CASH ACCOUNT. DECEMBE 



COMMISSIONER HAYES DEAD 



He Succumbed to Pneumonia Just 

 Before Midnight; Was Specially Prom- 

 inent Since Prohibition for His Insistence 

 on Strict Observance of the Letter of 

 Law by Agents 



Following an attack of pneumonia which 

 developed about a week ago, United States 

 Commissioner William A. Hayes died late 

 last night at his home, 31)6 Mt. Auburn 

 street, Cambridge. For several days his 

 condition was alarming and a sinking 

 spell yesterday was followed by a rally 

 and then by a relapse. Commissioner Hayes 

 who was widely known, will long be re- 

 membered for his vigorous insistence on 

 the strict observance of the letter of the 

 law by public law enforcement agentsi fol- 

 lowing the Volstead act. 



William Allen Hayes was born at Forts- 

 mouth, N. H., June 29, 1843, and was the 

 son of John Lord Hayes and Caroline 

 Sarah (Ladd) Hayes. He was a descend- 

 ant of John Hayes who settled in Dover, 

 N. H., in 1680. He studied at Harvard, 

 from which college he received his degree 

 of A.M. In 1866 and his LL.B. from the 

 Harvard Law School in 1868. He was ad- 

 mitted to the Suffolk Bar that Bame year, 

 and since had practised in Boston up to 

 the time he received his higher appoint- 

 ment to the commlssionershlp. 



Mr. Hayes was assistant United States 

 Attorney for tflree years and had hem 

 tfnftfcd States Commissioner since 1006. 

 Jn Cambridge, his homo city, he was for- 

 merly in the common council. He was a 

 member of the Bar Association of the Cit7 

 of Boston, the Massachusetts Society of 

 the Cincinnati and the Military Historical 

 Society. 



