Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-29

by the board, indicates the views of
the prosecutor are shared by the
members of the Board of Free
holders:
Whereas, the prosecutor of pleas
of Middlesex county by letter ad-
dressed to this ! )ard under date of
September 9th has requested this
stantial size for the apprehension
and conviction of the perpetrators
Of the Hall-Mills murder, and
Whereas, this board is of the
opinion that the public interests of
this county will be best served by
the offering of a suitable reward in
accordance with this recommenda-
tion, NOW, therefore,
BE it and it is hereby resolved,
that this board offer a reward of
$1,000 for information resulting in
the detection, apprehension and con-
viction of the person or persons
guilty of the Hall-Mills murder, and
that the said payment of the said
sum of $1,000 be C. ditional on the
establishment Of the fact that the
said murder was committed within
the confines of Middlesex county.
and
BE it further resolved, that this
board send copy of this resolution
to the clerk of the Board of Free
holders of Somerset county, and sug-
gest to the said Board of Freehold
ers of Somerset county, and to the
prosecutor, A. M. Beekman of said
county, that the Board of Freehold
ers of Somerset county offer a SINH
lar reward"
TRENTON. Sept. 29:-Governor or
Edwards today began preparation
of reply to the letter of Charlotte
Mills, of New Brunswick, asking
that he aid in the search for the
Mills, whose body was found with
that of the Rev. Edward Wheeler
Hall.
The governors answer will not
be made public until tomorrow. but
it is understood that he will take
the position that the matter is one
for the county prosecutor and not
for the state executive.
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justice. Assistant Prosecutor John
e. Toolan yesterday went to New
York to make the necessary applica-
ton but it was learned that Prose-
cutor Beekman must request the Or
der as the body was found in Som
erset county and not Middlesex.
Investigation OF the case is being
continued by Prosecutor Stricken
and Beekman. Assistant Prosecu-
tor John z. Toolan was in New
York before a supreme court yes
terday with an application for the
exhuming the body of Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall from the Greenwood
cemetery.
Prosecutor Stricken was questioned
today as to the reason why he did
not accept the offer of New York
paper to furnish medical experts to
assist in solving the murder. The
answer of the prosecutor was to the
effect that 1t might be different II
the case baffled science, such as
poison mystery, or If there were
wounds prior to the shooting, but
in this case, he said. there are
enough medical men in New Jersey
qualified to render the necessary
assistance.
Both Prosecutors Beekman and
Stricken denied that they went to
Trenton yesterday to discuss the
murder with Governor Edwards as
the New York papers make known
today. The prosecutors also denied
that Mrs. Hall was questioned yes
terday, but admitted that Willie was
questioned further regarding the
clothes he sent to the dry cleaner
Photos have been taken of the
ground in the vicinity of where the
bodies were found, so as to be ready
in the event the case is ever ready
for submittal to the grand jury.
Mrs. A. Howard. a religious work.
er in jails and hospitals, for years
a friend of Mrs. Mills, today said:
Her death made a deep impression
on me because I thought she had
been led astray by a man of strong
er mentality and a certain fascina-
ton.
81 told Mrs. Mills I thought the
clergyman was a devil and would
wake up in hell one of these days.
"A few days later Mrs. Mills told
me she had taken up with the rec
tor the question of hell" Mrs. How
ard continued. "Dr. Hall said, she
told me, that there is no such place
as hell and that "a merciful God
would never consfgn human beings
to eternal damnation!'
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