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Q-Were there any matches In the Doctors

Q.-Were there any matches In the Doctors
Q.-What kind2 A.-Lttle parlor matches.
The Coroner !strew"d three kinds of mntchee
on the table before the wtnrss. and she picked
dish In tho Doctors room. and long, common.
square. white. sulphur headed match rs OF tho
Kind IN use through all the rest OF the house.
Odd Mrs. Hull have a candle in her room7
A-Sho lad little bit in a sort OF black candle-
stick on shelf where II has been ever since I
have been there aud never was lighted. She
called It a family candle. and seemed to set
use candle.
Q-Is that tho little candestick2 A. lAiter
aglanco Mt n small bronze candestick. holding
remnant OF wax candle In its socket, \ loose
stump OF wax candle an inch long On one side.
and masses OF hard wax all over itl-fes. air ;
that's IL.
aQ.-Do you remember lighting the gas that
Tuesday night IN the adjoining room2 A.
Yes. air; ! lighted it every day after dinner
,Q-How did YOU Hight III A.-The drop
Q.-wero there any matches kept In tho back
pnrlorY A.-Nes. sir, on the mantclpiece.
QLWhat sortf A-Common birthstone
Q.-Did Mrs. Hull have any matches in her
room p, Al don't know that she did,
times / did sometimes the cook did; some
,Q-pid, you have any lighter to light the gas
Q.--What did you do with the stump Of the
match A.-Why. ] generally took IT away. 1
Q.-You say nobody smoked in the back par-
lor A-No. sir; l have never seen any one
ODD you over when you brushed and
picked up the room in the morning. find four or
i've match stumps lying around on the 0oor
Q.-Do you remember over finding about the
house any match II ke that. looking IA II II had
been chewed to brush at one end lexhibiting
Q.-Do you think H. in cleaning up Mrs Hulrs
room IN the morning you were To- pick up there
from the floor four. nveor six match stumps or
matches you would remember IN A.-Oh. yes.
,Q.-,You, would think 1t stranger A-Yes.
She recapitulated the story Of the Doctors
haht OF carrying up candle TO his room at
niRht. and her Arrangement to bring IL down In
the morning. adding that she had known him
10 take up two candles In one evening. forget
ting when he took the second that he had AL
ready carried up one. She remembered seeing
a cologne bottle. which she thought would hold
nearly half pint. in the dining room,
mstchss in tho Doctors roomi .A.1Yss sir.
sometimes scattered on the table
.OEDid you ever potice any arrnngement OF
sir He always tied HE sheets ON the bed with
black string or twine. He used to tie the
corners. think he has hole IN tho bedstead
that he runs the string through. and he had a
piece OF stick to lay ON the foot OF tho bed to
keep the clothes on.
nightcap or not2 Al never saw her wear a
nightcup hut have seen her tie a thin muslin
three-c9rnered handkerchief on her head. l
know sh" always used that. for used to flnd II
on the bed every morning with her nightdr~ss
y. lENhbtng such piece OF musin as that
describedl-Does that look like NJ A.-Yes
that's Il. She would wear one Of them a week
9qR hsr FRS head at night. Irhe article was marked
The witness denied ever having had any male
company Ut Mrs Hulls. and said that she had
no u.s.. Tor 'em." She only had two lady
friends. and the husband OF one or the other
OF them escorted her home. in company with
ms vile from church occasionally. She re-
ployed by Mrs. Hui during her I stay SV there r
Sarah. Louisa. Mary. and Nancy.
Odd you see Nancy shut up the house on
Q.-And before that3 Al was standing
looking out at the iron gate. and she was sitting
6etween the iron! and rear doors IN the base
ment hallway. asleep. went back and called
her. and she got up and shut up the house. and
8@W6atf tffiisi1 fiissi6t q 'dait h she have' A-shO always
o.@Yop did no, take any lamp or candle up
stairs A.-No. sir. because the gas was always
lighted when went to bed.
.,Q.TWho put out the lights IN the second and
third hoorsf A.-Sometimes did. and some
Odd You notice the direront kinds OF
ulary. Mrs. Boetier used parlor matches.
know for used 20 light her fire.
Q.-iou used this kind Of match Ia sulphur
maichl when you bad occasion to use any about
the house, A.-fes. cir that was the kind
lighted Mrs. Hull's gas with:
room. and the Doctors ROOM and the kitchen
A.-Ies. sir.
Odd you ever know OF Dr. Hull's buying
mRichcsp Al don't know that he did unless
he used them for himself.
The witness said thnt she could not Identify
the particular candle carried up by the Doctor
at anJ particular time, and upon being asked
II she could state positively u she brought down
q candle from his room on the morning OF the
discovery Of the homicide she again wavered
and said she could not be- positive there WAS so
much excitement there that day
Late In the afternoon Coroner Woltman met
Mr. and Mrs. Boeter In his ONCE and took the
testimony OF Mrs. BOetIer. She testified that
she occupied the second floor Of Mrs. Hulrs
house with her husband. During the time she
WAS there she snw Mrs. Hull about once a week.
She saw Mr. Chittenden several times. but had
never seen Mrs Hull and Mr.. Chitt-ndcn to-
a meeting in the parlors. Mrs. Boetier said
That she slept in the back room over Mrs.
HniPs dining room. At about 7 o'clock on
Wednesday morning, June II. she heard the
cook cry. Mrs. Hull is dend-is cold and
dead" Mrs. Boetjer. was partly dressed nt that
time. She finished dressing opened the hall
door OF the back room and went down stairs
INTO the front parlor. where she found
DR.. Hun came down stairs ahend Of the wit
ness. who saw that he was without his coat.
When Mrs. Boetier reached the bedroom OF
Mrs. Hull she saw the Doctor enter the room
aloud. During the entire night. Mrs. Boeler
believes. the house WIS entirely quiet. She
slept soundly all night. although q slight noise
usually nwnkens her.
Bristow Francis. husband OF the colored cook.
Nancy Francis was arrested yesterday In
Rrdneld y. j.. and was brought TO this city
and locked up in the Thirtieth street police
station. The police say that they can simplify
the, case by proving that he had nothing TO do
with the murder.
The inquest is to be resumed in the Police
Trial Chamber at l0h O'Clock Monday morning.