Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-02-18
ga NEST OF vIPERs."

Several months ago, man by the name Of
Twitchel, in Philadelphia, with his wife as an ac-
complice, murdered his mother-in-law, Mrs. Hill.
Twitchell has recently been convicted of the crime
and has been sentenced to be hung. A cotempo-
rary gives the following sketch of the whole family,
on both sides:
''The person murdered was g Mrs. Hill, the
mother of Twitchelps wife. Both mother and
daughter had led adventurous lives. Mrs Hill
for many years kept house of bad repute in
Washington. 1t was splendidly furnished, and a
gambling apartment was attached. She accumu-
lated wealth, and attempted to bring up her daugh
ter, a beautiful girl in respectable manner. But
the influences of the mothers establishment
reached the child, and az she grew up, she took
not only one, but good many false steps," Her
mother sent her to the Sunday school and church,
and attended regularly herself, being piously In
clined and devout in her worship, while carrying
on her establishment of death and hell. Finally,
a man named Martin married the beautiful but
erring daughter, hoping to reform her. But he
could not tame the passions which had for some
time been let loose. This marriage resulted in a
divorce. The mother sold out her effects in Wa
shington, went to Philadelphia, purchased an ele-
CANT mansion, joined or regularly and deyoutedly
attended church, and behaved herself like good
woman. She won the love of rich old miser,
named Hill, who married her, not knowing her
former career.
The daughter came to Philadelphia, but was not
admitted into Hill g family. She seduced young
merchant, married man, and lived with him un-
blushingly, to the great unhappiness Of his wife
and family. After wasting his property, she got
sick of him and shuf1ed him off, taking phya-
clan of good standing in his place. The physician
supported her luxuriously for while; the asso-
ciation became notorious and infamous, when he
broke off the connection. The mother then sup
ported the erring daughter, without permitting
Hill to know it. In short time, however, the
daughter made an alliance with George 8. Twit-
chell, an elderly man, who took this depraved
beauty to his home in South Jersey as house.
keeper. Twitehell and his Ihouse-keeper conspired
to bring wealthy dentist into black-maiing
scheme The dentist had made advances to the
gay serpent, but he discovered the plot and ex-
ploded it. Young Twitchell, son of the old master
of the "house-keeper," then appeared in the play.
He seduced the beautiful house keeper, now about
twenty-five years of age, away from his aged father,
much to the annoyance of the old man, who at
tempted to save the fair one by boarding her out
in a respectable family; but it was Of no avail.
Young Twitchell married her. Soon after this al
lance, Hill, the mser husband ofthe mother, died,
leaving his wife quite wealthy. Sho played the
part of 6rstelass saint giving Literally to charl-
ties, churches, etc. A few months since, Of a
Sunday night, the widow Hill was murdered in
her own house, and the place robbed Of large sum
of money. The daughter was arrested as the in
stigator of the crime, and her husband was also
charged with the act. A curious chain of evidence