The Washington times., 1922-09-22
Husband of Murdered Woman
Taken to Courthouse for
Examination.
by International Now. Service.

by International News Service.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j.,
Sept. 22.-ames Mills, husband
If the choir leader who was
found dead near here along side
the body of Rev. DR.. Edward
Wheeler Hall, wealthy rector of
the fashionable Protestant Epfs-
copal Church Of St. John the
Evangelist, was taken today to
the Somerset county court house,
where he was questioned at great
length by Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney Toolan.
Want Woman's Name.
The county authorities nre par
ticularly anxious to learn the name
OF the woman member Of the con-
gregation of the church who
warned Mills some time ago that
the attachment between the pastor
Of the church and the beautiful
blonde choir leader, Mrs. Mills. had
grown far past the stage OF friend
ship.
Mills was sexton Of the church.
Although the double murder was
revealed last Saturday morning,
when the two bodies. both shot
through the head. were found lying
side by side in the dew-soaked
grass under an apple tree upon the
old Phillips farm, there have been
no arrests.
The authorities were on the point
of making one oN more arrests, but
at the last minute feared that they
did not have sufficient evidence to
hold the accused.
All theories are being run down,
such as murder for jealousy, muir
der for vengeance, murder through
blackmail. murder for family honor.
and murder for money.
II Is believed in some quarters
that the investigation has been
baked by the reticence of members
of the church congregation, who
refuse for one reason or another
! to tell all they know. Of the rela-
tions existing between the rich
clergyman and the handsome ma
tron.
One theory among the multifarl-
| Gus others is that the couple may
have been slain by a religious fanatic
who learned Of their relations in
some way. II would not surprise
the supporters OF this theory II the
slayer turned out to be a woman
one who had set herself up as a
| moral censor" of the congregation.
May Question SIS.
After he had been warned Of the
affair" between his wife and the
clergyman. Mills was said to have
visited the rector, only to he assured
that everything was all right and
proper.
Up to the present time Mills has
trefused to divulge the name of the
woman who informed him, and this
led to the threat Of the county au-
thorities today to question the whole
SIS members of the congregation
ito find the informer."
The supposition Is held by some
OF the officials that II was really Mrs.
Hall. wife of the murdered preacher.
| Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Toolan said that Henry Stevens,
brother Of Mrs. Hall, who is noted
for his skill with revolver and rifle.
has been eliminated. He has proved
an alibi.
Of the other principals in the inves.
tigation had been eliminated. That,
he added, "included Mrs. Hall as we'll
as Mills"
Suspected Poisoning.
From a person closely associated
with the case, Il was learned that
lust prior to the operation perform
ed on her last February, Mrs. Mills
visited a neighbor. with whom she
drank coffee.
Upon leaving the neighbor's house,
according to the information, Mrs.
| Mills had an attack OF dizziness and
i was able to reach home only after
great difficulty. She told members
/ OF the family. II In said, that she be-
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