The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-24
The Negro Francis. Important Testimony.

eIrN. ms WIS lnllpNFh llN 0flA alAfSA-
Cox mnde a fun confession OF the murder oil
Mrs Hull
The Negro Franei.'s Important Testimony.
The inquest into the cause Of death OF
Mrs. DR. Hull was continued yesterday. The
room was filled with listeners. Inside the rail.
on either side Of the Coroner. were John l.
Davenport District Attorney Phelps. Assistant
District Attorney Rollins. Capts. Williams and
Kealey. Deputy Coroners MacWhinnie Cush-
man. and Miller. Detective Dorsey. and John d.
Townsend and his inseparable companion, DIR.
Hull. the husband OF the murdered woman.
There WAS 10 perccptihle ventilation, and the
throng suffered from the heat
The Coroner I'm adjourn ing the inquest re-
fused to dismiss Bristow Francis, because Mr.
Townscnd requested that hn be- held for a time.
He il expected to testify about III" colored men
that may ha suspected. He suffers from n"u-
ralgia and he was told quite privately by per-
sGn t1sR tis is whsESsy" While he he is in the ctys
service.
Isp9rts. It cannot go on h.,G, t9,mor5i2Gw or
continued on Thursday. There are
detectives at Babylon, ,nvestigating a., a
many years ago Detective Srhmiuberger and
another detective are two OF tho men wh9 are
out They made the arrest IN Boston. IL Il
said that the iewelry taken 10 Boston. and
offered there at a pawnshop. was OF
worth while TO 90 ali the way to Boston to pawn
H. The watch cost only t39i ana tho chaln
but $40 The police are start ed into eNtrn eau
ton hy the news from Boston and il was almost
Impossible to find an official who would open
his mouth on the sahIrct last night oi1cer
eaid yesterday that the man who gave the police
the first news OF the Boston discovery claimed
b have obtained his information from police
pniiceman pIg io IN the penitentiary, said he. III
was sure il was true. and could find the man"
Those who are acquainted WIN me me ins,Se ,S
movements OF the police say that the tacts IN the
case are that Private Detective Otto and John ID;
Townsend who Is the comuanion OF Dr. nun
at the sessions OF the Coroners jury. gave the
Information to the police on Saturday, and the
conferences that lasted so long and Interested
e. many infueAtiul city otfi"ials WINS the result
Of this news. Ii is said that the New York and
DDstun u,i,iCo wcrO in close "cnsu tati"n hy wire
Last night before definite news WAS obtain ed
from Boston there were ns many contrnd ctory
statements as there were OH 'inls To make thcm.
For instance. one person, shrewd detective
by Yesterdays news. Another official. on the
other hand declared that the original theory
Other information. that sremed TO be re-
liable. was that the l'welry which was
recovered is not what II Was repre-
sented to be. II did not come from the Hun
mansion But il was SAID that news hn1 been
Obtained which enlarged the inside theory
and brought in an acromplico THIS accom-
pce was said 10 h- a colored man. and WINS
known 10 boz in Boston. II was not Thought ne
would be- found soqui'kly; j w1~ positlvely stat,
In the case. The persons who will be n rrested
being needed as witnesses whom II Is neces.
6nry to keep out Of the way Oi those VINO might
desire 10 tl row obstacles IN the way ot the po-
lice.
uous In the inVestgallom oi the murder
conferred together in Capt. Wiamss room. NJ
the Thirtieth Precinct station. superintendent
Walllng was seen. without cilhrr coat or y'st,
busy at something Capt. Williams said he
would have no news for tho press. ana no one
else al tho station would volunteer any IN
Hermann Bootier. testified that he. with his
smiI GoPsisting 9' Ro witSadH Hn s,nPSI@ngH PSonsa f.
knew nothing OF the habits and affairs oil MIS-
The deposition Of Mrs. Boetier. as published
IN THE sun oi Saturday lust with that OF her
daughter. Miss Leonora ii. Cleveland. was
read, The latter was in the main. merely cor
Mrs. Maria waring Of i37 West Forty second
street testified that she saw Dr. Hun front doof
open at 6's o'clock on the morning after the
murder. -
George D. Hyde testified; reside at 14O West
Fory-second street, and am connected with the
silver mining business. have lived In the
family Of Dr. aud Mrs. Hun since January, 1877.
have known Mrs Hull since lo55. on III The
for dinner nj 6 O'clock. and about o'clock
vent out / returned about 10 o'clock, after
the services in the Grand Union Hall. When
l returned | went, into the dining
room for q glass Of water, Mrs. Hnll
cards. aid mot not see see the Doctor at that time;
went 10 M room. and by twenty or TWENTY-FIVE
minutes past 10 O'Clock WAS ia bfh hthru no
noise during the night. In the morning. some,
whore between aud o'clock. heard fearful
Scream rs II somebody WAS IN grent agony.
jumped NJ TO tho window and looked out bu'
saw nothing and went back Then there was
another scream, and looked ont into inc hnl
whore | saw Nancy, screaming tnat Mrs nun
was dead. and MIR. Coleman holding her; shak,
Ing her. and telling her 10 hc quiet. l dressed
myself and hurried down stairs rs quickly as
could. The first thing saw when got down
% the back parlOr WAS DR.. Hull standing win
lis hands above his head. eNclainllng; She's
dend--she's dead-shes murderedI
Mrs Hull WAS a very codrageOus woman. one
who did not know what feur was, but he could
not iudgs how the sight Of thieves in her bed
ehanbcr ~ night might have affected her.
Mrs, j. VI. Ballard. who with her husband oc'
cupled u" rooms adjoining mat oi Mrs Cole
man on tho third hOOr 0f Mrs, HUNS house les,
uned that they retired at lOs on the night OF
lhe murder, ana heard no noise until The alarm
was given IN the morning, Mr. j. A. Ballard
husDand Of tho preceding witness. corroDoraled
heT testimony. -.
john II. Coleman testified: reside al lao
west Forty second street: am In tho oil busi
ness, manufacturing tanks and cans. l occupy
three rooms. My wife has one on the secone
noor Ny son aud myself one each on the fourif
Moor. Mino is beside Dr. Hull's. On Tucsdai
even lng. the 10th inst. came in at III o'clock
or about that hour. The house was then A.
Quiet and dark with tho exceition Of my son'l
room Oh tho fourth loor. 10 (. mt, where. ns
could Asa fran the stIeet bright liRht wa