The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-11-26

out of the window and killed herself. Inc
officer then entered, and was conducted oy
Twitchell to the dining-roonl, on the rover
floor, where, stretched out on settee, was Inc
murdered body of Mrs. Hill, covered with Diooo,
and bearing the evident marks OF violence aDout
her head, as though she had been struG Two or OF
three times with some iron missile. IwltcneL
and his wife were then secured and assistance
called in. when an examination OF the premises
we're made, and but little room was ie1e ior
doubt that Mrs. Hill had been Iouny aeaiV witn,
and her body thrown from the second story
s;itinr-room window into the garden that
adioins the house on Pine-street for the 9TH
GERS. on entering the sitting-room mentioned,
found O sofa clotted with blood. and pools OF
blood on The floor in close proximity to 1t. A
cushion on the sofa also contained Diood, ana
it was torn as though some blows aimee at the
deceased had missed and struck the cushion
The blood was then traced through the sitting
room to the window of small room that ad-
ioins it on the east. The sill of this window
was covered with blood, and 1t was evident that
it had been opened and the body thrown into
the yard. An examination of the ground DIS
closed large pool of blood directly under the
window mentioned. and the concealed conoition
ofthis blood when discovered indicated that tEe
body had lain there some time before tne oneel
entered the house. Twitchell stated that when
| Mrs. Hill fell or threw herself from tue WIZ
| dow. he. in company with servant gifI WIZ
came home about that time. went lnto tne
ward and carried her into the din'ng-room anu ia
laid her ON the settee; but did not attempt 70
explain how the blood came on the SOFA ana
floor of the sitting room up stairs: BLOOD was
oIso traced from the sitting room to the starr
way leading down to the first hoor, showing
conclusively that after the perpetratlon OF the
mu,der tho murderer went down stairs; ar -,
contained blood on it, and was undoubtedly
nsed to commit the murder. Twltchell was
tlken to the Eighth Ward Station house. he
had blood on his shirt when taken there. Mrs.
Twitchell was retained at the house where
the murder was committed, which was held
posse of police during the night
Mrs. Twitchell appeared to be very much
concerned about her husband, and spoke
to the oficerc more about him than her muir
dered mother. There does not appear to have
been any struggle in the room Ia neatly fur
nished onej where the murder was committed,
as everything was in order, and the theory Is,
that Mrs. Hill was lying down on the sofa
asleep, when she was approached and struck
on the head with the poker mentlo led, and
her body then thrown into the yard. The AMI
mus Of the murder has not yet been dlscov-
cred, and it is not known on what kind OF terms
Mrs. Hill and her daughter and son-ln-law
lived together. Twitchell is strong, healthy
looking man, about thirty-two years OF age.
The deceased was very wealthy, whi, ! was in,
herited from her last husband. Mrs. Twltchen
was daughter of the deceased by her
former husband. Negotiations had been going
on for the purchase of a house at Tenth and
Pine streets. 1t is said that the matter had
been entrusted to Mr.. rwitchell, and that he
had had deed made out in the name OF his
wife instead OF that Of Mrs. Hill. There had
been some difficulty about the matter, and
Mrs. Hill had been advised to commence
prosecution against Twltchell for misappro-
priation of funds. 1t is supposed that the OBJ
ject Of the deed was to possess himself Of the
property and to get out of the way OF any evil
dence as to how he became possessed of it.
The deceased had only life interest in the
property left her by her late husband.