Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-02
CHARLOTTE MILLS
INSISTS MOTHERS
SLAYER Be FOUND
Says Grand Jury Tried to Be-
smirch Her Instead Of Get
ting Light on Tragedy.
SPIRlTUAllSM AS AN AID

New Brunswick. y. J.. Dee. o.
Charlotte Mills. daughter 81 Mrs.
Eleanor Mills. bitterly attacked Somcr-
set county authorize. yesterday fo-
failure 10 solve the double murder OF
her mother. the choir singer. and
the Rev. Edward W. Hall. OF the
Church OF St. John the Evangelist,
New Brunswick. and declared the re-
cent failure Of the Grand Jury 20 md
indictments had not changed her
opinion as 20 the Identity OF ;he
murderers.
She accused the authorities OF seek
ing information 20 asperse her own
character and said official investiga-
tors had sought 20 influence her father
and her aun;s 10 have her placed in a
correctional institution.
Displaying a copy OF Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle's The New Revelation" ;"
she said she was taking up spiritual
ism in the hope OF communicating
with her mother and learning the full
truth OF the tragedy.
The said events of the last several
weeks made her believe she rathe-
/ than the uncaught murderers. was re-
garded by the authorities as culprit.
Until now ! have remained silent
on the efforts 10 besmirch my own
character" she sad. "Of course,
have known OF malicious ISLANDERS
centerinC upon my name since pub
lie interest became focused on my
family and myself. ] have not pro.
testel because i have believed III,
solution OF the mystery OF far great.
er importance.
However. il Is time that I speal
out. From my experiences ! coul,
) not help gaining the impression man!
? Of those officially identified with tn
investigation seemed moved by great
er desire 10 cast reflection upon m,
character and 10 heap aspersion upoi
my family than 10 establish a cas-
! So that those guilty OF an atrOciou
. crime would be held accountc bic.
! know ore brave detective has don
his best 10 find evidence that hav
visited a road house.
; When / should have been aske
= hundreds OF. questions bearing o
solution OF crime, my inquisitors con
: fined themselves 10 insulting ques
t!ons concerning malicious repor,
about by alleged behavior. Thes
. authorities have proposed Is m
father that ! be put away in a hom,
And both my aunts. Mrs. Tennessee
and Mrs. Barnhardt. have bee
wrought UP because, instead OF bein
asked questions 10 make clear III
state Of things before the murde
opinions about me. ard asked II
. should not be put away
. why should ] be put away? Il,
cause ] have not besitated 10 say WI
/ believe possesses guilty knowleds
. OF the murders? Because scand
i mongers, OF whom there seem 10
70 thousands in New Brunswick, ha'
j. credited me with every form OF fl
: discretion their fancy could col
i; trive?"
= Il shall not be put away sha
j continue 10 assert the failure OF u
! Grand Jury TO indict has not chang,
J; my opinion one iota as TO the identi
L. OF the persons most plainly involve
= What j did not tell the Graz
Jury, and what was not asked me
the Grand Jury chambers, i can {.
: now. That is that for weeks prior
: :. the murders my mother told me MI
Hall Lad acted most strangely towa
her. When she was riding with h
Mrs. Hall said something was wroi
with a tire, my mother said Mrs. III;
j. said, You should be able TO fix an
IS thing about this car by this time al
E ] suppose you can drive A. Sever
times hy mother said, i don't knc
what 10 make OF Mrs. Hall. Som
l. times she completely ignores me. Al
other times she speaks very coldly.