The New York herald., 1921-10-11
DR.. JAMES R. HAYDEN
KILLS SELF ON LINKS
Kidney Specialist Steals Out of
Club at Cedarhurst Early in
Morning for Deed.
CAUSE OF ACT MYSTERIOUS
Daughter Says Physician and
Wife Were Not Estranged;
Stock Losses Denied.

Dr. James. Raynor Hayden. So, a
widely known specialist of diseases
of the kidney, committed suicide early
yesterday morning on the golf links of
the Rockaway Hunt Club. Cedarhurst.
by firing a bullet through his head.
Less than an hour elapsed between the
time DR.. Hayden left the clubhouse.
where he had been making his home
all summer. and the finding Of his body
near a bridge at the end Of the links
and within stones throw Of the Wood
mere Country Club.
The reason for DR.. Hayden's act re-
mains a mystery. To all appearance he
was in the best of health and spirits
when he retired at midnight Sunday.
That was the last time he was seen
alive. William F. Ladd. a stock broker
of 43 Exchange place, whose estate ad-
Joins the grounds Of the Rockaway
Hunt Club, said DR.. Hayden had been
his guest on Sunday and that he then
was In excellent health and did not ap-
pear to be worrying. Mr.. Ladd said he
and the physician played cards together
and that when they separated an en-
gagement was made to meet at luncheon
yesterday in the financial district.
Denied EstranEement.
Henry w. Hayden, brother of the
physician. lawyer with offices at 6s
William street, and Mrs. Alfred Macy.
daughter Of Dr.. Hayden, denied a report
that financial difficulties resulting from
stock operations had been worrying the
physician.
'It is also untrue that my mother and
father had been estranged," Mrs Macy
said last night adding that Mrs. Hayden
then was with her at her fathers town
house. 121 West Fifty-flfth street 1t
was reported in the afternoon that Mrs.
Hayden was living In West Hampton.
but the names of friends with whom she
was supposed to be stopping could not be
ascertained.
Night attendants at the clubhouse saw
DR.. Hayden enter and go to his room
Sunday night, but no one saw him leave
Yesterday morning. The front door Is
kent locked until 80. so the police be-
lieye the physician could not have left
before that hour, as the latch still was
turned when the watchman opened the
door. It was about 7:15 A.. NJ when
laborer discovered the physicians body.
He notified Capt. Joseph Lynch or the
Woodmere police station, who rad the
body removed to Jackson's morgue In
CedarnurSt. Inc DTluSc Whcfc ehe SNNy
was found is half mile from the Rock
away Hunt clubhouse.
Louis NJ Raisig. justice Of the peace
and acting Coroner of Cedarhurst, ex-
amined the body. The weapon. which
was found in tho physician's right hand.
had only one empty chamber.
once Columbia Professor.
Dr. Hayden was born in this city.
studied at the Columbia Grammar
school. and won his degree as physi-
clan in 1884 at the College OF Physi-
clans and Surgeons, Of which nc was
later a professor for time. He was
attached to Bellevue and Roosevelt hos
pItals for years. and was In almost con,
slant demand because of his advanced
of kidney ailments.
The physicians body Will be removed
70 his city home to-day. Services VIII
he held there Thursday morning and the
body will be inferred at Woodiawn
Cemetery that afternoon.
DIR Hayden leaves his wife and three
aa,,rhters. Mrs. Macy and the Misses
Faith T. and Ruth T. Hayden. nc was
n member Of the Calumet and Metro
rolitan clubs and Of the Society OF Colo
NAL Wars.