New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-20
THE TRAGEDY RETOLD.
Continued from First Page.


g. spe1t most of his evenings. tie gave clear ac-
-, ot his visit on the last evening, of her life,
I'D confirmed Dr. HILLS testimony as TO the two
.i,oos they met He was informed OF the murder
~, Carroll Coleman early on the morning 1t was dis
oov.rad and fastened 10 the house, but he did
.,t see the body nor enter the room where
.+Ior The elde~ MIR. Coleman met him in the front
norlor and advised him not TO go IN. 10 looks so
horrible he said, and Won want to remember her
o. vou saw her last The witness answered Win
drectness Mr.. Roihnss questions as 10 BIS own
bls,res. and that which he had transacted for Yrs.
Uuu He was asked whether his intimacy Wth MIS-
VuIl however natural and proper III might pe' W.
81 surh a nature a. might have aroused
the iralousY of a jealous man. must
he of you.T he slowly answered, IN
voice choked with emotion = not to PAT any YltS
mons winch may seen 10 reflect upon eils. nun;
She was one % the purest and noblest or women
Mr. Rollins fastened to explain that ne h'to ~ suCl
intention, but that he referred only 10 II ~
po.sihle demonstration of their intimacy On
exr la med the witness. he was, II any ihlhI INC
,1,rs cordial Of the two Tho witness had gone 10
theatres with Mrs. Hrli ana once had escorted her
IN Saratoga but bad never gone with her without
the know ed e Of her husband
me- next witness was Nancy Francis, the COOK
She * short stout and of letty o!ackncss FROM tHe
,nomeut she was sworn she took charge OF the pro
ceedings. She was determined TO answer every
cuestion fully and in her own way, and 10 exhaust
each IA Hect utterly before entering upon anotiel'
There was a tone OF simple candor IN ali -he saln'
and there were parts OF Ter story which We're stu
frtriI Wv
huuor She had been win MIS-. nun
last Autumn, and returned on May IL she had
been four months m ali with Mr.. Huil. Tier BUS
hand had visited her AT the Hall residence iAS Au-
t,',,- INIT NOT since her return. She had not seen
INN since last March, aud didn't know whether ne
was alive or dead-and evidently dldu't care mnch.
lie won 'Tt mind her and vas constantly getting
into or uple through drink and assOciating with
"wbite oafers' Sae had made only Two calls since
her return 90 Mrs. HulIs-both on members OF
white families for whom she had worked. itH
GURUS" she said, " I'm c0l0red myself, bat never
visit colored people was taught thai when
frst came North She had been married seven
years and had lIved with her husband ali the tlne
except he might pass night or Two away upli
two wears ago when ne got into " thar scraPr WIN
r. Kramer feler' Bramer was one o. thOse
y~bife ioafers and the trouble was cider ana
shootng as far Is could make OUT Ihty
put him INFO that little Oid scaobaio uD
there and he got out ana jumper bu' GUT
~ into Connecticut as all of the rest OF the
scalayacs do up there" She told how a justice OF
rhe Peace had deceived her m order to recapture
Francis and expressed great indignation that ne
should have violated the Jaw aud gone agln JUS
Nce bv lying' 10 her. She SAID she dldnb want 20
get her husband ont OF prison because ne
but sue once paid $50 10 get him released
for fear "he wouldn't be good for nothing
when De cot out - and whom he found her IA TINS
citv las. September, she seems 10 have made every
eft 5rt TO keep him with her uDEIl last Marcb he
disappeared with few dollars or her wages Wulch
Sh. described the discovery Of the body Of Mrs.
Hull and the events preceding ~ az they had Deen
described py her 10 the jury no the house on cd
pe.llv she had gone 10 bed al 10 o'clock the
previous evening. Hallway sleep WELL Size sad;
/. bur / slept more than sleep that night. l
don't know what possessed me 10 sleep So. Jus.
dronped of aud never walked up Ull O'Clock.
Sic described with great pafhos her frantic rush
/ rougb the house hen she mad discovered THAT her
r,I.tre~s VA, dead and the stuoOr which followed
after She mad reused Dr. Huh. Il don't know now
/ ever got Downstairs she said, "I1r how
the Doctor cot down there first" Then
She t.d how she saw hun walking about
the paror with hIs bands to his face -hueiNng,
- Nv wife Is murdeTed-ob my wife Is murdered,
iu.f9tur both sound and gestures in manner
winch brought the grief o. the terr0r-strchen old
man viv.dly before the aadieuce. The inquest was
adjourned at 4.1J p. m, with Nancy Francis still on
the stand.