The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-22
TIE HILL MURDER.
Trial OF George n. TwItcheII, Jr.-Th
-. Evfdenee

CoURT OF OYER AND TERMINER-Judgps Brew.
ster and Ludlow; District Attorneys Sheppard
snd Haeert and Richard Ludlow bsq., for the
Commonwealth.
I. P. Ransford, ]. T. Ptatt, c. Fl. T. Coils,
John O'Byrne, and Willlaai b. Mann, Esqs.,
counsel for the prisoner.
Yesterday, the testimony on the part of the
Commonwealth was resumed where our
report left off. DR.. shapleigh underwent a
most rigid examination. conducted by Mr..
Mann, but he stood 1t like an experienced per-
son, continuing steadfast to bis 6rst statement,
that poker similar to the one produced by
every wound upon the head of the deceased
that was TO be attributed to any instrument;
but no such weapon as produced by the defense,
loaded cane or a strip OF lealner with slug Of
lead attached, could have inflicted that hole ia
the temple, for the brain itself was wounded by
something that had penetrated.n
Following the Doctor, the servant girl, Mary
Campbell, was examined, aud as her testimony
was SAID TO be OF vital Importance, we give 1t In
full.
Sarah Campbell sworn-I recognized the body
examined by DR.. Shapleigh as that OF Mrs. Hill;
! lived at service with the family where l had
been ten or eleven weeks; Mrs. Hill, Mr.. Twi Gu
ell. Mrs. TwitChell and constituted the family:
on the Sunday of this occurrence | left the
bouse about three O'clock leaving nobody there
that knew bu, Mrs. Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. TWitchll
had gone out some time after dinner; we gene
rally had dinner on Sundays from IL to O'Clock;
l returned to the house between 0 and 10 O'Clock
IN the evening; 1t had struck O'Clock but few
minutes when / left Lombard street, between
Fifteenth and Nineteenth, and went home;
rang the bell and waited for an answer; / rang
1t several times; a third time; at each time
and "a fifth time, the last time violently;
the bell is in the kitchen; some time
after nf had a. Pulled Violently it was s. an, n
unlocked the front door to let me in he said.
"Is this you, Sarah ?" said, YES sir;' he said,
do you think where mother can be?" sup
TN ~ t,nr Ar9 I Valt tL,NT
did not know, but We would see; when he let
me in 10 gas was burning in the entry; there is
banner IN the hall, but 1t was generally put
out early; when he came to the door he had no
light; he had short dark coat on and pants,
and don't know further; did not observe that
he had boots ou; {; | do not kno " that be fastened
the door, but he stopped after me; went into
the kitchen; he left the front door before | cot
to the kitchen, and think he went up stairs;
,onnd the door leading from the entry into th4
kItchen open; the Hauk door, leading to the
Ialu; EaT open also; It was cool evening; as
l went TO the kitchen felt the cold air; there
was candle on the table in the kitchen when
! entered; 1 think the table is nearer to the
Pine street side of the kitchen than the
centre; after Mr.. Twitchell went up stairs,
heard no door opeh or shut; went to close the
outside kitchen door and saw something lying
in the yard, and / went back and took the candle
10 the door, and saw Mrs. Hill lying there;
turned back and called Mr.. Twtchel; ] called
for him to come down first; think some after
not observe any door open or shut before tue
answer was made; he came down the front
stairway, and came into the kitchen; | went
in'o the yard and told him to come out after
me; when he came down into the yard he made
no remark to me that remember; | went into
the yard first without a candle, and he followed
me; | said Mrs. Hill was lying in the yard; |
cont recOlleCt that he made any Wer to this
| lie came out and said. My God, what is this ~
we carrieasin Mrs. Hill; before that however,
he asked il no one would assist to carry her in
MrsT fTEa 1.N-y, 4l,ovn L.,
| her by the shoulders 10 raise her up; the door
| was open and her head was next to 1t, so that
| II could hot have been closed without disturb
| ing the body; after he had taken hold of the
shoulders took hold of her feet, and helped to
carry her into the kitchen, where we laid her
| upon the Sofa; he then asked for water and
| called for doc or; when he got some water he
| bathed Mrs. Hilfs face with a cloth; he was
saying something, lamenting and grieviug very
| Dard asking If no one would 20 tor a doctor; !
| did not observe him making any examination of
The limbs 10 find the exteut Of the injuries; l
saw the body make no motion and heard it
| make no sound; ] went for a doctor, across
| Tenth street, but did not get him; then went
| 10 Mr. MurrelPs shoe store in Pine street. below
| Tenth, but | went back to the house drst, after
| leaving the doctoIS; when l came back au |
| then went to Mr. Murrel's; | passed out the
! gate, which was then fastened by u bolt; l told
| sone one az Mr.. Murrell's that Mrs. Hill didn't
| feel very well, and Mrs. Twltchell wanted some
| of them TO go over; | went back alone aad
| found that some persons had come in; Mr..
| TWltchell was standing by the sofa, but didn't
notice what he was doing; Mrs. Twitchell
asked me to 20 upstairs until she should get
tome clothing on, and did so; we went to Mrs.
| Twitchells room where we stayed until she got
| dressed; ! think we then went back to the
| kitchen; Mr.. Twitchell was there: do not know
| what he was doing; there were tea dishes on the
| table WI en- came in; there was poker for the
| range which was usually kept hanging up by
the range; there was pok er IN the second story
| dining room; this one had brass top to it.
| The poker before mentioned was here sho gn to
| The witness } This looks like the kitchen
| poker, but 1 cannot say positively that it is
there were four dogs that belong to the house;
| sometimes they were noisy the dogs were kept
| in ut night; | believe they were kept in Mrs.
| Hills room and in Mrs. Twitchells; policeman
asked me il / wouldn't 60 up and see if any OF
| the windows were up; went into the little back
| room in the rear of the dinIng.Ioom; the window
| in the back room and the blinds were raised
After examining Mr.. Wheatley and Mr.. Mont
| gomery,th the Court adjourned until this morning
| Before the adjournment, however, Mr.. Mann
| suggested that the jury should to-day Oe allo we'd
20 visit Mrs. Hils house, but the Court aid the
| proceeding was a dangerous one and had been
| discountenanced by the Supreme Court, and
4 therefore, refused to allow it.
| [EontinUed on our on side pages.