The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-12-04

j death, ON which event Il would revert to
1nhis family. This would cut off the daugh-
4 ter withouta dollar She married. Twitch-
ell, Jr. They then lived with Mrs, Hill
I No. 819 5. Ninth street, until about three
months ago, when they removed to the
house atTenth and Pine streets. Mrs Hill
having the mrans at her disposal, de-
sired to purchase the property, and direc-
4 ted her SON in law to negotiate for 1t. The
ftrapsaction eliminated In the purchase of
4 the dwelling and the deeds drawn up and
the money paid over. 4 Afew days since
the fact that the deeds were in the name of
Mrs. Twitchell, and not in the name OF
I Mrs Hill, came to light. The latter con-
suited counsel, who had advised q suit for
the purpose of recovering the property. %
A criminal prosecution was also talked
of, and it Is now believed that these facts
lhaying come toe the knowledge of the
daughter and son1in- Law, that they ;conccr.
ted scheme OF doing away with tho old
lady, who was the only obstacle in the way
eof their retaining possession Of their ill-got-
ten property 20 10 csis s7sW - 'S9'7e
Mr. Twitchell is engaged in business IN
Camden, and he, is still confined in che
Eighth ward Station Hopse; Mrs. Twich-
ell remains in custody The Coroner's inves1
tigation viii take place at one o'clock to-
day at the Coroner's office, when additional
particulars will undoubtedly be made
known. lH' y e'S'', w - -.
90 Twitchell, the accused Of the horrid
deed, was present, and was the observed
Of all observers. He presented asomewhat
heavE,a scottish appearance, with bloodashot
eyes, and manifested great interest in the
proceedings. During the preliminary por-
ton of the hearing he shed tears copiously,
and conversed man undertone witha friend
who was near him. AT times he would
raise his handkerchief to his head and keep
1t thus applied for several minutes, appar-
emily buried in thought, but listening at
tentiFely to thecyidencel rAsthewitnesses
infinitely described the horrid scene. iTwit-
chell would sob afresh, and oappear much
! agitated. -,
Mrs. Twitchell was brought in about four
/ o'clock and sat in one corner of the room,
closely yelled, her head resting against the
| wall, and sobbing with much emotion
She never raised her head during the testi-
monE but like her husband, gave evidence
of much agitation, and would be somewhat
/ startled as the more emphatic facts of the
testimony were given All their mover
mcfts and actions were closely watched by
/ the multitude present.
The first witness sworn was Sarah Camp
bell, who testified as follows when /
went out OF near three O'clock on Sunday
there was no one in the house but Mrs. Hill;
Mr.. and Mrs Twitchell went out carriage
riding, and did not return until late !; L
came home after nine o'clock; i rang the
bell several times Mr. Twitchell let me in
and said, lis this YOU Sarah ~ I said;
ut was" He said where do you think
can mother be2' as near as / remember
thought it strange for him TO let me in,
as Mrs. Hill had always been in the habit
of doing so; think he went up stairs and
called smother; ~ the kitchen doors were
all open, and the candle burning ON the
table; / went in the kitchen and put coal
on the fire; / closed the door of the outside
kitchen; saw something in, the, yard, and
turning back and getting q candle, ! saw
Mrs Hill lying in the yard. I called Mr.,
tTwitchell, who said, my God what is thisa',
He asked for some one to assist in carrying
the body from the, place |; Mrs. Twitcheil
was coming down in her night clothing Ii
assisted in carrying her in and laid her
ion the settee in the kitchen; + don't Know
whether he called for water or the doctor,
first; he got wnter on d cloth and applied
it to her wounds; / ran across the street for
adoctor; Ipullea the bell Of wrong house
iby mistake, and I got no doctor y Mrs.
| Twitehell pulled the bell of Mrs Montgom-
ery's house next door; when Il got home
! / went out the back gate TO q shoe store
near by, I unbolted the gate; pulled the
bell Of the shoe store, and told the young
man who answered the summons that they
were wanting Mt Twitchell's; the. lady Of
the house said she would come; I went
back and entered the house through the
back gate, which I entered and Bolted,z az
! did not see anybody eomings % Mrs.
Twitchell said she must 60 up stairs and
4 put some clothing on her; she was at that
time IN her undress; came TO the, door
/ first about half past nine o'clock Mr.. Twit-
chellIhad oni his pants and coat, a9dafk-
looking short ones j don't know whether
have seen him wear il before or not; never
saw him dressed that way in tho daytime !;
don't know If he had asxest onlor not !;
he had on, pantaloons which he had worn
before he had on o gray undershirt, but
do not know whether he had on white,
shirt or not, or whether he had both. on !;
/ (phntaloonsshown y am not certain he wore
those pantaloons; GOAT shown;) THAT lcoat
resembles tho ,oneIheswore, which was some
kind of dark one, but i cannot say, posi-
! lively; ! woke Mrs, Twitchell up BY the
noise made by ringing the bell !, Mrs. Hill
generally let me in, and / don't remember
Mr.. Twitchelf having ever let me in before;
when l came back the first time, after mak-
ing search for the doctor, found Mr.. Twit-
cheli bathing herssI n'treinember exact-
ly howswe carried Mrs. Hill in, her head
I was, placed toward the front Of the house !;
the couple lived happily and pleasantly,
appearing TO have no vdisagreem when
| discovered the body, she was lying with
her face downward; did not notice how
she was'injured; Thought she had got
| weak and felt Mr. @TWitcheIl sid, ssMy
i God, what is thisa" he called for doctor
Immediately; don't know whether sic
was dead or not; (poker shown D that looks
I IKE one that was in the kitchen of our house,
which was used for the usual purposes !. did
not use i il the second story rooHl.Ia i ii
DR.. E.uR. IShapleigh, testified Il made
a post norton examination the body Of
Mrs ME- ll;sithere was q lacerated
wound In tlleright teinple, two alhalfinches'
long and one inch wide, made by some
blunt penetrating Instrument; the bone
beneath was communicated, and the finger
could readily be passed to ITS fun length
into the brain; there was' small,
wound half an inch below this over the ontz
er angle Of the eye, three quarters Of an inch