The New York herald., 1922-12-10
MOTT HACKS AbBI
OF MAN in HALL CASE
Time for Motor Trip to
| Phillips Farm Figured
by Experiment.
HITS AT ONE SUSPECT
McGran's Aid Feels Sure
He Will Get Indictments
Next Time.
WIDOW IS STILL HERE
Plans Include Her Return to
New Brunswick for
Holidays
WIDOW rs STILL HERE

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD
NEW BRUNSWICK, n. J., Dec. 9.-The
investigation into the Hall-Mills muir
der mystery will be renewed here on
Monday in the hope that the case pre-
scented to the Somerset county Grand
Jury last month can be sufficiently
strengthened within week or so in
Grand Jury and obtaining indictments.
Wilbur A. Mott, Special Deputy At
torney- General. who has been in
structed by Attorney General McCran
to continue the investigation. is i'll in
his home in East Orange. He has.
however, been in consultation with
Lieut. James f. Mason, his chief aid,
and Mason is expected here on Mon
day to renew the activities temporarily
dropped. The State troopers who as
indefinitely.
Mr.. Mott is of We opinion that he
knows who was responsible for the
crime and that his job is to find evil
dence, not to identify criminals. His
efforts and those of Mason therefore
case.
Depend ON Gibson story.
Mrs. Gibson's story of what she says
she saw on the night of the murder is
to be the backbone of the new case.
With view to further Identification of
the men who Mrs. Gibson says accom-
panied the woman in gray on the night
of the murder. experiments have been
made as TO how long 1t takes a motor
car to go from a certain part of the
city to the Phillips farm, where the mur-
der was committed The purpose is to
break down the alibi of the man sus-
pected and whose whereabouts are fully
accounted for up to 10 o5 on the night
Of the murder. The crime was COM
mitted, according to Mrs. Gibson, at
about 10 20.
The action OF the Freeholders or both
Somerset and Middesox counties makes
II certain that the inquiry will not be
dropped. The suspension of activity
by Mr.. Mott. however. has led to
much speculation. Timothy N. Pfeif-
fer, counsel for Mrs. Hall. said to-day:
1T makes no difference to us whether
the officials drop their investigation or
not. We will keep right on. We are
working steadily and we believe we are
making progress. despite the fact that
we have not access to some OF the
important material in the case which
is In the possession OF the officials"
dc Martini Is Hopeful.
Felix de Martini. the detective work.
ing with Mr.. Peiffcr. is also hopeful.
He has obtained some information of
Importance but nc declined to say what
II Is.
Mrs. Hall. who is still i'm New York,
is to return to New Brunswick soon
and Is expected to be here for the holi-
days. If she has made plans for an
extended vacation she is keeping the
fact TO herself. 1t may be said. how
ever. that her going to New York was
known to the authorities some time be-
fore even her intimate friends were
appriscd of her departure.
II the case Is presented to the new
Grand Jury when IL meets on Decem-
Der 10 II is probable that Supreme Court
Justice Parker will make a special
charge on the Hall-Mills case and that
Mr. Mott will do all the questioning.
Azariah Beekman. Prosecutor OF Somer-
set county. who really handled the last
presentation. will likely be eliminated.