The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 16, 1911, Image 7
. THE HAYES'
Is the Verdict of the Jur;
at Whiteville, N.
THE VERDICT WAS A SURPRI
) 1 he B illet-Riddled Garments of the Dei
/ Over Which the Father and Sister <
While Mrs Hayes Sat Apparently Unr
Awful Tragedy Which Stirred the Lit
Mrs Hayes Tells the Her Story of thi
SjGave the Coroner's Jury only in Del
Severe Cross Examination.
WEDNESDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Wbiteville, K C., March ID.?Thh
i the third day tof the sensational
trial of Mrs Rosa D Hayes, as principal,
and Neill Hayes, tho husband,
\ and Lloyd Hayes, the brother-in-law,
as accessories after tho fact, for the
murder of Robert M Floyd, which
is alleged to have occurred at Tabor,
on the night of February 4th last,
at the home of the Hayes.
On account of Ihe prominence of
the parties connected with the deplorable
tragedy public sentiment
inith? trial remains at wtiite heat
and will probabl/ remain so until
the end is reach.
The progress of the trial is necessarily
slow on account of there being
no stenographer to tase the testimony
down in shorthand and
irom the further fact that every
inch of the ground is being hotly
contested by counsel the employed in
the case.
It is hard to foreshadow public
opinion on the subject oi the guilt
or innocence of the accused as both
sides have numerous strong frieuds
who do not hesitate to express their
opinion according to the stand they
have taken, The theory of the
prosecution is jealousy on the part
of the husband and pi }ue on that of
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day was aii effort to establish this
theory.
Thus far it appears that Lloyd
Ht yes has been in no wayeriminaily
connected with the case, and but little
testimony has been introduced to
show that Neill Hayes had knowledge
that Floyd wouj'l be killed by
his wife, and at the end of the testimony
today the solicitor announced
that he would nol pros the case
against Lloyd Hayes. The Judge
ruled that this defendant was entitled
to a verdict of acquittal and
it was so ordered.
Decidedly and Emphatically Sensational.
The sensation of the day was the
terrible onslaught upon the charac- j
ter of Miss Mary Holt, of near Coni
it .Kf T I
w^y, Dy counsel lor mo ueieutu. ju i
her direct testimony Miss Holt had
testified that Mrs Hayes had made
such remarks to her that led one to
believe that she was unhappy with
her husband and that she loved |
Robert Floyd; and, upon eros^ examination,
Attorney Schulken conducted
a most severe attack upon
the young woman's character; feeling
was intense, the examination
was awfnl, dealing as it did with the
ipost delicate of subjects, and during
the while a pin drop could
have been heard in the Court room.
Miss Holt admitted that Mrs G j1die
Prince, with whom oje was
living at Loris thought it best for
^ ^ her to leave her home, because a
x young man on the place "objected to
her health." She admitted that she
had heard rumors against her moral
character, but denied flatly that
nnv nf the reports were true. Miss
Holt's testimony was the first to introduce
the idea of jealousy on the
part of Neill Hayes.?News aud
Courier.
The first witness in today's proceedings
was Dr L Baggett, who
testified substantially to what he
ht did at the inquest and published
in the Herald immediately following
the killing/
4D C Fussell, Cashier of the Bank
of Tabor, identified letter of Neill
Hayes to Floyd, (already published
in the Herald.) He was in the barber
shop the evening of the shooting.
Witness then told Hayes he'd better
go to hi9 house at once, whereupon
Hayes said "come on, beys, let's
see what the trouble is," and two
or three man went with him. On
crojs examination the defense laid
great stress on the point that Hayes
y? told Floyd that it would be an hour
before he would be home to supper
" and that, thereupon, Floyd went on
towards Neill Hayes' house, with
out putting up his horse at the
stables; this in spite of Floyd's declaration
that he was going to spend
the night at Tabor. On redirect
examination Mr Fussell testified
that it was not too dark for him him,
standing at Hayes' barber shop, to
see people at the Hayes' residence
after the shooting. He said on recross
examination, that from where
young Vaughn Watts was standing
it would have been impossible to
have seen persons oh the porch of
the Hayes house This is a strong
point for the defense in that it completely
contradicts the testimony of
young Watts.
W A Prince indentified the letters
sent to Floyd urging him to come to
T'abor as beirg in the handwriting
ot Mrs Hayes.
W J Hughes, a druggist a* Loris,
S C., testified that he saw Floyd at
Loris Saturday afternoon and that
NOT GUILTY
y in the Sensational Trial
C., Last Week.
SE TO FLOW'S FRIENDS.
ad Yoifng Man Submitted in E/id3n:e
>f the Deceased Sobbed and Wepted
noved by the Mute Witnesses of the
ttle Village of Tabor, North Carolina,
e Crime Which Differed from that She
*' IT_. L?1 U., r,
ail?ner leHiununy uu&iiutvcncu uj ?
be knew Floyd left his office between
4 and 5 o'clock that afternoon
saying he was going to Tabor.
W T Watson saw Floyd at Loris
at 1 o'clock on the day of the killing.
Witness was at Tabor when
the killing^was done. He said Floyd
told him that he was going out to
nis (Watson's) house to spend the
night. T his was a contradiction of
Floyd's statament that he was going
to spend the night at Ta'oor.
The Star Witness for the Prosecution.
Miss Mary Holt, of near Conway,
was weil acquainted with
R M Floyd and knows Mrs Hayes
and Neill Hayes. "One day last
September," said the witness, 4T
was at the llaycs house at Loris,
while Mrs Hayes was over at Mrs
Iklers making oer Duoy a cress
Neill Hayes came in and I said,
;iyou see I am keeping house "
"Yes, I see," says Hayes, bui
where is KosaT' I told him, anc
he said:
'Ain't Bob Floyd over there," to
which I replied I did not knew, but
that he was in town.
Hater, according to witness, Mrs
Hayes came on home, ?.nd on the
way met her husband Mrs Hayes
asked Hayes if she might have
Floyd treat her moles, to which
Ha.y as repli d: "No, you cannot;
when those moles are treated they
will be by a gentleduao and no " uob
" ? ? ? i i n
a damned rascal as iioo r loyti,
"Then," said Miss HjP, ''Mrs
Hayes come on to the hou e anu
told mo this and about Neili being
jealous of hor and that if he did no'
q uit fussing with her she was going
to leave him, gj somewhere, changt
her name and study for a traiuei
nurse, and that Rob Floyd would gc
with her."
"Mrs Hayes and I," continued
the witness, "were goiug down
town later that afternoon and wt
met Mr Floyd driving out of town
in his buggy; he spoke to me jusi
a few words, then he turned to Mr*
Hayes and said:
"Rosa, are you going to do what
you were speaking of this mornjing?"
"Why?" asked she.
"Weil, I would not if I were ir
your place," was Floyd's reply.
* Ic is just according how the future
turus out," said Mrs Haves
"All right, then," was Floyd s
reply and he drove off.
With a view of breaking down
the witness's testimony, Attorney
Sehulkeu asked Miss Holt a number
| of questions as to reports reflecting
upon her character. Miss Holt adj
mitted that she had beard such reI
ports, but denied that they were
true
O L Blackburn, next called, had
boarded in the Hayes home at Loris
before they moved to Tabor last November.
He had worked for Hayes
at the store at Loris for about two
years. Witness had often heard
Neill Hayes and his wife talk about
Floyd. Sometimes Mrs Hayes
would ask her husband:
"Where have yon been, cut with
the grls?"
"No," would be Hayes' reply,
"but I am going because you
have been with Morgan Boyd and
Robert Fioyd^ you have had your
good time, why not 1 mine?"
Witness said he took all this as a
joke. About August 1, 1910, I mailed
a letter from Mrs Hayes to E'loyd;
I addressed the letter to Floyd upon
Mrs Hayes request. Witness was
at Mrvtle Beach August 21 of last
year; Mrs Hayes had told him she
was going to Wilmington to see her
brother. On Monday, August 22
Neill Hayes wanted me to go up
with him to Chadbourn to meet his
wife, but he did not know whether
or not she was coming that day; she
did not reach Loris on Tuesday
Upon arrival of train on Monday I
heard Neill say he would like to
know Mrs Hayes' reason for not
coming back; also heard Neill ask
> kali ' Kha' ivhorn cJid n'n c
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and received the reply that he had
left her at Southport and that Floyd
was there also.
Luther Harrelson saw Mrs Hayes
and Robert Floyd on the same tain
Sunday, August 21; they were not
together at any time on the train
Oq cross examination the witcess
testified that Mrs Hayes'
brother met her at Wilming on;
saw both Floyd and Mrs Hayes on
j boat and at Southport; 'hey stayed
! at the O'Quinn house that night,
I but did not see them together or in
conversation.
W O Quir.n, of Southport, said
the two Harrelson brothers, Mrs
Haves Floyd were at his horn 5 Sunday,
August 21. He said late Sunday
afternoon he accomp&nitd Mrs
Haves to the boat, landing. uit that
Continued on Page Eight, i i
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January 28 b, A D 1911.
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