Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-07
MRS. HALL BROTHER.
MAY LEAVE COUNTRY
FOR TOUR OF WORLD.
We We're Ready When Murder
Occurred, But Thought Better
to Wait, Wife Says.
HOPE TO HURRY THE INQUIRY
BY Associated Press to Every Evening.

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Lavelette, y. J., Nov Henry
Stevens. brother Of Mrs Frances
Stevens Hall. widow OF the Rev. Ed
ward w. Hall. who was murdered with
Mre. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills. near
New Brunswick on September u laet.
is dlscontented at the delay in the or
fetal inquiry and contemrlates bring
ing mattere 10 an Issue 10y leaving
town. Mrs Ethel Stevens. his wife.
said in an interview here today.
We think that it Is about time we
pull up our belongings and 60 way
from here. just to force an issue with
tho authorities who are lnvestiga ting
the murders" she said
Stevena has told the investiga tors
that he was 1shlng near Lavallette on
the night of the murder. and has
furnished the names Of several persons
who. he says. saw him. Mrs. Jane
Gibson. farmer, has told the authori-
tiee that man committed the mur-
ders and that no was accompanied by
a woman in n grey coat
Mrs stevens received tho news
/ rapermen in her home with cordaiitv.
and eerved them with eandwlches she
explained that her husband was across
/ the bay A. a cunning point. but that
he could ho reached bY system Of
signals she had arranged with him
We were ready 20 go on world
I It'ur when this thing happened" said
Mrs Stevens. but we gave # up he
cause we thought it would loo better
II.
ever was IN store for him Now. how
ever, we think the authorities have
had time enough 20 act and we think
that the hest way TO force hem 10 do
something Will he for ia to leave
town ana start our trip
The question has often heen ask
cd. why didn't Henry give his sister
away in marriage. when Mr.. Han
| and Mrs. Hall We're married Henry
was iu New England There vas moth
ing I'm common betweel Henry and Mr.
Hail and for that reason he made no
special trip 20 attend the wedding Il
is untrue that ne refused to call on tho
Halls since the wedding There ie an
entry in his diary for June "a. It says:
Edward and Frances here. which
'N'oii9 'tidt thft spent tNe AFTERNOON
here
81 believe the solution Of this crime
has not even been hlnted at yet. Has
anyone thought of looking w other
men who snight have figured In Mre
Mills life?
We are ready to help the authori.
ties in any way We thought they
might want Henry in hurry foi
something. so We arranged n compli-
Gated set of signals while he : away
He is at the cunning point. y miles
across the bay and with the good
telescope We have upstairs. on de-
cent day I can see him. He has ar.
ranged 10 hang Out flag while he ia
there. II the iag--it il really nothing
but n large handle dleerchief--is hanEins
out know he is there. n Il isn't. he
IL coming in. That's the way we ex.
pect 10 communicate until this eithe,
blows over or we leave town
state troopers were sent down here
10 watch Henry. They paraded up and
down along the boardwalk in front a
the house all day long but Henry hat
gone 70 the cunning point at 3 q. m
SO there they were walking back and
forth watching the house while IN,
man they were supposed 20 he shadow
ing was twelve miles away. II thei
had only told us all about It we woult
. have Invited them in and made then
r comfortable