Evening journal., 1892-04-25
MURDERED ON THE ROAD.
DIR. j. II. Hill Attacked BY Drunken
Negroes and Stabbed to Death

Ne Was One of the Most Promising
Young Physieians on the Peninsula
His Faithful Horse Brings Him Home
After the Assault Pools of Blood
Along the Road.
One OF the most horrible murders that
has been recorded on this Peninsula was |
committed near Milliugton. Md, on
Saturday night, when prominent citi- |
zen Of that town was assaulted aud did |
in short time. and tie way In which the
deed was done shows the perpetrators TO
be nothing less than hsnds.
Dr. James Il Hill, promising young |
physician OF Millington, WAS the victim.
he had been att snding a meeting Of the /
Cleveland Club OF Mlllington, which had |
been organized In that town with
membership Of over 100.
Shortly after 10 o'clock he left the |
club to 90 see a patient, James Shaw,
who lives on the farm Of c. s. Hurlock, |
near Massey's station. The young |
physician started for the place in a |
road cart, in which 1t was his custom |
to drive around among his country |
patients. The cart was a comfortable |
one and by means Of backrest, q mans
body. whether living, or dead, could be
keptin il.
NEGROES wAYLAID HIM.
The dastardly deed is supposed to have
been committed about 10 80 o'clock aud
the guilty parties are supposed to be a
gang Of drunken negroes
BRoUaHT HIS MASTER HOME.
singular feature Of the affair was
that after the deed had been committed
the horse wandered home, and the doctor
was found in his carriage by his wife,
about a o'clock on Sunday morn
ing, in an unconscious condition.
There were several bruises on his head
and body and his throat was cut clear
through to his tongue. There was
another knife wound in his neck about
two inches long.
SEARCH COMMENCED.
Immediately after he was found a
searching party was organized and
his carriage tracks we're followed to the
supposed scene of the murder At this
place the horse had been turned around in
the road and run up a steep ba..k at
the side. The dirt and stones were scat
tered around as II the horse had given
the villains a struggle A cuff Of the
doctors and several pools of blood marked
this spot The party then followed the
track OF the horse and carriage TO
Massey's to a hardware store where the
horse had turned around aud brought
his dying master to his home.
THE wIFB's' CHASTITY FIND
The doctors wife had become alarmed
at his long absence, and when she heard
the carriage come up she went to the
door, and her horror can only be i'm
agined when she saw her husband
NWn uad IN Iu
lifeless laying In his carriage,
She summoned aid snd her husband,
who had started out so full Of life in the
evening. was carried into the house limp
aud helpless aud laid In bed
Medical aid was summoned but
with all the medical skill he
could not be brought back to conscious
ness. All hopes for his life had been
given up, but the hopes of all those
present were that he would rally sufi-
ciently to give some clue to his asssil-
ants.
DIED WITHOUT SAYING A WORD.
But their hopes were in vain, for at
$3.50 in the afternoon he died without
speaking one word Five physicians
we're at his bedside at the time Of his
death Dr. Hill was 81 years old aud was
one - Of the most popular mel : in
luC NlClulll III WHICH uc llNb4
lIwife and baby Survive him.
He was also a prominent member of the
M. E. Church at that town and Red
Man. About two months ago he had his
life insured in the Mutual Reserve OF
New York for 90, 900.
ALL THE CHURCHES CLOSED.
No services were held in the churches
all day yesterday, as the excitement over
the murder was at fever heat and people
from all over the surrounding country
hocked to Millington and excitement
reigned supreme.
NO ARRESTS MADE.
The state coroner will hold an inquest
to day. No arrests have been made,
but detectives are now at work
and isome startling develop
ments are expected. The whole
community Is in furore Of excitement
over the murder and business is prae-
tically at a standstill. So many prom.
inSnt citizens are compelled to trave
the public roads at all hours of the
night, that the affair is looked
upon as a public disaster and unless the
people become mos quiet, the FIRST man
placed under arrsst will stand a pool
chance for life II taken near the town.
THE MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME.
What motive the 6snds had il
committing this murder is not known
The young physician had no enemies
in the whole county. Many assert
however, that the negroes must hsv'
organized and determined to slaJ
the FIRST white tman who cam
along, out Of revenge for Ton
Campbell, who was killed by whit
men in a bar-room fight on Chris tina
eve. since which time the negroes hav
frequently become turbulent and rae
riots havesbeen threatened.