The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-09
THE INCARCERATED CLERGYMAN
TAKES A SHY AT THE BETHEL
PREACHER.
CALLS HIM REV. GRANNY.
DIR HAWKINS NOW ADMITS THERE
is LITTLE EVIDENCE AGAINST
HULL.
LITTLE DEVELOPS in THE .AsE.
Rev. Mr.. Mitchell Denies Report
That He Carries Flowers to
Prisoners.

The general impression is that Rev.
]. c. Hull may not be as mentally un-
balanced as some people would
imagine. The day after his arrest Rev.
David Morgan was reported as saying
that Hull had lost his head. Yesterday
Mr.. Hull, from his quarters in the
county Jail, gave out the following
written statement. This. which might
be termed bulletin No. 2. while not
having any great bearing on the case.
shows that the writer has his likes and
dislikes even though the person is or
has been a member of the same pro-
fession. The communication reads:
Apart from the brief statement made yes
terday / will say nothing more about do
nestle difficulties, unless the matter comes
to trial in the courts. 1 notice that David
Morgan has come forward with the opinion
that have lost my mind. l have only to
say that If 1t has been lost or should yet
be- it would be streak of luck for the Rev.
erend Granny to find it. The greatest hu-
initiation in connection with my arrest was
at the Ducas street station. where an officer
persisted in calling me Mr.. Morgan"
j. G. Hull.
Mr.. Hull said he did not care to talk
about the case, but he did say that be-
fore his arrest and during the time
that DR.. Hawkins was present in the
bedroom with himself and wife, he had
requested the doctor to leave the room
in order that he might be alone with
his wife, The doctor, Hull says, re-
fused to leave the room and to this
Hull lays the cause of the charge being
made and his arrest.
A couple of attorneys had called on
him and proffered their services, but
Hull says he had not made any ar
rangementS concerning counsel.
A morning paper having stated that
Rev. Mr., Mitchell had called on Hull
and presented him with a bouquet of
flowers, Mr.. Mitchell denied the report
and said:
"I do not know Mr.. Hull, even by
sight. 1 never called on him; and
have never presented flowers to any,
one, in any prison"
A chattel mortgage given by ]. c..
Hull to ]. w. Wilson for $25 was filed
at the city clerks office the day after
HulPs arrest. The mortgage had been
mislaid in the clerks Office and could
not be found yesterday, but Mr.. Hull
said it was simply loan which he had
secured on his type writing machine
and library. His wife would not join
with him in securing a loan on the
household effects and he had secured
the money on the articles mentioned.
The loan was secured on May 16, but
the mortgage was not filed until the
day after Hull's arrest.
Mrs. Hull was reported much i'm
proved yesterday, and DR.. Hawkins re-
ports that she is doing finely. The ex-
pert examination made by Drs. Ancker
and H. J. O'Brien on Friday, or rather
the report of the examination has not
reached County Attorney Butler and
will not be made to that official until
tomorrow. DR.. Rothrock, who is MAX
ing the chemical analysis of the bot
ties and contents in the case has not
completed the work
Dr. Hawkins, in speaking of the case
yesterday, said it was an easy matter
for him to be able to diagnose the case
as one of arsenical poisoning. He saw
Mrs. Hull on Monday and Tuesday be-
fore the night of the arrest, although
before that time he had treated her on
and off for year or so. Nothing in
the woman's condition, he said, would
lead one to believe that arsenic was be-
Ing administered. DR.. Hawkins now
is of the opinion that there is not very
much evidence from legal standpoint
that Hull had administered poison to
his wife. The statement made by Hull
that his daughter did not see him pour
anything from the bottle into his wife's
medicine, DR.. Hawkins says, is correct.