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CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. JUNE 24, 1879.
VOL. XII., NO. 1.
LABOR FOR LIFE.
S^M MILLFOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.
read a l
himself
agents of the express conij*any at
Jack non, Mis*.. in which he waa styled a
sober, faithful and industrious man He
Sack is tfc« Verdict of tks Jary-TksOsaclaiisg
Arnant of tbs Cesara —Tbs Cbarg* of
Jadjr* HlUytr—Tk* Jary la Thai*
LUlla Boon, aadtU Emit
this city and bis endeavor* to live as a man
should and to pay a* he went.
ling the testimony
As it was expected that the Hill ease
would reach a conclusion Saturday, so far
as the evidence was concerned, there was a
feverish excitement to bear the last wit
n«aMs sworn. The Court room wan untaara-
bly crowded and the weather was sultry
and thoroughly disagreeable.
ft waa expected that some unsuspected
bom he would be exploded upon both sides,
and tbalstartlingexi osures would lie made
Everything connected with the trial wa>
watched with intense Interest, and once or
twice the rules of the court were broken b>
demonstrations, qnickly suppressed.
The case urocerded regularly as hereto
fore, the defense continuinj
a* follows:
mr. spins*,
father of Mrs. Hill, waa introduced. Ife
testified that upon the night that Mrs. Hil!
left her home he and Mr. Hill, while search
ing Mrs. Hill's room, found a package of
money in the bureau of defendant's wife.
I>id not count the money. The packs re
wa» marked $S0& Mr. Hill took the money
and put it in his pocket. Mr. Hill, while
absent, always sent bis wife money. I think
tliat he sent her two packages of mown
fnini KaJnbridga. On the day that Mr.
* Hi turnons was killed I was at work on th>-
Air-Line railroad. Mrs. Hill was at ihe
rw^dence of her mother In the country.
I»r. Thom {non. Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Dor
sey. Mr. Hill. Thomas Thomas. Mr. Parker,
Judge Wright, Mr. Armistrad and Jack
he owed no man -a dollar that
he knew of and be tried to treat
everybody at a gentleman should,
ms courtship.
"During this time,” said be, *T married
my wife. I knew her as a little black
eyed, frank, pure girl. 1 fell in love with her
* first sight, I was then twenty-seven y
old. I courted her in the presence
mother there, with a table betw
I escorted her to church and else
where. They were a frank, mild, free peo
le and picked their associates, and tfioee
ri loesses who swore on the stand that they
did not visit our house—it was my instruc-
ion to not let them c roe. One evening
[ called her father out on
porch and asked him to take
cigar, and as soon as I could
muster up the courage I asked him for her
1 told him 1 loved bui daughter and that she
loved roc and I wanted to marry her.
Mid * Mr. Hill you are a stranger to me, but
atched you very closely and 1 be-
i, but this is my oldest
liave wi
lieye In
child; will you promise to love
protect her. I told him I would, and I mar
ried her. There were others who wanted
her. No one knew her that did not love
her, and some were jealom of roe because I
was the more fortunate to get her.”
**Tbe man who is so degraded that he does
not feel as good as anybody else on earth is not
fit to live. That's the way Ham Hill feels
today.”
in lie course of his. statement he referred
his wife, who waa present with bowed
Issd and weeping, as "my darling,” and
then he said:
Hmiih were called to testify a* to character
if*. They testified that
of defendant's wife. The;
Prior to the time of Mrs. Hill's leavii
Icmie they had regarded her character
•* to virtue and chastity.
was. raiLurs
was re-called to beadted tf she knew any
r good
He then went to the period last year
when his business called him away to the
fairs in the various parts of the state, and
Itliing about a missing letter which wa-
before tint court on Friday. Witness aaid
that she knew nothing of the letter, and
Indignantly irquired if the court thoughtl
that she was a thief and had stolen the
missing paper.
^m*. a. n. cmsuouT]
particularly of his trip to Bainbridge. He
extended it into Florida, but got home-
Florida, but got home
sick and came back. He had an engage
ment to ' go to Mobiie but at
wife's request he broke that engage
ment. "While here was offered a proposi
tion to sell pools on the mayor’s election,
and 1 did so. I am glad it was brought up
Mate's evidence, was called and sworn 1
He testified as follows: I know the defend
ant Ham Hill. Have known hint four
years. I remember the time of the killing
Haw him about ten day* before the killing
He wu at the Alhambra saloon. He was
there several lime-, lie came in while 1
was there. Mr. Hill’s manner was unnatu
ral. as (bough he was in great trouble. He
talked incoherently. He paced the floor
and his con venal ion was Highly. During
the con venation he branched off niton this
matter. I do not think that lie knew Jehu
Simmon* from hit conversation with me
He aaid that he had been looking for John
Simmon*. I aekrd him where Simmi
never seen
aiorcon Marietta street. _____ ■
hint in that condition of mind before.
By Solicitor-General—I live hi the city.
I am a broker. 1 feel somewhat interested
in the case. The conversation with Mr. Hill,
occurred about ten day* before the hoin r
fl., bought |tools there to the amount of
fHI—didn't you?”
The gentleman thus appealed tocorrected
te amount, and Mid he bought only $75
worth.
lie then went on and detailed the occur
rences of the night of his wife's disappear
ance from home, as it vti hwoto to bv Mr.
Spinks, her father. This narrative he
went over again and- detailed in his
own style, correcting some minor errors
made by Mr. Hpinks. He said his wife al
ways kept his. money; that she was his
tanker and that she always had everything
she wanted. He never left her without
money. He detailed the finding of the let
ters a.ready put in evidence and published
InTiixi JomrrtTmox. Healso went over again
fully the details of ths search for his wife,
testified by the father. He gave the facts
finding Mrs. Phillips and of her coining
Mr. Hpinks and liaving a hundred differ-
cldc. Mr. Hill broke down three time*
while telling meabout liia trouble. He said
that he di«l not know Himmone. Did not
know in what busineae defendant was en
gaged at the time of the homicide. Was out
of tlilt city when the poola upon the city
By Gen
the heat men of the land buying pools. The
l why I sympathize with defendant is
raaon _
because 1 think that he lias been badly im
posed upon.
MR. R. N. SOW POX
was sworn and testified as follows : I
know the defendant. Ham Hill. Have
known him <ahont eighteen months. I
met him on Mnrciettn street and we sat
down. He raid that he wanted to have a
t*1k with me. His manner waa very un ;
t.mural. He could not spe«k more than
a half dam won!* upon one subject.
During the conversation Mr. Hill told me
that he -lid not know John Simmons. The
conversation occurred about three days
before the killing.
By Solicitor General—Mr. Hill knew me
when we met. I do not recollect telling
Mr. Manning that I thought Mr. Hill's
mlml was all right at the time that wv had
the conversation.
MR. nuXK MILLS
was called and testified as follows : I am
a clerk in the post-office. 1 knew the
deceased John ' R. Simmon*. aim
the defendant Ham Hill.
Mr. llill at one time worked in the |*wt-
office. I saw him on a street car a few
day* before the killing, llis appearance
amt demeanor were excited. He asked me
if 1 knew John Himmons. He asked me
to point out John Himmons as we passed by
Mr. Himmons*a The deceased was not there,
corseutiently I could not point him out to
defendant.
Gartrell announced at this point
that the evidence for the defense vrnscfnertt
Solicitor-General Hill announced that the
stale had also closed.
General Gartrell then told the prisoner to
take (lie stand and make his statement ti
the jury.
Mr. Hill stepped forward and took
position before Ihe court and jury
aa though he were an attorney at the bar
ami he i|mke with a manner that w
have indicated to a stranger that he
pleading the defense of another person
rather titan himself. There was
A TERRI RLE EARNESTNESS
In his 'voice, gestures, language
manner*, and his statements
one of the meet remarkable efforts
aver witnessed in a court house,
thorough detail of hia life, and bis ft cling*
and
thorough detail of tits life, amt his feelings
and actions in the days of his trouble and
brought hint before the bar
upon the charge of murder.
At times he wss truly pa
thetic amt at another time his language was
original diameter. The statement must
have been the work of uatural growth-
rising out of the depth of his constant
thought upon his troubles as an island
rises out of a sea. It astonished every
hearer and riveted them in most profound
attention from the time of his coraraenc-
ment until he made his final and solemn
announcement of hi* trust in God. There
was no art and no affectation in the matter
or method of the statement, but it came
out as the rush of a man's firmest faith
in the absolute truth and correctness
of every detail mentioned and thought <
undated. He spoke In a dear and imp
„ tmpas-
tioned voice, and attempted to make his
story of the affair as fully understood to the
court and jury a* it was to •hi* own mind.
The mid revs was most remarkable in it*
•very feature and will be long remembered.
Its effort was greatly in favor of the de
fendant.
the nuaosmfs statcxext:
r it please your honor, said Mr. Hill
"May it please your honor, said Mr.
!o beginning the addrtem, which lasted over
one hour and a half and -would cover six
columns of Turn Constitution and which we
cannot give for its full presentation.
"I do not know bow to act. *
was going to ask you, sir, w
rights 1 had? With your permission, in
making this stair men! 1 would Uke to take
an oath 1 understand that in making it ~
am out required to be under oath, but
will not vary ooe iota from the truth ami
u >: ... ..k.
ild Use to take an oath. No matter
what these witnesses have sworn here
1 would Uke
Judge Hillyer explained to him that the
law permitted him to make such statement
and Mid that if he chose to embody, any
severation in hia statement he had a right
to do so. The court and jury would hear
him.
Taking up from the desk one of the well-
worn copies of the Bible which are used for
given
I recommendation
by one of the
> spoke of bis business connections in
icfty and I
her
I mid 'darling.' and she is ray darling,
i not My so and so. but I stake my life
that woman, a* I told the counsel.”
idea that it was a cold-blooded and malicious force ss under the circumstance* *u necessary
murder, nroceedinr from some mo- for that defense, and to mate It effectual and
murder, proceeding from */**» “ v ' complete. The penal code enumerates certain
tive of secret revenge. The young instaicSofjcrtifiablehwmldde.Sidtheainsee-
g re * tion 4334 set* forth this neutral provision: “all
" which stand on the same footing
victim of
»pularity
m wee ted v
revenge,
the pistol (
among bis fellows and other Infsacsa
con wee ted with leading associations of a of reamo sndiurtices* tho*eenumer*te<LshaU
was possessed of generous and admirable n>ur hearing, th«i one of the principle* of reason
traits of character himself and his faults Lid Jtmicl. on which a homiT*
were those of impetuous youth and inexpe- be justified 1* thi*: that such homicide
rience. His friends were enraged by his ■*?«* MajlcfsoM spring sa.tajuiftjo prevent
death, and when the slayer placed himself {£ *Tber^^i^nrlnci^e^f
illingly In the bauds of the officers of the tSSceenmnemed iu theco5eby whlcl
r to stay
law there were hints of-violence and
justice enumerated Iu the code by which, after an
injury shall have been consummated, no matter
. TH BEATS Of LYNCHING
to that extent that the sheriffs and jailors in taking vengeanwPlnto his own hand* and in
deemed it necessary to take extra precau- deliberatelyseeking out the wrong-doer and alar-
tions for the safety of the prisoner. • 85^
U-I _» J k.ii; u-A -1 »?■ imperative command in the ears of the one
When the shock of the killing had passed
somewhat and the secret history that had
thus culminated began to unfold and be
come public proj>erty, it was found that a
uel H. Hill and that he had Nlain
John R. Himmons as the perpetrator
of the outrage. His wife
debauched and led astray from
path of wifely virtue * to her
degradation and to the shame and
humiliation of himself. He had sought for
lie believed to be the invader and a
I nature at once found themselves absorbed!
in the details of the fall and debauchery of
the wife, the revelation tdand rage of the
husband, and tbe discovery and death of
the supposed betrayer. Hence, from l
Ithat day to the present the trial
has been looked forward to with
interest and when the . strange, horrible
story began to unwind from the witness
stand that interest began to swell and
deepen until nearly every man in the court
room yesterday seemed to have a personal |
interest in the result of the great trial. 1
Hucb was the feeling when court, counsel
and jury met Tuesday to go through
THE SIXTH DAY
of the inquire whether, under the law, Sam
Hill was guilty of murder, or was justified, |
in killing young Himmons.
-as looking paler and more worried
Hill wa
tion made on M<
tion and appeals for bis conviction, had
evidently weighed upon him and
thoughts bad left their im-
upon his 'face in care-
. , _ 'face
worn line* and a look of dead defiance that
ever and anon contracted his eyes,
j>re*ed hia lips aud set his jaws together
f as the appeal* were continued with
speech
ula occs
a quick glance of his eye to that of a friend,
a hurried word or a just perceptible motion
that nis heart was
word or a just.
of the bead would tell tliat
holding with passionate faith to his beliel
in his justification and in the ability of his
counsel to prove it to the satisfaction of the
juiy.
EXrOLDIXO HIS WIFE
in his arms he held her dose to bis bosom,
while ahe sobbed and wept during that pa
thetic and eloquent history that General
Gartrell gave of the unfailing love of ihe
husband, his cry forhis lost wife even over
the moral ruins of his home, and the last
act of disparate endeavor to bold her as his
when he slew the man who sought to
in nn
cted t
ent thorite and tales to tell atant ** !■* P*** * » ■»—
the matter. Mrs. Phillips first «aid: I
not bo nneaay about I baa prevnt ,xi _
; ,b. went out with ».ue of the girt* “ rr * ls ’ n U,e I™* 1 «•»*“«*.*
I.«t night and drank too much beer, and we « cu " r denunciation of then, were in
aMhamcdtocomehome." Atain ,he aid I
t hi, wife had gone to Philadelphia, and !'“*•, bn * h “ >**" h *}<} to thl -
•gain tliat .he had gone u> Macon. Then her husband. He rafo***. and has contra-
•me raid ahe had found a young man on refused to see evil in her, and hi.
Marietta street who would try to get a nole ull,,d > , unreawuable and almost un-
lier. When she left to go and look for ■>«““' fondness for her,
wife, aa she said, he followed her to hot- "P>“ thsproofagainsS her, and the conric-
Ihrw's, cm Whitehall street, fe.ttie R.«s 1,1 h “ «*"*»« » nJ Inends,
told him he had been Wronged and that his I 19 ® 99 J B * l1 *; most marvellous, unac-
wife wss in town snd he slmuld l.ave her. amntablethingr abonc the wliole
She got . ont of a sick bed and This faith and this
went to hunt for her. When 'o‘.on amount more to .nranity than any-
rhe came hack she said his wife would Uis iwt only rwmful. but p.ti-
coroesoon. He waltni about an hour and U uL ., Du . ri "* So*>citor Hill’s hnal speech
half. Hi, wife came and flew to his arms 1 b,r t ic state she was cou-picuous by herab-
and wept distractcJly. Ho tried toomifort I *® ncc *
her and told her he would stake*his life I caftaix brat s sfeech.
that she was not in the wrong. He took I The argument* of the day were begun
her home and to her mother s> d I by Captain William Bray, of counsel for
father. He told his wife to s»y nothing the defense. Captain Bray was original
about where she had been and he did not I counsel in the case, and has been tbor-
" the old folks. * I ougiily conversant witli the defense
a KTRAXdK LETTER. I fr,,m tlie moment tuat to make
folio wingjetter:
Atlanta, Ga., November a, 187S.
and made an argument that has seldom
I been surpassed in the court for it* clearness.
thus oatofri and
commit murder!*' One of the
tbe law visit* such terrible
crime of murder is because
temptation, tbe
_ of tea
•Thou shaft not
why
fptcwl:
the vi.ry rv*-
MMrwirIbi—Wi
bocau-e of the greatness of the
provocation and the passion*
i lead to its commission. Pun-
whleh
lshment Is intended to overcome such passions
and deter men from the crime: and the existence
of such temputions. provocation, or pawious, if
such there be, misht be '—* •**
tag motives,
whether the killing w
malicious, but would afford
the killing if perpetrated for the mere purpose of
vengence, punishment, or vindication.
A man would have the right, nay it would be
bb duty, to protect and defend his wife against
tilt upon her virtue by either a s ducer
her legal civil existence is merged' iijthenus-|
band, except so far as the law recognizes her supe
riority, either for her own protection or for her
benefit, or for the preservation of public order—I
l«’ode. section 1733. And it would be the duty of
a wife to conform to any reasonable and just
regulations the husband may lay down for
guiding her conduct or chow-lug her associate^
and It would be the duty of all other penonsH
acquiesce in the husband's authority or dime-
any man should violate this principle for the
purpose of adultery, or seduction, and by open
force or deceit, or fraud come between bus-
between hus-
right immefiatefy aud
to force for the expulsion of such
__ w , e aomuch force
> stay"
; if such
iu fx-f.sre stand,
necessary, snd even to
killing should be actuallv necessary, in order to
|protect snd defend his wife. But if a man's wife
be permitted to go. or does go. Into haunts or
| walks oi vice and becomes an adulteress with one
than one man. and though her hus-1
Mtaij, «»r uiore iu-ui umu, aim inoucn ner ntlS-
band knew nothing of such misconduct, yet when
be find* it out. If be goes to her rescue, seek* and
accomplishes her complete restoration to him and
condones her offense, and there is no further ne-
HHfty for violence in her defense, or In hi* de-
iict seemed to stun them. Not n word was
uttered, but men looked at each otherjtflS
-•rt of awe-.striekeu way. There wa*
fonnaHty in the wording of tbe verfT.ct,
which the jury retired and corrected.
OBJECTIXO TO TOE VERDICT.
Colonel Glenn desired that the jury
should be polled.
The names of the jurors were called, and
to the inquiry, 44 Is that your verdict?” the
response was affirmative until the name of
R. A. Randall was called. He replied:
I agreed to it.”
Mr. Jeffries, for the defense, objected to
the answer being ao taken.
The court again propounded the inquiry
and the juror again replied:
“I agreed to it, I suppose.”
The court said the juror was not asked
with a deadly weapon and seek out her
I paramour, if there was but one. or
to select among them, if more than
one, and to slay him with that weapon, and if he
do bo after the lapse of cooling time, that is. after
the lapse of an interval sufficient for the voice of
Was this his verdict, or was it nht?
"I suppose it is, if that is a proper answer
to the question.”
■’You are an intelligent man, Mr. Randall,
would be murderJHHPHPmilWSIIPmiH
be justified In taking the law Into his own hands,
land in the chamber* of his own mind, Judn and
condemn sue* offender to punishment by death,!
and then deliberately become also his execu-
tloner. The law provides other andtam^^^^H
for putting men on trial, and for condemning and
punishing offender*. And any man who should
thus take the law into his own hands, and with
*uch purpose and intent slay another, would
thereby become a murderer.
Look to the evidence and see what was the state
of things when the killing occurred. If at that
time the prisoner’s wife ww In safety some miles
distant at her home in another county; in the so
ciety of her friends, and the deceased was then
and at that time, e"gaged in making no attack of
any kind on her. either by open force, or fraud or
deceit, or even though deceased hail some days or
a few weeks previously, endeavored to persuade
her to meet him by writing her a note, or send
ing her a mcwwge, or otherwise, still if practically
ahe was on that day, and at that time in safety,
and there wq no necessity pressing upon the
prisoner to adop* then and there ao dreadful an
expedient a* taking away life In order to defend
eitner himself or her, then no motive of venge
ance or anger, nor any other motive based on
such past offenses would justify the kill! >g. No
matter how badly tbe deceased and others may
have acted day* or weeks before, and no matter
es, sir; I agreed to it.”
The polling of the jury was then con
cluded, each of the others stating that such
was his verdict.
Mr. Glenn objected to the verdict being
received. Counsel for the defense held that
it was not the verdict*of the jury.
The court said to **Iet the verdict be re
corded.”
Mr. Glenn then asked that the sentence
he suspended, as counsel would desire to
make a motion for a new trial.
Judge Hillyer said it would not be ncc-
pre clous Injury or grievances; sUTM^h&^inger|
rested exclusively on past occurrences: if at that
MMMbe deceased was saying nothing, and doing
ng. In furtherance of any criminal project
■HPpaat occurrences would afford no justifica
tion ;uor would a bare fear of any repetition of of-
fenses,or of an attempt thereat, justify the killing-
.The prisoner would have a right, if he chose ao to I
do, to condone her offenses and to continue to
an-1 be on the
be made
to meet it with any force reasonably needful to
repel and to overcome such invasion or to cut It
short. But if. disregarding his duty and deaf to
to the voice of reason snd humanity, be. after an
interval of time sufficient for thxtHi
heard, take the law Into his own hands and slay
tbe deceased through mere anger for past offenses,
this would come within the definition of deliber
ate revenge, and would constitute express malice.
■ The supreme court ta* never decided that such
killing would be justified. That court has held,
list as this court now bete holds, that a man may
B good faith defend his wife’s person and hta
I wife’s virtue* on the same principles of reason
Mr Barcel II. Hill—Oh, that I could call you ***? aurpassed in the court tor us clearness, wife’s virtue, cm the same principles of reason
t-y ib-u-tair name, darling hn-h-ind, aa I -11-1 la-1 logical order anil liappy diction. He apoke I and j-utlre aa be may defend bto own ler.on;
S»t th^faeunnd fortifying thin, & SiKeST” '*
. . . • a . i .. 1 I era -lit a a at rvirww 1 m 1 -rfoj-f lilTl tl Will PVflPV I *r I. fo.urf afdlM tn rnn fhalatvela
he insisted that I woru " Inw urnra U I’V‘* I tbe practiced ana trained xnina ot a sworn judge
mu would kill me undoubtedly. ^ did not know jurors. Captain Bray s effort was certainly | knows it to be, and I would be unfaithful If I tail
tow to act or what to do. I told him to leave the J one that fully i
_ iy met the case and of which he I to deliver it plainly.
bouse that I would not go and leave you, but be baa reason to be justly proud. I ***• n° heed of anything read or spoken to you
•till prevailed on my going, and 1 in a moment J 7 1 I to the contrary hereoL Courts and Junes cannot—
ot grief, and despair, aud fright, took his advice GENERAL gartrell I nay. dare not-awerye from the truth in the law
knrar all?tbeadrantarr 'r 8 *" 'or mtoSJFLjLFIu&S, V£S
that was taken (4 your poorwtfe, ihen would yon I *l ,e defense af er dinner. The I in any case a man nas the rfeht to take the law
i--r,u-< m ittwTi’.t'i tif wishing me dead, which i I great advocate was nerved to the I into hia own hands and be justified to execute
will be noon, flove you betwr than my Ufe. and I fullest pitch of his abilities and deter-1 vengeance unto death, this would rather cause
be with you now^st for an hour totell you all ; ] m ined to go to the fullest extent of hisl ro< * juries to be noted for their weakness or their
to oe wuayou now ■ si ior»n nour ioieu you an. i | n i no .i to eo to the fullest extent Ot his I surn J ur,c * 10
thre would ,I j° n ZlM! of W. diSft U la imX bot WOuld b * no •
alhle here nod not our pnrpore to give an I ^*>^7** anything may have been said ___ . _
“ - * •- * husband. Judge me not too harshly idea of the line of argument pur-1 hearing to the contrary of what the court i
_ nd not our purpose to give an 1 * go far as anything may have been said In your
tban'klnd hu>band, lodge me not too harshly I idea of the line of argument pur-1 hearing to the contrary of what the court an-
uutil you know all. Oh! what a kind, good anil 4 ued by General Gartrell, but only to give I nounces to you on the point in question wheu re-
noble man you have been to me, but not without our readers an account of the impression it I duced to iu ultimate analysis simply amounts to
cau-e, lor I repaid you with my love. My God! the minds of the amfiSce mid proporitiou that the law U wrong The law
it can’t be truethat we ore sei«arated from each ro * d f., u P”y . "f*. JS? I *■ not wron «- , B “ l lf 11 neither you or
other, no. no, no! it is only a dream, for death I |Hneiibly of the jury. It was a master-1 ihe court could change it
alone will separate ua. 1 hare a request to make piece of advocacy and a most I The course taken if th.
of you. Jttoteta TThRt yonwill rive me Imts ©roommate presentation of the proper for the court to remind you that the law
to see you and explain all, and tell how this vil-1 f act .»nd circu.nxtanoes in support of the I “r» down general rules applicable toalL The
lain bas got me in his power. Do roe this favor I ^i nSSrIIS, ■I Uw *■ maAe IoT tho whole stale, white and black.
■ i you for Heaven's sake and save my life. I P ,e * °* justification. General Gartrell »I*>ke I dd and young, good and bad. all alike. What
tost you ara aa*ry. and that y>rar honor I in must eloquent term* of the social and I Wo uld justify one in the court-house would
that your IwUngs have been deeply I marital duties Involved in the tragic affair. I under the same circumstances and motives justify
mfldence you bad In me nas I |T e pictured every phase of the I another. Courts and Juries can be no respecter
help meliod. I must and will see you at I «wlf-aaserting vengeance which followed I U]r I-ir ticular ca^e where the letter of the law
peril. My heart is aching so badly that lam I upon each other from the offense to the I has been violated, the wise and humane provi-
rly distracted. If you bare ooe srark of lore or I expiation. Ilia speech moved the hearer* I sions of the constitution and laws of
■*«!* * h * r ZJ a !£?: many time* to teure, and upon its conciu- j would not Ibergore «k a rourt am
i me from I ... __ ,v,_ I swerve from me truui in tne law, out wouia au-
direretfon I !,| ” u was romnunded as one of the ablest I appUcation to that power in the state capi-
any qoev I efforts of tbe great criminal advocate. I to i t where is vested the right to grant reprieves
Dona. Answer quick! Tbe boy will bring your I and pardons. I caution you carefully that you
answer to hm. Until then I am your poor, heart- SOLICITOR-GENERAL hill I most not convict or move ooe iota towards coo-
broken and distracted wife. Cora H. Hill. began at 4:30 p.m. to turn up the case for I tenting to a conviction or any ldea.or supposition
PA—Direct your answer to Z. V. testate previous to it* submission to the "*g*SJ*.Jf S.T2XS
He then proceeded to tell the con- jury. A\£pup;h fatigued himself and VandwSly discrimiiS?betwSn
feesion his wife had made to him of j ing to address a weaned jury upon facts | , Q rh logic and i
bow Him uwins met her on the streets and I alread;
spoke to her and told her be was one of her from t
liuahe id’s best friends. How be wrote her seemed to warm to his labor and thence for- ■ —— v-_ t _Konid kddrrnuJif need he to sn-
a note. My ing he did so at her husband's I ward, for three hours and a half, he I Q ^ r department of the stategovernment. having
request, tocoineand meet his sister, aud he I held tbe undivided attention of the jury I a wider discretion than any which exists in the
went after her. She came with him and the spectators. He went boldly at the I judical derartmenL
and he took her to Lottie Russ’s arguments of counsel for the defend- H taeJ^ ihould tarot a raretal
aud by violence and force—rape and not I ant and with searching criticism and
seduction — accomplished hia hellish de-1 skill be exposed much of their theorising, I knt.wfedpc.mminsl intercourse with defendontT
signs.. He came after her again and took and endeavored to have the jury, with him. I wife, and —
shame and disgrace, but m;
and tbe foreman, Morris Rich, flew red for
jury that Judge Hillyer should read
over aga’in certain paragraphs of thq charge,
which was done. The jury then -retired
again. ,
A SHORT SUSPENSE.
The court-room was almost 0* fully
crowded at this late hour of 11 t>.m. as it
was during the day. Among th**raiting
throng were ministers and many of tbe
leading citizens of the city. Judge Hillyer
sat patiently upon the -bench awaiti.-g any
further call from the jury. The prisoner sat
pale and stolid in his seat, his
encircling his wife, whose head
ed upon nis bosom. The counsel talked to-
tther in low tones and the vast crowd
izzed in droning conversation, contending
over the.probable verdict. Minute after
minute elapsed, but the clock in tlie court
room had stopped aud to those not supplied
with watches five minutes seemed ~
hour.
Finally at forty minutes to midnight
there was a rap at the door of the jury-room.
The audience rustled and calmed into ex-
>ectant silence and at the bidding of tbe
udge the jury filed into their box.
GAGGED A2ffD KILLED.! to Icevilie The ride was a JSfghtful
I one. The rain had entirely ceased ami yet
the cloud* veiled the sun, and kept every-
Rich said
found a verdict?’’
have.”
The solicitor-general received the papers
from the jury and turning to the court read
out:
“We, the jury, find the prisoner
QUILTT OF MURDER
and recommend that be be punished by
confinement in the penitentiary for life." *
The cuiirt had warned the audience io re
ceive the verdict in silence, but this caution
was not needed. The reading of thi*
;n. thanked the jury for th§ir exem
plary conduct during the trial, and made
provision for the quartering of those who
could not reach hqme at that hour of tbe
Rich, tbe foreman, thanked the judge
and officers of court, on behalf of the jury,
for their kindnen to them.
HOW IT WAS RECEIVED.
The verdict was taken by the prisoner
with rilentand pallid resignation, lie hod
possibly nerved himself for any result
and gave no evidenoe of serious
disappointment or chagrin. His wife,
iwho was sitting by him, did not nt
|fiist appear to comprehend the verdict, but
bhe<l up and kised bis lips audibly and
smiled laughingly. Several times she thin
smiled and not the remotest gleam of a tear
drop shone upon her eye lashes. Her con
duct was rather unaccountable to those who
were looking on.
His brothers were shocked and greatly
[affected by the verdict, while his uncle,
]Doctor Stout, was moved to the deepest
rief. Mr. Spinks, father of tlie wife,
•uried his face in nis handkerchief and
wept bitterly. The prisoner received the
sympathy of a large number of his friend*.
HThere will be a motion for a new trial
and one that needs .
tlement at tbe hands of that court.
The result may be aet down as a dloap
pointinent to the majority present during
she trial. But there are a goodly number
of law and order <
chivalry.
t and i
THESCi.NE IN MRS. HULL’S OHAMBER Giing cool aud pleasant The whole party
seemed in the highest of spirits, and under
the inspiration of Colonel Acton, Professor
William Horace Cunningham and kindred
wits, the train was tilled with laughter. The
-Eolian quartette was on board and sang
several dr their incomparable songs.
BOASTING MEAT OVER FLOODED PITS.
upon reaching Icevilie, of course the
first idea was the investigation of the
especial barbecue that had been prepared,
Tas Evifi. ac /of a Torriblo Sight's Work-Follow
ing th* Trail, With. No S.ga of Snocess—
L-prciy la Radians—Gefed by an
Ox—The Point BreizoFirs.
New York, June 13.—The murder of Mrs.
Jane L. D. Hull, wife of Dr. Alonzo HuH,
who was found dead, bound and gagged in
her home on Forty-second street* still en-
gages the attention of the police, and b the
subject of extended comment. Her*apart
ment is oonfusion, and a small sum of mon
ey_is nibsing. She was of a wealthy and
aristocratic family, and inherited considera
ble money, part of which she lost lately
Wall street speculations. Her husband
graduated in England, practiced in Lon
don aud in France, being well received
among tbe nobility. They were con
sidered well otf, owning their dwelling.
The house b in the middle of the
block, between Sixth avenue and Broadway,
on the south side* oi tin* way. It is tlie
handsomest building in a row where every
* where all
building is elegant and large, and
are private dwellings, occupied by people of
means. The first persons who awoke iu that
house were Nancy Francis, the colored girl
•vho cooks for the family, and Nellie West,
a chambermaid, who is also a colored girl.
They dressed and went down stairs. Nedie
West, when she reached the lower hall, saw
that both the frontdoors, the inner and the
outer door, were wide open. Nancy
p rsncls went to her rob tress’ room
for money to pay tlie baker, and
for tbe orders for breakfast. Mrs. Hull
did not sleep in the same room with her
husband, and had not done ao for years.
She occupied the small rear room at tlxe
end of the hall on tbe parlor floor. The
irl looked iu. Mrs. Hull was dead. Her
jdy lay on the narrow bed, uncovered ex
cept by her night-cldthes and bound to^he
bedstead.
The alarm was quickly given and the po
lice found the body of Mrs. Hull tied to the
bed in a bungling way. A rope made of a
piece of twisted bed-sheet was passed
around her right ankle and around the side
of the bed, and was then passed under the
bed and around tbe left ankle, which was
additionally secured by another ribbon of
sheeting fastened to the bedstead. Thus
the feet were held at opposite sides of the
bed. The dead woman’s elbows were pin-
*. at the sides of her body by a stocking
suspender of linen and elastic. Her hands
had afterward been brought together and
tied to one another at the wrists
with a piece of the sheet. There was a
bandage of linen around her eyes,
and around her neck had been twisted
a great bunch of stuff composed oi a |>olo-
naise of heavy dress goods, and_ a shawl of
rich dark-brown cloth, embroidered with
gold. This mass of clothing was intended
as a gag, and while it was tied under the
neck it was wound also over the lower part
of the face. Captain Williams says it took
three-quarters of an hour to tie her as she
Irad been tied.
Mrs. Hull had worn when she retiieda
night-gown and a petticoat of flannel. There
were not disordered or stained with bl<
but there was a drop of caudle-grease on
one cuff of her night-gown. There were
three pillows in the room; one was under
the head of the murdered woman, and was
crumpled and soiled. Another was at the
side of the bed against the wall, and was
, had been
smothered to death. It was creased and
soiled as by sweaty hands, and it bore
marks of blood on b<Tth sides. The win
dows of the dining-room that afford a view
4 the yard were closed the night before,
light twine as they had been for weeks.
Tlio nffloara mot fhn r!Mf-ft rwlrpt.hi
that a robbery had been committed, and
they obtained!'
oLthi
the assistance of the inmates
e house to determine what had been
taken. It was at once determined that two
rings bad been taken from the dead wo
man's fingers, and the officers discovered
that they had been violently tom off. The
ring finger of the left hand was slightly
wounded, and the flesh was rolled up under
the place where the ring had been. The
middle finger of the right hand was simi
larly wounded. Terhaps the robber tore
ive caused the wounds. Tlie only
ther wound was on the nose, the skin of
which had been rubbed off in a place on the
left side as big as a tack-head. The neck
was badly discolored, but not bruised.
MORE TROOPS.
every thing taken was
not more than $500.
Dr. Hull was excited and had nothing to
telL He left his wife before midnight, and
she went to bed in her room, while he clam
bered the four flights of stairs leading to his
Arrival of the Thirteenth Infantry, j chamber at the top of the bouse. He could
Monday morning four compinie3 of tbe I suggest no theory to account for the murder.
Thirteenth infantry, from New Orleans, Many other persons lived in the house, not
reached Atlanta to remain here during the I as boarders, but as occupants of furnLshed
summer. The companies are the same as I rooms. They beard no adund.
those that were in Atlanta last fall and re-1 Mrs. Hull comes of Knickerbocker stock-
mained here until the latter part of Decern-1 She was bom in New. York, and spent all
ber. They leave their comfortable quarters I but ten years of her life in this city. Her
at Jackson barracks to camp during the hot I brother is Theodore De Forest, once a mem-
tenu in our healthv and salubrious climate. I ber of tbe croton board. She was well con-
heavy rains might have had theeffectof put
ting it oft A glance at the smoking pita soon
convinced the crowd that everything was
all right, and the fat carcases were just be
ginning to brown. Of Course there had been
trouble. The pits had all been filled on
Sunday night aud a slow fire started. At 3
o’clock on Monday they were flooded with
water. The advance guard went to work
however, and soon had the water dipped
out aud new fires going, although the rain
was still falling. With an unlimited quan
tity of everything that was needed, and
with experienced hands at the helm, every
thing was satisfactory and the crowd rapidly
•1 sparged.
All sorts of amusements were indulged
in. There was boating and fishing ou the
river, whist ami euchre, and sociable par
ties scattered through tlie woods,
hammocks swung for the children,
seats provided for the old folk:
One of the features of the day was tli
hooting match. After practicing all the
morning the shooting march came on at
noon. The average shooting was title amt
there were five ties The firat prize’ was
finally won by Mr. .Samuel Htaw, the sec
ond by Master Albert Howell, the third bv
Mr. T. C. Wilkinson, and there were con
stant tours of investigation through the ide
factory of Mr. Albert Howe 1 1, where six
teen tons a day of the purest of ice is made
daily by a new and very interesting process.
The workings of the new machinery were
BY THE NECK.
AN ATROCIOUS CRIME REVENGED
Tbe Rape snd Hnrder of s Girl, and the Summary
Vengeance Wreaked Upon the Criminal by
the Outraged Fopni&oe—A Murdered
Men Found on tbe Railroad.
Charleston. S. C., June 17.—A special
dispatch »o the News and Courier,* from
•Spartanburg, to-day, says that at about 12
o’clock last night a body of one hundred
and fifty armed men entered that town on
horseback and proceeded to the jail,
where they demanded John Moore,
prisoner committed for the outrage
aqd murder o( Miss Woodward, on
the 5th instant. Sheriff Thompson hav
ing been, warned that an attempt would
be made* to lynch the prisoner, they had re-
kindly explained by Mr. Smith and Mr.
Tain ter. Visits were also paid to the pork-
packing establishment of Mr. VV. H. Howell,
where the hogs are slaughtered, and ice^
packed and sugar-cured.
At about two o’clock it was announced
that dinner was ready and the crowd gath
ered about the long tables that were groan
ing under the weight of savory meats and
all the proper accompaniuieuts. A platoon
of small slaves kept tho air musical with
was room for everybody and more than
enough for everybody and more than time
enough to eat it in. And as a consequence
of these advantages the large carcases of
sheep, shoat and kids disappeared in the
most rapid mauner. Tne serving of
meats was a marvel of correct
ness and of the most criti
cal and epienran assortment. Tite
ciation of the viands, while the childreri
ate with a heartiness that would have done
any man's heart good.
After dinner there was an hour or two of
shooting, boating, loafing and tight-seeing,
and then the party boarded the train and
after a swift nde were brought to the pas
senger depot. In twenty minute* there
after • the deserted Constitution building
was filled with busy workmen from turret
to foundation. The reporters were out upon
their hurried rounds, the editors were at
ork in their sanctums, tbe types
ere clicking in the printera’ sticks,
the counting-room -folks were hastily
gathering together the day's correspondence
—the mailing-clerks were adjusting their
lists—the press-room force was hurrving
to get the ponderous machinery of their
department ready for its nightly work, and
the great work of preparing a morning
newspaper was once more begun.
There is Utile more to be said about the
barbecue, and iu closing in tlie name of all
the folks about there—"and their families”
—we wish that The Constitution may
‘‘live long and prosjier.**
WHO OWNS THIS WOMAN 7
The Complications Benettliag a Singu
lar Marriage Contract.
New York Sun.
John William Adrianus De Vletter and
Louise Stahl were married by proxy by the
Rev. Francis J Schneider, on May 6, 1877,
snd an application was made to the board
of health on Wednesday last to have the
record of the marriage expunged on the
ground that no ceremony could have been
William Adrianus De Vletter was in
Rotterdam, Holland, when the ceremony
was performed. But he intended that Louise
,hl should be his wife, and in order to
relieved from the fatigue of the
sea voyage he had sent William Margat
Pauer, his attorney, to this city to appear
is groom for him. The day before
the ceremony was performed the Rev. Mr.
Schneider was visited by Mr. Pauer, who
showed a closely written document that
said that John William Adrianus De Vletter
had given to William Margat Pauer a power
of attorney "especially to conclude in tlie
appearer’s name his proposed marriage to
r> ‘ i : i> l . t ti.. i-t_
Dame Louise Reuber, widow of the late
Hermann Stahl, residing in New York,
therefore to do and perform the required
moved him to the Air-Line railroad, about
one mile from town, intending to board the
northern bound train and reach Columbia;
but he had been watched, and before the
train arrived the lynchers secured Moore
and took him to the scene of the murder,
near Welford, 12 miles distant, where they
said they would hang him at 10 o’clock,
this morning. Moore and his victim were
both white.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
of the murder of Miss Fannie
and the execution of her supposed mur
derer, John Moore, near here, are about
follows: On Thursday, June 5, while Miss
Woodward was on her way from Pickens
county to the liouse of a relative, site had
decasioh to call at the house of John Moore,
i man of notoriously bad character, (which
was totally unknown to her), making in
quiries as to the route to the house of her
tuicie. ^ Dinner being ready she was invited
to * dinner which she accepted
and paid for. _ As she was ready
to resume her journey, Moore propo--ed
1o show her ths nearest way to the road to
her relative’s house. She told him that it
was unnecessary, as she was able to find the
way, but he accompanied her nevertheless.
Shortly after he was seen in a terrible state
<-f excitement. On Sunday the body waa
found within one hundred yards of where
Moore acknowledged to have left her.
Trial Justice Gaston hastily impanelled a
tom was held on Monday, revealing the
fact that an outrage had been committed ou
her person before she was murdered. She
was shot through the right side of the chest
and her throat cut from ear to ear. Evi
dences of a terrible scuffle between the mur
derer and his victim were plainly to
be * seen, showing conclusively • that
she hud made a desperate effort
to protect her honor, but Moore
being a man of
ig a man of great muscular power, she
powerless in nis hands. The remains
of Muss Woodward were interred in a coun
try grave-yard near by. Oa Tuesday Moore
was arrested and confined in jail, until he
ilKBO, i AULDING V.OUNTY. t»A., June 17.—
Editors Constitution—Having seen and read
with much interest communications from
various parts of the state, but seeing noth
ing from old Paulding, I ask a short space
: -i vour valuable paper for a few dots.
Nebo postoffice is located at the crossing
of tlie roads—one leading from Dallas to
Caiupbelltown, the other from Powder
was taken out toChinquepin trestle, where
the tuob captured him and brought hint to
the scene ot the murder. Il was announced
tliat he would be hanged at 10 o'clock to
day. Shortly after 7 o’clock this morning
a lawyer by tlie name of Woodward made
a speech to the large assemblage in Moore's
behalf, pleading with them to turn him
over to the law to be dealt with according
to the form* of law. Fearing that his
•eecli might excite sympathy in
te hearts of the majority it was decided to
hang him two hours earlier. A rojie was
400 yards of Moore's house and
within 200 yards of where Miss Woodward
v as found, fastened around his neck, and
cjnverticg a buggy into a scaffold it
clock the fatal drop was given. Alter
hanging one hour lie was pronounced dead
and the body cut down and turned over to
his family, who were present witnessing
tlie execution. He will be buried to-iuor-
Moore made no confessiou, but pro
tested his innocence to the last.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Kings Mountain, N. C., June 17.—Passen
ger train No. 47 of the Atlanta and Charlotte
Air-Line railfoad ran over the body of a
man, near the 231 mile post, three miles
from here, this morning about 1:30. His
remains were placed on the train and
m, as he was badly cut up by the
wheels. A cut found in his throat looked
as if he had been stabbed and placed on
the track. The body was cold, except
tobacco and an orcier to Manney
to let him have goods, and chaise io ,
superintendent of the gold mines. There
was nothing on his person to indicate who
he was, but from the best information he is
supposed to be a crazy man named McCall,
of Clover, N. C., or N. C. R. It Hi* family
are reported to be in destitute circum
stances. The coroner will hold an inquest
over the body, ami thoroughly .investigate
the matter, as all the surroundings suggest
foul play. Will send tlie result as soon as
obtained.
n our healthy and salubrious climate. I ber of tue croton board, one was wen con-
supposed that they would take the nected in old New Yorks best circles. She
vacant lot in the rear of the resi-1 was an active and conspicuous member of
deuce of Mr. H. L Kimball, on Peachtree Soros is. Mrs. Hull was married when she
street, but for some reason the command- was sixteen years of age, and two years
ing officer, Captain De Courcy preferred the I later she-and the Doctor journeyed to
site of last year’s camp, an open spot be I Europe. They settled in London, where
rond Pryor street and just outside the city | the doctor established himself and remain-
.imits. The men are hard at work getting ed practicing his prqfess>on for ten years,
the camp in order. Tbe officers are at the I Mrs. Hull is said to have been a beautiful
Kimbail house, where they will remain for I woman at this time, and was wealthy and
a few days. The elegant band of the regi- J fond of society, she was presented at the
ment came with the companies and will I Court of Qfleen Victoria. She became very
soon be heard in Atlanta. The Thirteenth I stout after her return to America, and at
will soon be quartered pleasantly .and we I time of her death weighed* three hundred
‘llbepleasai
declaration of marriage before the qualified
officers of tbe state and before all other offi
cers of tbe government, state and church,
with all the formalities required by the
church or state, and there so declare in the
appearer’s name that he intends aud is will
ing to conclude a lawful marriage with
the said Dame Louise Reuber, widow of the
late Hermann Stahl.” The |x>wer of attor
ney was made before Notary Public A. C.
Van Wyngaarden, at Rotterdam, on March
I pounds.
trust their stay here will be pleasant; . , «- — .... . .
th* r,rin fluted^ulden'ly aTrtnil&V and re-
are now quite at home at McPherson bar- the fact that a neighbor, Mrs. New-
racks. All the officers selected their qoar- toI , ha( j lather dog with similar sudd-li
ters Saturday. Nearly all the commodious nes J gon^time ago, and the loss was fol-
houses are occupied and furnished with I i oww | by a burglary. Others in the house
every appliance for comfort.^ There are now | 8poke Q f this dog. It was a pet Bedlington
test noise and
.te**.*.. ..... „iigl
raand of that popular officer, Gen-1 kcpt j te barking so pertinacious that the in-
eral Henry Hunt. Atlanta is well niate9 of ^ house say that the murder
supplied with military and a choice of the ^^d not nave occurred bad the dog been
entire army could not have secured a more I j t j s supposed that *
agreeable set of gentlemen.
is supposed that thi* dog was
poisoned. H^ne detectives in the city are
actively working on the case, but they have
consented to
married by proxy, and the Rev. Mr.
Schneider performed the ceremony in Mrs.
Stahl's room at No. 305 East Tenth street.
Mr. Pauer answered, 4 *I do” for Mr. De
Vletter, and the certificate of marriage sent
the board of health was signed: “J. W.
De Vletter, (groom), p. c. W. Margat
Pauer, Louise Stahl, (bride).” The wit
nesses were Jenny Reinhard, Josephine
Pauer, Mr. Pauer’s wife and Frederick
Sahlfeld, M. D. , „ „
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Pauer
took Mrs. De Vletter to Holland, but within
three months she returned to New York,
and she has not seen De Vletter since. He
signs.. He came after her again and took I and endeavored to have the jury, with bitn. I wife, aniT after this feet came to defendant’s
her away to the >ame place and he alone bold to tbe legitimate conclusion from the I knowledge he shonld casually meet the deceased,
was the one who bad accomplished tar tali great leading facte developed by the lesti-1 i?'mwith* ^dradiywramn tat
and induced her to persist in it after the firat mony. Mr. HiU’a speech wa* ooe riving I P ar *«* to ^5“ ^
tin. That when he returned home she endear-1 exhibitions throughout of bis unfailing
ored. although kick, to summon courage to 1 care, ability and - diction. He was I ing to light . .
tell him all and prayed for power lo be able I earnest and powerful fn his appeals for I arootedyew was suddenly riolentandun-
to make him understand the truth. She the vindication of the promises of the|
failed. When she ran away it waa because a* to the true and good people ,
Simmons came for her in a car- f the state. He ooucluded with 14r fired on dcceased,his offense would be volantary
told tar he (Hill) | a strong commendation -to the jury | manrianghtgr and pqtmmdey Bat you will ob-
actively working on the case, Dut tney nave
Rev. T. DeWItt TnImage's Reception | no t a single clew. The murder is a complete
In England. | mystery*
Lon don, June 16.—The Rev. Dr. T. D>-1 a police officer, high in authority, in
Witt Talmage preached to-day at the Isling- I speaking with a reporter of the Evening
ton Presbyterian church, Colebrooke road, I post this morning of the murder of Mrs.
evinced by the people to see the | murder was committed by a person in the
famous American preacher. A
The enthusiasm was immense. Half a mile I He also intimated that it was likely an
before the Presbyterian church was reached I arrest would be made very soon, possibly
carriage was lifted from tbe ground and I to-day. Superintendent Walling is said to
carried bodily to the church. It was one of I be convinced that the missing jewels are
£fi
found out all and was coming home to I to fearlessly and aeiiously execute tbe I
d. that If there wan
Sf time, and if tbe prii
kill tar. Sta fled from rear. I Mr! Hill Las seldom won higher compli-1 JJJjjjg wMi'an fnSSnto
When she returned to him he c mdoned | meniathan jhme prid him on acooant of | jgfltim or with a preconceived intention to bring
tlie most tremendous ovations ever paid to I still in the house, but if the jewels are not
American minister in London. found in the house or drains, the polity
theory of the murder will not be altered,
as they say it is impossible to say bow far
the offense, and made arrangements to take 1 this effort, and by men who know the real |
her into the country and did ea After she waa I worth of a legal and forensic argument,
ntry Simmons endeavored to have |
and t
i a fight with deodlv weapons, the law woui<
at thus grade such offense from murder down t
and told him. He went to work to find I Judge Hillwr began at 8:25 to deliver the I of ^ virtue ogata-t an attempt then and
Simmon* and after mat trouble did so. 1 charge, which was carefully written and in | betas mode on the raateaud actimlljrta
j^TSS-d^-hiUnunrajUonof «h. Uw. Th. .oHowing'U I
P T£d to him: j Tbe state I tafSta?S!? to^Sl%Sn l ^tSS^
“FULL HER, DIES TOC!"
, Ihe matter passing through them.
» UN.U... held in Dr. Hull is undersurveillance. The idea of
New York; 19,577 drew $50,000. held in St. the muider having been committed by tiro-
I*mi*; 24.703 drew *30.000, held in 8L
Louisj 16.436 drew flO.OOU, 'held in Wash- *11 persons (amilisr with criminal matters.
; 82 325 drew *10,000. held in Louis- The police are confident of winding «P the
* ** • — ~ 1 before the end of this week. Three
»ri rar.w I tiZm oi justifiable homicide, enumerated in the
, , . .. _ J® I <ode. yon would be authorised to find him justi-
and ttan-^iff! and should acquit him. But, as before
‘don’t fire again, I raction in reaching a verdict according to the ctI- I ^ at that timehiswife was in a place of
SasasBasiwjs-fc
uj» to the police, and was sent tojaiL | court deUtyratoyon taefew_with ram and upon | JJconfSmfeantartanJe HsnS^OQ the
—l fired. Shivers said.
SSsTiUff drew $5,000, held in New Or-1 case before I
leans; *11,161 drew 5,000, held in New York; thousand post- j. «
^,00C, held in Sl Louis; 88.269 of the missing jewelry, will be sent to all
— - - parts of the country. .
lull statements from every member of the
household as to their knowledge of the ex
isting feeling between themselves and Mrs.
Hull and others in the house, as well as
and folio'
Odin* hi* tor* and. imerrating raatcoa-rtdnmflon. «d ToawraMjrelT upon XjSCS
addrara.be raid he had done imlhingbot | 2SS?S!i^!S!^ia2S2linJ^i£Sl^^toeaaaiera»Ito the rode, he would not
I exdurtwpnvmce to find the fee* la the evidence I
Mr.
whai be thought right. He did not regret ^ i^^-^dtoTSS^d S-TtoS he JnMM.
what he had done, but on!, the neutrally rau lo the truth.
for hating to doit. II. made a pathetic | I now trad jya. certain stctlonj of jhe code per-1
mm I pends ao it* own peculiar farts, and it is for you
.jL^red. “oonuaU. felon, on cither. -1
ill Sfy 'ir&S2 g '£5k
SSrL^^LSSiSjSS^taSSlSSlifcortodoa^crimtaalacttmulttagtadmth
*** ^ older to constitute
I "raHro- There most be deliberation, in order to
t jury, and holding
iHffrk np in his bands said: . ___
Thi. ua Bible, gentlemen of the jury, on was i ttyduced by the raate to rebut the udi
which e. u ham taken a solemn oath: If i priraner • ataie-nenu Lottia Bra* denied 1 Sth
you think me guilty, hang me; if y-u rame of the .tatemeuu timde by Hill; teni-1
thing tne right. ‘ " ‘
| seduced her from her marriage tow*.
lie a>k«d tbe jury to bear with him I J<w. M. Berry testified that Lottto Ross
while hagaretha fact* in hi* caw; it waa told him ainoa the tnal that she would giro
the flret Ulna ha had - ter bam up in , | all .be had lo *ee flam Hill hung,
court-home and he had pry-bally! 2U thu point the court, upon oontulta-
arted wrong, bot ha thanked ttod tion with counsel, adjourned to Monday
for tl* strength to stand.here and make hia both side, boring dosed their iratimony.
statement to them. They were men such I • ~ .
a, he bad prayed in his peiaoo ceil rtsmldt There was an enormous pressure at the
try him, and ue begged then to hear him _,
patiently and bear with him. » 1 ’ u ' 1 < h «
raid: Yon who hare neser redirad STtotSlctm
this terrible redity- there thinp cat in the pragrra.of.the
that 1 bar* pawed through—cannot clearly ereceded that which baa m
understand tkand 1 trust none of yon may day todayofthgtrmt jrat
mrdma
one of t
hil. Bat tf U appear that Ilia pdamere
-id th.-. th. inrer-1 -£-• “
in tha 4
‘ten it would be the d
list.voice; aadifbeh
kL there would be express malice; b
wss not such sufficient interval.
express matice.
The effect of an absence <
cooling time, if all the other <
e of you may “J® ^w - ... _
ths mo and 1 ca»« was not equal to it in fascination.
n in the uni- bwoe in neither of them was less than ua i *—a—-
w von ooe of this, and ooe of them at least had attained I ***§ if^SSSsScithern
the ii-t*«i tVcctcd and miserable men oa * national notoriety, and was looked upon the Wiling most have
551 £2^ lSSXd not rivemftg for my Maine to Texas as a test case of the ldUiagis justified the
!!£^Ub-c^dSwt SZ uTJZ' £y u»r«tid administmi-o of juatic. in o.e j ^ycnreg^draratoum.ura. oarany. ^ jad ^ **n chraged in the usud
■oath* I U a twin and his wile be living together in the! terms upon the questions of reasonable
•,and in virtue and in I doubt, -impeachment of witnesses, the pns-
■hoaid beoorae them | oner’s statement and the form of the rer-
oaaltercr with her, |
Tbe coart then took a recess for ten min-
hSTS&S'toFtfflS I j5qr ttaVtoStTbtt to^Sd^S mi c
Uw of oar State declares I tnantianghte..
1 sfioll on his trial be fully I , .
a folly
statement to you.
Mr. Hill then imoaaded to Idled his
ptoyment in K«
_ _ important was » sudden and oomidete In it* execu- ?<»£■*
tpress company; tion, yet ao coolly and deliberately acorn- rf,
tianta and deter- (dished, as lo startle tbe community, and a, T
lid so in IST5. He far a while to impress the people with the | sell
______________ to her husband would S nu !r
bow he'had a fancy for Atlanta and deter- {dished, as to startle the oommouitv, and I baTe the right to defend her and to defend him- . .
mined to move here and did so in 1875. He lor a while to impress the people wuh the | self tan such injury and to use jnst ao much utes. when the jury returned into their box
an enormous congregation. ^ Much curi-1 HulL admitted that he was convinced the
ini
l dense crowd I bouse, and said tbe removal of the jewels
A Heavy Cotton Fall are.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
New York, Jane 18.—IL W. & J.
ley and B. IL Smith A Co., cotton
J. H. Far- j events immediately preceding and
m brokers I ing the murder. Captain Williams,
’• Liabili-1 tering the house t*>-day, met Dr. E
fifty to two I the hallway and handed a dispatch t_
hundred thousand dollars. They claim to be I Dr. Hull read the disnatch and then handed
to two I the hallway and
—-im to be I Dr. Hull read the dispatch an<
able to pay in full. The suspension of both I it back to the captain, who read it and
firms are said to be due to the failure of 1 questioned the doctor about it. The con-
their southern correspondents to respond to j tents of the dispatch could not be learned.
the calls for margins.
CeTlactea Xaptlal*.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Cotinotos, Jane 17.—Married, this after
noon ..at the residence of thebnde’a mother,
by Bev. George W. W. Stone, of Oxford,
Mr. W. D. Sheppard, our popular young
merchant, and Miss Callie Spence. The
happy conple left on the upward train for
Atlanta and Catoosa springs.
The officers have been instructed to take
charge of all letters and dispatches directed
to any of the inma tea of tne house.
A GLORIOUS BARBECUE.
D«ae Up In the Fashion of Old-Time
Ccerfia—Tbe Const! t a lion's Compli
ments to Its Attaches.
Shot In the Thigh.
West Point, Ga., June 14.—Mr. A. C
Lanier was shot in the thigh yesterday, by
releseiy hand-
There was many a heart made sad *on
Monday morning at the drifting rains that
i.u nVinolr until s*>vpn. and vet
fell from three <?clock until aeren, and yet
;te the weather, a croVd of several bun-
filling several cars, met at the preren^
Mr Robert Heid. who waa "careleslv- hind-1 awran tfdMk. tori
ling a pistol. Tbe bail (wared -ironnd the The CoarerrcrioTtrain and .tart tor Thi
■ * ■ • — — 1 Cosanttmos a birthday barbecue. Tbe
composed entirely of the em
bone and lodged in the muaclea, inflicting a
painful but it is thought, not dangerous J crowd —~, , r , T - _ ntl
wound. They were alone when the .boot- | in C ^J» oi the
paper coming out later in the
day. The depot presented a busy
scene. The proprietors were all on hand,
ing occurred.
i CeaMa't Get IE.
scene. The proprietors were an on nana,
St. Johns, N. B., June 17.—A child hav- jjaiiantlv assi-ting the ladies and children
ing a bear’s head has been bom in Queens comfortable scats or superintending tbe
county. Barnum tried to purchase it, but | r^nies who were packing, in the provision
nothing would l««t*if*** tne mother in ruirt I 1 . _t < -’ - *
with her child. _
catsup and walnut sauoe, keg* of vinegar,
firkins of Jersey butter, cases of pickles.
feMtor Blair.
. Concord, N. IL, June 17.—Henry W.
Blair was to-day elected United States sena
tor. The vote in the house was:. Blair,
161; Bingham, 95. In the the senate, Blair.
20; Bingham, 4.
Kansas City, Mo., June 17—One of the
most distressing and hearu^wdertng^ occur-
renceit t l.«t has ever taken place m this
city was enacted at an early hour on
Saturday resulting in the instant death of
Mrs. F. G. Noonan at the hands of her
hnsband, who mistook his wife for a bur
glar: Noonan was awakened by
his wife, who stated that robbers
were in the house, and getting
up seized a revolver and went to
a front room, his wife following. Arriving
there his wife thought she saw a robber, and
uttering an exclamation, grabbed her hus
band about the neck. He became fright
ened, and thinking in his excitement that
he had hold of a robber fired, and his wife
dropped dead at his feet. Mr. and Mrs.
xr;i- Iron
several years since, Mr. 'Noonan being the
son of a well-known resident of that city,
and a graduate of Yale in the class of 1868.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Galveston, June 18.—A News special
from Brackettsville says that in a fight with
nited States in-
, shot and killed, the former
shooting him five times.
in the sixty-one years of his life he has ac
cumulated considerable property. The
casement was made in Rotterdam, wh
where
wife had been frequently, her Dtrtn-
■ that city. What caused
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Kansas City. Mo., June 18. -r Samuel
Bucher, a city marxh«l of West Port, a vil
lage four miles south of here, was shot and
place being near
the rupture between them is not known
outside of their intimate friends.
But in the application to have the record
of the marriage with De Vletter expunged
no mention was made of a marriage in tbe
fall of 1877, soon after Mrs. De Vletter re
turned from Rotterdam. The records of the
bureau of vital statistics show that on Ihe
6th of December, 1877, Frederick Sahlfeld,
aged 32, a chemist, of No. 7 East Third
street, and* Elisa Louise Reuber, widow of
De Vletter. aged 35, of No. 7 East Third
street, were married by tlie Rev. Charles K
Berger, an ordained minister of the German
Lutheran church and late chaplain x»f the
United States army, of No. 55 First
avenue. Each described the marriage as
their second. The ceremony was per
formed in one of Parson Berger’s rooms in
the second story, used as a dining-room.
sard, telegraph operator c
One of the peculiarities of that ceremony
was that the groom was a witness of his
was that the groom
■ ‘ ‘ arriage with De Vletter by proxy.
rger learned this recently when
Dr. Sahlfeld asked him for a paper to show
that the marriage record had been expunged
from his register. Dr. Sahlfeld said
that he wished to show bis mother in Ger
many that bis marriage was void, and he
told Pastor Berger that he intended to tell
his wife that he was going to Baltimore, al
though he bad engaged passage for Europe.
He lias been out of the city two weeks.
After hearing Dr. Sahlfeld’s story. Pastor
Berger wrote on the back of xhe stub of the
marriage certificate
Foregoing named widow. De Vletter, ha* ob-
talnea the marriage under fraud, as De Vletter is
■till alive: also her first husband, Stahl, accord
ing to the certificate of the health department of
New York. Chas. E. Brace*.
the certificate of the marriage of De
and Mrs. Staid, and Pastor Berger called
upon Pastor Schneider on yesterday,
showed the record of Dr. Sahlfeld'S
riage. Pastor Schneider recognized the
similarity of the name of the bride to that
of the woman who was married by proxy
by him. bat there was a discrepancy in the
ages—that of* Elisa Louise Reuber being
given as 35, and that of Dame Louise Reuber
as 42. But be is positive that the woman de
scribed in his register is tho same as the
one described in Pastor Berger’s register.
Pastor Schneider considers the marriage by
persons of ordinary social standing tare
much right to be married br arabassod
as kings and members of royal families.
"The king of Holland and a princes* of
Prussia were married by proxy,” he said,
"andso were the king of Spam and the
Princess of Montpensier. WLat a father
can do; I guess a child can do.”
came a total wreck. The Huascar came to
her assistance, aud finding it impossible
to save her, took off her crew and part of the
armament, and then set tiro to the
vessel to prevent her falling into tlie hands
of the enemy. The Cavadonga and Laimri es
caped. The Huascar returned to Pisaqua,
whence she sailed again with the Chalota
on the 23d, whether for Arica or to destroy
on me zou, wnerner ior Anca or to destroy
the water condensers at Autoflagasta it is
not known.
Files of the Lima and Calloa papers con-
the progress of the war:" The Oroga
has landed six hundred Bolivians,
armed with Remington rilles, at Pisaqua,
together with stores and artillery. Gen
eral Prado, who is now at Arica, will im
mediately take command of the Bolivian
contingent, which numbers nearly 8,000
men, and move southward to join tlie Peru
vian army in the province of Tara-
paca. The Peruvian congress has
authorized a home loan of 10,000,000
soils to defray war expenses, and if this loan
be not promptly taken the government is
eiunowered to issue paper money, guaran
teed by the states.
At Callao, on May 24th, tbe Peruvian
government began tbe examination of the
officers of the German steamer Luxor,
charged with violation of neutrality in car
rying arms from Montevideo to Valparaiso.
From Peruvian and Chilian sources the
losses at Pisaqua are estimated at $2,000,000.
All the provisions for the support of the
people and garrison was destroyed, aud
there is great distress.
Political disorder continues in the state
of Canco, where General Klises has become
civil and military chief of tho government
Peaceful revolutions have taken place in
Cundinamarca. General Lopez has been
forced out of the presidency and
ucceeded by Senor W. I barese. Advices
rom Ecuador report threatened hostilities
between tliat state and Colombia.
Severe shocks of an earthquake occurred
May 29th and 30th in Costa Rica. The ca
thedral at San Jose was partially destroyed,
and many buildings damaged there and in
other parts of tlie state.
Rio Janeiro, June 16.—A telegram from
Buenos Ayres, May 18th, states that the re
jection of the Patagonian frontier treaty
with Chili was believed to be imminent,
and warlike preparations are being made in
consequence.
A NOTCH FROM NEBO.
Good Neighborhood, with Some
Advantages for Hunt ness.
Nebo, Paulding County, Ga., Juno 17.—
fine a neighborhood as any in the
county.
We have free productive lands, good wa
ter, good timber, and good, sociable, intel
ligent and industrious people, such as con
stitute the strength of any country. Nebo
*— — excellent stand for a country
would be i
store and blacksmith shop.
Crops, so far as I have seen, are looking
rail tiara,li*1* __ Itl.S. . ?
well, though needing rain a$ this time.
Wheat crops are good. I hear old citizens
say they never saw them better in this
We have churches of the various denomi-
tions—Methodist, Baptist and Christian
I Campbellites). The Baptists predominate,
i sorry I can’t say anything in praise of
schools. I will say, however, that we
have tolerably good schools six months in
tho year. We hope to ’do better after a
while.
The California Republican*.
San Francisco, June 17.—The republican
state convention met at Sacramento this af
ternoon. Among the candidates promi
nently mentioned for the head of the ticket
are General Geo. 8. Evans, of San Joachin;
fil'd (J T*<arlrin« nml Tdlin li* Striff nt Son
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
San Francisco, June 18.—The republican
state convention this afternoon adopted a
platform reaffirming the principles of the
republican party, denouncing the attempt
of th» democracy to interfere with the Ra
rity of e^tions, sustaining the president’s
veto ixdicy and pledging tlie party to the
faithful application of the new constitution.
It also contains an anti-Chinese plank, favors
it also contains an anti-Ufnnese plank, favors
the regulation by congress of freights and
fares in inter-state commerce, and demands
a reduction of one-fourth in tho rates
charged by the railroad-i of tlie state on
June first of the present year. The conven-,
tion then adjourned .until evening without
making any nominations.
The republican state convention this
evening nominated George C. Perkins for
governor on the first ballot.
Galveston, June 18.—A special dispatch
from Lardo to the Daily News says; Tlie,x»—
port that General ffaa-gg 3t*iS7»I£
n r <m»»***» : » > “ctii<> against President Diaz, has
been confirmed. Governor Diaz Gniteneci,
of San Luis Potosi, has been killed by revt*-
lutiouists. All mails from the in
terior of Mexico are interrupted, and
all the newspapers in Monterey except
the official journal have been forced to sus
pend. General Trevino is expected to pro
nounce soon. General Naraozo is in
Lampasas organizing against President
Diaz.
Brownsville, June 18.—A dispatch from
Sattilla says the governor of Nueva
Leon was killed by the revolutionists at
tliat place yesterday.
Written from Rockdale.
Conyers, Ga., June 16.—Mrs. Posey,
mother of ’Squire T. C. Posey, died yester
day. Several April showers this morning.
Crops booming and everything lovely. An
attempt will be made at the July session to
tttempt .
ibolisn our county court. It is
asserted tliat a daily paper will (
here in a very short time. It is a matter of
surprise to some that the Good Templars
liave uot given notice of their intention to
apply for a prohibitory law. They are
quite strong in this county. TiikConstitu-
tion’s readers here hail the 11th anniver
sary of their favorite p»i>er with pleasure
and wish it many happy returns.
nsas City.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
An Insurrection In Algiers—The Turk
Ish Complication*, etc.
Algiers, June 18.—The column of troops
which left Botna, in ttm province of Con-
slantina, encountered six hundred insur
gents occupying a defile of the One-
touba hills. They were dislodged
by the artillery, and the troops occu
pied their jiositiorts. The column
continues its march to Medina.
The French commander telegraphs his ar
rival at Medina, and reports that ten chiefs
of the rebel tribe endeavored to obtain a
cessation of hostilities by falsely represent
ing that the rebel leader has fled. They
have been warned to surrender him, or they
will be attacked to-night.
Versailles, Jp.dc 18.—Minister Lepere
assured the chamber of deputies to-day that
the disturbances in Algiers afforded no
present cause for anxiety. The house con
sequently consented to the postponement
of an interpellation on that subject oue
month.
A Na«l Accident.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Covington, Ga., June 19.—Yesterday
morning the two oldest sons of Dr. E. H
Yancey, aged respectively 12 and 10 year?L
in company with Enunit Thompson, aged
13, secretly made their way to the Yellow
river, three miles distant, and while in bath
ing the younger, Joseph Yancey, was
drowned. The two more fortunate became
alarmed and seized the clothing of their
late comrade, ran for home and gave the
alarm. A number of our citizens have gone
to look for the body, but a* yet it has not
been found.
Tbe 5orth and Kontb Road.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Rome. June 18.—H. Blanchard the pur
chaser and owner of the North and South
and Memphis branch roads has probated
mortgages for one million dollars on each
road and appointed John H. Reynolds,
president First national tank, Rome, treas
urer North and Sonth;and C. G. Samuel
president of thebajik of Rome, treasurer of
tlie Memphis branch. Both have accepted
and the roads will be pushed through to
completion.
New Yore, June 16—The steamer Colon,
which arrived tare from Panama to-day
brings the following particulars with regard
to the naval tattle between the Chilians
and Peruvians off Iquique, which bas be-
The Chilian fleet appeared ol
May 22d, but learning that
first division of the Peruvian
fleet had gone south at once
steamed in pursuit. In the meantime the
Peruvian fleet tad learned from passing
els and bv telegraph that the Chilian
iron-clad* haa sailed from Iquique, leaving
there only the small wooden corvette Es
meralda, a di-patch boat, tbe Cavadonga
and the transport Li mart. The Huascar
and Independencia, Peruvian iron-clads,
immediately steamed to Iquique and
attacked those vessels. The Huascar, after
summoning the .Esmeralda two or three
times to s irrender. which was answered by
broadsides, he at last rammed the latter,
which sank almost immediately, carrying
down about 150 men. Thomson,
the commander of the Esmeralda,
when she was struck by Jhe Huascar,
leaped on board of the latter
with a handful of men to attempt apparently
the forlorn hope of taking her, but he and
making upc
At precisely quarter past seven every
body was seated.
the precious luggage was
all stored away, and tbe engine pulling six
A Minnesota Riot.
St. Paul* June 18.—The governor was
summoned at midnight last night to Tracy,
the Minnesota terminus of the Hastings
and Dakota railroad to suppress a riot
caused by three hundred railroad laborers
and tramps. He left at 3 o’clock p. m., to
day.
redstence, in which SL Velard of the
car was killed. From twenty-five to forty
prisoners were taken and the rest of tbe
crew and officers perished with the shi~
In the meantime the Independencia
chase after the Cavadonga and Limari,
which she was anxious to capture but not
familiar with the coast, steered vary close
courses, leading the Independencia into
water* where abe was certain of destruction
The Independencia followed blindly, and
at a point known — n *“
“Coon” Johnoen Killed.
Stone Mountain, June 16.—Tbe down
through freight on the Georgia railroad ran
over and killed on Saturday night a young
man by the name of ‘'Coon” Johnson. He
was at this place on Saturday evening and
while here became intoxicated. It is sup-
thathe lay down upon the track and
Tent happened about two
and a half miles above here, between this
place and Clarkston. He leaves a widowed
mother and sisters and brothers.
Another Revolution.
Havana, June 18. — A German mail
steamer from Vera Cruz brings the follow
ing news from Mexico: City of Mexico,
June 10.—General Miguel Negrete, a divi
sion commander, has left his command and
issued a revolutionary proclamation,
has no followers and the government troops
is still
cannot find him. It is believed he i
concealed in the capital, bat the police have
so far searched for nim without success.
General Crook's Trip.
Omaha, June 18.T-General Crook ha* re
turned from a frontier trip, and reports the
Indians generally quiet, bat says the steal
ing of ponies of the Sioux must stop or an
outbreak may be expected. Measures will
' ‘ * * ’ * the tbiev
be taken to punish the thieves.
Goldemltb and His Wife Safe.
Boston, June 15.—Tne boat Uncle Sam,
in which Goldsmith and his wife started on
a cruise around he world, has been spoken
by the Bchoone tWachuser, off this port.
All were well.
Waiting for a Rise.
Halifax, June 18.—Over one thousand
t Paint Grensia, while \ hogshead* of suirar are held in stock here
going at full speed, struck a rock and be- j for an advance in prices.
