Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-10

| oN<iheMer Sdid Hayes SnOt IN
mirdster'and the choir singer by mis-
taire.
THE charges against Schneider
yeho is also in jail. held as a materia
witness against Hayes were made &
/the prosecutors by Pearl BANNER
4 DR.. Fred Hoffman and Mrs. Schneid
der It was learned.
Pearl fell or was thrown into tn,
RaritanjC Canal about two monthsGago
A man who happened TO be swim
ming nearby saw her and rescued
her Pinned in her clothing was q
note 10 her father, Nick BANNER:
You. know who's responsible fol
this. Go get him" thread
II got f45 caliber Gun and went
Hout TO 'geJschneider"f Bahmer is al
legged to nave said II was with
Pearl onlthe night 'of September IA
looking, for him then"
Pearl told Prosecutor Stricken
that schneider had tried to force
,herfto buy laudanum to put in her
fathers liquor.
Mrs. Schneider, Raymond's wife
told they prosecutor that her hus-
band Secured a revolver and that
when cleaning It he would wave II
in her direction and utter gthreats
against her life and lagainst that of
Nicholas BANNER
County Prosecutor sStricker prom
isGA an important statement to
Newspaper men at noon. Calling
chem together. he announced he
for George F. Silver, Democratic
candidate for Governor of New Jer-
sey. and would devote his entire
time to the ends OF Justice.
Nicholas BANNER. father of If
teen-year-old Pearl. girl friend OF
Raymond Schneider, admitted to-
day having bought As caliber re-
volver and confessed to being abroad
with his daughter on the night OF
the crime. looking for Schneider,
whom he said he would have got
ten"
The shadow that has fallen across
the humble Hayes home on the out
skirts OF town has been partly lifted
by growing public sympathy for the
accused youth who was arrested on
the testimony of his pal, Raymond
Schneider Hayes big brother Joe
said the family felt little happier
today because Of expressions OF
sympathy and confidence rendered by
many New Brunswick townfolks
As the folks who know Clifford
Hayes best and describe him as a
clean cut, modest youth in the toll
~ dnphff,,f ,or,n a pAnug ,,,,t "a.
"Schneider's story so far as II has
been made public, leaves too much
unexplained to be convincing con-
viction OF Hayes"
The confession oftRay Schneider
that his pal Clifford Hayes. killed
Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills in their |
Irysting place under a crab-apple |
tree, was plumbed to its depths by
today.
Believing that Schneider's story is
full Of holes authorities took the boy |
who Is held as a material witness to |
the Somerset County jail last night. |
Schneider charged that Hayes
fred four shots into the bodies of
two dark figures on the Phillips
farm believing the figures to bel
those OF Pearl BANNER. Is. his
girl" and her father. Nicholas
BANNER.
Hayes held on charges OF first
degree murder. protested his In
locence.
Say" he told interviewers at the
all, III I killed them do you think
would have stuck around New
all this timer"
Prosecutors Beekmsn and Strick-
r refused to divulge the contents
# the 500 word statement that
Schneider is alleged to have signed
.fter he was grilled for "a hours.
The authorities also refused, to
tate whether this confession" had
answered the questions OF how the
hroat of Mrs. Mills had been cut
nd how love letters came to be
trewn around the scene OF the
rime.
Neither has 1t divulged how the
odies came to be laid out as IL by (
ONE acquaintance hand.
Pearl BANNER. the 15-year-old !
ri with brown eyes and bobbed :
air who has gone through expert {
noes that not many school girls
er age have encountered, came to q
he defense Of Hayes.
cliff didn't do It" she said. q
1t was Pearl and Schneider who
eported to the police that the /
odies OF the millionaire pastor of |
ne church Of ST. John the Evangel- I
It and his choir leader were under !
ne tree on the Phillips farm.
ION the morning of Saturday !
ept. 16. the girl said. RAY and l s
let to take a walk j told him /
-anted to go in the direction OF De s
.ussy Lane. He said he didn't want :
, go that way but l finally coaxed I
i'm to do Il. We turned on the s
hillips' farm and noticed two per- v
ons lying under tree. He appeared {
ervous when l said Let's go look +
t them, it's funny they don't a
love. t
~ don't want to &c over there L
e said but finally consented. I
There we discovered the bodies
{ the Rev. Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills. n
know the minister had his watch a
nth him then. I
He only went TO a farm house I
D phone the police after l had y
oaxed him" n
Prosecutor Beekman said he will I
tempt to have Hayes arraigned on 7
he murder charge before a Supreme a
'ourt Justice in Somerville some a
Ime today.
Thomas II. Haggerty. city attor- I
ey OF New Brunswick. who has n
cen retained to defend Hayes, said "
,day that he planned TO interview y
is client at the Jail in Somerville Z
lis AFTERNOON. e
An aftemnf TO liherafe HaNes on a !,