Year: 1879

his family 'swash" to her. and some conversation
about the murder occurred; he characterized it as
sad affair. but said nothing about anybody being
suspected. -


Nothing of the kindY'


Witness said the washing was not done until FRI
day: she was sufficiently familiar with the Hayden
household affairs to know which his shirts were and
how many he had. The matter of.Hayden coming
into the house the day after the murder and getting
his knife taken up. and witness denied any
knowledge of the kind OF knife. and said she could
not have Identified it. This remarkable ad-
missiols, for Mrs. Hayden had testified that this
knife was in frequent use around the house in peel.
had been employed at the house she must have
ticed, or perhaps used the knife herself If Mrs.
Hayden's story were true.


THE MYSTERIOUS "BoUND" KNIFE


The matter OF the found" knife. it has been
termed in the cases was now taken up by the de-
fence This knife found near tho scene of the
murder Fix weeks afterward. The State, ON an
animation of the knife concluded not to put it In
evidence but to hold to the theory that the stab in
Mary Stannard's throat inflicted with Hayden's
pocket knife. which he surrendered to court
officer when arrested. The defence thercupon in
corporated this "found'' knife into its case, and
claimed that with IL the wound might have been in
subsequently found. However. the testimony Of
the finder below given. indicates that it knife


william Fraze. of Middletown. for the defence,
testified that forty days after the tragedy he visited
Rockland with his afianced; they went to the spot
where Mary Stannard's body was found and then
stepped into the woods to Fox Ledge. following the
path; about two hundred feet from the body there
traces of an oyster feast by some persons the
previous day; just there the young lady accompany
ing the witness caught her dress on blackberry
vine; STOPPING to dsengage it she saw a knife and
called her companions before touching it, knife
produced and idenufed.l Continuing he said:-
After examining it tthe blades were closed) took
the knife and kept it, only the lady and her father
with me; put two private marks on the knife
and exhibited it to several people Rockland upon
opening the knife found both blades rusty, but
there were other noticeable features; retained
possession OF the knife for six weeks when gave it
to Deputy Sheriff Hull; had previously been asked
for it by Justice Wilcox. of Madison but refused,
for knew he was interested in clearing Hayden.
Sheriff Hull produced paper written by Judge
Harrison, of the counsel for the State, to the
effect that the knife was wanted for examination by
the States experts


Counsel for the State now proceeded to attack the
CLAIM that this knife could have been the used
by the murderer and cast aside there forty days be-
fore it was found. Witness admitted that it was in
plain sight and that there leaves over it, al
though as it was autumn the leaves falling and
there had been rains 1t was within foot or two Of
the path and was even brighter when found than it
is now The knife was found within twenty feet Of
the place where the oyster shells were left.


Q. Who was with you when you showed the States
surveyor where you found It? Wasn't Pinkerton
Perry with you? Haughter.) A. Yes. sir; he tried
to convince that found it under laurel bush
very the place where the body laid.


The cause of laughter was the referenceto Perry
resident Of Madison. and has won his soSriauet by
his recent efforts as private detective for tho de-
fence


Continuing witness said:-The. place where really
found the knife was 210 feet from the body; know
that lots parties used to to the after
tho murder and have lunches there


Mr.. Watrous tinterruptingl-Do you expect to
show that the blood on the knife blade came from
oystersi Q.aughter) ft


Mr.. Harrison-No but 1t is very common thing
for inexperienced persons opening oysters to cut
their fingers.


came to him and demanded tho knife he intro
duced Sheriff Wilcox. The State suspectng IN
attempt to bluff the witness ut the time by false
representation Of official authority, questioned him
closely. and he said tnat Wilcox did not correct the
tive named Phelps. from Hartford. but witness
would not give up the knife to them without the
production Of papers or authority of some kind.


Mrs. Mary Fraze, wife of tho preceding witness,
corroborsted her husbands story and on cross
examination said that when found the steel blades


S. Talcott DAVIS, husband Of Mrs. Mary A. Davis,
who testified at tho forenoon session, testified to
amining the clothing worn by Hayden the day Of
day, and there no blood spots. Mr.. Davis also
testified to visiting the Hayden wood lot. and OBJ
serving that wood had been thrown into ples-the
work Hayden claims to have been engaged in on the
afternoon Of the tragedy. On crossexamination he
said that the work done would have occupied about
an hour and half.


@. You mean such terribly hot day as that
was and If the man was not in any special hurry9


TEST QUESTION ON WOOD pIL1Na.
Q. How long. Mr.. Davis, would 1t take You to do
The next question. "How long would II take you
to DO it in the coobpf the morning. indicated the
or touch the wood at all the afternoon Of the
murder. but did the work on the following morning
when he went over to his wood lot at very early
hour. Mr. Davis lodged the question by saying that
1t would depend upon whether the vines had run
over the wood since it had been cut; they would


Q. Now, presuming that Hayden starts at q
quarter past six A. NJ; for his wood lot; makes
nothing else until half past ten. nearly four nours
A. don't think SO with the horse Hayden had.
(Laughter.)


missions that Hayden could have brought the two
loads and also visited neighbor and had hour to
spare between the hours named


wood lot. and stirred around the wood under .
pressing necessity for doing the work sustain his
story. couldn't he have done all the ping in half an
hour2 A. Perhaps 80.


The defence on redirect examination put further
hypothetical questions which won answers destroy


Gilbert s. Stone called by the defence to show.
among other things. the adopted by the State
authorities in seeking proof against Hayden Deputy
Sheriff Hull was most energetic IN the work. and
after Hayden related his "barn arsenic" story
sent to Rockand to get the poison. Witness testified
that Hull called on him and said that he had author
ity to arres. any man who knew where this arsenic
poscn but Hull pursued his in other quar-.
ters and'fnally secured the package. Continuing,
hecorroborated the testimony Of the previous wit
regarding Hayden labors In his wood lot. Mr..
Stone being questioned to the limo Of sight involved
in the statement that Mrs. Hayden saw her hus-
bands carriage near the spring where he stopped to
talk with Mary Stannard counsel for the State in

terrupted with remark that the prosecution at
hs coocesson ono Wss said Mr
''athough 1t o fact that within very few days
somebody. for some purpose. trimmed about four
feet of the tops OF several saplngs In the line of
sight"


Continuing, witness, on describing the interior Of
The Hayden barn. testified that the hay at
height different from that described by the States
witnesses. He also measured the cornstaks in u
field by which it had been claimed Hayden shell
tered from view part of the route to his rendez-
with Mary Stannard. Witness said they would
form shelter tor grown man; to go from Hay
den wood lot to the scene OF tho tragedy by actual
experiment.. occupied forty minutes.


This fifteen minutes more than the States
witnesses had walked the distance in.


STONES WALKING MATCH.


On cross-examination witness admitted that bo
and his two companions wont by more circuitous
route than that taken by the States witnesses, and
stopped two minutes ut least at the spring to chat
with q ompanion. He denied that he had any in
tention of measuring the distance. but it drawn
from him that his companion consulted his watch
before starting.


o. Knowing that the whole distance is only mile