The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-13
The Mysterious Murder.

Mrs. JANE l.. De FoRREsT HULL was found
dead in her bedroom on Wednesday morn
ing. She lived in Forty-second street, near
Reservoir square. She was woman Of
wealth and refinement. and apparently had
no enemies. She slept In a bedroom on the
parlor floor. 1t had two entrances, one from
the back parlor and another from a wash
room that opened into the front hall. Mrs.
HULL's bed stood against the door OF this
wash room. A servant slept in the base
ment. Three persons were asleep in the
second story, five in the third, and three in
tho fourth. Mrs. HULL was the wife Of n
prominent physician. They were married
over forty years ago, but had not occupied
the same sleeping apartment for years.
Tho husband slept in the TOP story. Never
theless their relations are said to have been
pleasant. The wife managed the household.
She kept all articles in her room, saying she
felt herself fully able 10 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 OF
the gas in the hallway. She replied that
she would do it. DR.. HULL saws that he
then went to bed. The Coroner asked
whether the front door was locked. He re-
piled, "Yes, and bolted"
Two OF the third-story lodscrs say they
entered the house within half an hour. The
light had been turned of, and the hallway
was dark From that time until A. VI.
three police officers patrolled Forty-second
street, passing Mrs. HULL's door at hourly
intervals. They heard no noise. aud saw
moi In al 81. Ia.
one OF the two servants descended from her
sleeping apartment in tho 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 n hall later the cook went
up TO her MISTRESS room 10 get money a.
pay the baker She found Mrs. HULL's dead
body strapped to the bed. Strips O. the
sheets had been used. One strip was tied Ia
her right ankle, passed under the bed, aud
the other end wound around her left ankle,
leaving a foot on each side OF the bed A
second strip was fastened TO the hodstcad,
holding the feet firm. The door Of the
Mushroom had been opened, so that the left
foot could be tied down. The elbows were
pnioned TO the body and the right one WAS
tied to the bedstoad. The neck was band
aged, and a cloth was wound over both the
mouth and the eyes. All the ligaturcs were
made from bedcothng aud garments found
in the room. There were slight abrasion-
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 riled
The missing property is said to ho worth
from $1,000 10 $4,000. II couli all have boon
carried away ina single pocket Rich silver
ware and costly shawls and dresses were
untouched.
Mrs. HULL wore nlghtgown and a fan
mel pettcoat. There was NO marks Of a
struggle. Her linen was stainless and un.
torn, but there were two drops OF candle
grease on her night dress. An overturno |
water cooler ana bottle of cologne water
lay on the bed near her head. The pillow
beneath her head was wet with cologne an,
water. A second pillow lay at the bedside
against the wall. A third, fecked Will
blood, had been flung TO the floor II hac
been used in smothcrng hcr. There Wa uD
blood upon her face. it mny have been
washed away No doorlocks had beer
broken. The windows were open, but tn,
shutters were tied fast, and are fourteen
feet above the yard A high fcnce sur
rounds this ward, but careful examination
failed TO show that it had boon scaled
There were no footprints in Oh" yard nn'
no marks on the s,lls. The murdercrs haC
left no visible clues.
DR.. HULL says that he became restless nj
about one O'clock, and lighted a WAX candle
lie was awake over an hour, and then wen
60 sleep lie hcard neither cutlery uoruoi-o
Mrs. HULL used a cautl' eimWr tpthco@
found Ia her husbands room. n WIS uai
consumed but the wax las a tin-e OF pnl
blue, and is not identical with the drops O
grease found on the night dress. Incs
drops are Of a creamy color, and fell from M
adamantlne candle. Such candles hav
been found in another part OF the house
When the handaces were taken from Mr-
llULL's head the grease spItn Ncro es
planned. The murderer mad held the candl
20 his victims eyes, 10 see whether she wa
dead. and in his haste had singed her brow