Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-07-12
NOW in THE COUNTY JAIL
8. c. Hayden Charged With Attempt
TO Commit Rape on 5-Year-
Old Girl.
From Tuesdays Dailyl.

Lying in the South Pacific hospi-
tai in this city, S. c. Hayden awaits
recovery from a self-inflicted bullet
wound In the head, when he will lie
transferred to the county Jail, there
to be held to answer to a charge
more serious than that OF attempted
self-murder for Hayden's desire
to die was brought about through
his discovery in one Of the most
hienous crimes on the calendar, that
of an attempt upon the innocence of
neighbor's five-year-old daughter,
Hayden, who is about 80 years of
age, has been living alone in the
cabin upon his homestead for the
past three years, working occasion
ally for neighboring farmers, and has
always been considered bit queer"
His homestead is nine niles down
Rogue river below Grants Pass, and
on the north side, near the Dixie
ranch. Sunday Hayden went to the
home of neighbor, Louis Lucke for
whom he was to work for a few days.
Later in the day he made an excuse
to return to his cabin, about a mile
distant through the fields, to get
some money which he claimed to
have left there At his request the
little five-year-old daughter went
with him. When the two did not re-
turn in a reasonable time, Mr. Lucke
accompanied by another nelghbor,
Kelly Cooper, went to the HAYDEN
cabin to look for them. At the cab
in no response could at first be OBJ
tanned, but later Hayden and the
baby girl, both nude, were found
within.
No injury had come to the little
one owing to the timely arrival of
the men, and the irate father told
Hayden that he must either leave
the country at once or he would send
him to the penitentiary, believing
that this course would be better than
the publicity that would follow Hay
den's arrest.
At the time Hayden was warned
to leave the country, he told Cooper
that he would not leave, but that le
would kill himself, as he preferred
that to the penitentiary.
Monday night Mr. Lucke went to
the Hayden cabin to see II the man
had left as he had been warned, but
found him at home suffering from
the gun shot wound in the head
The sheriffs office was at once noti-
fed, and Sheriff Smith. accompanied
by F. W. Capp of the local police
force and Coroner Stricken, left for
the scene at midnight, the coroner
going as K was thought the mans
wound might result fatally, and his
presence be required.
At the homestead Hayden was
found suffering with superficial
wound in the head, which he had
swathed about with towel. He had
inflicted the injury with a $3.50 cali
bre Winchester carbine, the bullet
entering the right temple, ranging
backward, and coming out OF the
scalp back OF the ear. He had shot
himself, he said, Sunday evening,
and had been alone since.
He was brought to this city, ar
riving here at about two o'clock,
when he was placed in the hospital
but it is the intention Of the officers
to remove him to the county jail
within a day or two as his injury is
not serious. The scalp wound was
sewed up by the physicians, the skull
not being injured. Hayden says that
as he looked into the muzzle OF the
gun 1t appeared as large as barrel
and he fully expected that his head
would be blown on.
The identical charge that will be
,ro,tinusd on PAGE Eight