The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-06-10
MURDERED BY HER HUs-
BAND.

BAND.
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Atlanta Or. Mes York r,m.- III.
In tke Superidr Cuurt 81 this county
todsS was called as~suNler case which
has excite. as i,Ieose interest in
Atlanta as dill the triA! Of Edward
Cox for the murder If Col. Aston.
There we're So many peculiar circum-
stances connected with. the crime Tor
which Samuel Hill was today called
% answer that che pr,greas Of the tsial
will be watched with great interest.
Hill vas indicted fr the murder Of
John Simmons If January 3Oth. A
jury was obtained after seventy men
had been examined. The defense was
led BY Gen. Gartrell. while the States
case was managed by Solicitor Ben.
jamin Hill. The defense moved to
continue the case ON account Of the
sickness Of the woman who will testify
that Simmons setluced Hills wife.
Judge Hi'lyer gr nted continuance
for two weeks.
Three years ago Hill married. q Miss
Spinks Of Atlantis. she was famed for
her beauty and. while the members
of her family did not move in the
highest social circle, they were good
people. who felt pride in the beauty
aud accomplishments Of their daughter.
Hill was q gambler, and he met Miss
Spinks BY chance. He was then 4
handsome fellow, with a pleasing ad-
dress. He won Miss Spinks from
among many suitors, and they were
married, Notwithstanding parental
protests. After his marriage, Hill
stayed IN Atlanta very little. He
spent most of HE time in travelling.
His wife did not lose her love of con-
quest when she married him, and
while he was away she received
marked attentions from several of her
former admirers. Hill heard of this,
and it displeased him. He told his
wife that such proceedings must be
stopped, and she promised to obey
him. Last December. Hill came back
to Atlanta after q long absence. The
first night after his return his wife
kept him awake nearly all night, cry.
ing and asking him il he loved her.
He suspected that there was some
thing wrong, but could obtain ND in.
formation as to the cause of her emo
ton. The next day he spent about
the club rooms Of the city. About
night some one told him that he had
better 20 home at once. as strange
things had happened there. He
rushed to mis- home. On the door he
found . card written BY his wife, and
read these words: "When you read
this I will he far away. l know you
loved me. Yours" The colored
people in the yard told Hill that his
wife had gone away in . close carriage
with a man whose face was muffled.
After searching for his wife three
days, Hill found that she had left the
man with whom she had fed and was
at the houses of a relative in the
country. He found her, bitterly
upbraided her. and demanded the
name of the man who had taken her
from him. She refused to tell him.
and Hill then swore that he would
find out lift took him all his life. He
left Atlanta for several weeks. While
be was gone notes were sent to his
wife urging her to leave hes seclusion,
and fly vith tone who loved her bet.
ter than life" Hill returned just in
time to intercept Que of these notes
and it gave hin a clew. as he sup
posed, to the guilty person. After
looking at all the circumstances. he
made up his mind that the man who
had dishonored his home Was John
4. Simmons, a young druggist Of
great popularity in Atlanta. He
then made up his mind to kill Sim.
mons, on sight. On January 30th he
walked the streets oil day looking for
his victim. At two o'clock he found
him in a bar.room. Walking in
he came up behind HIM and SAID
1--WE got you now. have Simmons
turned, and Is he faced Hill, the lat.
ter fired o revolver in his face. The
ball entered just under the nose and
penetrated the brain. Simmons fell
senseless and died that night. Hill
gave himself up to the police. Sim
mons friends claim that he never had
any communication Of any kind with
Hills wife, and that Hill shot the
wrong man. Public feeling is strongly
against the prisoner. 1t is rumored
that the defense will reply on the
theory that Hill had brooded over his
wrongs until he lost his reason, and
did not know whom he killed.
What to Teach Boys.
A philosopher has said that true
education for boys is TO teach them
what they ought to know when they
become men. What is it they ought
to know then +?
l. To be true: to be genuine. No
edncat;on n worfh suvfh;nc that 1c&,.