Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-08-20
Lillie Hill Found Dead On a Bed in Her Room By Cou-
 pie Returning From Ride.
HUSBAND IS MISSING
Had Quarreied With iiim Earlier in the Evening Wins stabbed
 While Asleep.

When Charity Smith, a negro wom- an. and her escort returned to a cabin in the rear of the home of Alex Iaza- rus, No. 962 West =Barraque street, at 1:15 o'clock last night she stumb- i led over the lifeless body. Of lillie | Hill, a years old, a cook, empoyed at the home of M. Danaher, Third avenue and Laurel street. When light was brought into the room the discovery i was made that the woman had been stabbed 10 death. The murder has been committed apparently only few minutes before for the body was still warm, but it could be seen that life was extinct.
 As soon as the couple made the dis covery they hurried to neighbors home and informed Alex Lazarus of their find. He Immediately notified the police and Assistant Chief of Po- lice w. D. Fiveash and several off eers, Constable Frank Stewart and Deputy Constable w. D. Hignhotham ! hurried to the scene. A careful in- spectien of the premises revealed nc clue 10 the murderer
 The woman was lying across her 1 bed, in her nightgoWn. The knife blade had been thrust into her left breast, penetrating the heart The
 body rested in pool of blood, and
 there was not the slightest evidences
 of struggle. It is believed that the
 woman was killed while asleep.
 Charity Smith, who has worked at
 the home of Mr. Lazarus for several years, lived in the same building with the Hills. Their rooms are separated by high partition, but a door is all
 ways left open between them. The Smith woman says that before she and her friend left the house at about 8:30 o'clock last night to go on a
 boat excursion they tried to get Lillit
 Hill and her husband, Sam Hill, to accompany them. Lillie Hill, she says, wanted to go and tried to induce her husband to go for the outing. He re- fused to do so, the Smith woman says and she insisted OH going anyway, but
 he prevented her from leaving the house, declaring that he would not all low her to leave him. She finally de-
 cided to remain at home with her
 husband, after they had some words, and the Smith woman and her male
 companion left the house. When they
 returned at 11:15 they found the dead woman on the bed.
 Sam Hill, who was formerly em-
 ployed by the city, was not at home , when the couple made the ghastly }find. The police were unable to To.
 cate him last night and they suspic
 ion that he killed his wife in fit o anger, brought about in quarre! ov
 CT her anxiety to take in the boa
 ride.
 Undertaken H. l. Holderness tool charge of the body, but it was no moved until after the arrival of Cor
 oner H. E. Williams, who was inform cd of the tragedy and will probabl
 hold an inquest today. A thorougl
 inquiry will be made in an effort t
 throw some light on the case.
 Residents in the block in which tn killing took place declare that the heard no screams nor any disturb : ances whatever. The police assert tha ] if there had been a struggle the nois ! would have easily attracted the al tention of residents, living but fe, - feet away from the cabin. Thi : strengthens the theory of the officer 3 that the woman was stabbed whi] 7. asleep. Only one knife wound wa d found nn her body and there were II : other marks of violence