The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-13
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80. Thc deceased lady was nearly sixty
a"ln' ., age. and probably on account OF
ts', ,oars and her corpuIency slept in .
%' rnor, on the Sround.foor adjoining
'"'' n.rt narlor or dining-room, and leading.
t.N ~" into the front hall, the door OF
eHt|hs; i said 10 have been found open.
VIZ" :. no theory 20 account for the crime
t"'iS .,ho, Of robbery. Mrs. Hull slept apart
cA,s'h rr husband. Dr.. Hull, who occupied
from rom, !, The upper part Of the house; but
!"' ,ras 10 Dreyert the former from being
,n!.s,.~he3 br night-calls, and the family
"','" van. .pncar 10 have been happy. The
It tar inmates OF the house were seven
p," ",a and Two colorcd servants, cook
"'i' ISnusrraid. None OF them were dis
.,,rhed bv any noise during the Night ana
;D',,, rho Iocation Of Mrs. Hulfs room her
ari~. il she uttered any, were more iiKeiy
:. no heard on the sidewalk IMAM IN the
w,nor mr., OF the house. The body was
nps ad tci,h the feet tied 10 the rails OF the
va ,hc arms bound, torn sheet wouDd
..,HysA The head. covering the mouth and
go, snd Il shawl and dress twisted about
,ic neck. Death WAS the result OF strangu-
l3ijon. .,,
These are. in brie', the horrible facts.
By WHOM THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED
;.o, urescnt 4 mystery, and 1t will not be
..,rnriSiur il the case should go down into
E..ory rs n companion to the Bu.dcil, the
Xotban. and other unpublished murders.
sn,l mere are strong facts in this case on
which 10 base theory that may lead TO the
direction Of the guilty parties. The bind
;n, ., the victims ewes and the tying OF
L,3 legs seem conclusive proof that rob
l,ary without murder was intended. The
otd'lady cou!d easily have been killed out
RIGHT. Why should she have been secured
from moving If her murder had been de-
,ioncf: Again, il the robbers were I'M
known 10 her, or did not have some pecu-
liariy. such ~ color, to furnish Gle" 10
their identity. why should her eyes nave
been hound> II is known that the murder
err had candle in their possession, because
ihcy had looked into their victims eyes so
closely ~ TO burn one OF the Drows ana
drop the grease on the side OF her lace.
They no doubt used tins candle rs SAFER
,b4n rasliyht IL searching for the jewelry,
and it is plausible TO suppose that, alarmed
by the poor lHdy's inaction, they looked
mo her eyes. and. discovering that she was
dead. became terrified and fed before COM
,lr,jng the work OF plumber. This theory
would account for the otherwise singular
Igc, that, while the villains took watch
snd chain from bureau in the dining
room. they left 4 lot OF plate which lay
close by.
4 finger Of each hand had been slightly
c,l nv the tcarin" of OF i diamond and an
emerald ring worn Ivy the victim.
INTERVIEW WITH DR.. HULL.
Wien the Heraid reporter approached
p:. Hell he rather avoided an Interview,
but answered Il few questions abruptly. His
aprcarancc hardly denoted that he had lived
ioy scvtnty-four years. His hair had been
Owed, but the gray was making successful
struggle to Gust the innovatng color. He
wore long beard OF iron gray, and his eyes
O, mild blue look ont from below plentiful!
rycDrows. The general expression OF his
face was 50 quiet as 10 be cold and uninYlt-
ing. He wore Il plain brown suit or clothes,
md held his hands clasped behind him.
TIE reporter asked him il be had any clcws
10 offer aS TO the method used by the perpe-
tfstors OF the fearful crime for getting into
ltr house or their identity. He said :" No"
very briefly.
.'llow long were you married to her."
Ever since I was young man."
she was your only wife,"
Yes"
And you lived happily with her?"
"IcS."
"What was her maiden name"
"DcForrc>t.'
WAS she an American ?"
'.She vas born in New York.
And her father was"
"WaS merchant Lawrence DcForrcst
have told that TO twenty people this after
uUOn.'
"llavc You heard OF any intended ar
rests"
NO. There isn't evidence enough t
base any arrests on, is therc!"
This was asked with a keen glance at TIT
reporter, who shook his head in ignorance
Of better answer, and Dr.. Hull moved
away.
HIS TESTIMONY.
Not many minutes atterward the jury en-
tered that room, and Coroner Woltmai
called DR.. Hull before him. He asked bin
1 series OF questions. which we're answered
in 50 low a voice that the surrounding jury
men could scarcely catch his replies. III
said that he last saw his wife alive at haif
past 10 O'Clock on tie previous evening. A
friend named Samuel Chittenden was visit
ny ;Lcm He left at about quarter a1tel
u. and his wife went into the back room
ilp thought the windows there were shut
q her icwclrv he could furnish but mea
re de,crlption. He believed she wore 8
G.nnnnd and an emerald ring. She always
wore rings OF some sort. Her watch was kepi
n lie drawer OF the Sidcboard OF the real
l2g!Or. He thought she kept some cameo
earrings there also. lie first heard OF the
harder al : O'Clock i'll the morning, when
The cook ran upstairs crying, I" Mrs. Hull is
dead He heard no disturbance whatever
during the night. Before going upstairs nc
saw, As usual, that the front doors were
locked and holted. When ne came down
stars the next morning the lower bolt oil
the outside door WAS drawn up, and the
upper bolt OF the inside door was pulled
a'Wn.
Were you up durin. the night ?" asked
tornoncr Wo!t,uan.
Yes; ] was up for one hour. [ got ur
nt'i o'clock, and went to bed again Al ..
lii my gas. and t.!rued itdown TO about can
delight"
Did you 90 down stairs ?"
~ did not leave my room. | was up or
!hc previous night in the same way, being
unable TO Sleep
Coroner Moltman then informed the jury
hat they would be notified when again re-
CURED. and most OF them went away.
III all not less than 81 500 or So 600 worth
q !ewelry was taken, and probably some
honey, though bow much is not known.
WHO DID IT?
il is known that Mrs. Hull has changed
pr servants somewhat frequently, and that
Spme OF those which she has had-all being
tpiored-haye had good many callers, and
% this account it has been suspected that
same OF these callers may have planned
aud executed the robbery. As cOrrOOo.