Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-07-01
The Hull Murder Case
ZEE cAFTCsED NCEpER-E'S MOVEMENTS
AND SAYINGS N EoSToS-TaE VERY
LATEST CONCERNING TIE NATTEE-Ils
WIFE AND MOTHER N RICHMOND.
W. c. ELAN,
W V WILSON, JR

. Aftat L iaLtaes Al.r lAttArltl 81 AI4c,
Hull, was brought from the station
house this morning snd PLACED in cell
in the basement Of the City Hall 10
await the arrival Of Capt. Williams. Of
I the New York Police. lie valves the
+ Formally Of re9ui=i;ion, and returns
20 New York voluntarily. This fore
I noon be was taken 10 Blacks and photo
Craphei A large crowd followed him
F to and from the City Hall. and the base
ment OF the hall for couple Of hours
was pretty well filed By crowd whose
( desire to gaze upon Cox was 10, graft
( fed. Cox. since his arrest. ha: told the
officers thai lie had no idea that Mrs.
, Hull Was dead until twenty-fcur hours
sitter be committed the robbery.
( Early this morning Sergean; kmowlg,,,
Inspector Leggrt aud Officer Wood Wis
tied the prisoners room, No. Il. North
Grove street, where they found two
( trunks-one Of them 4 large travelling
{ trunk, marked on the top F. \. Pat
moy. so Madison avenue" and on tile
I end Emma Archer, Richmond, Va
/ There was also large black leather va
/ lie containing an sssortmen Of gentle
mans underwear. &C.. and carpet-bag
containing kit Of uphols,cr's tools
An umbrella and fancy cane complei-
( ed hi, outfit. The trunks held large
( quantity OF clothing Of the finest mate
rials, some Of which had evidently been
recently purchased.
! Cox says when he was in the room Of
Mrs. Hull she anokc, and recognizing
the peril -I,s was in, exclaimed, what
ever you DO don, Kill me" lie then
placed his III, hand over her moa:h, she
struggling al tie tin, 10 release he'.-
/ Finally she hccamc .nic;. be holding
her firmly al the time. and taking The
. shce, in his RICH, hand, he tore II viii
his teeth into strips. l.c placed one end
Of the sheet over her mouth. and ti.-n
proceeded to bind her, a. her body wa.
aftcrward, found Ills object Ia licing
her 10 the bed was because lie feared She
might manage 10 roll N on the lour and
thereby make noise which would
arouse some Of the inmate, Il the house.
lie says he had no i.ca that be Va, eXcr.
ci,ing violence sufficient 10 caUsr death,
or even that serious result, wCult fol-
low the affair. At this jnnciurc lie did
no. have tie least idea that the woman
was going 10 die. Al:er tigiug her fcri
he says lac lighted n piece q; candle he
happened 10 have IN l.- pocket. lie re-
turned 10 the kitchen, where De- got pos
session OF the watch. and subsequently
found the rest Of the jcwelry IN the bu-
reag drawers ana 10 lie hcl-"hamUcr.-
on lis return to tic chamber. finding
Mr.. Hall breathing hard. lie 'erame
frightened. and ssiz.ng the bottle Of
colougc poured il, contents over her
fare. As >he continued 10 breathe hard
he dashed pitcher 81 water over her
person. When he Nas searching for The
ievelry he went through the ,lUuk of
his victim, and al'cF pouring water over
her face, hn,tly fed hy the 'front.' door.
which he left open after him. lie says
he did not outrage Tie poor womari, and
/ further that such though; never en-
tered his mind. On leaving ilc house
he returned to BIZ lodgings OF west
Z Thirty-sixth street, ard got home aud
into bed without any Of the inmates
knowing Il. lie never drank anything,
50 hp knew what he was talking about.
! Tic first he knew Of the murder he
SAYS, was on the next day, when riding
/ on an Eighth avenue car the driver re-
marked: "Whal terrible affair that
was last night On foriy-secoud street.
+. see Mr.. Hull has been robbed and
murdered" Cox says when he was
told this the blood rushed up into hi.
/ head mud be- fct as II ho wa. burning
Amer leaving tie driver he went mp 10
. Fory-ihird street. ai on passing opro-
.itc Mrs lluil's house saw Detective
Schmirenbefgcr and other detectives
lie laid hc did not dare look 10 Mr..
lIuli's house. and 0oht TO INT. lolciugs
lie started for Boston on 'hc Thursday
! following the murder, reaching here
Friday morning. lie returned to New
/ York to get bis thing, passed the New
York detectives again. They did not
suspect him, aud he came back to ,hl.
city safe again on Friday last. The OH
GERS to-day recovered at the raun-shop
/ Of Cohen, No. IL Green street, dia-
noud ring stolen from The Hull mansion
aAd paw aed by Cox. Captain Williams
len fot New York to-day with Cox.