Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-24
The Murderer of Mrs. Hull Arrested in
Boston through the fundamentally
of a Newspaper Reporter-ScOre
One for the Reporters
Graphic Account OF
the Arrest Of
The Fiend, who Proves to be a Saddle
COlOred Waiter Named Chastine Cox,
Makes Full Confession and Says
his Purpose was Merely to
Rob and Not to Kill.

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quart er past SIX o'clock in the morning she
was looking out of her window, when she
saw a window In the upl r story of DIR.
Hulrs house thrown open and a man put his
head out and look up and down the street
81 seemed to spring to the window. 1t was
not Dr. Hull: Mr.. George ID: Hyde, resi-
dent of DIR. HulPs house, testified that on the
night of the tenth instant he returned home
and saw Mr.. Chittenden and Mrs. Hull play
ing cards. Witness went dir ct to bed.
The next morning, con after six O'Clock, he
heard fearful screams, threw open the win
dow and looked out, then opened the door
and saw Coleman, and Nancy, the cook.
dead" Went down stairs and met DIR. Hull,
shaking and exclaiming, "She's murdered"
Went in the room and witnessed the most
CHASTITY sight he ever saw.
Various witnesses who boarded at Mira.
Hull's testified that none of them used
candles in their rooms. Charles w. Low, of
Ridewood, gave testimony which proved con-
husband OF the coiored cook, was not In New
York at the time of the murder. The testi
mony of Mr.. Francis himself showed that he
was in New Jersey at the time.
Coroner Mailman then addressed the Jury
and said: Gentlemen, there are several
persons who have to be summoned as wit
nesses IN this case and whom the officers
nave ANG yet UCSH GOtC u subpoena. AS III Is
important that we should have them here,
will have to adjourn this case without date,
for don't know how soon we may be able to
reach these people. No stone will be left I'M
turned to sift this case, which is surrounded
with so much mystery, to the bottom. A
full and thorough examination will be had
by the authorities, and l will notify you
when | will be ready to go on with the case
and when l desire your attendance" The
Iunnnst thnn alJOnrnod
THE MURDERER ARRESTED.
BOSTON, June 23.-The murderer of
Mrs. Hull, of New York, was arrested
in this city tonight, and is now in GUS
tody of the police authorities. His name
is Chastine Cox, copper colored negro, who
has been employed as waiter for year and
half IN the neighborhood of the Hull resi-
dence, in New York city. The negro made
his appearance In Boston week ago to-day,
and, as is now known, went into a pawn
brokers' shop where he disposed of cameo
set of jewelry. About the same time the su-
perintendent of pawnbrokers received from
New York description of the property, and
this set was found by an officer In a pawn
brokers' shop in this city. The pawnbroker
then furnished the officers with description
of the party who pawned it.
THE SEARCH
which was then commenced revealed the fact
that the negro Cox, alter getting rid of the
jewelry, went to New York, and remained
there two or three days, and in the mean
time he made some alterations in the charae-
ter and color of his clothing. Mr.. w. r.
Balch, newspaper reporter in this city, had
obtained q description of this man, and the
other evening, while walking along Shawmut
avenue, he observed a colored man In front
of him, in the company of another man, and
the appearance Of the negro impressed Mr..
TlnIa 4
sGription that had been given by the pawn
broker of the man who pledged the cameo.
After careful observance of the party Balch
approached him and inquired if he could
direct HIM to Bunker Hill street, and to this
inquiry the negro responded that he could
not, as he was stranger here from New
York. This tending to confirm the impress
SION that he was the person wanted, Balch
watched until he saw him enter a colored
church, and then hastened to inform the
police authorities, who sent detail of officers
and made the important arrest.
THE MURDERER IDENTIFIED.
Cox made no resistance, but went quietly
| to the police station where he was searched,
| and Mrs. Hull's watch was found on him and
| thoroughly identified. He was not reticent,
| and SAID In answer to questions that he had
: lived for long time opposite Mrs. Hull's
| house, and at the time of the robbery he
| entered through the lower window and went
| up stairs to her room. He further said that his
| purpose was robbery alone and he did not
intend to kill her. Private Detective Otto
and Police Officer Schmittberger, of New
| York, have arrived here and visited Cox at
the station tonight. He was fully recog-
| he knew the police officer. Mr..
| Coryal Coleman, who lived in the house
! with DIR. and Mrs. Hull, who is also in
Boston, visited the police STATEN tonight
and recognized the prisoner as a man that
he had seen frequently on the opposite
| side of the street from the Hull residence
| HIS CONFESSION.
The negro has appeared very calm and in
| different since his arrest, and has talked
| without much hesitation in giving the detail:
| of his crime. He went home on the evening
of the night IN which Mrs. Hull was muir
dered at SIX o'clock, and remained in the
| house where ne was employed until ter
| o'clock, when he went out again. He had 6
key for the door of the Hull house, but he
was unable to make it fit, and, C)nsequently
he raised the window 10 the lower story and
fastened 1t Up 20 ~ to provide for himself ar
easy means of making his escape frold the
house. He had candle with him, and on as
cendng the stairs he heard some one snore anc
thought it was a man. He blew the candle
out, walked into the room and stepped up I:
the side Of tie bed. Mrs. Hull awaking
asked,
| "wHo is TIP"
"The dcctor," replied the negro. She pu
her hand up and touched his face, as he wal
standing close to the bed; the robber threw
her hand back so that she could not toucl
him, at tie came time laying his hand heavi
ly over her mouth, he then got bold of TIT
cologne bottle and dashed the cologne int
the face of the struggling woman, afte
which he got upon the bed and made gag
of the bed-clothiug; she was by this time II
an exhausted condition, and he tied her II
the manner in which she was found In tn
morning afte- the murder; afterward, Coz
relates, ne relighted the candle, and, holdins
it close to her face,
THE COLOGNE IGNITED,
| which accounts Tor singing the eyebrows anC
other burns on the person of the murdered
| woman. The robbery was then committed
and the r-hhar made his escape, soon leav
ing New York for Boston. tIa repeats ri
statement that he had no other motive thai
| robbery in the assault that lac made. In
police authorities here do not think there
anything of reckless bravado about him; o.
| the contrary, that he is very cowardly. ID
is a native of PoYhattan county, Virginia
and is about thirty-two years OF age. II
has been stopping at No. II Grove street
while in this city, at the house of Mrs. Dlggi
and it was his intention to go to ProVldenc
Immediately, and endeavor to get berth q
cook or some foreign-bound vessel. He WI
be taken to New York. probably, 10 moro,
afternoon, by Officers Otto and Smicht
berger. In addition to the watc
Cox had on him when ARRESTED
and which was Immediately identified by th
initials, the words Christmas, 1878" an
other marks, he also had a mosaic rinl
ornameuted with the figure of girl, whic
has been described frequently since the mul
der. The person who was walking with tt
murderer when Balch was first attracted