The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-03
The Mystery SOlyed...Arrest Of the
Murderer Of Mrs. Hull, Of New York.

thorities. His name is Chastine Cox, a
negro who has been employed as waiter
for a year and half in the neighbor-
hood of the Hull residence, in New
York City. This negro made his APP
pearance in Boston a week ago to-day,
and, as is now known, went into
pawnbroker shop, where he disposed of
cameo set of jewelry. About the
same time the Superintendent of Pawn
brokers received from New York de-
scription of the property, and this set
was found. by an officer in a pawn
brokers' shop in this city. The pawn
broker 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, after getting rid of the
jewelry, went to New York and re-
NAMED there two or three days. In the
meantime he made some alterations in
the character and color of his clothing.
Mr.. w. r. Balch, a newspaper reporter
in this city, had obtained a description
Of this man, and this evening, while
walking along Shawmut avenue, he OBJ
served colored man in front of him in
company with another man, and the
appearance of the negro impressed
Balch as very much in accord with the
description that had been given by the
pawnbroker of the man who had
pledged the cameo. After a careful
observance of the party, Balch APP
preached him and inquired if he could
direct him to Bunker Hill street, and
to this inquiry the negro re-
sponded that he could not, as he
was a stranger here from New York.
This tending to confirm the impression
that he was the person wanted, Balch
watched until he saw him enter the
inform the police authorities, who sent
a detail of officers and made the inn
portant arrest. Cox made no resist
ance, hut 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 cues
tons, that he had lived for a long time
opposite Mr.. Hull's house, and at the
time OF the robbery he entered through
lower window and went upstairs to
her room. He further said that his
purpose was robbery alone, and he did
rot intend to kill her.
The negro has appeared very calm
and Indifferent since his arrest, and
has talked without much hesitation in
giving details of his crime. He went
home on the evening of the night on
which Mrs. Hull was murdered at six
o'clock, and remained in the house
where he was employed until ten
o'clock, when he went out again. He
had a key for the door of the Hull
house, but was unable to make it fit,
and consequently he raised the win
dow in the lower story and fastened it
up, so as to provide for himself easy
means of making his escape from the
house. He had a candle with him.
On ascending the stairs he heard
some one snore, and thought it
was a man. He blew the candle
out, walked into the room, and
stepped up to the side of the
bed. Mrs. Hull, awakening, asked,
"who is it, "The Doctor" replied
the negro. She put her hand up and
touched his face, as he was standing
close to the bed. The robber threw
her hand back so she could not touch
him, at the same time laying his hand
heavily over her mouth. He then got
hold of a cologne bottle and dashed
cologne into the face of the struggling
woman; after which he got upon the
bed and made a gag of the bed-cloth-
ing. She was by this time in an ex-
hausted condition, and he tied her in
the manner in which she was found in
the morning after her murder. After
ward, Cox relates, he relighted the
candle, and, holding it close to her
face, the cologne ignited, which &C.
counts for the singeing of the eyebrows
and other burns on the person of the
murdered woman. The robbery was
then committed, and the robber made
his escape, soon leaving New York for
Boston. He repeats his statement that
he had no other motive than robbery
in the assault that he made.