The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-22
EDITION
THE HILL MURDER TRIAL.
rROCEEDINGs THIS AFTERNooN.
Continued J,on p.e FIRST Page.

in diameter; before going into the yard saw
the poker In Officer Howard's hands; we then
went up stairs and into the dining room; some
one ahead of me with q candle went into the
little back room, and discovered blood upon the
window; we then traced blood from this win
dow 10 the head of the sofa; beneath
the head OF the sofa, the end towards Tenth
street, was pool OF blood; the cushion at the
head OF the sofa had blood upon IL; the wall had
blood upon IL; midway between the ends OF the
up: we unfolded IL and found pair OF specta-
cles lying upon It, this was q single width OF
carpet, lying before the sofa; the floor was COW
cred with oil cloth; there was no light In the
little back room; the furniture In the dining
oDe of the not prSSss GS the
was bent and the eyelet at the end of the other
was 6roken we went down into the Kitchen;
there were some three or four in the room, VINO
thought 1T proper that Mr.. Twitchell should De
taken into custody; Of1cer Howard inJimated
he would like TO change his clothing; he then
had on dark sack coat and llgnG under
or orr linen nv shirt shirt sol or Collar 10 on him; him;
when we returned from the dining room to the
Kitchen MIS- Twilohell was still at the head of
the BODY; when he and the ofncer came down
the officer called upon some one to go with
TO the station house with them; afterwards l
returned TO the house for short time aad then
went home. Not cross: examined.
night of the murder OF Mis-. Hin was AT the
northeast corner of Tenth and Pine streets, at
street, and understood that tn re was some
thing the matter in that house, and SO entered
and PASSED n into the @ PACK Kit Eischen; saw Mr
settee; he was bathing her head; he asked me
to go for doctor, and told him there was no
1 mad been there five or ten minutes I
asked the servant girl II she would
not COUP Stairs to sec II the window was raised,
and she did as l requested; learned that the
window was up, and went out and discovered
blood upon the pavement; Mrs Twitchell was
yard, and young Mr. Morrell, who came out
with candle, picked up poker in the ward;
this is the poker (the instrument was shown to
the witnessG looked up and saw blood on the
side of the house; there were a couple of small
under the east window; came to the concla.
sion that a murder had been committed, aud
went up stairs to make an examination; in
sill from the floor up, and tracked tha blood on
the oilcloth from the window to the sofa in the
dining-room, and found blood on the Pine street
wall and Tenth street wall; the windows and
blind in this little room were up; the blinds in
the dining ROOM were down; there was a drop
light in this room which was burning; We
found pair ofspectacles lying on the floor in
front of the sofa; there was rocking chair
between the head OF the sofa and the west wall,
and observed cigar ashes on the wndowsili
at the head Of the sofa; do not
ns hn0~ in the room ns nas oafn IN
the room did not appear to be much dis.
to the lett Of the end of the sofa; / asked Mr..
Twitchell II he was the only man In the house,
and be said he was; also asked him If he ever
saw the old lady lie on that sofa, and he replied
NO" l said. "Don't she make a practice OF
lying there?" and he answered, "Once in a
while;" told him to put his cap on, for was
going to take him to the Station House; he said
he wanted TO go up stairs 10 change his clothing,
and I went mp with him. before going up he had
on gray undershirt. light pants, and brown
coat; ne had on no linen or muslin shirt and
did not observe any white collar on him; he
room, next to Mrs. HIPS room, In the
main building; here he put on a white shirt
black cloth vest. and the same coat he had on
down stairs; on entering the room he opened
the door, and there were two dogs there, bark
ing all the time was In; we came down stairs.
overcoat: and then we wens 10 the station
House, where he was locked up; going 10 the
did not blame me % ior dc doing pI my duty; S asked
him how that blood came on that white shirt,
and he said he got it from carrying the old
HIM HIM thought ii oouldat be S possible; there here
was also. blood on his vest and pants; after
remained until about liz clock, when Oftioer
Warnock and went back to the Station House,
came 10 % the house after after had DC coms back rom ON
the Station House; when left at llla O'Clock
Mrs. Twitchell and her servant and Mr.. Twit-
raj officers. were there; when we got back to the
Station House Mr.. Warnock and 1 took the
prisoner ont of his cell and searched him; there
was blood upon the bosom OF his white shirt,
upon his cloLh vest. upon his pants and coat,
house for q change OF clothing, and made him
Cross exa xamined-I could not hear the dogs
bark until MIR. Twitchell opened the door OF his
room; they came at me barking. and Kept my
eye on them lest they should bite me; did not
the bed; Mr.. Twitchel took his watch and
chain from the bureau; the gas was lighted Ia
the bedroom; do not think he said that he
would keep but moment; 1t was only short
time. however; cannot positively say where I
first saw blood upon Twitchell's shirt, whether
in his room or at the Station House: do not
recollect saying that the first saw OF 1t was at
the Station House; l asked him twice how IL
came there; and both times he said he got IL
So1s SorSsnS nS be- ne but ada that h% ns
because he did not have this shirt on when he
carried her in; think first called his atten-
tion to II at the Station House, and asked him
how ne got 1t on; the gas was lighted and the
Sergeant was there; 1 disremember whether
the Sergeant was present when asked how he
hand on his shirt when l brought him In; dis.
remember whether l asked him in
the presence of any third party except Mr.
Warnock; the second time asked him he gave
me the same answer; there may have been q
half hour or several hours between the time
first asked him and the second time; do not
recolecJ whether the sergeant was the first man
whom told that had found blood; both times
asked him he made the same answer; he ap-
peared TO take no particular notice of It,
In answer to juror-I did not see him wash
his hands after bathing her heard.
William III. g. Morrell sworn-In the month
of November resided at No: 92S Pine street,
directly opposite the back building of Mrs,
HIPS house; was attracted on this night by
the ringing OF my door bell, and listening, ]
heard a woman's voice saying that Mrs Hill
didn't feel very well, and they wanted some OF
us 10 go over; went over at about ten minutes
before ten O'clock; met Mrs. TwitcheIl in the
hall and with her passed into the Kitchen;
there saw Twitchell sitting at the head of Mrs.
Hill, VINO was lying on settee, and asked him
how this was he answered, "She has fallen out
of the window" when / saw she was dead
said, How is this, that she should fall out of
the window and hurt heHselfso z" he raised his
hands and exclaimed, my God Mr.. MOrrel,
how do know?" / said no more to him that
evening, but proceeded to examine the place,