Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Murder, 1882 

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Benjamin/Samuel HILL, quack doctor, 
   murdered, 24 Feb 1882 


"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Tues., Feb. 28, 1882, p. 4, col. 2 

Virginia News. 
[...] 

  It is supposed that a foul murder was committed in Southampton county Va., 
last Friday night, the victim being Samuel Hill, a quack doctor.  When found 
Hill was in his night clothes, laying in a ditch near his house.  There was 
a bullet hole in the back of his neck, another in the back, and an abrasion 
of the skin on the forehead as if caused by a blow of a heavy cudgel.  The 
house in which Hill lived was found burned to the ground.  Some days previous 
to the murder a colored patient for whom Hill had prescribed died.  It was 
charged that he had been poisoned by Hill, and the supposition now is that 
the doctor was murdered by the dead man's friends. 



"Alexandria (VA) Gazette," Wed., Mar. 1, 1882 (Vol. 83, No. 51) 

p. 2, col. 3 

VIRGINIA NEWS. 
[...] 

  The alleged murderess of Benjamin Hill, the quack doctor, who was killed 
in Southampton County last week, and whose house was burned to the ground, 
has been arrested.  A third party, who is suspected of being an accessory 
to the crime, is still at large.  This is the second case of murder and 
arson committed in Southampton county within the past two months. 



"Northern Neck News" (Warsaw, VA), Fri., Mar. 3, 1882 (Vol. 3, No. 40), 
   p. 2, col. 4 

NEWS OF THE WEEK. 

ACCIDENT ON THE RICHMOND AND ALLEGHANY RAILROAD - 
   MURDER IN SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY - 
   EX-SENATOR CONKLING NOMINATED FOR THE SUPREME BENCH - 
   PAY OF THE GARFIELD DOCTORS, &C. 
[...] 

  PETERSBURG, VA., February 26.- From information received here it is supposed 
that a foul murder was committed in Southampton county last Friday night, the 
victim being Samuel Hill, a quack doctor.  When found Hill was in his night 
clothes lying in a ditch near his house.  There was a bullet-hole in the back 
of his neck, another in the back, and an abrasion blow of heavy Cudgel.  The 
house in which Hill lived was found burned to the ground.  Some days previous 
to the murder a colored patient for whom Hill had prescribed died.  It was 
charged that he had been poisoned by Hill.  The supposition now is that the 
doctor was murdered by the dead man's friends. 



"The Shepherdstown (WV) Register," Sat., Mar. 4, 1882 (New Vol. 17, No. 28) 

p. 3, col. 5 

  It is supposed that a foul murder was commited in Southampton county Va., 
last Friday night, the victim being Samuel Hill, a quack doctor.  When found 
Hill was in his night clothes, laying in a ditch near his house.  There was 
a bullet hole in the back of his neck, another in the back, and an abrasion 
of the skin on the forehead as if caused by a blow of a heavy cudgel.  The 
house in which Hill lived was found burned to the ground.  Some days previous 
to the murder a colored patient for whom Hill had prescribed died.  It was 
charged that he had been poisoned by Hill, and the supposition now is that 
the doctor was murdered by the dead man's friends. 



Additional information: 

Article posted as part of the Library Of Virginia's "Virginia Chronicle" 
   Virginia newspaper project, at: 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/virginia_newspapers 
   - text of article corrected 

HILL not found in the Southampton Co. Death Records. 


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