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A MYSTERIOUS CRIME.
The Killing of Mrs. Jane T.. De FOrres
Hull i'm New York City.

A MYSTERIOUS CRIME.
The Killing of Mrs. Jane l.. De Forrest
Hull in New York City.
from the New York sun, June 49,
Mrs. Jane l.. De Forrest Hull was
found dead in her bedroom on Wednes-
day morning. She lived in Forty-second
Street, near Reservoir Square. She was
woman of wealth and refinement, and
apparently had no enemies. She slept
in bedroom on the parlor floor. 1t
had two entrances, one from the back
that opened into the front hall. Mrs
Hull's bed stood against the door of this
Mushroom. A servant slept in the
basement. Three persons were asleep
in the second story, five in the third,
and three in the fourth. Mrs Hull was
the wife of a prominent physician. They
were married over forty years ago, but
had not occupied the same sleeping,
apartment for years. The husband
slept in the top story. Nevertheless
their relations are said to have been
pleasant. The wife managed the house
hold. She kept all articles in her room,
saying she felt herself fully able to take
care of them.
On Tuesday night Mrs. Hull played
whist until after 10 o'clock. An hour
later her husband asked whether he
should turn off the gas in the hallway.
She replied that she would do it. DR..
Hull says that he then went to bed.
The Coroner asked whether the front
door was locked. He replied, eyes,
and bolted."
Two of the third. story dodgers say
they entered the house within half an
hour. The light had been turned off
and the hallway was dark. From that
time until a. m. three police officers
patrolled Forty-second Street, passing
Mrs. Hull's door at hourly intervals.
They heard no noise, and saw nothing
unusual. At O'Clock, however, one
of the servants descended from her
sleeping apartment on the fourth floor.
She says she found both the inner and
outer front doors open. She closed the
inner door and went down to the
kitchen.
Two hours and half later the cook
went up to her mistress's room to get
money to pay the baker. She found
Mrs. Hull's dead body strapped to the
bed. Strips of the sheets had been
used. One strip was tied to her right
ankle, passed under the bed, and the
other end wound around her left ankle.
leaving foot on each side of the bed.
A second strip was fastened to the bed
stead, holding the feet firm. The door
OF the Mushroom had been opened, so
that the left foot could be tied down.
Inc elbows were pinioned to the body,
ana the right one was tied to the bed
stead. The neck was bandaged, and a
cloth was wound over both the mouth
"a the eyes. All the Ggatures were
ade from bedclothing and garments
ound In the room. There were slight
abrasions on the face and the body.
valuable rings had been torn from
Mrs. Hull's fingers. Her gold watch
and chain were missing. Her purse
was empty, and her trunk had been
broken open and rifed. The missing
property is said to be worth from 81 ,OC0
70 $2,oOO. 1t could ali have been car
rled away in single pocket. Rich sill
verware and costly shawls and dresses
were untouched.
MIS-: Hull wore a nightgown and a
flannel petticoat. There was no mark s
OF struggle. Her linen was stainless
ana uniform, but there were two drops of
candle grease on her night-dress. An
overturned water-cooler and bottle of
cologne water lay on the bed near her
mead. Inc pillow beneath her head was
wet with cologne and water. A second
pillow lay at the bedside against the
wall. A third, fiecked with blood. had
been flung to the floor. 1t had been
used IN smothering her. There was no
blood upon her face. 1t may have been
washed away. No door-locks had been
broken. The windows were open, but
the shutters were tied fast, and are IA
ieet above the yard. A high fence sur
ROUNDS this yard, but careful examina-
tlon Jailed to show that it had been
scaled. There were no footprints in the
YARD, and NO marks on the stills. The
murderers had left no visible clew.
Dr. Hull says that he became restless
at anout one O'Clock, and lighted wax
candle. de was awake over an hour,
ana then went to sleep. He heard
neither cutlery nor noise. Mrs. Hull
used candle similar to the one found
IN her husbands room. It was half
consumed, but the wax has a tinge of
pale blue, and is not identical with the
drops OF grease found on the night
dress. These drops are of a creamy
color, and fell from an adamantine cam