Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-07
THE HILL STORY.
A Chapter oft From Nation
al City.
How The Masher Hid Under
a Bed.
The Part Fred Drew is Said to Have
Played.
Hill Wrote to His Wife That He Was
Dying When He Was on His Way
Back to San Bernardino-Mrs.
Hill on the War Path.

The National City record contains the
following chapter on the Frank E. Hill
story:
Our readers will remember that quite
a sensation was created about month
ago by the escapades of one Frank E.
Hill, whose wife was working at the
International hotel in this city. Mr.. Hill
had been working in San Bernardino,
where it seems he gained the affections
of one of the bellies of that place, Miss
Wozencraft, to whom he was engaged to
be married, and the wedding set for New
Years night. On New Years eve Mr..
Hill put in an appearance here, dropping
in rather unexpectedly to his wife, who
was attending the masquerade ball. Mr..
Hill plead important business the next
morning and again departed for San
Bernardino, leaving his trunk here.
Mrs. Hill that evening, woman-like, ex-
plored her husbands trunk. and discov-
cred one of the wedding invitations
which had been issued. She lost no
time, and on vengeance bent followed
her truant husband and caused his arrest
for bigamy. But Frank was a per-
suasive deceiver, and Mrs. Hill let him
off after getting public acknowledg-
ment from him that she was his true
and only wife.
But here is the sequel. Frank was
still on the mash. 1t develops that
while Mrs. Hill No. l was still III bliss
full ignorance OF his baseness, and at
the same time he was making desperate
love to Miss Wozencraft and getting
ready to marry her, he was on his knees
begging another San Bernardino beauty
to skip by the light of the moon with
him on Christmas day. But this little
game did not work, and when the ex-
pose came he skipped to San Francisco
and his lawfnl wife came back to
National.
A friend OF his named Fred Drew,
who was to have been his best man at
the Hill-Wozencraft wedding, accom-
panied him in his flight, and as it now
transpires acted as go-between, and
wrote letters to Miss Wozencraft from
Frisco attacking Mrs. Hill,s character,
all of which resulted in reconciliation
between the lovers, and which eventu-
ally and within the past week brought
llm DaCK TO can IoorDarQlnO.
Meanwhile the Examiner had exposed
his little game through the agr ncy of
Mr.. Hancock of the International hotel.
and in consequence he found himself
thrown out OF lucrative position he
was holding. He was constant at
tendant at the Howard street M. E.
church in San Francisco, and when he
found himself once more thrown upon
+ba oolJ or,7ol xarorld without v,aD-v
in his inside pocket, he professed re-
ligion, and Immediately struck the
pastor for loan with which to come to
National and visit his wife. He failed
to "raise the wind' in that manner,
however, and then he wrote his wife to
come to him at once as he was dying,
Egypt. dying" and wanted to leave
such word for his sisters as could be
intrusted Ito no ears but hers. He
wrote that be had telegraphed to his
sisters and when he died he wanted
them to take his wife home to live with
them. He signed his loving effusion
"Your fast sinking husband"
Mrs. Hill, the sympathetic soul, did
not want to see her erring, wayward
spouse left to strangers hands in his
last moments, but before going to San
Francisco she wired the Examiner ask
ing whether he was really and truly
sick or only shammilg. The response
was to the effect that Mr.. Hill had hus-
tied money on his watch and overcoat
and left for parts unknown.
1t was but few days after when he
turned up in San Bernardino, but he
kept in hiding for four days, Miss Wo-
zencraft meanwhile paying him daily
visits. She wrote a letter, at Hills
dictation, for publication in the Exam
iner and Los Angeles HERALD, attacking
Mrs. Hill's character. 1t appeared in
both papers last Saturday, and sounded
like the incoherent rawlings of dope
fiend.
These communications put Miss Wo-
zencraft's relatives on the track OF him,
and it is stated that when they went to
his lodgings to drag her away. Hill
crawled under the bed.
Mrs. Hill left here Sunday for San
Bernardino, where evidence is being
collected with the view of prosecuting
Hill and Drew for malicious libel. Let
ters have been received here from Fair
haven, where the couple were married,
establishing Mrs. Hills good character
and sympathizing with her for her un-
fortunate marriage venture.
Every one who knew Mrs. Hill here
speaks very highly of her ladylike quail
tiles.