The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-22
She Was Landlord Hills
Housekeeper and Then
His Wife.
BUT SHE SAYS He WAS CRUEL.
And His Principal Joy was TAX
ing Out the Stovepipes on Cold
Days.

arrest of Eta NJ Hill, of New Durham,
on a charge made by her husband, Cor
nelius Hill, that she had conspired with
one William Cavanagh to rob him.
The District Attorney told the Court
that the law states that q woman cannot
rob her husband, and suggested that she
be released on her own recognizance until
the Grand Jury investigated the case.
Judge Lippincott refused to do this,
and advised that she obtain writ of
habeas corpus and be discharged by
Judge Knapp. This Counsellor G. III.
Harvey. who appeared for the woman,
said he would do on Monday.
There is an untold story behind all this.
But little more than O year ago Widow
Moran put III one of the New York papers
an advertisement for a position as house
keeper, and she offered the best of refer
ences. She received reply from Corne-
Illus Hill, which stated that he WAS the
proprietor of a thriving hotel at Tenafiy,
Bergen County, and asked her to Superin-
tend the women's department. Mrs.
Moran entered into u correspondence with
Hill, and accepted his proposition to take
charge of the hotel AS reference she
named two Governors in the Southern
States that she had kept house for, and
also President Arthur, by whom she said
that she had been employed before he was
made the Chief Magistrate of the coun-
try. She told Hill that she was Cana
dian by birth, and had been left widow
with two sons, one of whom had died.
In a spirit of equal frankness, Hill said
he also had been married, and that his
dead wife had left him three daughters to
provide for.
SUCH AN OLD STORY.
Mrs. Moran entered on her duties and
filled the position SO well that Hill was
delighted. He was more than that, for
the comedy face and quiet demeanor of
in his bosom and he soon proposed
marriage to her. She consented, and on
November IA, 1888, they were married.
For a short time her home was O pleasant
one, but she learned too soon that her
husband was given to drink. His chill
dren deserted him and he became abusive
to his wife.
When l called on Counsellor Harvey
yesterday and asked him what he knew
about the troubles that existed between
Hill and his wife, he was unwilling to say
anything, but when assured that knew
| the history of the case pretty well, he told
| me that in all his experience he had never
met such q case of cruelty as this one.
1.-THE trouble is that Hill drinks" he
SAID. Some time ago his wife came to
me and related her brief matrimonial ex-
| perience with him. She said his cruelties
| him any longer and she wanted me to OBJ
| tain a divorce from him for her. l pre-
| faced q bill and a copy was served on him
| and the next day he called at my office"
| AS the counsellor said this he showed
me copy of the bill he had prepared for
| divorce and the acknowledgment of SER
| vice as made by the Sheriff
| The bill set forth that soon after the
| marriage between Hill and his wife he
| sent away from his hotel all his help, and
| that he would not give her food enough;
! that the hotel he kept was disreputable
place, and not the frst-class hotel he rep
| resented it to be; that he was arrested for
selling liquor without license and his
wife was subp@naed as witness to ap-
| pear before the Bergen County Grand
| Jury. She told the truth and Hill was
| fined by the court.
| 1t was December 4, 1883, when this hap
pened, or less than a month after they
| were married. Hill was fined by the
| court and was unable to obtain a license,
| and for that reason he rented hotel at
New Durham, in this county.
| HILLS ALLEGED CRUELTIEs.
| The bill goes on to recite that once
when she was in bed Hill came into her
room and after using frightful Language
/ threatened to throw her out of the win
! dow, and that it was a frequent occur
renee for him to swear at her in the pres
ence OF strangers.
| The bill also stated that a favorite
amusement of his was to slam the door
on her whenever she opened it with the
| desire of hurting her, and that often she
was injured in this manner, Once lie
| slammed the door on her and she was
much bruised. This occasion was on
| March s, of the present year, and on the
same day he seized her by the throat and
threw her on the floor. When she got up
he did the same thing and choked her,
calling her vile names and saying, "I'll
cut off your wind; I'll bury you" In
this encounter, the bin states, he broke
several of her teeth.
| She was so much injured that she
wanted doctor, but he refused have one
sent for.
| On December s, less than a month after
| they were married, he caused her arrest
! because she tried to obtain some of her
clothing, the bill states, but he refused to
| appear against her, although the Justice
| of the Peace sent for him. He said he
| only wanted to brighten her. He refused,
SO the bill claims, to permit the servants
| to obtain the clothing belonging to them
| that was in the hotel, and caused much
| trouble by this action.
TAKING DOWN THE STOVE PIPE.
| During December, Hill, it is claimed by
! the bill, one night took the stove pipe
| from the stove and lowered all the win
dows, and to prevent being persisted with
| cold she was forced to go to q neighbof'S
house, where she remained until nine
o'clock at night. When she returned
| home the doors were locked and she
could not get into the house. She re-
turned to the neighbours and at eleven
O'Clock again tried to get into her home
| Hill refused to admit her and she was
/ compelled to sleep on sofa at the house
of the neighbor.
| The exposure she received caused her
] to be i'll for two days, the bill states, and
although she wanted a doctor to attend
| her Hill would not permit it.
! In addition to this. it is alleged that he
refused to purchase food, and when he
found any about the house he frequently
would hide it, He told the grocers and
| others not to trust her. II is also alleged
| that Hill cast reflections on her chastity,
and appeared to take pleasure in calling
her vile epithets
! On Monday, April s, Hill, it is alleged,
again took down the stove pipe and until
! Friday there was no fire in the house, al
| though the weather was cold IL made
herin and while she was In bed he came
| to her room and cursed her and threat
ened to throw her out OF the window.
| HILL AND THE LAWYER.
! Counsellor Harvey told me that when
he had served ON Hill this bill OF com
plant, that individual called at once ON
| him and wanted the case stopped. lie
was told that this could not be done
without the consent OF Mrs. Hill, and a
couple Of days later he called on the
counsellor aDd brought his wife with