Evening star., 1922-11-15
SAYS WIFE KNEW
. OF HALLS CONDUCT
witnesses viii Be Heard by
Jersey Grand Jury Next
Week.
PLAN DAILY SESSIONS
Cigar Dealer Among Those Called
In Murder Inves-
tigation.
PLAN DAILY SESSIONS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J.. November
16.-ApDarently confident that the
chain Of evidence is complete, officials
continued today preparations to pre-
sent tho Hall-Mills murder case to
tho grand Jury Monday. Witnesses
for tho first day will include Pearl
Bahmer and Raymond Schneider, who
found tho bodies of the Rev. Edward
wheeler Hall and his choir leader,
Mrs. Eleanor Relnhardt Mills, and
County Detective George Totten, who
had charge Of the preliminary inves-
tigation.
iuesday. Deputy Attorney General
Mott said. he will present witnesses
to show that MRS. Frances Stevens
Hall had knowledge of the relations
between DR.. Hall and Mrs. Mills. The
grand jury will be in session from
10 Am. until pm. daily until the
case 10 completed.
Cigar Man Called.
George Kuhn. owner OF a small
cigar store, who has not previously
been mentioned in the case. has been
called to testify before the grand
jury. 1t was authoritatively learned.
He claims that willie" Stevens,
brother of Mrs. Edward w. Hall, wild
his regular customers.
The authorities investigating the
case declined to indicate what Kuhn's
testimony would be.
Detectives announced that they had
been devoting considerable time en-
deavoring to check up the story told
by Mrs. Jane Gibson, "the pig wom-
an" who claims to have witnessed
the murders.
A minute examination of the field
in which the bodies were found was
made again by detectives last night
with special reference to the story Of
Mrs. Gibson that after witnessing the
crime she returned to flnd a light
haired woman moaning over the body
Of the rector.
Point in Story Supported.
Mrs. Gibson claims that when she
went back to the scene for the sec
ond time she tied her mule Jennie to
a small cedar tree in clump Of
bushes. first tugging at the tree to
see If it were strong enough to hold
the mule: The detectives said the
tree, a frail one, was in the exact
spot described.
After tying the mule, Mrs. Gibson said
ha CT "a or mr. f1yY ~.
bled over a stump. The detectives said
they found the stump. Next. she said.
she stepped back over a strawberry
patch and came to clearing and an
other cedar tree The detectives as
serted that their investigation Tailed in
every way with her story.
Doubt was cast today upon the au-
thenticity of a statement made yester-
day by two detectives that one Of the
witnesses to be called before the grand
jury would testify that Mrs. Hall ran
hurriedly to the home Of her cousin,
Henry Carpenter. on the night of the
murder. Some officials denied that such
witness would be called and counsel
for the widow emphatically denied the
story Of Mrs. Halls alleged visit.
Mysterious Phone Call.
According to Mrs. Halls statement
to the authorities, her husband re-
ceived a telephone call the night of
his death, shortly before o'clock.
She said she did not know it's source
or purport. Mr.. Hall. she said. left
the house q short time later.
Timothy N. Pfeiffer. Mrs. Halls at
torney, said he was unimpressed by the
reported new testimony. declaring that
his clients recital of her actions the
night of the murders was the true one.
''The authorities know that Henry
carpenter and his wife were not home
that night" he said. They went to the
home Of Mr. and Mrs. j. K. Wright. in
Highland Park, had dinner there and
remained there all evening"