Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-08
'om the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph A
THE HILL TRAGEDY,
FiNDiwc THE sLUMc-sHoT.


New Development tefaRemarkableC Crime
THE COUNSEL FOR MRS. CAMILLA E. TwITCHELL
AS WITNESSES BEFORE THE AUDITOR MAKE
IMPORTANT STATEMENTS NEVER BEFORE
GIVEN THE ruBILC-wHAT DISTRICT ATToR-
NEY MANN, JOHN o'DYRNE AND MRS,
TWITCHELL HAVE TO SAY.
On Saturday last we presented to the rea-
ders OF the EUensng Telegraph the most impOT-
tant parts of the report Uf the auditor. Samuel
Z. Perkins, ESQ, appointed by the Court to
settle the estate of Mrs. Mary T.. Hill, who
was murdered by her son-in-law, George y.
Twitshell in her house at the northeast cor
ner OF Tenth and Pine streets, in 1868. At
tached to this report lisa voluminous transcript
of the testimOney offered before him, the most
Interesting portions of which relating to this
remarkable tragedy. we to-day lay before our
readers. Mrs. Twitchell and Messrs, O'Byrne
and Mann were examined at length, making
statements which are entirely new new to the
public,
william ID. mann's Testimony,
In the case of the accountant before the au.
ditor, w illiam B. Mann Esq. was examined
at length. He testified as fsllows:-
went to the house at Tenth and Pine streets
with Mr.. O'Byrne In the dusk of tho evening;
1t was cold night, and 1 could not tell, except
by guess, when it was. 1t was, think, how
ever, a very short time before the trial Of
lTwitchell; the whole thing is very dreamy to
me, ii Is SO long ago; we rang the bell, and
'Thorp, (the watchnian) came TO the door and
let US In; we went into the parlor and talked,
pose was simply to throw the officers attention
OF from US
WHEN WE sLIPrED INTO THE CELLAR.
We wanted to 20 into the cellar and didn' ),
want him to SEQ what we were about. We
were searching for weapon. We went to-
l wards the front part Of the cellar on Tenth
street, and near the coal box. or something
where there was an obstruction below. There
wa2 hole In the ceiling caused by the la,t
and plaster al the end Of the Ioist being knock
led of, and Mr.. O'Byrne stood on something
to reach, put his hand in the hole and imme
diately
| DREW OUT PIECE oF LEAD.
with strap attached to it. We walked witt
1t to the window; the light was very feeble
took glance at it and came away, bringin,
lit away with US. Our sole purpose was t,
fnd this. and haYing accomplished that, WI
Qsestion-How came you to know tha
that weapon would be found in that particu
lar place.
Answer-I did mol know where that weapo
Twas; was satisfied that such q weapon exist
led; | was sure Of it from the character OF tn
wounds, went with Mr.. OByrne to the pri.
Iplace, which found without much difficulty
lanythipg more than this think ought not
| as a lawyer to disclose; will say in this csn
Inec ton that
TWAS COUNSEL FOR Mr. TwITCHELI.
| THE prisoner charged with the murder of Mr..
: lHll.
II Q. Was anthing else taken from that hol,
or from The house, npon the occasion OF you
visit?
A. There was nothing else taken from tn
ihOle. This article, with the leaden handle
was made like adipsy-wOuld make u clevt
! handful. he put his hand In and drew
fright out. He did not put his hand in agail
THE moment he put his hand In he said
'IvE GOT IT."
and drew it right out. There was nothing e!
Taken from the hole, or from the house. wi
= in a position TO and know ii anything hs
been.
Cross. .examlned--I don't think we were in Il
lhouse more than six or seven minutes IN all; b
q il Is q mere guess from what we did in the hons
:; think this hole was over coal bin; think v
q passed The furnace on the left going front, al
. the hole was more on the right, about six icet,
!. Inear MS l can guess, from the northern WALL q
e days were short at that time, and it was gettii
"a we'll on towards evening; never was there /
fore or since; remember there was some effc
Y 10 get up BY MIR. OByrne saw the hole, look
/ right up don't suppose my feet were more th
81 q. Can you positively swear that nothing "
>. | taken out of that hole but the instrument y
h have mentioned!
J. A. am as positive OF tnat as man can be
l. onythiug hs secs. Nothing could have been tax
ont except that instrument without my seei
and knowing ii.
3, THE sxCRKT OF THE HOLE.
q. Did not Mr.. OByrne tell you where the
| strnmept was before you got there!
A. knew where the instrument was whel
was NJ the prison. Ii | was to say who did l
Tell ma il might disclose who did. learned II
the prison, in the presence OF more than one p
R., sou.
~ O. Who were those persons:
A. decline 10 answer, rs 1t would be to
az close facts which learned as eounsel-seer
ID which are not mine.
Y o. Did Won not learn first about the instrum
n. from Mr.. OByrne?
bs A, That can't remember; It has been Il
wears ago; 1 was counsel with Mr.. OByrne
both Mr.. and Mrs. Twitchen; was paid for
services by Mr.. and Mrs. Twitchel through
:, OByrne; L got the money from Mr.. o'Byrne
~ knew there were arrangements made to ii
money to pay Us; declined 10 90 into the