Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-20
FIND PISTOL USEI
TO KILL PREACHER
AND CHOIR LEADER
Continued from paxe /

nouncc any definite results.
May Have Met mt old Farm House.
The farmhouse has been known as
"thc house OF mystery" for some time
II is n weather beaten two-story
frame house, almost 100 years old
standing In the midst OF high trees
and hlllocks that entirely conceal Il
from the sight OF passer on Easton
Avenue. The grounds all around It
are run down, as is the house itself
with a cellar door OF It's hinges and
piles OF rubbish around the back yard.
But the mysterious feature OF the
house is that despite it's outward ap-
pearance of abandonment. n glance
through the windows Mt the interior
shows that II is completely furnish
ed, and appears to be without the ac-
emulation OF dust that chara cterlzes
a house that In never occupied
A handsome mahogany staircase
with carved bannisters leads up to
the second floor, and the furniture in
the drawing room Is OF fine old ma
hogany. There is gas lamp on the
table, and n "red runner" table
cloth, and other fixtures that seem
to make tho lower floor quite liveable.
! Nothing at all can be seen inside the
bedrooms on the upper floor. however.
| for the shades are drawn close to the
bottom of the windows.
The former owner OF the property
Of Ira ID. Phillips who now lives on
another farm on the Middle Bush
Road near Milestone, ~ j.. said yes
| terday that he had bought the farm
on the Easton Road, which consisted
of lao acres in all, from Amity and
Julia DE Russey In 1906. and lived
on 1t with his family, including his
son and the latter's wife and child.
In 1921, Phillips said, he put the farm
on the market, asking $4,000 for It..
Samuel l.. Levine. a real estate broker
of New Brunswick, told him in No
vember that he had buyer for the
place, according to Phillips, and in
| vited him to meet the prospective
buyer at the Middlesex Title Guaran-
tee and Trust Company.
Transfer Of Property.
Phillips said that he was introduce
ed to Joseph II. Porter. trust officer
of the bank. and also, as it has
been learned since the murder of
DR.. Hall and Mrs. Mills. trustee for
Willie" Stevens In handling the
property left to Stevens by his mo-
ther several years ago. According
to Phillips. Porter took an option
on the farm at that time, but did
nothing further until last July. Then
Phillips said, the deal was closed
Phillips said he did not know whether
Porter was buying for himself or for
another person.
Phillips said that Alfred March. a
lawyer, who is head Of the Title
Guarantee and Trust Company, help
ed negotiate the deal. acting as
counsel TO both parties. According tc
Phillips, It was stipulated In the sale
agreement that the furnishings In the
house were to be left as they were
The farmer said he had never hearC
of DIR. Hall or Mrs. Mills. and hac
never heard Porter say for whom NJ
was buying the property.
Mr.. Levine, a real estate agent
was reported TO have visited Highland
Park yesterday. Later Levine deniet
that Porter had had anything to dt
with the deal. He said that he hat
bought the property himself and still
held title 10 II. He explained that h
was holding the farm as a specula
ton. Levine would not discuss til
possibility OF the clergyman havinl
been able TO gain access TO the farm
house, to use it as a trysting plac
with Mrs. Mills. March. who was ais
mentioned in the sale OF the farm
could not be found last night.
1t was said in New Brunswick tina
DR.. Hill was in the habit OF visiting
the Parker Home for the Aged o.
Easton avenue, near the Phillips farm
house, on Thursday evenings, and tina
! Mrs. Mills often accompanied him I
sing for the old people in the institu
ton. But at the Parker Home. it wa
said that the clergyman had not bee
there for six months. and that Mr..
Mills had never been seen there. ]
could not be told. of course, whethe
this meant that the clergy and hi
choir leader had concealed their visit
; to the Phillips farm by giving it ou
], that they were going TO the Parke
: Home.
Another Witness Heard Shooting.
- 1t was reported yesterday that ar
other man living near the Phillip
/, farm had told the authorities of hear
ing shots last Thursday night aboJ
T.. midnight. This would make the fift
! witness living in that vicinity who ma
told of hearing. shots or screams ths
NIGHT thaca c+o
n rect, the original theory of the author
+ ties that the murder was committe
in New Brunswick and the bodiS
5, carried probably by automobile Il
& more than a mile and a half befol
= they were left under the apple tire
!; will have TO be discarded. Opinio
); now is that If the murder did not tai
20 place exactly where the bodies WEI
found. it was not far away.
d, The pistol found by the authoriti,
II yesterday was taken to Prosecut,
q Stricker's office in New Brunswick l
/; Detective Ferd A. David of Middless
n, county. 1t was wrapped carefully al
s, carried in box. According to repol
1t was a black automatic. but Dav
T., would not show 1t. describe it or L
whore he got 1t.
T. Reticence also was observed as
0; the reported discovery of a handke
10. chief near the place where the bodi
st We're found. 1t was reported TIL
a George Deinzer. New Brunswit
D; high school boy. found a handkerchi
nj containing five bullet holes not +
from where the bodies were. II
a handkerchief was described as chea
with embroidery around the edges, n
40 initiated. 1T was muddy, but n