After the trial, Mrs. Hall brought a defamation suit against the "New York Daily Mirror", which was settled out of court for an unspecific large amount. "The New York Times" accounts were actually more voluminous, but less slanted; they reported on all aspects of the trial and dedicated more space to the Hall-Mills case than any previous trial in American history. (That record would soon be eclipsed by another New Jersey trial, the Lindbergh case.)