The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-25
THE MURDER OF MRS. HILL.
The COrOner's Inquest-A Continuation
of the Evidences.

in the case of Mrs. Hill who was mardareI on
SUNDAY evening, at Tenth and Pine streeis:-
w IL. q. Morreu swuru-l reside at n .. g2S
Pine street; on Sunday night, shortly after
O'Clock, my bell was rung; | then heard SI;an
MOrrell TO come over That Mrs Hlll hadn't
been well In the afternoon and wanted some
one 10 90 for q doctor; hearing the conversation
went TO the head OF tue stairs; my wife aud
son went over to the gate and returned:
psy hoy son 3nor said they vdS needed a., doo,or
came back, saying that Mrs. HUI had be, n
murdered; l then went t. the house myself,
and wss met In the entry way by Mrs. rwttcl-
ell, who said, "My mo her is killed." 1 asked
how, and she ssid, "she fell out tue second
fall on ?" and passed with her TO the kI,cnen;
Mr.. Twitcheil was standing at the mead Of de-
ceased, washing IL win wet clDtn | SAID 10
him "HOw could tnat he ? how could she
5all out the window? he said, My Id NJ.
NorrelI cont know: stood st the eide OF D.
was not deau; | examined the body 8ld fJuud
IL clainmy cold: my suspicion was aroused ana
/ went up staifs; the gas was lit, aud candle
on the centre table; as soon ~ / disco vered Gne
blood on the pillow anu fl Dor said, This ~ the
place where the woman was murdereI'; takin
the candle traced the blood rom the so "a 10 tns
back winuow, which was covered with blood;
the shaueh Of the drawing room We're down; /
lhth We n uvWh tue Da. sIit.s win q police
man, and tracked blood alt the wAv down as
Though some one mad gone down that Way;
askeu Mr. and Mrs rwltcuet IT auy one wss
In the house Deslues them, ana lnuy said mo-"
] E8l' tnH OF me TWO hHd c1nuJtted that mut-
ueIilu Which chaige leituer th8ue "A repty;
1usEt tcd upon the policeman taking cuargs Of
Mr.. IWiJgbell, which he did, aud Goa
Quoted him up stairs To g-L on 81 ne
W6en irsD saw bin he was not clothed to 20 20
Into the s'ieei; he mad ~ dark grey undsrs llrt
with no collar and a coat; after they mad gjue
to the station remained 10 take charge OF Mrs.
Twitcbel aud grl; he had no whlte shirt on
when / first saw MIN: had "a conversation
with Mrs. Twitchell after tue policeman nad
taken him the station; related TO ner ths cir.
cumstances as discovered, stating that u was
imp possi bic for any one outside getting IN, the
gate being fastened and they two ths OILY -
fY, hon slR,f "a g.,
Without the little dogs detecting tneu sne said
her mother was in the habit OF carrying large
sums of mOuev in her bosom, from $1,000 10
$1,000; she also said her mother mad been in the
habit Of telling people that, and they had come
and k1lled her Tor the purpose Of getting H.; |
said to her that no person would come into tue
house and murder the woman for the sake of
the money aud expOse themselves 10y carrying
and throwing her ont OF The back wlndOF; |
again charged that either she or Mr. Twitchell
or both mad committed that murder; she SAID.
"Why, what reason would have TO Kill my
mother" l said 1Or the very reason that she
had named-the amount of money she had Dn
her; she rendered no ex pIanaliou Of the matter
whatever; she seemed As little concerned rs a
stranger under the circumstances, manifest Ing
no feeling: heard 10 unusual noises before
was told Of the murder: the poker was brought
out OF the yard by my son.
+. A. MOirell swoIn-I reside at No. 92S Pine
street; about half past nine o'clock on SUNDAY
evening Mrs. Hil's girl came over and said sle
wanted q physician; shortly after my mother
called out that MIS-. HlIl had been murdered; |
then went over ald passed into the kitchen,
and found Mrs. Hin lying on a settee: Mr,
Standing
with a cloth and cold water asked what was
the matter, and policeman said she had fallen
out or 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 tempe wound, aud re.
marked that was murder; other gentlemen with
me went TO the yard, and | picked up poker,
done witb;" the policeman remarked the
poker might have been lying in the yard, and
she fallen on II; | handed him the poker and
n xpr "a In he
blood; requested some one 10 go up stairs; we
went up the front way to the diningroom; we
found at end of sofa large pool of clotJed blood
also on end of sofa, in the crack where the arm
goes down, and also the pillow; saw the blood
pair of spectacles which laid on the floor close
to the edge OF the sofa; also saw false teeth COW
cred with blood on centre table; when l got in
saw Mr. and Mrs. rwitchell, servant, and two
gentlemen.
same state of facts as the foregoing witnesses,
and further that when he arrested TwltcheI he
told him TO put on his cap Twltchell said that
he wanted to change his clothing; the witness
went up TO Twitchells bedroom with him,
where the latter put on white shirt and vest;
there was blood on the shirt, which Twitchell
said he had got in carrying The old lady into tue
house; and when witness said that was impossi.
pie ne Williams Wsnoe after testfyng
TO the condition OF the room where the murder
him that she went TO bed about Z 30 o'clock,
and left her mother and husband In the dining
room; a few minutes after her mother came
into The room, and sab down, talked awhile,
and then, bidding her good night, went out;
Mrs. Twttchell read for a few moments, and fell
asleep, and in a little while her husband came
in and retired 10 bed; they were af rwsrds
awakened by the ringing of the door bell, an d
Mrs. Twitchell got up and called her mother,
when her husband said that he would go down
and let the girl In, be cause IL was very cold; he
got up and put on his pants and coat, but no
vest; the girl also told me that when Twitchell
let her in he had on coat and pants but no
vest nor white shirt. He then testified TO
taking the clothing from the prisoner at the
station house, and finding il stained with blood,
Joseph Henderson testified that he was the
agent for Mrs. Hill, and that the property At
the northeast corner of Tenth aud Pine streets
had been bought by Mrs. Hill, but hat un-
known TO her the deeds We're made out in the
name OF her daughter, Mrs. Twitchell, who had
made will leaving the property To her hus-
band at her death, absolutely; this state OF af
fairs was discovered by an attempt on the part
of Mr.. Twttchell to mortgage the property
efforts were made by Mrs Hin to induce Mr..
Twitchejl and his wife TO convey the property
back to her. but hey would only consent 10 the
Drawing of a deed OF trust, permitting the old
lady TO live in the property during her lifetl me-
proceedings were ABOUT TO he Instituted 10 force
them 10 Ieconvey, and an appointment was
pose for Monday or Tuesday of this week; on
one occasion, while he was visiting Mrs Hill al
her house ON this very business TWitchel
came In and in AN excited manner orderad hi m
out OF the house, and threatened TO nave MIN
arrested II he did not go.
Five other witnesses we're called whose testt
mony was merely cumulative as 10 the condi.
tion of the room where the murder was COM
Innocence. etc., Of the parties accused.
After q short deltDeration, ihe jury rendered
verdict that the said Mary u. Hill came to hel
hands OF George S. Twitchell Jr, and Camilla
his wife at the house at the northeast corner ol
Tenth and Pine streets, on sunday evening, al
nine o'clock, November "a 1858.
Burning of Trinity Building, New York
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-At l o'clock A. M. to
day FIRE broke out in the top floor OF Trinity