The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-06-25
.rlIE HULL MURDER.
Arrest Of an Aeeompiiee OF Cox's- The
Former Good Character OF the Murder.
Grille will 20 to New York without u
Reputation. HU


colored, to whom Cox gave portion
Of the jewelry he stole from Mrs
Hull on the night lie suifocated til,
lady, has been arrested and the missinI
iewelry recovered. The girl was asleeI
when arrested and around her neck wa
the topaz necklace.
Bella johnson said her acquaintance
with Cox began last winter, When he wa
cook for family in Twenty.second street
and procured her a place in tue same
house, to do general house work
Hc gave her the jewelry soon after
the 10th inst, the day OF the
murder. She also said that Cox came to
her again, Wednesday last, saying he had
Just returned from Boston. Hc then gave
her one Of the rings stolen from Mrs.
Hull. The next day ho asked her 10 pawn
the ring for him; she refused, and got an
old col0red woman to pawn It for her.
The woman did SO and obtaining $50 oil
the ring, the thirty dollars were given to
Cox who left, saying ho was going to BOs.
ton.
CoX's ASTIcEDIST LIFE.
A reporter Of the Ewning Post to-day
found the landlady OF the house where
Chastine Cox, the murderer OF Mrs. Hull,
formerly lived. She Is u Mrs. Robinson,
and said, when told that Cox was arrested
for the murder, ~ never would have be.
lieved II OF him. lie was the most quiet,
gentlemanly person ever had any deal.
ings with. Well, am sorry for him and
his mother"
Mrs. Robinson said that Cox had friends,
many OF whom were connected with the
Abyssinian Baptist Church, Waverly
Place, OF which he was a member. She
said he paid his board bills promptly for
two or three months, when he lost his po.
stion. lie never appeared to have q great
amount OF money, but this didn't appear
10 cause him any great uneasiness, as he
was OF very jOvial disposition, and was
continually joking and playing tricks up!
on his fellow lOdgers.
4 short time after he left he secured
situation as cook in the house OF Doctor
on West Twenty.second or West Twenty.
third street. lie remained in this posi-.
tiOn for three weeks and then left, giving
as his reason that he didn't like the char.
acter OF the people In the house. He paid
up the balance OF his board due, and from
this time on he had no work, except odd
jobs at laying carpets. Mrs. Robinson
said that Cox was very steady in his hab-
its, although he frequently staid out all
night. When he was away this one
night, he explained his absence the next
morning by saying that he had lodged
with a friena down town. She had never
heard him speak OF any woman, but he
had said that he was widowGr, his wife
having died while he was in the South.
Cox said to Mrs. Robinson on Wednesday,
llth inst, that he was tired Of loafng
about the city, and that he was going to
Saratoga 10 look for work.
Later in the day he said he was going 10
ionkers where he had been offered sit.
uation as cook. He left the house about
O'Clock that evening. He was very jovial
and babe her good bye in a hearty man.
ner lie was net in the house the pre-
vi0us night. She saw nothingof him un-
til ths Monday Of last week, when he re.
turned with stranger whom he introduC.
cd as Mr.. Bacon or Beekwal. This man
he said was employed on one OF the Sound
boats, and his home was in Newport; he
remaining about the house, going about
the streets with his friend aud did job
Of carpet laying last Wednesday. He set.
tied up all his arrears OF boarl and up
peared to have more money than usual,
although he made no lavish display OF It.
Friday morning he told her he was 60.
ing to Newport to visit his friends. She
told him she was going to leave the rooms
on the lst of July, and she jokingly said,
II lIn was not here she would put his
trunks on the street, He was engaged all
day In packing the trunks aAl goods,
which he sent away about one O'Clock,
going himself about two hours later.
Geo. Taylora boxers ,at 0wney Geoghans',
has been arrested. He is colored man.
Belle johnson gave himone Of the rings
Cox pressntel to her. lie and the girl were
at the Coronsr's Office to-day, and were
subsequently, sent to tho house Of 4eteH-
ton.
DIDN'T INTEND TO KILL nER.
Cox, who killed Mrs. Hull, will return
voluntarily to New York tonight. To-
day he was taken to a photograph gallery,
and large crowd followed him 10 and
from City Hall. Cox told the officer that
he had no idea Mrs. Hull was dead until
twenty-iour hours after the robbery.
cox's CONFESSION.
BosroS. June Cox, the murderer Of
Mrs. Hull, says in his confession that
when he was in the room Of Mrs. Hull and
the lady awoke and recognized her peril,
she begged him 10 take anything OF hers he
wanted but not to kill bpr, He then plac-
ed his loft hand over her mouth, she
struggling all tho time to free herself.
Finally she became quiet, he holding her
firmly all the while, and taking the sheet
in his right hand he tore 1t with his
teeth into strips. He placed one end OF
the sheet over her mouth and then pro-
ceeded to bind her as her body
was atterward togDd. His object
in tying her to the bed was
because he feared she might manage 10
roll OF on the floor and thereby make a
noise which would arouse some ol the in:
mates OF the house. He says that hp had
no idea that he was exercising violence
sufficient TO cause death, or that even Serl.
Gus results would follow the affair. At
this junatare he did not have the least
idea the woman sas going to die. After
tying her feet, be says hS lighted piece
Of candle he happened to have in hiS
pocket, and which he had bought some
time previous, in pursuit Of his honest oc'
cupation. lie returned to the kitchen
where he got possession Of the watch,
and subsequently got the rest Of the jew:
elry In the bureau drawers and in the bed
chamber. It.t
He then returned to the chamber, and
finding Mrs. Hull breathing hard became
frightened, and taking up bottle Of Co.
logne poured the contents over her face.
She continued to breathe hard and he
dashed d pitcher Of water that stood by
over her body. When llo was searching
for Tho iewelry he went through tho
trunk OF s!!s victim, and after pouring
water over her hastily fled by the front
door, which he lett open after him. He
did not outrage Mrs. hnll, and says
that no such thought ever entered his
head. l'i 5
On leaving the house he returned TO his