Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-03
Arrests In Double Murder
Not Likely Before End
Of Week.
MILLS VISITS SCENE
Husband of Dead Singer Believes in
Faithfulness of Wife-DOes Not
Think She Did Any Wrong
Scores Authorities.

Try United TT AsS.l
New Brunswick, n. j., Nov. b
Warrants charging two persons with
murder of Rev Edward Hall and
Mrs. James Mills, have been drawn,
it was learned authoritauyely TO-
day.
\ Formal signing and service Of the
4 complaints await only closing up OF
minor loop holes N evidence IN inc
hands of Pro secutor Mott, 1t vas de-
! clared. :. ,.os
denined from Motifs office that the
arrests are "probable before the hrst
of the week" .l
James Mills. husband of the murd-
ered choir singer, stood on the scene
of the Hau-Mills crime today and &c,
cIared ne believes there IS "a grea'
deal of truth in Mrs Jane NloSoh ;
eye witness story. - ,
"My wife and the Rev. HAL were
murdered by some one very ciose W
one of them" said Mills, VINO mas
thrown aside his meek inot1enslVS :,
demeanor and is demanding justice
His form Strengthened and his eye
flashed a spark of fire as for the
first time he went to the Philips
farm and without emotion cooly
discussed various phases OF the mur-
ders. h.o hoo,
committed by a stranger, ne de-
ducted "the person who killed my
,',;fe and Hall evidently wanted their
t,'5i.s to he found and .idehtified i'm
,,eJ;oteIv. Otherwise thev would
have been thrown in the thickest OF
locust bushes there. 800.
"The murderer in my opinion was
related TO one of them
Mills went over with great care
the course Mrs. Gibson, the pig taFI1
woman" eve witness said she covered
when she saw two couples anSrny
face each other, dlsputlng over
packet of letters. -. bo
~ believe her story IS true' c.l n
then declared, speaking OF Mrs. G'o-
sons tale to authorities. ~.
Mills scored authorities ha"D''''s
'''S SWbot S I cannot understand ne
sronned "is why the authorities ulU "a
,ot ,,t'i arrest every member OF the hau
nnd Mills families Immediately aIVer
Tho hodies were found.
sJ would have been perfectly WIZ
limo If they had acted quickly l
avn % confident that they wolld nave
been able to get some valuable IN
Formation. But it is too late now 10
oct ANYTHING that way. Too much
time has gone by: -. 1000 =.
o,oino 70 be cleared up. Some way or
6etbeT 6I, II will come out. And | want
:. 40 | didn't hire any lawyer, or
Io+ective TO protect me, but the hrst
tb;D othat ! would have done II l nau
baan @ able. would have been to otter
a reward " 49,. % tho
murder farm at the suggeSuoh D
newspaper men. . o,+
bereq" was his first question as ne
s,rveved the lonely scene, growing
5osolote rs the leaves dropped away
49,, The trees. How did they ever
get 70 .his place? | know that my
Sc never would have come mere
alone for she was afraid OF the qarN, n'"
I don't see how she ever could nave
come with a man." ~
AS AS he pondered on this the taltn
v.;t5 which mas continued to express
~ Pav Hall seemed to waiver; Gaz-
ING ON the spot where the two bodies
had laid. he said: ,,,. s,,,
II don't see how he could nave uollG
it But | know my wife was goou'
She did all the work that minister
wife should have done. She practl-
cally gave her life for the church
She was always working for 1t. MIS-
Hall would not soil her hands with
work, but my wife did And tins IA
the reward that she got for it"