OCR Text |
Show TI1E lJAVIi;N T1UAL New Haven, 10. There waH a dramatio soeno in the ilayden trial to-duy, during the orose-sxamination of Mrs. Hayden, when Mr. Waller who asked the following questions: Now ruadame, you needn't answer this question till you are told to by the court, Mr. Haydon, you say is your husband, the father of your three ohildren, and ho has been a devoted husband to a loving wife for between eight and nine years. You huve constantly maintained pleasant relations, aud there has been and ie now the utmost confidence existing ex-isting betweon you. You are convinced of his iunooenoe and know that if ho iu found guilty he must sudor ignominious igno-minious punishment. Under these circumstances would you not, under oath, as you are, make a misstatement iu order to save him from punishment. punish-ment. Tbero was no answer. The witness burst into tears, as did noarly every women iu the court, and tears glistoncd iu the eyes of membeiBof the Btronger sex. A silence an of death pervudtd the ronm, and tho counsel for tbodofeuse hissed out: "It is an insult to tho witness." Waller defended his action, but tbo court ruled the question an improper ono. |