, 1873-11-05
THE HiLL-H0XIE: CASE,
The Testimony Of Mrs. Still and
Detective Stiles. J.:
Letter from George w. Hin, Esq.

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/ Sin: Your article OF Saturday Inst. entitled
"sauucl Of Tho 1leon Jowott Murder" aoema
like MI nttompt To Hcroon Nir. Josopl1 T. Clark
gon's reputation at tho oxponAo Of 1nino. 1
thank you therefore, for the column which YOU.
! nslow mo, and will oconomtzo II III beat I Gnu,
stating fnos, md lot tho public judge whore tho
o''ium l,olongR. will any, howovor, tliat, IT
Joseph =. ClarlBon himself Ind written your
editorial, lo could not havo glossod LIS conduct
ovor moro atsccoasfully than TINT does.
Tho first thing TO DO dotlo il to correct tho
nlaty crrorB Of your article, for which, it is FUR
to suppose, your informant il. responsible, as
editors do not evolve fauts from thoir inner co-
gclous,,uHB.
Passing by tho romance Of tho Introduction,
Which il I'LL we'll onotlgh to oulist readers, como
to tho point where romance ought to stop and
matter OF tact aot In.
THE CERTIFICATES.
First, then, after stating what youcall "tho
theory or Mr., Olar1sson's clonts, for which
theory tho reader Ia made rcnly by what pur-
ports to bo straightforward, almost historical,
narration Of factb which aro not 1acts. tho arti-
clio says that 11oxio "paii no moro attention to
tho certificates III his possession, and mover too
my stops to got II patent to the land"
This iB ,,ntrto, and your informant must havc
known 1t. hayo III my posgoHsion authenticated
copies of tho original letters OIL flo III tho Land
Of'lco ut Washington, showing TINT Joaeph
lloxio, after obtaining the absolute transfer Of
tho certificates and tho land from Robinson, on
the 2oth day Of Juno, 1886, applied, i'll
July, 1886, for a patort to bo Issued
" in the namo Of Josoph Ho1io tho owner
Of the certiticntos," which, lattor woro fo:-
wartlcd to Washington Mt tho snme tlmo. Two
patonts woro issued, each for 1GO acres Of tho
land. Ono Of tho patents was sent to 1Ioxio IN
1880; ho delivered it to mo, together with Ills
conro ynncc Of tho lands and tho original certil-
Gates, whom I purchased Of linn I'll Alny,
1870. Tho other patent was delivered
to mo by the Commissioner Of tho
Land-OilIco. Those authenticated lettors nro
part Of my evidence III l1ill VS.. Hoxie, M
Mr. Clarkaon worry vol knows.
Au to my procuring "ndocd from Mr.. Hoxie
ent, that III tho negotiations botwec,ii i lin and
INC, ho WAS advised throughout by hiB son, Ma
thaniol B. lloxio, thon and now prominent
]nwycr Of Now York City. whoho deposition in
my behalf forms part Of my proofs liz tho caso
fnthor llnd any fault to find with me.
Again, you Btnte that tue certificates fwcro
found in III old safo, where thoy haa lain soma
thirty years, as II yon would convey tho idea
chase, when tho fact IL, that ho aud his son, na
the lattcr's deposition showH, had beon in cor
rcspondonco with parties hore for the sale of tho
property,
yo1, stute. My decree was obtained in August,
1870.
M1ls STILL.
I now como to aLrg. Emma r. Still, whom YOU
correctly Gull Alr. Olarlaon'a "only witnoss,''-
tho sister Of Richard r. Robinson, "spiritua-
r. Y iut nr,1 af3,3 hor
testimony proves, calrvoyant, u Btro1nE
md sometime lecturer oil woman's
rights: living separate, though not divorced
from, her second husband ~ 1acans Of this
!: Yon BAY that. ''Aftcr considerable acarch
throughout the country, this Bistor, Mrs. Still!
was fo'lnd in st. Louis" She swaarH that
nootE-whom you atylo lawyer, but WHO il {.
teamboat-captaii,- i,-irtorviewcd her in Now York
City in August, ..187l, touching her testimony.
mud ngan interyiewed her on tho Same subject
at Albion. Mich, III tho summer Of 1879. Sl,o
uwears aleo that CIarlson went to Now York,
and there learned she was in Albion. aud visited
to ills salt from M Albion, aho % tcatilod, '' sl,o
came 10 Chicago, and was hero three weeks
preceding Nov. 10, 1919, stopping ut tho Wonan's
llonle, where aio was visitel by Mr. Carkson,
md called also ut his Office Her Testimony
consultation with several par:ics horo,-amons
whom, Rho testified. was A1r. GARRISON, ,-sl,o do
ternined to go, and lid go. to st. Louis, where
so stuid al tho winter OF 1929 living on what
aas,,,. so cGula .;n reks together by her various
Of february, 1873. notwithstanding moro
than your had olarsea Bil,ce Mr.. Clarlsson
brought his suit, and lad at lust, after much
opposition from him, rot the case rot for hearing
for the 1Gt day of Nlay, 1873.
Mrs. Emma X. Sill, following the language Of
. cross-Quostlon put to hor, answered il us fol-
lows:
No. Aavc 10 interest In the Hubjnct-,uattcr OF thiH
ntsy o recovered t1lerci nor my reward eonlpu-
.aion whatsoever my participation tlscron aa wilt
reas nor for tho rAlno uf tho Information which
avo furnished relatyo TO tho matcr in controversy.
. The three neStqucstions and her answers wcro
theRo;
Q-llars you llorcufore received any money or either
valuable thing III cosGratlo OF or OIL account of the
str"ceH mud information, referred to III the lust inter-
foEato,y?
Q.llnve yo, 10 expectation wlatoycr Of any rrcg-
cnt 0r reward from any person III OF tho
success Of Catherine and Hccor alciiuy lit this ault
A.-Kono wlindyer.
should h.vc IN that uvcnt, rome present, cun,ensa
don' Or roward'
A.--h0.
Mr. Clarkaon wnH present while nil these quos-
tiona wore aRkod and n1sGorott.
:. Now, Mr. Editor, had or my attorney known
then what wo know HOW, viz. that this Alrs. |
Still had IN Aor trunk, ere IN ST. Louis, ocl,-
mont drafted by Joseph T. CIarkAol,. aH 10 will
my oyidonca on file, and OF which now give a |
|itere! copy. l should certainly hayo llstl tho
question put wl!nther Mrs. Stil'H daughter VAS
to receive any present. compensation, consitlcra-
tion. t3. or reward, dependent upon tho result OF
tlia suit. Here is
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