Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-10-31
Nlistellaneous.
Extraordinary Criminal Case
A STORY IN HIGH LIFE.

The London Times of Sept. IL, con-
tains the particulars of the most extraor-
dinary criminal case ever recorded it
possesses all the elements of first class
sensation novel, and is rich in material
for melodrama, with an abundance of vii
lainous figuring in every scene. The
substance of the case is this:
Richard Guinness Hill. nephew of the
celebratd bank er of Dublin, when at
Brussel became acquainted with Miss
Amy Georgiana Burdett, grand daughter
of Sir Francis Burdett. The young lady
had been adopted by Miss Burdett Coutts,
who took lively interest in her welfare,
and was with her mother, Lady Burdett,
making a temporary visit to Brussels
Among the numberless suitors for her
hand was Mr. Hill, who was ultimately
accepted. After the marriage they lived
together happily for several years, pass
ing considerable portion of their time
in travelling. 1t is necessary here to state
that life interest on the lady's fortune,
which was very considerable, with the
exception of small portion which was
placed at her disposal, was settled on the
husband at their marriage, and subse-
quently, she made a will, dividing the
whole of her property, including, it is
understood, valuable estate, absolutely
to him in the event of no issue surviving
her decease. In the beginning of 1859.
Mrs. Hill, then residing in St. Stephens
Green, Dublin, and expecting daily to be
confined, and being desirous that the ac-
couchment should take place in London,
left Ireland with this view. While on
her journey, accompanied by her hus-
band, she was taken unwell, and was un
able to proceed beyond Rugby. There
she was taken from the carriage and con-
veyed to the nearest place where accom-
mediation could be afforded, small beer
house called the Globe about half mile
from the station, and where she was de-
livered within two hours of the child in
volved in the present inquiry. A few
days afterwards her husband adopted a
course to destroy the identity of the child,
with the presumed object of possessing
himself of the property devised by the
will.
Hill went to the Register. q Mr.. Her.
bert, since deceased, and registered the
child as "Robert Hill, son of Mary Hill
and Robert Hill; maiden name Seymour"
the true description being, so far as the
parents were concerned, Orchard GUM
ess Hill, Amy Georgiana Hill maiden
name Burdett."
A week after the birth of the child, Hill
induced his wife to put the child out to
nurse and went to London for the pur'
pose of making the necessary arrange
ments. The day following his arrival in
town, he informed his wife that he had
made arrangements that would be salts
factory to her, and requested her to for
ward the child to London by train which
he indicated. This train was not due in
London till nearly midnight. The mother
believing her husbands representations
entrusted her child, then only ten days
old, to Catherine Parsons, q girl only
fourteen years of age, the daughter of the
woman who was then nursing her, and
they left by the train mentioned by
the prisoner. The child wat wrapped in
a shawl priced for particular reasons by
the mother, as we'll as box containing
baby linen, which was also sent with the
child.
Catherine Parsons states that on ar
irving at the Easton Square station she
was met by the prisoner. He took her
in cab to some part of the metropolis,
with which, of course, as a country girl,
she was unacquainted, and having de-
posted the box, returned with her and
the child to the vicinity of Easton Sta
| tion, where they were met by two wom-