New-York tribune., 1869-01-01
THt HILL TRAGEDY.


law, was rcsuindl this morning. Tho prisoner was |
brought from priion In van. and not In carriage
hitherto -Four snail dogs found In Mrs. Hills house
were placed in to uryb0x. where they remained quiet
few minutes l number Of witnesses testified that |
they had confidence in the veracy Of Mr. Joseph Gilbert
whose character lad been impugned by the defense Dr.
Lewis. having beef recalled testified that wounds such
those found onihe head Of Mrs. Hill could DO made
with poker wihut bending IL. Mrs Maria Smith tcstl
yard Int night ah that It was not the practice Of any
person to visit Ter az night 10 pay her money Mr.
sometimes heard them quarreling. but never heard
him hreats Witnesses sworc that they heard dogs
Milo Lord. pri,ate watchman. heard noise tho
hour OF the mlrdr nor his attention attracted by
mony offered rebut the oath OF Mr. Algl. offered
yesterday by tLeleense that when passing Tenth and
two men coming Of Mrs. Hills house, who appeared
to be In hurry THIS wasa quarter or half an hour be;
found the murder woman.
Tho testimony on both sides having been closed.
opened the argument for the Commonwealth. After con
gratulang the bry on the close OF tedious trial. he
asked their indulgence for resume OF the testimony
u justice is not endered In case OF this kind SAID Mr.
liagert 1t will ota blot ON our Courts ana the people
selvcs There ino been numerous murders Ia this city
is absolutely n.:ssary that justice should DO made
stern TO prev their recurrence The array OF est-
mony which hai accumulated against tho prisoner
has been the Of its character ever produced In
Court Of ju'1co Circumstantiai evidence Is Often
| ber Of incorrect veriicts have been found
on direct IAN on circnn,sinn,ai eyidenss, n,a
he would believes man. Ho proposed to take up the
the orierf the testimony He then spoke Of the
finding OF the boo the presence or tho prisoner and
hs wife in the htse at the time thus rendering it
probable that thy were the murdecr rather IMAM hat
any third or person connected with the crime
Tho murdered had been lying on her sofa IN the
dining audblood was found spirited on tue sur
rounding walls The Appearance of tho room was uniis-
turbed There displacement o any OF inc nrii-
cleo Of furniture There evidence that thtrc WAS
Ia 1sf Alongside
found In the yah within the circle OF the pioon around
i "%m the blows wcrc inflicted On the
poker were founi blood and gray hair There were ~
wounds found othc head described by DR. Shapleig
tnat person rho threw the body ont OF the window
ont OF a uirow where thcc would be the least chance
of attracting tie attention OF passers Oy. Iherc was
every Indication that the murder committed after
the murdered woman and the murderer had been con
versing t9gethe the stt.r awaos , r,inn fer
fell asleep he went TO the Kitchen usaira tue poker
nnd struck her iio blows which oanseu nor den,n S'
Ill., being eDnomicid woman. hhd pun Out inc gas ia
the kitchen. audtho prisoner well acquainted win to
.ou,s ma f9t %au found that o could not con-
cca the body fly the house without creating susp
the window. Nith tho idea OF aycr,ing su.pi
eion by sa, ns ahA' e ."1 found however. that
thi. would not the wounds ON her head would show
that sLo had b.er murdered ~ VIZ ,hsn ~. pan 10
avert ,,uspicon Ly attempting 10 charge The murder on
ether gnd carried the poker down 10 ne yhrd ana
laid II under tho body in carrying Tue nody 70 tns
INT only drops tho furniture Ibo murderer leaves
& door q I ssn o y o5"sr ws ,s 10 S s s r5om ns an
took OF his white shirt his wsistcoa and has boots e
then to bed 10 naAoit appear that he had been asleep
When the eirl came home lac waited until sno had raig
the br II ten tmss be then concluded that he was sni
GENTLY awake 10 let her ~ he put. on ls cothcs rn
me rre,son Of S Llr SHIRT and then goes down stairs
,ud uocs, front door. 90 let the servant Ia his
prst oris her why. Sarah where can mother
,,e This might have been Innocent remark, II IL
,cre not for his subsequent conduct Tho servant finds
the kiicbcn door opcu. aud csndlolisht burning aud
u,stt uf cool air ough tho house The pris-
urr m nedatey went stairs without iurther search
ing for . mother although 80 no". sna no' o
they md the body H. the yard , lo hs snpy H bs
,Ines TIE heal, continuing tins mechanical operation
threequater- OF AN hour although the woman had peen
e prsoner Is the coolest cslmc~t of all those pres
sent Ho makes no remark or attempt W search tue |
nn, 81 The window" wien they rnarred by Mr.
MorreiI TINT Of you two had committed tins nur
Jcr - Mr. Twtehcli mad Ia MIKE although he
Ind ample to for reflection Tho spots OF blood found
on shirt sbowed that they wco sprnsss eadse9 S S
striking Of blow Th, was the dannlhg evidences when
positively convicted The prisoner at the par, MT mageit
the Of the murder namely: The iesr OF being
his homo and dsgaccd because OF tue ,rana
which had committed IA conveying ,he propcry W ms
wife. Mr.. H. ably defended joseph GDefts charsetsr
the trial Ths Assistant District Attorney spoke OF tho
testimony Of witness for the deen-c 10 snyinR Una, he
saw two men tho house at o'clock on the nsht OF
the murder. IA purchased perjury. Mr.. haEcit con-
cIuded his remarks at o'clock
Mr.
c,aao, Of the poor prisoner My 0od. what has been
done "a my poor nothor could not oo rcpcated Dy INC
I lar has been convicted by the press aud public opin
ION Ho relies upon you to change al this ho Is
fyidnnce OF the wealth. The law of tho land
demands that you try this man IA an innocent mai. Ino
s,.n, OF Innocence HIN until he s FOUND g'y
This is not case TO te governed by probabilities or
weight of evidence Civ cases eau De 80 sovcrneu put
A. capital unless tho commonwealth
csrov every yese Of tho hypothesis OF innocencc st
M by tho defense. You cannot lawfully convict On
evidence. uncss you destroy all oihtr
Sxnoihesss The proximity OF the defendant has no
weight He was IN his house by right rs Was us h
Ne ~ IN, Common wealth claims that the witness shoui
have hca ard the outcres Of tho murdered woman ana
noises Of dogs. lie denounced to conauc. y, ns
wealth In relying upon probabilities Ia oapiam
casr where life and death hung upon the verdict ho
member tho character OF the wounds maao Hpoh .ne
hnad the penetrating cut made upon tho forehead
There MAS no outy sufficient 10 be heard either IN tha
house or the next One such wound Was smr,rna
aud defense had the sounds ~ the the Loss ,hs
defense having ,,a smpysa sasy o. i"S is'
Of murder made in the dining room being heard IN
the bedroom Of Twee The ss OF cassd 1ns SUd
nferward opened by the murderer ornnrerers xnn
fore OF The links IN the .oosed Sna .r nre sareS
Campbell II not disputed or dsnsG tnss atvd a the
violence was oomm.ea We s,a S se heard sd,nd which
persons who have since tesed inc lock III
the doS, II an are forceG to Weigh the testimony
probabilities The law steps in anu Tne seen h n
sannG, be slp"s % TSSgn e p.o"e what
,n, v M with Mr. Twitcho being able to hear tne
ringing OF the bell ON hs coming to me door 10 iot ~ 'f
..a,nder where mother isw Nothing could be more
natural lie stairs and she goes i9o 'ns s cces
Si. DIV and SIows her 10 the dead body of his mother
Ss :. the rst time that 10 bought sde by side WIN
her He sgain alluded to the dangerous saa
circunstantial evidence. IL you, genonen. MAKE S
mistake how can you s1id up your S,fb aSs blood
~ n5c,al murder on your hands All the testimony
produced by the 70 asen thc tSc real @ur
ariys T m shield themselves from suspeio Mr ~
,,s legal authorities 20 show that tue Iaorosv, ,a