The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1879-07-19 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

NEW YORK MYSTERY  OLESBED LP.  --- -The city of New York hes for some time past been greatly excited about a mysterious murder, which thoroughly baffled all police investigation, and which was not explained until the rd tilt., when • Boston newspaper reporter was the means of capturing the murderer. Mn. Jane L. De Forrest Hull, a welLknown lady, Iresiding at 14, West Forty.moond street, and the wife of Dr. Alonzo Bell, we" found murdered in her bed on the morning of June 11. She had been suffocated by • pillow or clothing pressed upon her mouth, and was bound hand and foot by strips of sheeting to the bed. A trunk alongside the bed had been rifled of all its contents, and valuable rings torn from her fingers. Them warn no Moe to the murderer, but many were "tweeted, even the lady's husband, who slept in another part of the house. The mune and the failure of the police to find the murderer strongly agitated New York. The newspapers every day published pages on the subject, giving theory after theory which were worked out with no results, and there was quite a hue and cry raised about the insalaienoy of the police, when chance led to the detection of the murderer in • man not before suspected. It appears that liurt week a negro in Breton disposed of • eat of cameo jewellery to • pawnbroker. This was subsequently identified as part of Mrs. Hall's jewellery, and the negro's description being posted at police head.quariers, Mr. W. B. Balch, &news. paper reporter, whilst walking along Shawaint Avenue on the 2.3rd,0 thought he saw the man walking in front of him. He went up and, accosting the negro. mired • direction. The negro replied that he could not give it, as he wite a stranger there from New York. This confirmed the impression, and following the negro until be entered a MIRO church, the reporter informed the police, who arrested him. Be submitted without resistance, and Mrs. Hull's watch being found in his possersion, heatonoe eonfeaaed theerime. Christine Cox, the aggro, said he had lived • long time opposite Mrs. Hull's love in New York, and conceived the idea of robbing her, but had no intention of killing her. He entered the holm through a window about 10 p.m., Meng • candle with him. Aersnding the stairs he heard someone snoring in • bedroom, and thought it was a man. He blew out the candle, entered, and stepped to the bedside. Mrs. Hull asked, "Who is it?" He replied, "The cloetor." She put her hand up and touched his face, whereupon be threw her hand back and hod his hand herivi,y upon her month. She straggled, when be got hold of a Cologne bottle and dashed it over her face, after wholi he got on the lied and made • mg of the bed clothes. By this time she was exhausted, and he tied her to the bed in the manner in which she was found. Cox then re.lighted the candle, and holding it close to her face to ascertain her condition, the Cologne ignited, singeing her eyebrows and binning her face—injuries which, at the time, added to the mystery of the murder. He then robbed the trunk and took her rings; and, leaving the house, moon afterwards went to Boston. The negro has been brought to New York for trial. This arrest ends one of the greatest et recent criminal reflections.