The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-18
THE HILL MURDER
The Excitement Unabated.
But a Nuisance Remedied.
Trial Of George s. Twitchell. Jr.



sheppard and Hagert and Richard LUDLOW,
ESQ" ,iOr lhe commonwealth. L. r. RanBfOrd,
j.. Pratt, @. H. L. Coils, John O'Byrne, and
william b. Mann, Esqs., counsel for the pri-
This morning the crowd about the Court
House was equal II not superior In point OF
numbers TO tnat OF yesterday. Sixth street and
the side yard being ompletely blocked. En-
trance by the street door was almost an impog.
hibility, some members of the bar being COM
ptlIea 10 gain adniGlance by the windows OF
the Clerks office But within the state OF
affairs was somewhat more comfortable and or.
derly. as sufficient force OF officers was sta.
TONED at the doors, with Instructions TO admit
only those whose business called them here, re.
mons. But the auditorium was soon filled
there being full complement Of women in at.
George s. Twitohell, Jr, sat In thedock alone.
his wife, who had claimed a severance, being
left in prison. He was well dressed and dap ap:
calmly with his counsel and friends
AT IL O'Clock the Sheriff made return to the
yesterday, and the examination of gentlemen
for the completion of the jury was begun.
Before calling the jurors the following motion
"And now, December IS, 1858, the counsel for
the prisoner move TO quash the venre issued
on Yesterday, the lIth instant, upon the follow
Upon the said 18th dsy OF December, 1858, the
panel of petit jurors having been exhausted by
challenges and other good causes, leaving four
Jurors YET 10 De selected TO com piete the jury to
10 the Sreo 9srss Se sSer
which Contains the names Of the the Jurors Jurors
from said wheel, in the presence of the Judges
thereof. four hundred names, and that venire
eighty talesmen, viz one out OF every i've
tnrorS OF the IidS IeiIsons so drawn. drawn. to serve as
whereas the District Attorney should have mS";
moved that twenty names should nave been
drawn drawn from from M SAID wa Wntel, and that venire
was oVerrued by the Court and an exception
william Kern called II ad conscient ious scru,
Piles on the subject of capital punishment aud
was challenged for cause.
pIesst an opinion as to the guilt or innocence
of the prisoner, and was challenged for cause.
sclupies. ana was Challenge d for cause. O'n''o"'
John Mitchell had formed and expressed an
opinion of the guilt or innocence of the prisoner
and was challenged for cause.
Ennan Heller had no conscientious scrup Piles,
and had formed or expfessed no opinion,
this occurrence; but ne would much prefer that
capital punishment should be abolished; how
ever, he would accept the law of the country,
an d If the evidence required it, woald reader a
verdict OF murder In The first degree. He was
bot challenged, and accepted as the ninth Juror.
William N. West, upon being questioned, aid
that 1t would require direct evidence to over
come his scrupes as to capital punishment.
He had also formed an opinion as TO the case,
because he lived in the nelghborhood where
the murder was committed and heard 1t dis.
cussed daily. He could not, however, under
ssnd how circumslantial evidence could be
sufhcently convincing to Justify the taking OF
Gross examined by Mr.. Mann-He was asked
If the evidence, though clrcumstantisl, was
satisfactory and conclusive he wodld not act
upon II; be answered that's circum 81 antial evil
dence could not convince him, he could make 40
answer to such an interrogatory. The Curt
thought the gentleman disqualified, and sus.
tanned the CommonWealth's challenge for
cause.
opinion, which influenced MIN 20 such degree
that he answered negatively the question in
b rgers case. put by The Court. Challenged for
Harvey Barton was not quite twenty-o1e
years old, and thought he mad no right here
as 81 jHroI; and was challenged for cause.
MICHAEL Dych had no conscientious scruples
ard had formed no opinion. Not challenged
by the Commonwealth and passed over TO the
defense, and by them accepted. The District
Attorney then askedfhat he be stood aside, but
Mr. Mann objected that IL was too late to stand
him aside. The Court sustained the obje ection.
and the gentleman took his seat In the jury
samuel Beck had conscientious scruples on
the subject OF capital punishment aud was
challenged for cause by the Commonwealth.
strong opinion and was challenged for cause.
John r. Angney had formed no opinion as to
the guilt or innocence of the prisoner, but had
formed and expressed an opinion as to the
efficiency of the testimony given before the
Coroner Challenged mptorily by The de-
George w Vaughan pleaded the excuse OF
being school director, and was allowed to go
Robert Draper had formed and expressed an
opinion, and was challenged for cause.
Daniel Sutton was cOnsgieutiously opposed TO
capital punishment, and was challenged for
cause.
Continued in our hird edition.
The Detroit Jail is a lively place. The
prisoners play poker, and occasionally pick
each others pockets.
The bear on Boston Common has acquired
taste for lager beer. Not strange, since he's
been bruin SO long.-M b. Mercury.
Bishop Dunhedder, Of New Zealand, in
full canonicals, divided the honors with q rant
at the Fish Benjamin wedding in New York.
The Nav York Times aroues that from tho