The Washington herald., 1922-10-27
MRS. HALL DENIES
SHE SAW HUSBAND
AND SINGER SLAIN
Continued From Page one.

that Mrs. Hall was there during the
entire EVENING" he was asked.
The MAZDA were in the house
Barbara Tough, the seamstress, was
Quit was her night or. i do not
know whether the maids saw Mrs.
HAIL..
Has Mrs. Hall anyone's statement
to corroborate her own"
$50 far as 1 know. she has not"
said the lawyer
Mr.. Pfeiffer said while Mrs. Glib
sons statement regarding Mrs. Han
was utterly untrue. he expressed
the hope shat she had been an eye
witness to the crime, because her
story might provide some clew on
which we could work to solve the
my stery."
He declared neither he nor any
other representative of Mrs. Hail
had seen Mrs. Gibson. and that none
intended to do 30 at this time.
Following the publication OF Mrs.
Gibson's story of the murder. more
details of her statement were re-
vealed.
Auto Lights show Figures.
In the full glow of an automobile
light, which. through accident or de-
sign, turned into De Russy's Lane
and backed out again into Easton
avenue, Mrs. Gibson saw the muir
derer and his woman companion.
Il had been out in the fie OF my
farm the night in question, mrs.
Gibson's statement reads.
About twenty feet up De Russy's
lane. adjoining the Phillips farm.
man and woman were standing be-
side an old model high-powered
automobile. It 10 q very odd shaped
car and 1 would recognise 1t again.
"The woman had on arlight gray
coat, knee length. / am not sure
whether the man had on cap or
hat, but he had a heavy mustache
and bushy hair"
How could you tell all this? the
prosecutor asked Mrs Gibson.
There was another car parked In
De- Russy's lane and l saw them
(the man and the woman) as they
were caught in the rays OF the head
light of that other car" she an
swered.
Heard voiees ouaRfelinG.
After I turned into De Dussy's
lane." her statement proceeds. I
lost one Of my moccasins and got
or my mule to pick II up. Then
started back on my way home.
81 heard voices quarreling. The
man and woman who had been be-
side the automobile had gone to-
light and / could see II working. i
could not tell what the quarrel was
all about I listened. but 1 cannot
recall what they all said.
suddenly 1 heard one shot: Then
woman cried out: oh. Henry!
Piease-please-ple
Then 1 heard more shots-bang.
bang. bang! I was afraid and I put
my heels in Jennie's ribs and start
ed homeward"
She was spurred on to the telling
Of her story, she stated. when Cliff
ford Hayes was arrested and
charged with the crime, because she
knew he was not guilty. A week
ago Sunday in the company Of de-
tectives of Somerset and Middlesex
Counties. Mrs. Gibson saddled Jennie
and rode to the spot where the
bodies were found. She showed them
the lOCdt1Oh wHehCc She WiNhCooco
the killing.
Mrs: Gibson said she had seen Mrs.
Hall at a rummage sale once some
months ago and knew her by sight,
but that she was. unknown to the
minister's widow.
Special Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Mott, who is in charge of the
Investigation of the mystery, be-
lieves Mrs. Gibson a credible wit
ness
Believes Mrs. Gibson.
DO you think Mrs. Gibson could
have seen the things she said she
sawr' he was asked.
"Yes, think she could have" was
his answer.
Mott went over the ground at the
Phillips farm today with his chief
Investigator, Detective Mason.
DO you think Mrs. Hall was un-
der the apple tree?" insisted Motifs
questioper.
she says she was not; have you
reason to disbelieve her?'
"Is there any reason, In view of
Mrs. Gibson's statement, why an ar
rest has not been made" he was
asked.
Yes"
What, is the reason?"