Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26
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|SREPORTED READY
F OR YRS. HALL
Member of Household Says
She Was Home at Time
of Murder.
WIDOW HEARS ONE OF
FAMILY MAY BE SEIZED
official Statemcn, Is Made.
An Arrest May BE Made
Any Hour
EYEWITNESS 100 FEET AWAY
Mr-. ''ihson Positively Identifies
wife of Slnin Pastor as Present
WIDOW HEARS ONE OF
FAMILY MAY BE SEIZED
EYEWITNESS 100 FEET AWAY
Mr7. ''ihson Po,iti,ciy Identifies
wife of Slnin rnstor ns Present
mt shooting.
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NEW BRUNSWICK. y. j. oct. 25-
i Following an official statement that
4 an arrest may bc mad" any hour"
wilbur Mot;. special deputy at
j 'orn"E- general! IN charge .. tho in
N"Ft ga1 ION NJ the murder or tho
Rev Edward W. Hall and his choir
leader. Mrs Eleanor Mills. tonight
Informed Mrs. Hall. tho rcctor's
widow. that no hasty actlon would
BE- taken
Earlier in the day Mrs Hall re-.
r'iv"h report tina, a member o,
h"r family might be arrested but
MI M"n Informed Timothy y
Ffcin"-. her attorney. tha, az 4 new
cor"r Ia the caso he tMo,D mus, be
allowed several days IN which 10
Interview witnesses before h. can
2e expected 10 express any theory
Mr.. Pcfner has held h!msci. ready
to assume The role "a. counsel FOR
the d"fens" on "A formal charge Of
murder. He made this cNnr.ssicr
when he wrote 10 Governor Ed
wards IN which he attacked Prose-
cn'"rs h""kmau and St.icker for
their 'bungiing methods"
Ami for Mrs. Hall.
member OF IA" Hall household.
|, has been learned. Is ready 10
furnish cas,iron a!ih! for Mrs
Hal. This person said.
II saw Mrs. Hall In rhe house at
o'clock that evening The nc.t
time ] saw her was a, e30. Then
saw her again az. Ir:l5. am sure
AIRS. Han vas in the house at ina,
period"
Considerable Importance +. s.lnr
placed In tho signed statement OF
Mrs Jane Gibson. described as an
eyewitness to the murders
'Irs Gibson tonight confessed she
hhf signed an AFFIDAVIT, IN which she
Identified Mrs Frances Han. widow
OF the Rev Edward W. Hall as hav-
Ing oe"n present at tho shooting ..
the rector and MrH. Eleanor r Mills.
his choir singer. on tho night osSep-
t"mher u
Mrs Gibson. widow who lIvrs
.n"nr the Phillips farm wh.r. the
bodies were found. exclaimed In tears:
when ! saw that womnn face TO
far" In Prosecutor Strlckcr's Office a
week ago, felt SO sorry FOR her tina,
could have cried nu, ,hc dying
shrieks "f Mrs. Mills carnc TO my cars
and felt that Justice must he done
Shricks IInunt Her.
Ihos" shr'eks tonight sound in
my cars as plainly as they did ut the
moment ot the murder They haunt
me cannot sleep nights did not
want To talk. but determined To tell
what | knew after clifford HAYES
was falsely accused Of the murders.
could not sit back and see an In
noccnt boy punished
several times went down to tho
courthouse and tried to tell my story
10 IN" authorities. But they kent
cff
sent out word that they were too
busy TO see me and that would have
TO com" around some other time f"
Mrs Gibson. who was 100 fee, from
where the murders were cornr,itted
admitted she had made uneouIvocal
identification. not only OF Ms. Hall
but also OF man who apparcntlv
accompanied Mrs. Hall to tho spot,
This is the man TO whom Mrs. Hal,
is alleged by Mrs. Gihson's affidavit 6
t" have screamed while the shots
were being fred. "Oh. Henry."
Carefully guarded for more than a
week. il is believed that Mrs Glib
sons revelations will force early ac.
ton. Her affidavit has been cor.
rohoraicd In par, by sworn state.
ment by Mrs. Matthew sulitz in
which the latter declares She heard
four shots at the Phillips farm al
the hour at which Mrs. Gibson al
leses she witnessed the slayings.
Witness To the Quarrel
In her talk with reporters. Mrs
Gibson said:
The detectives told me 10 say
nothing about tho case. This Is why
| denied yesterday that knew any
thing abuot the murder. The time
VIII come when everything about
this case must be told. Then ! will
have more to tell"
Mrs Gibson said she was witness
to tho quarrel and the murders large
ly because her sleek coated mule ,s
able to creep along through the dark
noiselcssly. She was out on the night
OF the murders looking for corn
thieves. Caution and silence were
essential because she expected "a
creep up on tho robber and surprise
'thim. She was stretched out almost
flat on the mules back. seeking 10
trap her quarry without being seen
Mira. Gibson added:
when we came near 10 the mur-
der spot my mule pricked up its ears
4 terrible quarrel was going on. An
parently those engaged In II were so
intent on what they were saving that
they paid no attention to the mule
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