Evening journal., 1922-11-29
time on said: '1'n be in state Of
suspended animation"

! suspended dllfHdtlons
Beekman smiled, as well h
might. He had refused TO go to III
' Grand Jury with the evidence MOI
presented. Today Mott and Attorne
General McCran are to have a con
ference on the case.
Last night in the kitchen OF tn
dingy home in New Brunswick c
Jimmie Mills, sexton of the churol
and husband OF the choir singer, Tn
little woeIbegone man prepared nj
supper of cheese and bread an
bologna sausage. As he scraped nj
meal together he said:
That's pretty rotten, and justice
has not been done. am very mucl
surprised, for 1 figured they woul6
actually get somewhere. Here II il
nearly eleven weeks and were
right where we were when 1t start
/ ed. But If justice was not done py
the State II will he done by Higher
Power, and the conscience that has
this thing TO think over VIII De
| punished for its owner. It'll all com
out some day, but it's pretty rotten
10 think the whole thing was thrown
down like that. 1 didn't expect II.
Mrs. Hall was dressed in mourn
ing. with a long heavy veil hanging
over her shoulders and back. She
wore black gloves, black stockings
and oxfords and eyeglasses. She
stepped from her car and slowly
walked up the long pathway from
the curb to the court house Whlle
the cameras clicked. She made no
attempt to prevent the photograph
ers from swapping her picture.
Several witnesses nodded to MIS-
Hall as she entered and Henry MlIls
got up from his seat and walked
over to her, shook hands and chat
ted a few moments. Mrs. Hall sat
quietly and then gazed up TO the bal
cony, where a score of newspaper re-
porters and horde Of onlookers
gazed down at her. Miss Peters and
Pfeiffer nodded genially to many Of
the reporters.
During the calling of the witnesses
Mrs. Hall talked easily with her two
companions.
Now and then something amused
Mrs. Hall and she smiled. Sne shook
hands with Alan Bennett as he left
the jury room.
Just before IL o'clock Prosecutor
Beekman came out OF the jury room
and crossed the rotunda TO another
office, passing close to the Hall party
without a sign. On his return
Pfeiffer hurrledlY rose and said: ''Mr.
Beekman, may speak TO you?"
Beekman, hardly paying any at
tention 10 him. kept right on walking
and over his shoulder replied: "No,
you cannot" Then followed the
most dramatic incident OF the day.
Jane Gibson, the woman farmer,
came almost face to face with the
woman she accused OF being present
at the staying. Accompanied by De-
tective George Totten and a State
cooper, Mrs. Gibson walked from the
prosecutors Office on the balcony
floor, downstairs and across the ro-
tunda TO the jury room. AS she
reached the main level from the
main stairs she came through an en-
trance TO the rotunda beside which
the Hall party sat. She was close
enough to Mrs. Hall to touch her as
she passed. and she glanced quickly
past Mrs. Hall and walked unhalt-
ingly into the jury room. AS she
passed them Miss Peters whispered
TO Mrs. Hall, who glanced sideways
at Mrs. Gibson and then, showing no
sign OF any emotion, turned TO Pfeif-
fer and resumed her conversation.
Just at noon Mott emerged from
the jury room and walked slowly
over to where Mrs. Hall sat Hel
looked at her sharply for a few mo-
ments and Mrs. Hall looked right
back at him. At 1 o'clock Mrs Glib
son concluded her testimony and the
door of the jury room opened and she
walked out. Then occurred a. situa- I
ton that thrilled those watching.
For the first time since her accu-
sation the woman farmer wa
brought face to face with the wo-
man whom he has accused.
For a moment it looked as though
hey were about to speak. Mrs. Glib
son looked straight at Mrh. Hall and
he latter returned the gaze evenly.
No strain was apparent on the face
II either. They just gazed steadily
It one another for the minute it
ook the pig woman to walk over
o the stairs leading TO the upper
corridor and prosecutors office. \
Silence as Women Gaze.
Mrs. Hall raised her face as Mrs.
sibson approached. The silence in
he crowded building vas so deep
hat the click of Mrs. Gibson's
french heels sounded like a hammer
attoo. From somewhere in the cor
idors muffied sob OF a woman
pectator out the stiffness, and there
yas an audible gasp as Mrs. Hall
net Mrs. Gibson's level gaze and the
wo women faced. Then it was all
yer, and Mrs. Gibson had passed
pstairs.
As Mrs. Gibson left the court
ouse the jury adjourned. Mrs. Hall
ose to her feet as the jurors began
} file out OF the room and scanned
ne faces of each man or woman.
nee she made a move as though to
ave the court house with the
irors, but was held back by Pfeiffer
ntil the last juror had passed out.
ot one of the members OF the jury
,oked at Mrs. Hall or her com
anions as they passed from the