Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-21
HILL AGAIN.
The Dashing Drug Clerks
Career.
Some Incidents in His Eastern
Record.
How He Sold His Wife to Her
Lover.
He Married an Heiress who Eloped
With Her Lover-The Bargain That
Was struck-An Old Time
.eg Tragedy.

On January Sd Frank E. Hill, who
had been drug clerk in San Bernar-
dino, was arrested here on the charge of
bigamy and it was disclosed that he had
been on the verge of marrying Miss
Wozencraft, of that place. The charge
was dismissed, however, and Hill was
released, going to San Francisco, where
he now is.
The Examiner of Tuesday contains a
story of the young mans escapades in
the east, from which the following ex-
tracts are taken:
About five years ago there lived in the
town of Greensburg, Pa, Judge Wood,
and with him Mollie. his young, beauti-
full and fascinating daughter, who pos
sessed in her own right a snug little
fortune, amounting to 100000.
Mollie was considerable of a coquette
and rather vain of the amount of adula-
tion which she was able to incite.
Among those who appeared to share
more than others of her favor were Mac
Dixon, rather fast young man, and
Frank B. keenan,.
This state of affairs finally led to
trouble between the rivals, which also
involved James keenan,, brother of
Frank. 1t eliminated one day in James
administering a severe drubbing to
Dixon. The latter made threats against
the life of James keenan,, and the fear
OF being made the victim of Dixon's
murderous intentions 80 preyed upon
the mind OF James Keenan, that he, in
sheer despair, put bullet through his
head, dying almost instantly.
Not satisfied with the terrible result
of his persecution of the one brother,
Dixon next turned his attention to MAX
Ing life fearsome thing to his original
enemy, Frank keenan,. The rivals
finally met in the neighboring town of
Latrobe.
Keenan, was stopping at the Parker
house, and one day, just as he had
mounted the third step of the stairway,
on his way to his room, he heard come
one coming down the hall in his rear in
q rapid manner. He turned quickly,
with his hand on his revolver in his
pants pocket, and confronted Dixon,
bearing down on him with his right
hand in his hip pocket and the flap of
his Prince Albert coat thrown back, as
if about to draw gun. Not waiting for
any further evidence of the hostile in
tentions of Dixon, he pulled his revolver
and quickly sent three bullets into the
advancing body of Dixon, who sank to
the floor quivering corpse. keenan,
gave himself up to the sheriff, and after
three months confinement in the
county Jail at Greensburg, waiting trial,
he was acquitted.
The woman in the case, Mollie Woods,
20 o,x;o, 1f
was induced to elope with and marry
Frank E. Hill, a son of John Hill.
formerly hotel keeper in Somerset,
Pa, and then the proprietor of the Mil
ler house at Greensburg.
Frank was drug clerk. holding po-
sition in the Opera house drug store at
the time of his elopement with Mollie.
The parents of Mollie were much offend
ed with her over her clandestine mar
riage, and refused to be consoled for
some time. But as Mollie had $30,000
in her own name, and as her father,
Judge Woods, was her executor and had
her money in his possession, recon-
ciliation was finally brought about, and
Frank was started in business for him
self. t3,
Things moved along nicely for little
over year, when child was born to
the young couple, which, however, died
in few months after its birth. Frank
soon after the death of his child started
in as sort of turfman, buying and sell
ing horses.
He finally in the pursuit of this be-
came the owner of racehorse, Gray
Harry. He started out with Gray
Harry and followed up the race circuit
of Western Pennsylvania, taking his
wife along with him.
His wife, during their ramble over
the western portion of Pennsylvania,
made the acquaintance of several high
flying sports, among whom was a law
yer by the name of j. Thornton Mar
chand, a nephew of ]. A. Marchand,
the solicitor of the Pennsylvania rail-
road and very rich man with a state
reputation.
Mrs. Hill seemed to have been capti-
waited with his appearance; SO much 30,
In TACT, that her doings with this young
attorney soon became the scandal of the
town.
The matter finally eliminated by an
elopement. Mrs. Hill went to Pittsburg
for the ostensible purpose of buying fur
niture for $1,000 Queen Anne cottage,
just completed for the occu pancy of her
self and husband. She met young Mar
chand in Pittsburg by appointment, drew
all the money remaining of her fortune
and departed with Marchand for parts
unknown.
After manv weeks OF despair on the
part Of the deserted husband, the guilty
couple were located in small town in
Georgia, where they were passing them
selves off as man and wife and minglipg
with the best society people of that little
town.
Through the fundamentally OF Roger
O'Mara, chief of the Pittsburg detective
force, the elopers were finally brought
back to Pittsburg, and compromise
satisfactory to all concerned was patched
up, in which Frank gave up all his
right, title and interest to Mollie in
favor of J. Thornton in consideration of
a diamond ring, deed to the $1,000
Queen Anne house and an undivided
ownership of his drug store.
After the sale OF his wife to Mar
chand, he commenced life OF luxury
and high living, and soon had put the
wealth realized from the sale of his wife
to fight, and awoke one morning to find
himself penniless.
Subsequently he became implicated
in felonious affair, left Pennsylvania,
and remained in obscurity until his ar
rest at Los Angeles. What his perform
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