Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-22

THE San Francisco Examiner con-
tains the following in reference to
Frank E. Hill, the San Bernardino
young man who attempted to commit
bigamy by proposing marriage to Miss
Wozencraft of that place. 1t appears
that either the young man has double
in San Francisco or else is very good
prevaricator.
Frank +. Hill, late OF Pittsburgh, who
has weakness for matrimony, spent
an unpleasant day yesterday trying to
remember the stories he had told that
he might not contradict them.
As statement maker and retracter
he has little to learn of Campbell of
Bell-case fame, but unfortunately he
does not appreciate the beauty of con-
sistency.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson, of
1924 Market street, opened their Exam
liner yesterday and saw the portrait they
remarked: "That's just like Mr.. HILL"
Hill was at the time busy about drug
store soon to be opened by Mr.. Richard
son, but was sent for and asked about
the story.
He denied everything and clustered
about what he would do to compel re-
traction. 1t was case of mistaken
identity, he claimed, and he would at
once ''get his friends of the firm of
Greenfelder & Bettelheim, wholesale
druggists, to 60 with him and prove his
innocence"
The Richardson's asked him in detail
about the statements, and he glibly Of
! fered unqualified denials. He had
never been in Los Angeles or San Ber-
nardino. Had no wife and had never
been married, had recently come from
| Seattle, and was innocent of irregulari-
ties.
The Richardson's were quite impressed
by his apparent earnestness and sug-
gasted that he should at once procure a
retraction and set himself right before
the public. Hill then left the house and
started down town. After he had gone
the Richardson's talked the matter over
and at last decided that the man was
deliberately lying. They concluded to
dispense with his services, and only
awaited his return to let him know their
ultimatum. Hill had introduced to the
; Richardson's young man whose name
he gave as Fisher, stating that he was a
student in a business college. Yester-
day he went at once in search of the
friend, but introduced him as Drew,
and said he was the son of a Seattle
banker, who was in the city to take
business course. The store of Green
fielder & Bethlehem was visited, but Hill
received a cold reception. The firm
knew nothing of him except that four
months ago one of its members had seen
him at Fairhaven, Wash, as a drug
clerk in the store of Mr.. Hardy. AS to.
his character, ability, honesty and his
tory neither Greenfelder nor Bethlehem
had any information. On January 1lth
Hill had called at their store and asked
assistance in getting employment, and
as Mr.. Richardson needed druggist
they sent Hill out. They did not in
dorse him, but left his prospective en-
poyers to form their own opinions and
give his qualifications and integrity such
tests as they desired.
Bethlehem turned Hill over to his
manager, Miller, and that gentleman
quizzed him considerably in an effort to
learn the truth, but could elicit only
square denials for some time. After a
time, however, Hill weakened some
what, and although not admitting any
thing specifically, said: ''pye notion
to go out and tell Mrs. Richardson the
whole thing"
When questioned yesterday Hill
claimed to have come directly from
Seattle to San Francisco by water, but
could not tell by what steamship he had
journeyed, nor could he remembers the
name of any boat in the passenger SER
vice between the points mentioned. Not
a single captain or other officer in the
service could Hill recall, and his ignor-
ance was 30 patent as to convince the
querist that the truth was not in him.
Hill gave as references when he applied
for the Richardson store the Stewart
Holmes Drug company of Fairhaven and
Mr.. Hardy of the same town, but an
inquiry addressed to each establishment
has drawn no response. When cross
examined yesterday Hill inadvertently
admitted that his father kept hotel
near Pittsburg, which is true of the Hill
of San Bernardino notoriety.
Last evening he called at Mr.. Richard
sons and recited his doings Of the day,
with such fanciful additions as disre-
gard for the eternal verities could sug-
gest.
A peculiar feature of Hills indiffer-
ence to truth was shown when he denied
all knowledge of San Bernardino and
its inhabitants, although at the time he
had in his pockets letters from that
place.
Piles Can Be Cured.
p;ohord panua.t Weatffeld writae.