The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-24
The Fourth Ward Homicide - -CorOner's
Inquest.
Continued from, Fourth Edition.

Continued from Fourth edition.
w. II. G.. Morrell Bworn-1 reside at No 028
Pine street; on Sunday night. sn9rtiy afters
Campbeil say that Mrs. Hin mad sent for Mrs.
Mortell to come over, that Mrs Hill hadn't
been well In the afternoon and wanted some
one TO go for doctor; hearing tne conversation
went 10 the head OF the stairs; my wife and
son went over to the gate and returned;
my son Haid they needed a DOCTOR
he then went over again, and
murdered; l then went to the house myself,
and wss met In the entry way by Mrs, Fwilch-
ell who SAID ny M m9iaeF & Ell Is xii Kiie9 aa6s asked
story window" l exclaimed, "How could she
fall on % and passed with her to the Kitchen;
Ceaged washing 1t with q wet cloth; l said to
him, "How could that be how could she
MorreIl don't know; stood 1T the side OF DR..
Zsnt tzInger. and Mr. Twitchell was saying she
was not dead; / examined the body and found
it clammy cod my suspicion was aroased ana
went up stairs; the gas was iit, and candle
bleod on the pillow and floor said, "Tnis is the
place where the woman was murdered; taking
the ca hdle traced the blood from the sofa to the
back window. which was covered with blood;
the shades of the drawing room We're down; L
then went down tue back stairs with police
man, and tracked blood all the way down,
though some one had gone down that way;
a. kea Mr.. and Mrs. T~ltchell II any Que was
in the house besides them, an they said "no;"
/ said one OF the two had committed that muir
der; to which charge peither made reply;
insi ted upon the policeman taking charge of
Quoted him UP stairs to ,gst on some
clothing, as afterwards discovered;
into the street; he had a dark grey uudershtrt
with no collar and coat after they had gone
Twitchell and girl; he had no white shirt on
when first saw MIN: had conversation
with Mrs. Twitchell after the policeman mad
taken him the station; related to her the CIR
oumstsnceg as discovered, stating that 1t was
[0r any one OUTSIDE 1en gehtog IN, m inc
in the house; and that no one could come in
without the little dogs detecting them; she said
her mother was in Toe habit OF carrying large
sums OF money in her bosom, frOm $4,000 to
$1,000; she also said her mother had been in the
habit of telling people that, and they had come
and killed her for the purpose of getting IL;
said To her that no person would come into the
house and murder tue woman for the sake Of
the money and exp pose themselves by carrying
and throwing her out of the back window;
gain charged that either she or Mr. Twitchell
or both had committed that mnrder; shs said,
why, what reason would have to XIII my
mother?" l said for the very reason that she
had named-the amount of money sne had on
her; she rendered no eX pauaJiop of the matter
whatever; she seemed rs little concerned as
stranger under the circumstances, manttesting
no feeling; heard no unusual noises before
was told of the murder; the poker was brought
+. A. MoTrell sworn-I reside at No. 928 Pine
street; about half past nine o'clock on sunday
evening Mrs. HIPS girl came over aud said she
wanted a physician; shortly after my mother
called out that Mrs Hill had been murdered L.
then went over aud passed into the Kitchen,
and found Mrs. Hin lying on a settee; Mr..
Twitchell was standing at her head. bathing 1t
with a cloth and cold water; asked what was
the matter, and q policeman said she had fallen.
out of the second-story window; asked Mr..
TWitchell where the folks had been; ne said
they had retired, leaving their mother up to
walt for the girl; shortly after that the doctor
stuck his finger into the temple wound, and re-
marked that was murder; other gentlemen with
remarking This is what the deed was
done wiLD;" the policeman remarked the
pGker might have been lying in the yard, and
she fallen on II; l handed him the poker and
told him to tskecharge of 1t; the poker laid In the
blood; requested some one 10 go up stairs; we
went up the front way TO the dining room; we
found at end Of sofa large pool OF clotted blood;
also on end OF sofa, In the crack where the arm
goes down, and also the pillow; saw the blood
spatteled all over. the WALL also picked up
pair of spectacles which laid ON the floor close
10 the edge OF the sofa; also saw false teeth
cred with blood on centre table; when 1 got In
saw Mr.. and Mrs. TwItchell, servant, and two
gentlemen. kGalS