Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-02
Excitement in San Bernar-
dino About Hill.
His Return First Learned of
Through the Herald.
He Is Likely to Be Roughly
Handled if He Stays.
Mrs. Hill Arrives in San Bernardino.
Her Uncle Talks the Shotgun
Policy-A Plan to Drive
Him Out of Town.
Special to tho HERALD.

the person who acted as a go-between
with Miss Wozencraft and Frank E.
Hill in writing to Miss Wozencraft
about his story to the Examiner, re-
Gently said: 81 lied to the Examiner
reporter and to my father, as was so
stated by Miss A. Wozencraft. I am
Hill's friend"
Hills wife is now in the city. Miss
Wozencraft will have nothing to dowith
Hill, who is still at Mr.. Andrews.
An effort will be made to run him out
of town tonight, when he will be roughly
handled if any of the relatives of Miss
Wczencraft get hold of him..
The HERALD's exclusive publication
of the fact that Frank E. Hill, the
alleged bigamist, had returned to San
Bernardino, caused much excitement
there on Saturday when the papers ar
rived. 1t was the first news that Miss
Wozencraft's relatives had OF his pres
ence in their midst, and Of the reconcil-
iation which had taken place between
him and the girl he had so outrageouslv
deceived
The San Berhardino Courier of Sun
day contains the following account OF
how the HERALD's account was corrob-
GRATED by Hill and Miss Wozencraft,
and the danger the gay deceiver is in
from the girls angry relatives:
Much excitement and comment was
caused yesterday among the friends of
Miss Wozencraft when they learned that
Hill was in this city. The near rela-
tives of Miss Wozencraft learned for the
first time yesterday OF Hills hiding
place here, and as result tragedy was
nearly enacted last night. Hills life
will not be worth a puff OF wind If he
insists on remaining here.
From q relative OF Miss Wozencraft
the Courier reporter learned OF Hills
presence here and his whereabouts.
HILL INTERVIEWED.
It was learned that Frank Hill was
lodging atthe house of Mrs. G. w. An
drews, professional nurse, who resides
in the Bradford house on Walnutavenue,
between A and B and Fourth and
Fifth streets. At about 8 O'Clock
last evening the reporter called on Hill.
The door was opened by Mrs. Andrews
and the reporter invited inside. Mrs.
Andrews retired to another room, and
from a whispered conversation that fol-
lowed it was evident that che was talk
ing to Hill himself. In few moments
Mrs. Andrews returned. She then stated
that Hill had been very i'll since his re-
turn to San Bernardino, and was even
then on sick bed. However, the re-
porter could 60 in and see him.
On entering the room Hill was found
living upon bed. A white coverlid was
drawn over him and with a handker-
chief held between his face and the
light, to protect his eyes, evidently. He
looked quite like sick man, which he
undoubtedly is. What purported to he
confession of Hills, printed in yester-
days Los Angeles HERALD, was shown
the sick man. He said: THAT is all
true, except that where DR.. Bedford g
name appears it should be DR.. Stewart
of Fairhaven. / have been here since
Tuesday last, and am broken down,
mentally and physically. l have in
Wozencraft. I have asked and been for
given by her. have come back to San
Bernardino to live it down, and will stay
here until do. am not an embezzler,
as has been stated in the papers,"
HIS NURSE THINKS HE is ABUSED.
Mrs. Andrews, who was present, said
that she was professional nurse, and
would take care of anybody who came
to her house. In Hills case she felt
that she was under obligations to him.
''He has been very kind in the past to
my little boy, who is an invalid. Mr..
Hill came here Tuesday evening and
asked me to take him in, and he has
been here ever since. think that Mr.
Hill has been very much abused. OF
course he did wrong, but he shows by
coming back here that he wishes to do
what is right. There are lots OF people
in the world worse than Hill. I am
professional nurse; it is my business to
take care of sick people who pay me.
Mr.. Hill is q sick man. He has some
goood friends here among the best peo-
Pile. A number of these will probably
call upon Mr.. Hill tomorrow"
The Courier then reproduces the
HERALD's article, and continues as fol.
lows:l
MISS wozENcRAFT INTERVIEWED.
A Courier reporter on Saturday found
Miss Mary Wozencraft at her home,
corner of Fifth and B streets. Miss
Wozencraft seems to be laboring under
great mental strain, but is strongly in
sympathy with Hill, the man who
basely deceived her. Drawing a Los
Angeles HERALD from his pocket, the
reporter asked of Miss Wozencratt:
Are the statements in this paper true
regarding you and Mr.. Hill?" The re-
porter was startled to receive the reply /:
Yes, they are true"
Miss Wozencraft no doubt loves Hill
with an undying love, and is willing to
give him another chance, and continu-
ing, she said: II think man who has
been so threatened and abused by the
people as Mr.. Hill has, and who had the
courage to come right back to the same
place, and willing to clear all up. should
receive some consideration. / know he
deceived me by not telling me that he
was married man, but then any one is
liable to make mistake acting on the
spur of the moment. Don't you think
so 2" The reporter answered that she
could not or had no way Of telling
whether Hill was sincere or not, and
that by his own confession he was a
muchly.married man. Her brother,
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