The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-26 00:00:00

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY.

For several months past Philadelphia has been exclte:l
by a tragedy. On a Sunday night in November PI
Mrs. Mary E. Hill, an elderly widow lady, was niurdure
in her own residence, by a blow from a poker, and 13,a
body thrown out of a window. Her son-in-law, Ge°,r[i
S. Twitchell, and his wife, Camilla (Mrs. 111`:°t
daughter), who lived at and were in the house
the time, were arrested for the murder. 'Twitchell '9l.fe
a young, weak, and inoffensive creature, while his svii 6
--several years older than he—was a termagant whoa"' J'e
had been forced to marry by his father, whose mistress tli
woman had been. Twitchell and his wife were arraigned:
and were allowed separate trials. The evidence agaii)
them was purely circumstantial. The husband was tribbee
first, and found guilty after nearly two weeks' trial;
wife was then tried, and the prosecution abandoning t',e
case, she was liberated. Twitchell was sentenced "
hanged on the Bth of April. To save Twitchell eve°,
device known to the law was resorted to. His case
carried through the courts. The Governor was besoliglit,o
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pardon, but would not interfere in the case. Twitchell!
wife occasionally visited him in his cell, but treat
him with coldness, and evidently was anxious to get ricli;
him, but dreaded the revelations he might make. ring 1
they quarrelled, and Twitchell made a confession, in
he charged his wife with committing the murder ; saia
hr
knew nothing of it until she woke him from sleep on ap
night it occurred and she told him of it ; that he took
oath never to tell. This statement was believed by o'l'e
and doubted by others, popular opinion setting a brapnj,
upon the wife. The day of vecution approacwiii,
and Twitchell's condition each day betokened
fear of death ; he was broken-hearted, nervous, °"0,
terribly agitated. On the 7th of April he was so Pr°,
trated as to need stimulants. He took leave of his fatn
and friends, his wife not coming near him, and finally 13:e
an interview with a fellow' culprit who was to be exectittb-
with him. They were locked up in separate cells f°r„-I!
night, but on the morning of the Bth of April Twitch
was found dead. He had killed himself by taking Prue
acid. At noon Eaton walked out to the gallows
pitying the weakness of the other, and protesting
innocence of the crime for which he was to-suffer.

JO,
CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT Irswlcii,-11,1r.
,-Jobbold, who for many years represented Ipswich in t"-%1
Conservative interest, will be entertained at a dinner ne
week in that town, by his political friends. Mr. Gath°llll
Hardy has been invited to attend.
An action was brought in the Court of Queei
Bench last week against a telegraph company for reeoveto
of a loss occasioned by a mistake in a telegram. 5.,119-01
amusing stories were told in the course of the tr're4
mistakes of a similar kind, such as " Your wife is delive:ii
of fire girls," an alarming anaouncement, which 511°.:,1
have read " a fine girl." " Wanted, two hund. bouquev:6l,
an expensive order, which, literally conetril,-bi
was " Wanted, two hand - bouquets." O'll
other day a case of this kind came under -;,311
notice. A lady living in London received one even.'"
the following telegram from Scotland :—"Y°111. °°t
cannot live for long." In an agony of despair the '
took the next train for Scotland. To her great Joy°1:11
found her boy alive and well, and about to start
.:
shooting. The son was as much astonished as his ill'Areti
" Oh ! wonderful eon, so to astonish a mother." `:‘
this should have been the message
—" Your son cant
leave for London."—Britannia.
THE MALLOW MURDER. —lt seems more O°
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bable daily that the man who was found dead on lirx
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nesday, on the railway near Mallow, has been the
of a foul murder. The body has been identifie" SE'
that of an Austrian sailor who was discharged from a S'elgeo
at Passage last week, with the intention of going to An' ea
The carriages of the train in which the dene3selooi
supposed to have travelled were examined, and —.l'lll
stains were discovered in one of the compartments.
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door of the compartment was locked, and these cite
stances, together with the position in which the Wiln,se6
i
on the line, strengthen the suspicion that the dece.til
was thrown through the window of the carriage. Dit
stated that lie received £lO when discharged fr°111c0)
vessel ; but no money was found on his person, 3n,eil
pockets bear evidence of having been rifled. The sure'
who examined the body gives it as his opinion thatot
wound on the head, from which the brains protruded, 01
not caused by a fall, but must have been inflicted °'
sharp instrument.