Evening journal., 1892-10-26
DR.. HILLS FOUL MURDER
Prosecuting Attorneys Need
No Confessions to Convict.
SOLID OIROUMsTANTIAL CHAIN.

Sixty Witnesses for the State Telling All
About the Movements OF DIR. Hill and
His Negro Murderers- Strange Actions
Of the Prisoners to Hide Their Crime.
CHEsrKRrOwN, Md, Oct. 26.-When
the nine prisoners accused Of the foul
murder of DR.. J. Heighe Hill OF Milling
ton were brought into court yesterday
Brooks and Williams, who are full faced,
copper-colored negroes, seemed uncon-
cerned So did Moses Brown, who is as
black as night. John Potts, on the
other hand, seemed TO realize his posi-
tion fully. He was nervous and looked
as though he was suffering. The other
prisoners are striplings and seemed badly
scared IL is understood the states oili-
GERS will not use any of the confessions
made at the time Of the cOroner's inquest
nor since, but are satisfied they can bring
convictions on the testimony Of reputable
witnesses, The Court House was packed
when the trial began. The testimony
was Of a nature to strongly implicate
Brooks, Williams and Barnard and
others of the accused in a lesser degree
Prior to the examination of witnesses
States Attorney Slay stated that owing
to the debiltated condition of Mrs Hill,
the widow, she would not appear in
court, and he would therefore read her
answers TO questions propounded by him.
Counsel for defense agreed TO accept the
written statement as evidence. Mrs
Hills statement is as follows:
''On the night Of April % last Dr. Hill
left home at about o'clock TO 20 to his
drug store. l did not know Of any sum.
mons for him TO go out Of town. / went
to bed and about 3 80 o'clock heard car
riage wheels at the gate. / went TO the
back window of my room and saw the
horse aud carriage standing at the gate.
When ! got to the yard / saw doctor
lying in the csrt | called my neighbor,
Mr. Ahern. and Squire johnson. who
lives across the street. Usually the
doctor told me whenever he had calls TO
leave town, but that night he did not
Telling OF the CHASTITY Find
John p. Ahern, station master and
telegraph operator of the Queen Anne
and Kent railroad, who lived next door.
the house being a double one, said: 81
found Dr. Hill with his head wedged be.
tween the shaft Of the cart and an iron
brace His body was half reclining on
the left side, the face being toward the
rear of the cart He was breathing
heavily and his tongue was sticking out
His head was bruised, and there was
deep cut in his throat His head was
not far enough under the shaft to come
in coutact with the wheel IL looked as
If the haad had been wedged there BY
force. remained by him all day after
we carried him into the house. and h,
never spoke nor rallied from unconscious
ness. He died about o'clock Sunday
afternoon.
Counsel for the defense tried to ge
Mr.. Ahern TO admit on scross examination
that the doctors head might have beer
wedged il between the shaft and traci
by the motion of the cart, but the witness
said it was not possible. He explaine,
the construction of the cart and illus
trated how DR.. Hills head was wedge'
III.
Justice William NJ. johnson, who
lived opposite, testified to being aroused
by Mrs. Hill crying, Doctor is killed
he is murdered he is ALL doubled up il
his cart He corrobrated Mr. Ahern'
testimony about the position of Dr.
Hills body aud head. He and Farme
Charles f. Comegy's started a-d huntel
for some clue to the cause Of DR.. Hill
condition. They came across the hoo
prints of the Doctors mare, and abou
seventy-fve yards from W. G.
Rolph's gate on the road TO Massey
station. found the heel of one of pr
= Hills shoes Mr. johnson said also h
and Mr.. Comegys measured the hoo
prints and they Tailed with the hoofs o
DR.. Hills mare, which they measured Of
! their return TO Millington, and ais
identified a shoe which had been pickel
up as DIR. Hills Mr.. Vickers showed
shoe to witness, which he identified i
court
Dr. ]. w. Latimer, Of Galena, dc
! scribed DIR. Hills wounds. He said tn
bruises on the head had caused concus
sion of the brain and 20 that death wa
due He said he did not think when h
first saw DR.. Hill there was the slightes
chance for recovery. He said when h
made the Dost-mortem he fonnd clots O
blood on the brain, that were undoubi
r. edly caused by powerful blow, and tha
' is what caused death.
DR.. j. X. H. Jacobs, who assisted
the post-mortem. correlated DR.. Latimel
. The cross-examinatiqn developed moth
|, ing.
First Hunt for the Fiends
! William H. Price testified to followin
! the tracks Of DIR. Hills mare. He sal
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