Evening star., 1922-10-26
WOMAN ON MULE"
IDENTIFIES MAN
|NDOUBLE MURDER
Saw Him at Office of Prose.
cutor During Probe, Says
Mrs. Gibson.
DESCRIBES SCENES
ON PHILLIPS FARM
All Principals in Jersey Mystery
Summoned for New Ex-
animation.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. J.. October
Zo.-Mrs. Jane Gibson, pig raiser, who
CHAINS 10 have witnessed the murder
OF Kew. Edward Wheeler Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills, today told a.
newspaper man that she had identified
the man who, she says, shot the rec
Tor. as well as identified the woman
VINO she asserts was with the mur-
derer
Mrs. Gibson, who was on the Phil
lips farm the night of the double
murder looking for corn thieves and
who claims to have heard the mur-
oerer name called by his woman
companion. said that she did not
know the identity of the slayer at
the time. but that she recently had
recognized him in the prosecutors
Office in New Brunswick
Mrs. Gibson, who it was learned
yesterday had told the authorities the
muroerers companion, said today
tnat she had once met her at a rum
nized her at the scene of the murder
on the Phillips farm. She added that
she mad seen her since the double kill
ing and was sure Of her recognition.
Trailing Wagon at Time.
Amplifying her previous story. Mrs.
Gibson said she rode on muleback from
her home into De Brussey's lane, fol-
lowing a wagon without lights. which
she thought was driven by corn thieves.
She said she saw the wagon turn into
Easton avenue toward New Brunswick.
The lane intersects Easton avenue Just
beyond Lovers lane" on which the
two bodies were found.
Just at the intersection. Mrs Gibson
SAID. she saw an old style automobile
standing in De Brussey's lane. Beside
the machine. she declared. were a man
and woman. and she stopped her mule
about forty feet from them Just then,
ner story goes, another machine turned
into the lane and the flood of light from
It's headlights fell upon the two persons
beside the old automobile.
The second automobile backed out
o. the lane and sped away on
Easton avenue, Mrs. Gibson says.
but while its lights were thrown ON
the old machine she recognized the
man and woman. She says they both
stepped out Of the light into the
shadow before the second automobile
turned around.
Mrs. Gibson said today that the
woman wore gray coat extending to
her knees. She says the man had a
heavy dark mustache. bushy eyebrows
and was Of heavy build.
Man IL Recognized.
When 1 went to the prosecutors
office" the farm woman said today.
Il saw this man and recognized hir,
the car
Mrs. Gibson says that after the sec
ond car had withdrawn the man and
woman crossed De Brusseys lane and
went into the fields in a general direc-
ton Of the crabapple tree.
Judge Mott. the new special state
prosecutor. came to New Brunswick
today and summoned every principal
in the case to the courthouse, so that
he might personally hear their
stories.
Mrs. Hall, widow of the rector:
James Mills. husband of the woman
who was killed; Charlotte Mills. their
daughter: Henry and William Stevens,
brothers of Mrs. Hall. and Mrs. Glib
son, all will be questioned.
story. said that instinctively she fol-
lowed the man and woman who
crossed the field.
when ! turned into the dirt road"
she said. Il lost one of my moccasins.
1 dismounted to get it. When 1 had
put it on and climbed back upon my
mules back the couple had disap-
peared.
"A few moments later I heard loud
voices in the direction of the crab
apple tree: 1 saw a man and wom-
an each with fashlight. They threw
the beams on another man and wom-
an. Then out OF the darkness / heard
more loud talking, as II all were
quarreling Then heard shot.
Il heard womans voice scream
in horror"
Name Called Out.
Mrs. Gibson said the woman who
screamed uttered a name and shouted.
Please. Please"
And then" said Mrs Gibson. Il put
my heels into my Jennie mule and
went on home"
Mrs. Gibson fixes the time of the
shooting at $50 pm. She said the
bus from New Brunswick to MillstoMe
passed her door about 9:l1 and that
she started out to follow the corn
thieves just after the bus went by.
Her story fits in with that of Mr..
and Mrs Norman Tingle. who live
on Easton avenue. not far from De
Brussey's lane. Mrs. Tingle has de-
cl>red that on the night of the shoot
ing she called her husbands attention
to a falling star. He looked at his
watch at that time, Mrs. Tingle said.
and it was $50. A few minutes later.
both report, they heard shots in the
direction of the Phillips farm crab
apple tree.
Mrs. Tingle said that she recalled
the night, because when she saw the
shooting star she said to her hus-
band: That means death
woMAN'S STORY CHECKED.