Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-04
VOL. LII. NEW SERIES. VOL. NNIv.
The Hull Murder Mystery.
now TIE MURDERER WAS TRACED AND Sc
CUGED-N DESCRIPTION OF THE CRIME
AND TIE CGIMINAT.-A GRAPHIC STORY.

The Hull Murder Mystery.
How TIE MURDERER WAS TRACED AND Sc
CUGED-N DESCRIPTION OF THE CRINT
AND TIE CEIMINAL-A GRAPHIC STORY.
From the Boston Herald.l
On the morning Of the 11th inst. the city
! of New York was startled by the discovery
! Of most atrocious crime. which had beer
perpetrated in one of the aristocratic portion:
of the city, upon very respectable lady,
! causing her death On the above-named
morning Nancy Francis, colored domestic
employed in the family of DR.. Alonzo G.
Hull, whose elegant residence is No. 14t
West Forty-second street. was mortified tc
! find her mistress, Mrs. Jane Lawrence Dc
Forrest Hull, bound, gagged and dead in hei
sleeping apartment. 1t seems that this ser
want went TO her mistress room TO obtain
some money to pay the baker. noticing on
her way thither that both front doors were
open, and thinking it very strnnge, but sup
posing it was done by some careless boarder.
/ Upon opening the door of the room she was
terrified at perceiving Mrs. Hull stretched
upon the bed lifcess, with nothing over her
! but her night-dress. She Immediately gave
an alarm, and Mr.. John ii. Coleman, a
boardcr. rushed into the Thirteenth street
/ police station, where Captain Williams was
| notified. who. with a force of detectives,
was soon upon the ground They found that
! Mrs. Hull was haund hand and foot with
/ pieces of hcd-shCct, and that a linen handaSc
had been placed over her eyes and tied be
hind her head. Around her neck. and GOV
crinr the mouth and lower part Of the face.
was a heavy polOnaise and a dark brown
shawl. twisted 81 as TO form gag. The
pillows were found in the room, one OF winch
was stained with blood, and it had evl-
IDENTIFY been used TO smother the victim.
Upon further examination, with the
assistance of the inmates of the house,
il was found that the pocket-hook OF
the unfortunate woman had been rifled and
that several valuable rings upon her fingers
had been torn off. A handsome gold hunting
case watch and chain had been taken from
the sideboard, and also a set Of amber jewel
ry. while from the commode or dressing
case an expensive cameo set and diamond
and mosaic ring were missing. \ massive
service Of solid silver plate upon the side
hoard remained untouched. After careful
examination of the house hv the detectives it
was thought that the terrible deed must have
been pcrpctrated hy some member of the
household 4 searching examination of
every occupant of the house seemed 10 dis
prove this theory. vet several officers fastcn-
cd suspicion upon Mr.. Hull, the husband "i
the murdered woman. Others thought ihai
some discharged servant familiar win inc
house had effected an entrance 10y false
KEYS and done the work: while still there
were some who thought it the work of pro-
fcssional thieves. BY far the greater num-
her. however, were completely mystified,
and " ere at their wits end To determine
which theory was the correct one. Matters
ran along in this way until Friday last, when
certain portions of the jewelry were found
in a pawn-shop in this city. II was fully
identified by intimate friends, and as the
keeper Of the shop gave a complete descrip-
,ion of the fellow who pawned the articles,
the police were soon upon his track, and he
was captured last evening, as will hc seen
from the story given below.
THE ARREST.
On Monday. June lG, colored man came
into the pawnshop Of Mr.. Sternbcrg, at the
corner Of McrrimaC and Market streets. Bos-
ton, and wanted to pawn a set Of cameo
icwelry. saving il belonged to his sister. Mr..
Sternbcrg examined the Jewelry, and offered
to advance 81 on if, which offer Was after
some hesitation, accepted. The man then
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