The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-08 00:00:00

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TRAGEDY IN PHILADELPHIA

The PAiladelphia Inquirer of November 23
gives thnsticulars of a strange murder committed the
previous hth in that city. The victim was an elderly
lady Mrs. Mary E. Hill. Owing to certain strange
appearances, Howard, a policeman, rang the bell, and it
was answered by a man named George S. Twitchell, a
son-in-law of the murdered woman, and who. in company
with his wife (Mrs. Hill's daughter) resided with the de-
ceased, the three being the only occupants of the large
and very handsomely furnished house. The officer
asked Twitchell what was the matter in the
house, when Twitchell replied that a woman had fallen
out of the window and killed herself. The officer then
entered and was conducted by Twitchell to the dining-
room on the lower floor, where, stretched out on a settee,
was the murdered body of Mrs. Hill, covered with blood
and bearing the evident marks of violence about her head.
as thdugh she had been struck two or three time, with
some lion missile. Twitchell and his wife were then
secured and assistance called in, when an examination of
the premises were made, and but little room was left for
doubt that Mrs. Hill had been foully dealt with, her body
thrown from the second story sitting-room window into the
garden that adjoins the house on Pine-street. for theoffieer.
ou entering the sitting-room found a sofa clotted with blood,
and pools of blood on the floor in close proximity to it. A
cushion on the sofa, also, contained blood, and it was torn
as though some blows aimed at the deceased had missed
and struck the cushion. The blood was then traced
the sitting-room to the window of a small room
throughii siing it on the east. The sill of this window was
covered with blood, and it was evident that it had been
opened and the body thrown into the yard. An examine-
' bon of the ground disclosed a large pool of blood directly
under the window mentioned, and the congealed condition
of this blood when discovered indicated that the body had
lain there some time before the officer entered the house.
The verdict of the coroners jury was that the deceased
came to her death at the hands of Twitchell and hi+ wife,
and they were committed for trial.
A quarrel about property seems to have been the came
of the act. Mrs. Hill was wealthy by her husband. Ne-
gotiations bad been going on for the purchase by her of
the house in which the parties were living at the time of
the murder. It is said that the business had been intrusted
to Mr. Twitched', and that be had had the deed made out
in the name of his wife, instead of his mother-iu-law.
This wit had caned diMeulty, and Mrs. Hill had been ad-
vised to begin a prosecution against Mr. Twitchell for ap-
propriation of funds. The murder was committed, it is
thought, by Mr. Twitehell for the purpose of gaining fell
possession of the property.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, during
his late visit to Paris, was phased to send a donation of
Mfr. to the British Ohs:Babb Fund.

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