Evening journal., 1892-04-26
MILLINGTON'S SHOCK.
More About the Awful Tragedy Just
Acress Delaware's Line.

The Coroner Now Has Jury ne Work IT,
vestigatIng the Causes of Dr. ). n. Huis
Death The Young PhysiciAn's Borssved
FauaiIy-One Negro Held
The town Of Milllngton, Mo, aud the
country surrounding 1t for many miles
is still full of excitement over the brutal
murder of DR.. ]. H. Hill. the first full
account Of which appeared in the EVEN
ING JOURNAL of yesterday. Great
sympathy Is extended from all over the
country to the beresvei family and the
death of the young doctor has been
looked upon as a serious public loss. The
'coroner's inquest was began yesterday
and continued over until Thursday. Yes
terday's work produced no evidence Of
any important character, and even the
testimony of the physicians who made
an autopsy fails to show definitely how
DR.. Hill was murdered. Three oolored
men have been arrested and taken to the
Chestertown jail on suspicion, but there
is as yet nothing definite against them.
They are Fletcher Williams, Fletcher
ComegYs and Philip Mander.
HUNTING FOR CLUES
Parties started out early this morning
to hunt for clues. The track Of the cart
was recognized, and near Ford's Hill,
half a mile from Millington It was seen
where the vehicle had been run up on an
embRnkment almost far enough to over
turn It. A short distance beyond stands
an old pear tree, and around this place
seems to be signs Of a scuffis Near
this place DR.. Hills hat was found
Further on was found the heel of his
shoe, still further the shoe itself. and
little further his stocking At Addison
Huey's granary, at Massey's Station
where a stock of agricultural implements
is kept were found pools Of blood The
tracks showed the cart went up to the
gransry, around it, through wagons and
Implements. aud back over the same road
to Millington.
A SMALL TRACE OBTAINED.
A colored boy employed by Stonewal
Johnson, whose name could not be
learned, is reported as saying that about
1045 o'clock Saturday night he passed
several colored men in tho road who
were going toward Masseys The boy
was riding horseback. and soon overlook
and passed dogcart in which he said a
man was lying. he believed the man
was drunk and dismissed the incident
from his mind until he heard yesterday
can identify any Of the party Of oolOred
people whom he passed.
MORE ABOUT THE wIFE's DISCOVERY.
Further details as to the wife's CHASTITY
find have been learned. When she
opened the door to search through the
stable yard for him on Sunday morning,
day was just breaking and there, l.. the
early light, she saw her husband lying
l.. Nra.N - . Il. 4
cred with blood and jsmmed in beneath
one Of the shafts, face downward She
called TO him, but no answer came. She
raised his head and It dropped back
Horrifed, she ran 70 the house. calling
for help. John P. Ahern, a next door
neighbor, was aroused by the calls, and
went at once to her assistance with
Magistrate johnson, who lives nearby.
Mrs. Ahern took charge Of Mrs Hill,
while Mr.. Ahern and Mr.. johnson car
ried DR.. Hills limp and almost lifeless
form from the cart into the house and
then went for physicians Dr. A. r
Todd OF Millington, came in first, and
then DIR. ]. X. 81. Jacobs OF Kennedy
vile, and DR.. J. W. Latimer Of Galena
DID THE FIRNDs START THE HORsE9
The drive to Massey's and back under
ordinary circumstances would not take
more than an hour and the remaining
FIVE hours cannot be accounted for except
by the supposition that the doctor WAS as
saulted and taken into the bushes along th,
road near MAssey's and kept until SUNDAY
morning, the horse then being led arounC
and started h)meward. II Is SAID that Il
would be next to impossible for the DO
sition in which he was found TO result
from an accident The general impres
sion is that he was 81 zen the blow ths
killed him and was then fixed in thi
position.
CONCLUSION OF THE BRAIN CAUSED DEATT
At the inquest the physicians testified
that the death resulted from conclusion
of the brain. The autopsy showed
great effusion of blood beneath the scalp
which caused the swelling and a hemor
rhage inside the skull The concussion
they said, would possibly have resulte,
from fall, but to fall with sufl Glen
force to cause such conclusion Il woul,
have been necessary for him to have beei
standing II he had been on
the cart, and then as he wa
getting in again the horse ha,
given a sudden jump, he could have beel
thrown forward with sufficient force t.
have produced the blow. This theory is no
regarded as tenable by the townspeople
Mrs Hill says the horse Is not one Of tn
jumping kind he Is kind, and is gentl
and not easily frightened. These wer
the reasons for his purchase. The cut
the physicians agree, was caused by hi
jsw-bOne striking some part of the car
cutting through the flesh.
ONE NEGRO HELD
On Saturday night the colored peOpl
Of the neighborhOod held a party a
Steve Cooper's house. on the fern Of A
Hendrickson, near Massey's. Witnesse
testified that Fletcher. Cooper had Attende
the party. This Cooper denies h
could not give q satisfactory account 9
his whereabouts, and for this reaso
was held.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR TIE FUNERAL,
DIR. Hill viii be buried az Locus
Grove tomorrow. The funeral will b
held In the Methodist Episcopal Churc
here, Of which Dr. Hall was trustee. an
Will l,be conduted by Rev. e. E. White
pastor.
DR.. Hill was the son Of Samuel Hill,
farmer Of Kennedyville. Kent county
Nd He married Miss Arie Bond, Q
near Baltimore. between one and tw
years ego. Their child is about on
month old. DR.. Hill has brother. Waite
s. Hill who is a prominent commissio
merchant in New York.