New-York tribune., 1922-11-11
Will Compare Them With
Sm,ldges ON Murdered
Rector's Shirt; Evidence
Unshaken, Says Mott
Prosecutor Denies
Case is Blocked
Seeks Another Judge in
Effort to Have Grand
jury Start by W ednesday
By Boyden Sparkes

general, is hopeful Of presenting the
evidence against the three suspects in
the Hall-Mills murders to the Somer-
set County Grand Jury by next We'd
| nesday. Mr.. Mott expressed unshaken
faith to-day in the strength of his
case.
Il have all the evidence require
FOR presentation to a grand jury"
Mr.. Mott said. "Only matter of pro-
! cedure is delaying me-" The special
prosecutor would not explain what
this obstacle was, but it was learned
that tfs unexpected departure of SUI
preme Court Justice Parker for
vacation in New Orleans and Havana
| had upset his plans.
Seeks Another Judge
Mr.. Mott is now trying to arrange
for some other Supreme Court justice
to charge the grand jury in the alb
sence of Justice Parker. If he fails
in this the grand jury will not be
asked to consider the case until Justice
Parker returns to the bench on No
vember 20.
| Some justification for the faith of
Mr.. Mott and James Mason, his chief
investigator, in the genuineness of the
evidence they have is contained in the
report that has been submitted to them
by Lieutenant Edward Schwartz, finger
print expert Of the Newark Police De-
partment.
| BY enlarging photographs Of the
cuffs of the white shirt worn by Dr..
Hall on the night he kept his fatal
tryst with the wife of his church sex
ton, Lieutenant Schwartz has obtained
number OF finger prints. All of the
| prints were not made by the same
fingers. 1t is quite possible that some
1 of the tell-tale marks were left by the
| undertaken, detectives and others who
have handled the dead mans linen
since his body was found on the Phil
lips farm. The finger prints of all of
| these men are to be compared with the
smudges on the cuffs.
To Ask for Widows Finger Prints
! In addition to that the officials are
| going to request Mrs Frances Hall, the
minister's widow, to let them have an.
| impression Of her finger tips. This
| was stated authoritatively to-day 1t
| is understood that this request will be
| made on Monday to Timothy Newell
Pfeiffer, Mrs. Halls lawyer, who has
said that his client was ready to do
everything in her power to aid the au-
thorities in solving the mystery There
is a possibility that Mr. Pfeiffer will
demand that the comparisons Of his
clients finger markings and those as
yet unidentified smudges found on the
cuffs Of her husbands shirt, be made
/ Mr.. Pfeiffer did not come to New
Brunswick to-day.
I An official who discussed the finger
prints said: Everyone is sufficiently
distinct to lend itself to comparisons
for the sake of Identification. We do
not know positively that all Of these
prints were not made by undertakers
| err Investigators, but we strongly be-
lieve that some We're made by the
guilty persons. There are also
smudges on the love letters, but there
are so many that there is small hope
of doing anything with them. They
probably represent complete collec-
tion Of the finger prints of every in
! vestigator, official and otherwise, who
has worked on the case.
Delay Disturbs Mott
There was no mistaking the fact
that Prosecutor Mott was disturbed by
! his failure yesterday to make ar
| rangements to present his case to the
! grand jury. 1t is known that Prosecu
| tor Azariah Beekman Of Somerset
] County, who was superseded by Mr..
| Mott along with Prosecutor Joseph
i ~.6lra - 4xr ar
| regard the evidence which Mr.. Mott
| proposes to submit to the grand jury
| as sufficient to obtain a conviction.
/ Mr.. Beekman is understood to feel
/ and his feelings are no secret in Som
| erville-that if the existing evidence is
| laid before the grand jury it will
| simply be a case of passing the buck
to this group Of farmers and trades
| men.
/ But. even so, Mr.. Beekman is not in
position to block Prosecutor Mott
before the grand jury. AS special
Deputy Attorney Gencrl, Mr.. Mott. is
supreme in this case. In discussing
the situation to-day, Mr.. Mott said:
4 "I have evidence. I wont say what
it is. There will be action in this. case,
The only question now Is one Of pro-
cedure."
sDo you mean that you will order
L aTT6SGS rIEbHCIg lDdh SuUkhAS NkiS AA~seNN
to grand jury7"
/ Plans Decisive Action
sNow,". he cautioned, "apm not going
/ to discuss my case"
"But you said two weeks ago that
| the case was no longer mystery"
What J said / said, but am not
igoing to discuss our evidence"
/ "Ten you intend to act decisively?"
/ "Of course, do. That is what am
| in this case for. Only the matter OF
procedure is delaying me. !"
1 when do you intend to act.
81 shall know probably by Monday.
! shall decide then what step to take
and shali be glad TO inform the public
| through the newspapers"
Henry Stevens, brother Of Mrs. Hall,
4 and his wife came to New Brunswick
1 from Lavallette to-day and had lunch
con with the -ector's widow. Late this
afternoon Mrs. Hall went for ride
] in one Of her automobiles
/ 81 nTsEss OF THE STORM COUNTRY
i 4 The sCrowninE achievement OF Mary
/ PicSford'H career. a. new picture. Just
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