, 1879-06-30
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

AhnUHAotlnV Cox Escaped, Would Or. Hull
linvd Bfcn Trtass?-Thr Web Of Evldenoe
that tho follrn fIad Woven Around Him
The Motives forhtl's Murder Supplied, nn,l
thn Opportunity nn1 Manner Theroof
| rIaualbty Accounted For.
fr.c lnrk San. JHns n.
| In yesterdays St!n Capt. Wtlltama WAS ut1otctl
as saying to reporters: sFortlnys wo l,ave lad
| our minds on a man who has offered To
testify under oath tint Dr. full spoke
to him three different times about mur-
derfnR his wifo; talked to him about tho
easiest way OF committing murder, and talked
ut length about the Nathan murder, md other
mysterious murders. No; can't give You the
minis nanIe but he professcd hlmaoit willing to
20 on the witness-stand at tho Inquest anl
swear to these things, and II thls man Cox
hudn't been found, the man would 1,avo boon
put on the stand, md his testimony would have
sent DR.. Hui! to the Tunbs, and. likely enough,
would have hanged him. Now, am convinced
that tllo rascal was lying to u.s. 1cau'L tell you
any more now. We haven't decided what to do
with this fclow.''
At the Hult inquest Yesterday Mr. Townsend,
referring to this statement, put this question to
Cnpt. Williams:
Q:-Ia Il !snc, that somo person told you that
Of; Hall had talked to bin REGARDING killing his
mt speak to mo nbont It, but knew wlat he bad
sa-hG ,Tsr T. ao mad' these representations
Q.-1Iow long afle. tho murder did that come to
Jour knowledgef Al think It was the second
Q.-Coutd ron rive his nnmof A.-Eo. sir.
Coroner Woltmnn-Th news was brought 10 rho
CoEoucr'a oEftco that such statements bad been
nrver askod lie rolatod his story and 1t was lis.
tened to. and The testimony was not produced here
for reasons we'll Known to thoso Investigating tho
1 1O not think 1t Ia nf tht4 a nj
at. It was NOT brought hare, and cannot DO
et%Sqsh nes; ~ s M H.
matter Of Information, ~ 70 would lis to know
x, soresar .!s weltmao ttn.et,uptlns>-1 hoard hi.
stoty two OF three stmcs. and could g,ye, II nacea
savy, rcason for not inqutriu9 hls name.
:, Dr.. Hull has certainly had narrow escape
from being tried for tte murder Of hts. vile.
Lad chastine Cox mot been captured, it !, is now
ncknoW lodged that such testimony ngalnst Dr..
Hull had been co!lated hy The nolco for the
Gra,ll Jury TINT his Indictment would have fol-
lowed a' q n'atterof course. At o'clock on
Monday night, fey minutes before Cox WIS
|. have news from Boston TINT may shake our be-
ltef IN DR.. Hutl'a uu.It.' At II o'clock on tho
salne night tllc same official and oil bis naso-
ctatcs 10 the case were aware that negro OF
whom they knew nothing, but who had actua,ly
tostlcd them on the streets agntn willis they
built up their wn1l Of proof around the Doctur,
was Without doubt tie guilty, self.coutessed
Wtvucrcr.
Tie evidence whtch tho police expected to
show was substantially thls:. Dr.. Hull a,,tl his
wife lived lnharptlv together. For eighteen
years hu md sho had occ,1nied separatc apart
!nents. For many years abe had received at
band md wife up to the date OF her death wcrc
peculiar to the extent tlnt, although her rooms
were Tie means ot her support, be occlDfcl an
apartment. for which he pnid irregu1arly, md
tcuden made the Hull mansion, to
all iatents and PURPOSES, his home DR..
Hull was snubbcd by his wife, who did not ad-
nit him to 1lcr confidence, uid not take him. on
or her household af{a!rs. She lived Ia q blazo
Of light. went out to entertainments and gave
enteEtatu1rnts at home. her husb,n having
but little part tn her lifc, and noue whatever Ia
when he prospored md was ,rlch. ahr atdcd htni
socially, anl he overlooked her pccuiiarittes.
uut a. the time Of the murder hu was without
busincst, mouer. or friends, and thus was annl-
The police found letters ID the house hywhIth
they expected to prove that tliere was jealousy,
md probably hatred md misery, in the Hull
Mrs. Hull wrote that her husbaiid's nn'sindness
was sucl that ahc did not cure II she never ssw
hor i,ome again. In another shs defended her
behavior while awar.. She wro1e that tile man
si'c was with In Saratoga lived in. SEPARATE
housc, and was so aosorncd In stock operations
t!at sho seldom saw him. -
l:was sworn to on tho stard TINT On the night
Of the murder the Old Doetor overheard Chit
tsuden H. mud Mr. TIL talking ot large stosk
ae!tlo little ior !" the old Doctorn IN the shape
Of fifty shares Of d certain rtock, II sho con-
tinlet to prosper ln Wall street. Chittendon
s.aysd 1s5s s'tl hSlf Gnst 10 oclos and w1en ho
tory in tho basement. Mrs. Hull prepared to
retire. shc shut tho front parlor door,
threw hcr lawn dress On : chair ID
lors, continued her undressing in the back par-
lor nnd IN her bedroom, md finally shut tbs
back parlor windows und tho door leading 10 tho
ha an sft hatt IT. o9en @ The wiqdoT !o zig ltttle
bed beforc ..he murder: Nancy s Fransis nS % beard
him At work in h's laboratory when she went
si.,rs TO- bed hS No ,,s one heard n% h enn the
Which IL next 10 hIs. Nancy 'i slept viii; viii
t1er door open, and soSs TINT hcs sleep vas more
sound than eyer before. 1hu Doctor krow,, she
IN alra. Hul''s room. 1le was q sklfull chctn-
tst. There seemed to the police reason for the
helfef TINT pr. Hull calorofoF1ned ths woman.
He took biz candle, thoy said different from
either killed hta wife before she wakcd OF Gu
gagged in quarrel with her nver disposition
ol her monev. Or expressed his suaplcions
9East Ca'ssa1n d "a hla anger followed
II was considered bT tho police IN established
fact That M1d. Hull was rendered unconscious,
then killed.. a chemist, not burglar. would
tte fun'es Of eshsf wy lie e1oedIert oi sktii-
ful chemiat. Tho, Doctors mind could bo
proven to be Of an Inventive turn. Inventions
Of Ills had brought him $la5. 900, which ho had
sSssrs sss pso espe.ps s a s0yfGa Fl G A Sss S; aud
After Mrs. Hull 1led, 4Aii tic police IL Nas