Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-07-05
HERDSTOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA. SATURDAY, JULY 1872
MRS. HUII.S MURDERER.

The murderer of Mrs. Hull, Of New
York, was arrested in Boston Tuesday
night and is now in custody of the po-
lice authorities. His name is Chastine
Cox, copper colored negro, who has
been employed as a waiter for year
and a halt in the neighborhood OF the
Hull residence in New York city. This
negro made his appearance in Boston
week ago, and, as is now known, went
into pawnbroker shop, where he dis
posed of cameo set of jewelry. About
the same time the superintendent OF
pawnbrokers received from New York
description of the property, and this
set was found by the officer in 4 pawE-
brokers' shop in Boston. The pawn
broker then furnished the officers with
description OF the party who pawned
it. The search which was then COM
menced revealed the fact that the negro
Cox, after getting rid of the jewelry,
went 10 New York and remained there
two or three days. In the meantime
he made some alterations in the charac-
ter and color of his clothing. Mr.. w.
r. Balch, newspaper reporter in Bos
ton had obtained a description of this
man, and yesterday evening while walk
ing along Shawmut avenue he observed
colored man in front of him with an
other man, and the appearance of the
negro impressed Mr.. Balch as very
much in accord with the description
that had been given by the pawnbroker
of the man who had pledged the cameo.
After careful observance of the party
Mr.. Balch approached him and enquired
if he could direct him to Bunker Hill
street, and TO this enquiry the negro re-
sponded that he could not, as he was
stranger in Boston, from New York.
This tending to confirm the impression
that he was the person wanted.
Mr.. Balch watched until he saw him
enter colored church, and then has
tened to inform the police authorities,
who sent a detail of officers and made
.he important arrest. Cox made no re-
sistauce, but went quietly to the police
station, where he was searched and
Mrs. HuIl's watch was found on him
and thoroughly identified. lie was not
reticent, aud said in answer 10 questions
that he had lived tor long time oppo-
site Mrs. Hull's house, and at the time
of the robbery he entered through the
lower window and went up stairs to her
room. lie further said that his purpose
was robbery alone, aud he did not in
tend to kill her Private detective Otto
and police officer Schmittberger, OF
New York, have gone TO Boston and
visited Cox at the station last night.
He was fully recognized, and also gave
evidence that he knew the police otii-
Ger. Mr. Caryal Coleman, who lived
in the house with DIR. and Mrs. Hull,
who is also in Boston, visited the police
station last night and recognized the
prisoner as a man that he had seen ire-
quently on the opposite side OF the
street from the Hull residence.
The negro has appeared very calm
and Indifferent since his arrest, and has
talked without much hesitation ia Civ
ing details OF his crime. He went home
on the evening of the night on which
Mrs. Hull was murdered at 6 o'clock,
and remained in the house where he
was employed until 10 o'clock, when he
went out again. He had a key for the
door at the Hull house, but he was una
bic TO make it tit, and consequently he
raised the window in the lower story
and fastened it up so as to provide for
himself easy means of making his es-
cape from the house. He had a candle
with him. On ascending the stairs he
heard some one snore, and thought 1t
was a man. He blew the candle out,
walked into the room and stepped up
to the side of the bed.
Mrs Hull awakening asked, "Who is
it?" "The DOCTOR" replied the negro.
She put her hand up and touched his
face, as he was standing close TO the
bed. The robber threw her hand back
SO that she could not touch him, at the
same time laying his hand heavily over
her mouth. lie then got hold of the
cologne bottle and dashed cologne in
the face of the struggling woman, after
which he got upon the bed and made a
gag OF the bed clothing. She was by
this time in an exhausted conditions and
he tied her in the manner in which she
was found in the morning after her
murder Afterwards, Coxs relates, he
relighted the candle, and holding it
close to her face the cologne ignited,
which accounts for the singing OF the
eyebrows and other burns on the per
son of the murdered woman. The rob
berry was then committed, and the rob-
Der made his escape, soon leaving New
York for Boston. He repeats his state
ment that he had no other motive than
robbery in the assault that he made.
The police authorities do not think
there is anything of the reckless bra
yado about the negro, but on the cor
trary that he is very cowardly. He is
a native of Powhatan county, Va, and
is about 32 years of age. In addition
to the watch which Cox had on him
when arrested and which was immedi-
ately identified by the initials and the
words, "Christmas, 1878, and other
words. he also had the masonic ring or
namented with the figure Of girl
which has been described frequently
since the murder. The person who was
walking with the murderer when Mr..
Balch was first ATTRACTED by biz appear