and begged her to be wit
ness.
Mrs. Hayward caused a sensation by
saying that a month before the murder
she received a letter from Mrs. Stilwell
saying that she was very unhappy and
had consulted a lawyer, Rufus Anderson,
about getting a divorce, while two days
after the murder Mrs. Hayward received
another letter from Mrs. Stilwell written
on the day before the night of the murder
stating that her mind had undergone a
change and she then loved Mr.. StilweU
dearly and had concluded she could live
happily with him.