Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-27
TIE STATE RESTS.
The Direct Evidence for the Prose
euticn in the Hill Case
the Witnesses for the Defense 30 Far
Observation-Disclosures or the
Evidence submitted.

Tie Hill vitriol throwing case is still in
progress in the circuit court, and marked
interest Is shown in It's outcome. the
court room being througed with spec;s-
tors during every session.
Horst Won Keeckriiz. proprietor OF the
Fourth avenue drugstore. was ex>
amlned. He testified to having sold W.
B. Hill some nilric scid on Nov. ?. which
was the bottle which Hill claims 10 have
purchased for his horses hoof.
Miss GrEce Sturgeon was then ex~
anined, sl4 her evidence has tended 10
strengthen the theory Of Dr.. Kiuyon as
to the msr1er IN which the acid was
thrown. Her testimony was 10 the ef-
feet that on the morning following the
occurrence. she saw Hill step
from his porch and pick
up something near the root Of
tree which be hurled into the street. Il
struck in the street car track with sound
Of breaking glass. Af.erward hearing Of
the suhoriiies were looking for bottle
she, together with her mother and Mrs
Hsriz. went out to where the object had
struck AID fou1d the fragments OF g
broken tumbler. She picked up the
glass Erd took il home. where upon ex-
smi1iUg il She found that her nostr.is
and eyes were iTrita;ed from some sub.
stance apparently on the glass. She
kest the glass and later delivered il 20
the states attorney. Witness also stated
that MI Hill sf;eEwsTd admitted having
thrown oui an old glass that morning
Robert Fullerton. prescription clerk 6.
Marshall < Fishers drug store, took
the stand and testified to beving received
the fragments Of glass from the states
attorney, ana had washed them carefully
viii distilled wafer, ard sf.erwa.d exam
ined tie solution for the presence Of
nitric lcit. he found unnistzka6,e
signs Of the acid combined with cal. Jun
and sodium.
States Attorney Sturgeon then took the
sIsna srd swore TO having delivered the
box 70 Sir Fullerton just as he had re-
ceived IL from N.ss Surgeon, which
closed me case for the prosecution.
tn first witness FOX the defense vas
Mrs " 3 HUI. but her testimony was
objected to OF the part Of the prosecution
on tae ground that il vas incompetent.
4 iorg legal argument followed IN which
numerous decisions were citej on both
sides, il being : s:ubbornly contested point
OF law Judge Glenn ailo sed the witness
to testify however, snd her test;m Dry was
TO the effect ;Eat she Was married to Hill
Il gears ago il Pittsburg, Pa. Size was
awakened the night ia question By having
something thrown into her face. She
a1oke and saw the arm OF msu above
her AID recognized il the roon man
named Robert johnson, areiected sutton
of hers. who 4 ID from the room. in his
flight passing through her husbands
reom. Sue then aroused her husband ana
he went for = doctor.
1t being time for adjournment court
was adjourned until this morning, when
the case was again taken up and the
hearing Of Mrs. Halls evidence was con
tinued, during which it vas brought out
that oue Robert White, 8 porter on q
Pullman ear bod boarded with them
sometime and thai he had go1e TO Chi
csgo shout week before she left on a
visit 10 Pilisburg, from which plac; SIZE
hsd returned Z short time before tie &C
curreuCe.
Charley Hil. the 7-7eac,old son Of Nr.
and Mrs Hill, ves Tut upon the
stand. enl told the sorry OF how be had
been awakened that night, ana being
told by mis- mother 10 @ after the
doctor, which he did. he also said
positively that his father and mother
had been st home al evening, aad that
his mother had put him 10 bed lis
other testimony was corro5oTatiYe OF his
mothers.
~. : Taylor, q young colo9ea man
who worked and made his home with the
Hills. was next cale3. He testified that
Hill came down to the feed store after
supper that evening, and later went out
TO buy some groceries and returned
shortly after, and that between : and S
O'Clock he walked home with Hill and
stayed ct the house until about 0 O'Clock
when Mrs. HILL began TO prepare The
children for bed. He then went back
down to the store where he usually slept.
a member Of good responsible citizens
were then called who testified 10 Mr.,
Hills good reputation, after which cour;
adjourned for dinner.
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