New-York tribune., 1900-12-08
HORACE J. HAYDEN KILLED
SECOND vICE-PREsIDENT OF NEw-YORK
CENTRAL FALLS FROM WINDOW.
LOSES HIS BALANCE IN TRYING TO GET
FRESH AIR-SUFFERED FROM HEART
DISEASE AND DIZZINESS

Horace j. Hayden. second vice president of the
New-York Central Railroad. instantly killed
yesterday afternoon at his home, No. 33I West
Seventy -sixth-st. by falling from a window to
the pavement below. Mr.. Hayden had lately had
nervous prostration, and suffered from dizziness
He had also been treated for heart disease Yes
terday afternoon he felt faint and it is supposed
that he threw open a window for fresh air. lost
his balance and fell His head was crushed in
by striking f1agstone
The body was carried into the house Dr.
Walter Jones. of No. POP West Seventy
st. was called. and pronounced Mr.. Hayden
dead.
Various rumors reached the West Sixty-eighth-
ST. police station regarding the case. and
Roundsman McNaught sent to the house
He reported that information was refused. ex-
cepting Mr. Hayden's name and age, and De-
tectives Armstrong and Deering were then sent
to investigate. They learned the facts of the
accident and reported that no investigation was
necessary.
DR.. Robert A. Able the family physician, and
his assistant. DR.. Arthur L. Fisk of No. 13 West
Fiftieth-st.. were telephoned fer. but did not
rive for some time. Later DIR. Fisk gave out the
following statement concerning the accident:
Mr.. H. ]. Hayden had been under medical
care for some months for heart disease and
cardiac dyspnRa. He had been subject to at
ldChS OF SnoTJneSS OF Dredth, anu IL Is supPOseu
that during of these attacks he raised the
window and lost his balance.
Drs. Abbe and Fisk remained at the house
all evening. attending Mrs. Hayden and her
daughter.
Mr.. Hayden who was a New-Englander, was
sixty-two years old. He was a graduate
of Harvard University. class of 80. At the
opening of the Civil War he entered the Regular
Army and rose TO be major in the 4th Regi-
ment of Artillery.
At the closo of the Civil War Major Hayden
resigned his commission in the Army and began
his railroad career. He was first sent TO Kan
sas City by Boston capitalists. but after few
years returned to Boston to become connected
with the Boston and Albany Railroad. From
the Boston and Albany he was. at the request
of William H. Vanderbilt, transferred to the
New-York Central, of which road he had been
| second vice president for several years.
Besides being a vice-president Of the New
York Central Mr. Hayden was president of the
Central Dock and Terminal Railway Company
and of the Tonawanda Island Bridge Company.
! He also director of the Buffalo Erie Basin
Railroad Company, the Carthage and Adiron-
| dack Railway, the Dunkrk, Allegheny Valley
and Pittsburg Railroad, the Gouverneur and
| Oswegatchie Railroad the Merchants Dispatch
| and Transportation Company, the Mohawk and
| road, the New-Jersey Shore Line Railroad, the
| New-YOrk and Putnam Railroad, the New-York
/ Central Niagara River Railroad, the Niagara
| Falls Branch Railroad and of the Spuyten Dyvll
and Port Morris Railroad
Mr.. Hayden a member Of the Union,
! University, Harvard and Transportation clubs
1 and of the Century Association. He leaves
| widow, one daughter and two sons