New-York tribune., 1922-11-06

well, Mills simply finds ii hevona
nm NM TO deal effectively with wa,nsn n4
li ae.I tell any one who calls what ha
THINKS or his daughter, hut he saa,,s
poweTiess to cope with her.
LOOK at them fooIs,p he anortad
With Indignation. A PROCESSION al AN
soahooles was passing Mis- house at =
sEesu ~ 1sguiased TO give the occupants
front windows. W as h's
What the devil can they see i, +h,.
weather. -oeotea old house, Yestarday
Mann . was raking leaves from the
chasch lawn about n dozen az ,n,,
ps stered ne with fool uuest;ons aud
wanted 70 know could they ,oai.
5,n,rosgh the church. What ails neonle
siRe Ehae. ! amt got the right to take
efn through the church,
was getting dark. Mills lowered
and started for the church. There. ~
aaastlon to shaking down the heating
sssaht and tossing more coal on the
hre, hl1re, ne ls expected to restore a condi-
tlon OK neatness to the choir lnff
whese Just eight weeks ago tonight
MS wife sang her last hymn, stressiny
certain phrases that she thought mipht
carry q special meaning to the snr-
pheed figure seated inside the chancel
rali' the rector who was her lover.
Suspicious of Her Offer
None of the officials would say -
cay just what witnesses arc to be calIed
20 testify before the grand jury. It Is
doubtful whether Mills will be callod
IN spite of his expressed wiljinpnpss In
go. There is hardly chance that Mrs
haiNs offer to waive immunity in ex-
change for the right to testify viii be
accepted. The officials seem suspicious
OF her oiier without knowing why they
are suspicious. One of them said
Mrs. Halls request, or demand il
she cares to phrase it that way. is q
matter to be considered at confer
ence OF all the officials who are charged
with responsibility. Neither Mrs. Hall
nor anyone else can force a way into
the grand jury room. That body does
not have to consider such demand. Ii
may choose to hear her or it may ignore
ker utterly as witness
ANY person may request an oppor-
tuRity to testify in a grand jury in
quiry, but the prosecutor or the grand
jury may decide that it is best not to
receive that persons testimony. The
grand jury is not whitewashing body.
1t is not organized to establish inno-
cence. Its function is to receive evi-
dence that will lead to an Indictment
or will not lead to an indictm ment. The
place for defendant to establish his
innocence is at trial, not before the
grand jury.
'If "a suspect is permitted to testify
before the grand jury that person is
warned that his testimony may be used
against him. He is required, either
orally or in writing, to waive i'm
munity,
Mrs. Halls purpose IN demanding a
hearing, probably resulting from the
insinuations Of the last several weeks,
viii fail if it is decided that the grand
jury does not wish to hear her testi-
mony. On the other hand she may be
welcomed as witness"
James Mason, chief Investigator for
Special Deputy Attorney General Mott,
is coming to New Brunswick to morrow
to question some OF the witnesses
whose testimony has been carefully
studied by Mr.. Mott. Among those it
is believed he will examine are Mrs.
Addison Clarke, who was frequently
companion of Mrs. Mills and who called
on Mrs. Hall on the day of the mur-
der; Willie Stevens, the mentally sub
normal brother of the recfor's widow;
members of the vestry Of the Church
of st. John the Evangelist, Barbara
Tough and Louise Geist, servants in
the Hall home, and a few others. Mr..
Mason is expected to be occupied with
these witnesses until Wednesday night,
and on Thursday Mr.. Mott probably
will confer with the foreman of the
grand jury on the time that body is
to be convened
The foreman. Alfred B. Gibbs, OF
Bernardsville, Somerset County, said
to-day that he did not know when the
grand jury would meet.
"Are you going to grant Mrs. Hall's~
request for permi ission to testify be-
fore the grand jury?" he was asked.
81 haven't seen or heard anything
of such request" he said. "And any