The Washington times., 1922-10-27
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Then ] mounted my mule, June.
De Russy lane. When II came near
the spot where / thought the shots
had been fired, I gave up my search
for the moccasin and cut into the
field near the Phillips farm. i tied
June to a stub and walked In the
direction from whence ! had heard
the shots.
A woman's conyulsive sobbing
soon brought me TO q stop. It was
now about I O'Clock and the moon
was out. I had NO flashlight, but I
could easily discern THE SAME
WOMAN 4 Had SEEN IN THE
LANE earlier In the evening. She
had the same light hair and wore
the same light-colored coat and NO
hat. She was kneeling over two
dark objects. sobbing as though her
Did Not Know Victims Identity.
I did not know until saturday
morning that the prone forms wsgs
the dead Rev. Hall and Mrs. Mills. {
The sobbing was beneath the crab.
apple tree. 1t was evidently she
who closed the eyelids- Of the
minister. q fact that has been much
commented ON. =
I have not identified tho man Of
the murder party. He had more
hair and was bigger than the man
most undeg suspicion. Here she
named person who has furnished
an alibiD He had a higher forehead
than another suspect 10 brother of
the man Just mentioned). Neither
woman called out tOh, Henry" as
has been printed. In telling my
story to the prosecutors aaid the
- whole affair seemed like an O.
Henry tale" and that is how the
name Henry was circulated.
The man looked like a negro to
me. 1 could have sworn he was
negro. The prosecutors are now
working on negro clue. ] think II
is possible the man companion of
the woman was a hired negro as.
sassin. This is an entirely new
angle. t'. -.
I have been able, to identity def.
nitely the woman because / passed
her on my mule just as an automo-
bile threw it's light full on her face.
She had very light hair-appearing
blonde by the automobile lights,
the shade which white hair would
appear by such lights. She wore
no hat, but long, light-colored
coat. She appeared to be past mid.
die age. She was short but rather
stout. Her chin sloped down into
her neck In a characteristic way !
could not forget. Neither the man
nor woman wore glasses but they
might have, left them off purposely.
Man Was Over Sir Feet. 81
The man was very large--surely
ever six feet. His complexion was
% dark that ]. could not distinguish
his features. and then, too, he did
not face me as fully as the woman.
He had q great mop Of b,ishy black
hair. wore no hat, and had q mus
tache.
The consecutive story of that
nights tragedy. I win tell as It re.
peats itself in my dreams:
On Thursday night, September IL,
as was preparing for he'd, two of
my dogs, Fannie and Wolf, began
10 bark unusually loud. ! stepped
out to see what they We're barking
at, While was out In the yard
i heard a wagon coming along
Hamilton road. listened and heard
It stop aiongs.de my cornfield. :,
Immediateiy T. thought Of corn
thieves. for I had been suffering for
several weeks from thieves who had
stolen by corn and my pigs. So !
went to my barn, saddled my Jen.
ny mule, June, and throwing on q
into some beaded Indian rnoccasins,
] mounted June and hurried up our
lane to Hamilton road. distance
OF about $50 feet.
Couple In Middle OF Lane.
This was about 1oao. for It was
about twenty-five minutes after the
Milestone bus had passed, which
is due at 945. We were using
daylight saving time then. When
] turned into Hamilton road, the
wagon moved on, but I got close
enough to see Il was an old spring
wagon. 4 determined to follow.
so / held June back 50 we could
creep along behind the slow moving
wagon. > About one-eighth OF o
mile down the road. De Russy's
lane turns Off to the left as one
travels toward. New Brunswick.
The wagon turned down De Russy
and 80 did I. never dreaming what
the dark might hold In store for
me. The moon was due to come
up later. So, although could
not see the wagon ahead Of me, I
could hear It, and let June pick
the way with her soft. unshod
feet.
When I had reached almost the
other end Of De Russy lane, just
$50 feet from ,Easton avenue, the
wagon turned into Easton. When
got ten feet from Easton avenue,
an automobile whirled into the lane,
hesitated moment and backed out,
turning toward New Brunswick.
As the lights Of this car flashed
on me l saw that was passing
n couple standing In. the middle Of
the lane. The woman seemed TO
have blonde or white hair. as ]
have said, and I HAVE SINCE
IDENTIFIED HER. The man
whom I took for a negro looked
husky. The woman wore, light
summer dress under her long coat
and ! recognized her Immediately
as a woman I had seen before at
n rummage sale In New Brunswick.
She was not handsome woman.
The pair stood an though they
were expecting somebody, just stood
atm l,, fha road Ara xxrNra nuiafN II