Evening star., 1922-10-20
Jersey Authorities "Forginq
Last Link in Chair
of Evidence"
CONFLICT OVER PRIVATE
PAPERS OF RECTOR
Business Man Tells Police He Saw
Quaint Auto Near Scene
Of Tragedy.
By DAN RING.
Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

| Slea Correspondent OF Tne star.
NEW BRUNSWICK, October 30
That the last link In a carefully
welded chain Of evidence in the Hail.
Mills murder case is being forged
! today is definitely assured follow
ing the announcement that Barbara
Tough. servant at the Hall house.
has been summoned again for aues-
, tioning by Prosecutors Beeckman
and Stricker. Information to this es-
feet is semi-oficial.
This is the second time that the
maid has been called for a quIzzing
She was one of those who was ques-
tion with Mrs. Hall two days ago.
when three members Of the Hail
family were closeted with the prose-
cutors for three hours.
1t is definitely understood that
Prosecutor Stricken of Middlesex
county. in which New Brunswick is
located. will lay his evidence on the
table and demand action by Prose-
cutor Beeckman of Somerset county.
which adjoins Middlesex. and IN
which the spot where the bodies
were found is located, just north of
the boundary Of the county border.
in Somerset county.
Papers Reported Missins.
Missing papers. contradictory stories
about private papers of DR.. Hall and
the announcement that Florence
North, self-retained attorney OF the
Mills family, was still their legal
representative. were the features to-
day OF the New Jersey murder mys-
terry which has surrounded the slay-
ing of DR.. Edward Wheeler Hall and
Mrs Eleanor Mills more than a
month ago.
Despite the statement yesterday
that Edwin Carpenter, cousin og Mrs.
Hall. had removed ten documents OF
Or. Hall on the day OF the discovery
OF the bodies. information directly
to the contrary was uncovered today.
This Information may disclose the
weak link OF strongly welded chain
that has been barrier to investlga-
tors Of the trageay: Miss AiInIe O.se.
to the Mills home on the afternoon
that he bodies Ser- ni.eosered sne
found Addison Clarke there.
~No Word About vestments.r
He told her. 80 she says. that his
wife and Edward Carpenter had gone
to the church 10 get some private
papers of DR.. Hall"
mot a word was said about vest
ments." declared Miss Opie. The car
used by Carpenter. which saw when
they came back to the house, was s.
small one like Ford coupe"
Carpenter denies ever having taken
any papers from the Hall home or
from the church on that afternoon.
He said he went after vestments and
that he brought them to the under
taking establishment.
John v. Hubbard. the undertaken.
is not sure whether ii was on Satur-
day or Sunday that he got the vest
ments- But two persons who were at
the Hall home on the afternoon Of
the discovery of the bodies are GER
tain and positive that they saw Car
pender taking papers out
A missing diary written by Mrs.
his vacation in Maine. may prove the
key to the mystery. il was indicated
by the authorities today. There must
have been many letters, also which
were sent between Mrs. Mills and DR..
Hall which have not been uncovered
because verification Of events men
toned in the letters lead investigators
to the opinion that those already pub
lished were OF very recent date.
Miss Mills ouestioneA.
Charlotte Mills was seen In her
kitchen this morning. She was frou-
ing a skirt. Two newspaper men
walked Lii. Florence North was there.
At nrst she did not even look at the
newspaper men. She did not open her
mouth to reply to even three short
questions
Were Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke and M.
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