Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-11-02
Hall Spoke of Foul Play

In the answers that Mrs. Hall CAV
to countless questions there is 10 b.
found little that is new, little tina
! throws any light on the mystery II
self. little that can change, even II
the details the events as they have
been chronicled in the last six OF
seven weeks.
Mrs. Hall IS Al. She is short
with heavy figure and the head
and features OF man. Her eyes
gray, are as cold as n steel trap
She half closes them at times, but
not TO hide their depths, for they
have no depths. Her brows are
heavy. Her jaw is heavy, firm,
hard. Her lips are thin. her nose
as heavy as the rest of her face.
And her ears. It should be remark
ed. inasmuch as others are always
to be observed in cases OF this sort,
run down into her cheeks. There
is too much furniture. too many
ornaments. too many odd pictures
on the wall. The room Is hopeless
ly mid-Victorian.
Mr.. Pfeiffer, whose stroke In sub
hitting his client TO a cross examin-
alton, at this stage OF the case. Is
sure to cause much comment In le-
gal circles. explained the arrange
ments to the twenty odd interview
ers Any question at all was TO BIO
asked, he said, and he would not
even be in the room. Fifty min
utes was the time assigned. At a
round table. by the doorway letting
s.ta a nh A.
Having explained all this Mr.. Pfeif-
fer escorted Mrs. Hall into the room
and presented her, departing i'm
medlately.
Mrs. Hall inclined her head very
slightly, indeed. as the two report
ers who were to do the main ques-
tioning were introduced. Then she
sat down in a hlgh-backed chair,
beside the table at which the two
stenographers sat. She placed one
hand on either arm at the start,
crossed her feet so that both rest
ed firmly on the floor and looked
about. Her eyes narrowed. there
was slight shadow of a smile
which might, perhaps. have been
mistaken for a sneer.
To more than one OF the inter-
viewers the air was electrical. They
were looking at woman who for
weeks has been the storm center OF
this remarkable Casa woman de-
prived OF her husband by violence, a |
woman whose faith in that husband |
might well have been shattered, a
woman against whom terrible insin-
uations have been ieveled. n woman
by another woman
with the highest crime the law
knows. The intervlewers felt the
situation.
Mrs. Hall. on the other hand, was
At ease. Her hands fell gracefully
IN place on the rocker arms. She
vas the very embodiment OF poise, OF
She was submitting to
IN interview. She was not n woman
seeking TO let her story be known
hat she might be judged thereby.
She was cool, tolerant, almost
aciturn client. Neither then nor at
my time was she the gracious. gentle
ady valiantly putting up with un-
Welcome guests.
The first question concerned Mrs.
the woman farmer. who has
said she saw Mrs. Hall at the Phillips
farm on the night of the murder. To
the question there is no visible reac-
ton in Mrs. Halls mind except that
Incident 20 the necessity OF answer
ing. SO she says: what comment
could / make? OF course. that was
not So And that was all. To Mrs.
Halls mind Il was clear. Mrs. Glib
son was disposed of-story and all.
A moment or so later came the
that she tell in her own
way OF her movements on the night
" the murder. And Mrs. Hall said:
Would you rather ask questions7
Ask me what was doing" Again
he eyes narrowed ever so little.
Neither then nor later did Mrs. Hall ]
how any disposition to speak out, to
'olunteer information. TO aid her in
erviewers. She would answer ques- /
ions. That was the bargain. Beyond
she would not go. From first TO I
lst that was her attitude.
When the first question was asked I
oncerning the relationship of Mrs. r
fills and her husband the small thin ;
myers OF the right hand closed ever :
o slowly over the arm OF the rocker. :
ar back in the mind there had q,
TIRED something. but the move
lent that resulted was not convul- !
We; II seemed rather deliberate !,
.eason. not emotion. caused the q
myers TO move.
Mrs. Hairs face throughout the q
lterview hardly changed. There :
as quick smile about the mouth.
ell on in the questioning. when the I
reserving OF pickles was mentioned. n
he eyes did not smile even then. u
ne features are so heavy that nat t
rally the face Is not mobile. No "
uscles twitch by accident. What v
'ightness may appear in the eyes y
ON time to time serves only to ac- II
'ntuate the hardness OF those mem "
srs. The face. beside being heavy. y
sallow. This serves 10 rob the W
hole countenance OF light and life. I
The whole of the interview, cues Il
ons and answers. is printed In e
her columns. Mrs. Hall answer n
! every question. She seemed a 9,
me evasive when closely question II
! as TO why she had not given her
anne TO the police when she first g,
alied, asking II there had been an
ntomobile accident. She seemed =
little distressed, perhaps at her ;,
wn vagueness. when the question
the time she says she went 70
he church and the time she saws >
ne returned were up for discussion II
ne seemed to feel a sense OF Sc .
uIeness IN her answers to ques- ,
.ohs regarding Mrs. Mills and 10
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