The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-10-01
CASE BEFORE
GRAND JURY
EVIDENCE AGAINST WINANS
HULL CONSIDERED.
A True Bill Will Undoubtedly Be
, Presented by the Jury Today at
onesdale--Accused Murderer of
Edwin Schoonover Will Be Ar
raigned for Trial Next Monday.
Hull Is Not at All Worried About
His Coming Trial-Apparently the
Happiest Man in Jail.

| dale, who has been in the Wayne
county Jail at Honesdale since the sec
Ond week in July, charged with the
murder of Edwin Schoonover of this
| city, near Lake Lodore on June q, was
considered by the grand jury, which
met in the Honesdale court house yes
| terday afternoon.
The grand jury was sworn in at 2.30
o'clock and was charged by President
Judge William Fl. Purdy. After in
| structing the Jurors, Judge Purdy in
troduced the case against Hull, by re-
ferring to the indictment against him
as one of the important matters
that would come before them.
Among the matters that will come
before you, gentlemen" the judge said,
"is one of unusual Importance, an in
dictment III which a man is charged
with the taking of human life. We
have not seen the indictment and do
not know how many counts there are
There is but one, your honor, that
of murder" interposed District Attor-
ney Atkinson, who arose from his seat
at the prosecutors table.
DEFINED MURDED.
Judge Purdy then went on to define
the elements of murder, indicating that
malice must be present. not necessarily
malice towards the victim but a cruel
reckless disposition on the part Of the
accused.
I'VE have no knowledge" concluded
Judge Purdy. "of what evidence the
commonwealth may present, but we
urge upon you that you consider with
n al Inr ri .1,nt ha
presented to you. We ask that, if pos
sible, you make a return tomorrow,
that the district attorney may be en-
abled to issue summons for witnesses
who may be needed at the trial of
cases"
The jury, with Adam Croft, clerk in
the Delaware and Hudson offices. as
foreman, retired to the jury room to
hear the witnesses.
The witnesses whose testimony was
heard We're Mrs. Reuben Getz, who is
a relative of Hull. and whose house it
vas that he and Schoonover visited
just before the tragedy. To her place,
also, it was that Hull returned soon
after leaving, to wash blood from his
hands; Miss Lydia Schoonover, the
adopted daughter of deceased, and
Mrs. Rose Wood, who observed Hull
near the scene of the killing, while she
was picking berries.
The jury finished it's hearing Of the
case at O'Clock and will make re-
turn to the court today. 1t will un-
doubtedly present a true bill.
HULLS TRIAL ON MONDAY.
The trial of Hull will take place on
Monday afternoon next. Court will not
convene until o'clock, in order to
enable the jurors who live in widely
scattered portions of the county to
reach Honesdale without leaving their
homes at unreasonably early hours.
Hull is the last man that one would
eXrnct 10 fight for his life within a
few days. He seems to be quite at
home in his narrow freedom and the
irksome solitude of a cell does not
seem to enter into his life. If it tries
to he chases it away, for he is always
in IL cheerful and light-hearted spirit.
The trial, which will begin on Mon
day, is all that interests Hull these
days, and for several weeks he has
spoken of it's approach and has earnest
ly wished that it was all over. Not
since the day he entered the Jail has
Hull given up the hope that he would
free himself, and today that hope is
the strongest kind of belief
Hall has one habit that has cost him
several rights sleep and several days.
sore suffering, until Sheriff Armbrust-
er issued an edict that effectually broke
the prisoner of it, or at least gave
him no chance to indulge it. This was
the habit of overeatinE. Hull's sole
thought, or at least his most anxious
one, was his appetite and he never hes
itated to consider the effect of it's sat
iSraction, when he felt like satisfying
His was the most capacious appetite
OF any prisoner that the Wayne county
Jail sheltered.
HAS EXTRAS BROUGHT IN.
Sheriff Armbruster gave Hull the
most generous board possible, but
this came so far from satisfying
his wants that he felt obliged to send
out almost every day for additional ra-
tons to remove the pangs of his in
s@,Iable appetite. a sample of his all |
ditional demand is ring of bologna, |
a loaf of bread and "A dozen nut brown |
doughnuts.
This is what Hull made practice 1t |
sending for between meals. which lie |
ate with relish almost every day,
until matters reached a sad crisis a |
few weeks ago, when he was taken
with an attack of sickness that caused
him suffering for three or four days,
suffering so acute that it required the
services of physician and the admin
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