The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
COrOner's Physician Satisfied Tint
DIR. Caldwell Killed Mrs. Hayes.

New York, Feb. 25.-Nothlng new devel-
Oped that would throw additional light
on the murder of Mrs. Maude Hayes and
the suicide of Dentist Franklin l.. Cald-
well a the Hotel Endicott last night.
Coroner's Physician O. Hanlon performed
an autopsy on the bodies of Mrs. Hayes
and DIR. Caldwell. The autopsy satisfied
DR.. O'Hanlon that Mrs. Hayes met her
death at the hand of DR.. Caldwell, and
that he killed himself
Dr.. Hayes at first refused to discuss
the case with any one, but when he felt
his silence might be taken as reflection
upon his wife's memory he made the fol-
lowing statement:
q never had the least suspicion that
anything was wrong between my wife
and DR.. Caldwell, and | still believe that
the only thing wrong was his insane in
fatuation for her. | have learned, how
ever, that he persuaded her to take drugs
that undermined her mental and physical
strength. | decided that something had
to be done and knew that affairs had
reached a crisis When the bottle of NOR
phine was delivered last night. l am now
sure that a more noble woman than my
wife never lived.
For Two weeks I have been observing
a change in my wife. Following my re-
turn from Chicago two weeks ago last
Thursday 1 saw that she was greatly
changed, at times seeming to be only
semi-cOnscious l believed her to be under
the influence of drugs, and in this l was
corrobOrated by physician, who I called
in. L had arranged 20 send her away to-
day.
II came home a little after Z o'clock
Saturday evening and found my wife feel
ing i'll, though the brave little woman
said she was better as she never wished
to worry me with her troubles. As she
talked 10 me 1 don't think she knew what
she was saying. Finally, when it came
dinner time, she told DR.. Caldwell and me
to go down 10 dinner and she would fol-
low with my nephew, Ralph.
Just as 1 started out I met Ralph
with the bottle of morphine in his hand.
My nephew was crying, and 1 knew that
he had established in his own mind some
relations between the package and his
aunts condition. There was little CONVEX
sation at the dinner table as DR.. Caldwell
seemed to be under the influence of liquor
or drugs.
Coming up from dinner I spoke of the
bottle of morphine and DR.. Caldwell over
heard me. Mrs. Hayes called her maid to
help her dsrobe and / left the two in the
bedroom, the maid had motioned to me to
go out. If DR.. Caldwell was in the apart
ment at that time he was hiding
Il went into the drug store just across
the hall to instruct them to furnish no
morphine for my apartment. l was tn ere
only few moments, and when l returned
found everything in an uprOar and,
guessing that something terrible had hap
pened rushed into my wifes room and
found her dead on the bed. with Caldwell
lying dead on the floor.
"Dr. Caldwell never carried a pistol
and must have purchased the weapon for
the purpose of committing the crime.
learned that DR.. Caldwell had rung the
bell and had decoyed the maid-servant
from the room and had rushed in and
killed my wife without giving her an OPP
pOrtunity to make an outcry."
Three letters were found to-day in the
Hayes apartments. two of them written
from Chicago by Mrs Hayes to DR.. Cald-
well. They contain only the most ordin-
airy expressions of friendship. The third
letter, which was found in Mrs. Hayes
desk. was undated and unsigned, but it
had been written by DIR, Caldwell. 1t was
as follows:
Dear: / don't suppose 1 can see you
to-day. Let me go away. 1 can stand it
10 longer. 1 will go to the woods and
write any place you say. l am going to
try and have courage. You may forget
me in a short time or probably you want
me to come to you. Rest assured when
you say the word / viii come. Six months
or a year will make no difference to me.
l love you with all my heart and soul.
Pc courageous, for your own dear health,
If / knew you were well and happy l
would be well and happy. Anything else
you already know. Yours lovingly, -"