Evening journal., 1922-11-13

Mason. his chief OF stan.
The church members told the stor,
to a business friend in New Bruins
wick. who repeated It to a friend
in Newark and tho latter told the
authorities. When Mason and 9TH
ers tried TO get the New Brunswick
business man TO tell them the story
he said he knew nothing, utterly
repudiating his Newark friend. But
this story will probably come out
in few days. and one vestryman.
who. by the way. is not the man
suspected OF the actual shooting, is
In a highly nervous state.
Mott and Mason conferred in
Newark Saturday and will come
here 10 continue their investigation.
according 20 present plans. They
will examine several persons, among
them Jimmy Mills, the sexton hus-
band OF the slain choir singer. II
is possible Jimmy will be asked 20
tell what. IL anything. he knows
about Mrs. Mills affairs with men
other than Hah. The chances are
Jimmy knows nothing.
Timothy N. Pfeiffer. counsel for
Mrs. Hall. said that so far no re-
quests had been made for Mrs. Halls
nngerprints, but II that such a re-
quest were made It would gladly
be compiled with. He ended:
Mrs. HaN IS anxious to do every
thing in her power to assist the
prosecutor"
The fnserprints are wanted for
comparison with those found by Ex-
pert Schwartz OF Newark on the cuffs
OF the shirt Hail wore when he was
killed.
do you expect Mrs. Hall 20 be ar
rested7" Pfeiffer was asked.
He replied: Il cerainly do not; not
unless some false testimony is given
by some one" He added that Mrs.
Halls health Is excellent.
Mott and Mason will probably
examine Barbara Tough and. Louise |
Geist, servants in the Hall home;
Mrs. Jane Gibson, Ralph V. W. Gors- /
line and Henry Carpenter. Mrs. !
Gibson. II n understood. is 20 be call !
cd 10 see II che can make a clearer /
identification than she made on her /
last visit to the court house.
Gorsiine and Carpenter are both I
vestrymsn OF the church. Carpenter
Is cousin OF Mrs. Hall and his house
Is close 70 the Hall home. He said
the other day that on the night OF
the murder he was dining with a
friend. J. X. Rice. in Highland Park;
that he returned home some time
after 10 o'clock and did not even
know Hall was missing until Satur-
day afternoon. after the bodies were
found. Mr.. Rice corroborated his
statement regarding the dinner I
party.
One attack on Mrs. Gibson's story,
accredited 20 Mrs. Anna Hanlon OF
Queens Village. Long Island. was
most circumstantial and interesting.
The only trouble with Il was that II
was not true. as Mrs. Hamilton her
self admitted last night after the
story had caused quite a sensation
and Mott had said he would investi-
gate Il.
Another second attack came IN
much more legal form through Tim
othy n. Pfeiffer. counsel for Mrs.
Hall. lie produced an affidavit from
Mrs. Nellie 10 Russell, who resides
not far from Mrs. Gibson's home. and
who asserts on her oath that on the
night OF September II. when Mrs.
Gibson says she was on the Philips
farm witnessing the firing OF the
shots that ended the lives OF the Rev.
W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
Mills. Mrs. Gibson was sitting on the
steps OF Mrs. Russelrs house and
talking about n dog that was suppos-
ed TO have been stolen.
Mrs. Russell's affidavit Is a severe
blow TO Mr.. Motifs case. providing It
,an be made TO stand up, as II direct
" contradicts every important state
nent Mrs. Gibson has made. It is
possible, OF course, that Mrs. Gibson
will retort that her neighbor Is right
rs TO the incident OF the dog, but .
wrong as TO the night on which it q
ook place. {
In any event. after Mr.. Mott had J
heard first Mrs. Hanlon's story and c
hen Mrs. Russell's, which was $
brought 10 him by Mr. Pfeiffer. svho {
rad talk with him and Detective !
Mason In Newark, he decided that he |
would postpone the questioning OF I
Jimmie Mills and others here and 70 j
o Somerville instead in the morning s
Report says that Mr.. Mott will do
'Verything he can, In view OF the !
criticism. TO get the case before the j
Irand Jury at an early date. and II
$ believed he has decided TO risk
ne whole issue and ask the Grand q
Jurors to hand down indictments NJ c
'nce. AT g
II indictments are found they will :
"a against a woman described h,. =
irs. Gibson a. the woman IN graz, .
ma a man who lives near the Han :,
ONE and who has been brought =,
nto the case only recently. Tbs a
.ase against the woman because ~
ne Gibson testimony. Is regarded as
AIRY strong, but the case against ,bo
nan is admitted to be weak even
v the officials who are pressinv 10.
he Indictment. While Mrs. Gibson
said now 20 have Identified this
ian at the railroad station here. she
ad identified three men as the man
he saw with the woman in rrsv on
he night of the murder.
Mr.. Pfeiffer played his tr7imn
ard after he arrived from New
ork. II is the move that was re-
'rred to as tho attempt 10 blow
Irs. Gibson out OF the water"
Mr.. Pfeiffer produced the affidavit
Mrs. Russell, which reads as fol-
'ws: