The Washington times., 1922-10-28
HALL SLAY|NG
CLEARED;CASE
IN COURT soon
Flynn Says Authorities Are
Now Arranging Evidence to
Make Arrests.
by WILLIAM J. FLYNN.
Famess Deteeaise asd former Chief si
United states Secret Service.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j.. Oct.
28.--Rapidly and relentlessly, there
is kaleidoscope shifting from mys-
terry to apparent clarity in the Hall.
Mills double Staying and sure.footed
Justice Is spreading the net tighter
and tigher around the slayer or slay-
ers Of the Rev. Edward w. Hall and
Mrs Eleanor r. Mills, his choir
singer-sweetheart.
Near a definite solution today aft
er many weary weeks marked by
alternating bunsling and brilliant de
Cective work. the dual murder which
has held the attention OF the entire
country for six weeks has reached
he stage where the element of
searching for the identity Of the
perpetrators Of the crime is giving
way to a piling up Of substa n tiating
evidence which win be sufficiently
weighty to permit a Jury Of twelve
men to bring In a verdict of guilty
when the case has been tried In
court.
Result Of Psychology.
For the first time today am able
TO reveal that the apprehension Of
the slayer or slayers will be the re.
suit OF applying principles of modern
psychology to expert detective work
In an exhibition hardly ever excelled.
Two demonstrations Of this were
given. one by officials, the other by
Mrs. Jane Gibson, whose eye-wit.
ness affidavit Is the basis OF the
states entire case.
The first was the arrest Of Clifford
Hayes on legal, but admittedly
flimsy evidence when the case look
ed further than ever from a solu.
ton after three weeks Of investiga-
ton.
With a deep understanding Of the
workings Of the human mind and
the human heart this arrest was
undertaken by the authorities. II
was made In the later fulfilled hone
that by the arrest of an innocent
person, by putting the life Of a guilt.
less man In jeopardy. either the
guilty person or some witness to the
staying would come forward to save
the life Of the wrongly-accused man.
Events have proved how correct
this bit Of dramatic psychology turn
ed out to be. for Mrs. Gibson. al.
though she swears she saw the mur.
der committed and identified the per
sons involved in II as she sat on her
mule In De Russy's Lane on the
fatal night, admits that II was only
her when she realized that by her
silence she was endangering the life
Of guiltless man that finally over,
powered her and made her lay her
story OF witnessing the killing before
the prosecutor after her first silence
Sought Second Glimpse.
II Mrs. Gibson's sworn statement
is found to be substantfated, then
one Of its main points win be based
upon the correct figuring by her
OF the fascination that the scene of
the crime holds for the criminal
especially in murder cases.
Knowing the lure that the death
tree under which the staying took
place must have for those commit.
ting the deed, wishing TO make GER,
tain, IL possible. Of who these might
be, Mrs. Gibson, IN the expectation
OF getting a second glimpse of sither
the man or the woman she asserts
were involved In the actual murder,
went to the scene a few hours after
she saw the deed committed. Her
reasoning had been right--for over
the the two dead forms lying b..
meath the crabapple tree kneit a
weeping woman, the same whom
Mrs. Gibson saw earlier.
Especially In this part OF the af.
fidavit valuable because II would ex.
plain why 1t was that the pastor's
eyelids were closed as n In sleep, his
eyeglasses on his nose, his hat cover.
Ing his face. while the unseeing eyes
Of the slain woman were gazing into
the wide and starry sky.
Point to Arrangements.
have already made the point
that the arrangement of the dead
rectors body suggested that some.
one who cared for him, some one
who wished perhaps to bring him
oack to lie after the deed, or
reafsins the futility Of such a wish,
to have him appear as though he
out his body, while ut the same
time the feeling OF hatred made
the person leave the dress Of Mrs.
Mills body disarranged, her eve
lids open. The statement that q
woman returned after midnight TO
the lonely farm to weep over the
bodies would explain many of these
details, in most Of which a woman's
hand has long been discerned.
The case is not yet completely
solved. But while still much work
must be done. the mystery element
has been lifted from the case. Elk.
plantations of many matters are yet
required.
There In the question. of whose
automobile brought the slayers to the
murder spot, Of who stole the love
letters passing daily between the
married rector and the wife of the
church sexton, who was killed with
him in the field Of goldenrod that
had served as their trysting place.
Several Alibis Questioned.
There are several alibis of persons
who have been questioned by the
prosecuting officials in the case, In.
cluding Mrs. Francis N. Hall. Mrs.
Halls alibi remains to be corrobc.
rated 30 far as 1t known.
There remains the question why
Mrs. Hall, when on the night Of the
murder she says shel went to look
for her husband, who had failed TO
return by a. m, took her servants 8
coat from the hall and why, when
she returned, she hurried along the
street and darted through the ser.
wants entrance to her home inst ead