Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-23
GIVEN AS MOTIVE
 FOR THE HALL-MILLs TRAGEDY


 New Brunswick. ". j.. Sept. % (By i the A PA jealous woman Killed my | nom and AIr. Hail.''
 This assertion. fitting in perfectly with the theory which authorities in vcsf gating the murder of Mrs. Es~anor Mills and the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hai are bending every effort to prove. Was made this evening by Charloste Mills 16-year-od daughter Of the dead wo- man. It was the first time she had broken her silence-save before the s:i-l thorities-Snce tragedy stalked into the humble Mills home and left her its mise tress. .s
 "The woman think silled mon." the girl continued. with bitterness in her voice. was - She named a 7wo- mitted was the center Of most Of their suspicious.
 This woman isn't. an ordinary wo- eyes. that make you afraid ot her-sor; ! of Ike a man She hates young peoHle. ! She Is three times as strong as n1om- 1 Mother wcirhed only, a hundred eigIre- f cen. She d'dn't have a chance" Charlotte admitted she had given he- aunt. Mrs. Elsie Rarnhart. of Pa.er- son 2 packet containing pho. or-s phs of ! Mir. Hall and her mothsr There sisn was one picture of Mrs. Hal. she added.
 She raid her mother -sve her inc pseksi before an cneratipn last sum rner, telling her to give t tn vr- Earn hart in the event Of her death
 Charlotte is not unaTsr4 of the etc-- les on which the rIonossd iesinusv Of her mother. Is believed to ns. founded. She has heard the rnssip linS'nz her mothers name in an unsavory Esv with that or tho slain minister. But she be- lieves in .'mom'f
 Mem did lot of work tha; ps,s-
 tors wife should have done in Mr.
 Halls church." she said. "Msybe some
 peopie connected with the church were jealous because of that Mou was ro-
 niantic-but her character was beyoi:i reproach.
 "A jealous wcman-helpcd by some . man-killed her"
 l The jealousy theory was strongly sup | ported 5y several develoTments toda.' Assistant Prosecutor Toolan. who has been directing the M:ddlesex county in yestigation. declared there was no douo' . left in the minds of the investigators , rest might be expected momentariiy. h. : declared.
 One of the strongest leads followe, today was that of a reported attempi to poison Mrs. Mills at tea part sew eral' weeks before she and the minister : were slain.
 When Mrs. James Tenneson. another sister of the dead woman. confirmed thi! l. report with the statement that Mrs ; Mills had told of being rendered in by z sip of coffee and had declared that bu : for the confidense she had in the friend , ship of the hostess she would believe sh. } had been poisoned. additional detectives n were assigned to deveior this angle O the case. The hostess at that party f
 the woman about whom most of the sus ipicion centers.
 ,' Other developments of today were al
 appeal by Prosecutor Stocker of Mid 7, dlesex to all citizens to come forward !, with any evidence they possessed tha might tend to help solve the murde ! case. and announcement my Prosecute
 Bee5Sman of Somerset county-in whicl
 which the murders are believed to hay I been committed-that members of Nfr
 Halls church would be called for ex : animation before the grand jury unde . oath.
 , It was made plain that the authoritie - are not satisfied with the response | gwen them by some or the church mem :. bers questioned. and one g- oficia. wa f quoted as asserting that someone ha
 @clamped the lidzon the church" Mrs. Hall it was learned today. mad a her first public appearance yesterda q since her husbands funeral She drov n to the office of her lawyer for a confe, d ence with .relatives-members nf tn r. Hall. Stevens and Carpenter familie
 Witnesses said she was attired in blac
 but wore no veil. She aeain denied he self to callers today. but Miss Sal T Peters. family friend. issued a. stat. = nert for sher denying several stat. Q meuts that had been attributed to. h, T 'yestsrdav on the basis of a -tste-uei d given ,cnt by Mss Peters. her brothe n 's'Niilie' Stevens also remained in r C tirernent. .--,-. -..-.--. q James Mills huShand et the dead VI d man was questioned against for an,hol It today and it was announced letter tn n he had cleared up most of the dssc- II psncies between his earlier stories al , those of other witnesses