The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-04-15
Haines Family Disturbed.


The Haines murder trial is not, as many
predicted, a nine days wonder, but it is
still a subject of discussion and the feeling
grows that great injustice has been done
and that law and order have been greatly
outraged by the acquittal of the woman.
The troubles of the family are not by any
means ended, in fact they seem to have
just begun.
During the trial it was stated that How
ard Haines is bigamist, and there were
two men here who were ready to identify
him if he went on the stand and gave
chance to get that kind of evidence into
the case. He did not make this move,
however, and the facts in possession of
the state remained secrets. There is lit
tie doubt that he has been married more
than twice The following is copy of
the certificate of marriage in existence:
Transcript No. 2967. Record No. l.s77.
Washington. D. e.. August 80. 1901.
A transcript from the record OF marriages in
the District OF Columbia.
Date of marriage. October IL, 1855; full name
OF groom. Henry Hudson, Jr.; residence, Bal
chant; groom's birthplace. New Orleans, La;
No. OF groom's marriage, l.
Full name OF bride, Marie 8. Poston; resi-
dence, Washington. d. e.; color. white; BRIDES
birthplace, Virginia; No. of BRIDES marriage,
l.; by whom married and official station OF
person solemnizfng the marriage. Sam1 W.
Haddaway. Mini. ter of the Gospel; wnen re-
cOrdee, Oct. "A 1888.
WV G. WOODWARD, M. D.,
Health Officer and Registrar.
II. G. MCLEAN, Chief CLERK.
Attest: WIN. B. MOORE. Statistician.
The two men referred to above were
ready to identify Haines as the man who
had been known to them for long time
as Henry Hudson, Jr.
On Thursday the residents of Delanco,
who had not yet got over discussing the
case and the verdict, were treated to
another sensation in the report that a
mysterious woman had appeared in the
town and asked the way to the Haines
home. Having arrived at the spot she
did not at once go the door. but paced up
and down and finally raped on the front
door. This did not have the desired effect
SO she tried the back door, and the result
was the same. The woman then left the
place and started for the residence of a
neighbor, but before she had taken many
steps in that direction the door of the
Haines house opened and Howard Haines
came out and called to the woman in a
manner that led to the impression that he
knew her.
He met her at the gate and did not al
low her to enter the yard, but held con-
versation with her which appeared to be
very animated and earnest Those who
saw the woman say she Tailed with the
description of the female known as Mrs
Hudson. When she left Haines she asked
the direction of the Office of justice of
the peace, and there was an expectation
of further developments, but the matter
evidently dropped there.
The Haines family, however, did not
care for repetition of this little episode.
On Friday afternoon Mr.. Haines, with an
oyercoat on his arm, and accompanied by
Mrs. Haines. strolled through the town
and over the Dslanco bridge into River
side. That is the last they have tsen seen.
Saturday Grandma Fenton followed with
the children and the Haines house has
been closed ever since.
When the jurors were being selected
William T. Baggs, resident of Beverly
township, was called. In response to the
question whether he would be guided by
the evidence he replied that he had heard
a number of the people who would be
called to the witness stand talk about the
case, and if they did not tell the same
story at the trial that they had been tell
ing in conversation he would not believe
them. The opinion prevails at Delanco
that many of the witnesses had sudden
change of heart as several who testified to
the good character of the woman had
been her severest denouncers until the
matter went to court.
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