Evening journal., 1922-09-25
on friday 1t was baked at a neigh

on Friday. 1t was baked at neigh
bor's and we all had lunch there.
I was on the boardwalk on Satur-
day afternoon when 1 saw the sta.
tion master approaching, waving 6
telegram. 1t announced Edwards
death. l was stunned. 1t gave nc
detail and 1 was puzzled. thought
at first he must have been killed by
an automobile. got ready at once
and started for New Brunswick. On
the way 1 bought a paper and for
the first time learned the details OF
the tragedy"
The rest of Mr. Stevens story re-
ferred to his movements of the next
three days. when he was back and
fourth between New York and New
his brother-in-law here. He said he
would have remained here If there
had been anything he could do, but
there wasn't. He continued:
"As for my silence 1 can only say
It was on advice of our lawyer. He
forbade us talking to newspaper re-
porters."
Stevens said he is a rifle marks
man and has never owned a pistol.
His wife was present during the ms
terview and also Miss Sallie Peters.
who has been the constant compan-
ion OF Mrs. Hall since the funeral
Miss Peters explained that Mrs.
Hall had at first considered hiring
private detectives to unraved the
mystery of Halls killing. but re-
jected the idea. as she feared such a
move might be considered as an at
tempt at personal vengeance. In all
his life, Mrs. Hall had told her
friend. she had never known Hail TO
resent a personal injury to the ex-
tent of wishing ito avenge it, said
Miss Peters.
She felt and still feels that the en-
ployment of money or effort to bring
pain to any one, even to a murderer.
would have been to Edward an un-
christian act. She decided TO let the
agencies of the law handle the mat
ter.
Miss Peters spoke at length, too,
VI Int ItldllOAS tAASAllB b1ANtth AAAt
Halls. asserting that the affection
obviously existing between the pair
was a subject of tender jesting on
the part of their intimate friends and |
that they were really a couple of
young lovers after seven years of |
life.
At the scene OF the crime. II It was
committed where the bodies were |
found. the crowd yesterday was
enormous. The old deserted Phillips
farmhouse was surrounded all day
by crowd, while twenty TO fifty per-
sons stood all the time about the
apple tree beneath which the two
bodies lay when discovered by
The roads leading to the
place were blocked by automobiles,
some of which came from New York
City, while others came from Tren-
ton. Asbury Park, Paterson and
other distant points.
Ellis Parker, detective. of Burling-
ton county, visited the place, but un-
He had been TO South Am
boy to see his sister and stopped at
New Brunswick on his way home.
He went over the ground with great
interest and asked a lot of questions,
out would make no statement be-
yond saying that he came here
out of curiosity. He did sug-
,est that in time the authorities of
,Ilddlesex and Somerset counties will
Iolve the mystery.
More was learned yesterday con-
,erning the gossip that evidently had
,een rife in church circles. although
he talk of It has seemed to come
o the surface only slowly since the
commission Of the crime. There was
summer camp at Asburg to which
ONE of the women Of the church
nd Mr.. Hall went. He drove one
and Mrs. Hall another.
In Halls car Mrs. Mills rode. 1t
ecame necessary for Mrs. Carrie
ieipeI, an elderly woman and head
Z the Mothers Guild, to return S
ome. and Mr.. Hall drove her back I
ere. 1t Is said that when Mrs. Mills
earned that the rector had departed
rom the camp she threw herself on
camp cot and cried. At the camp {
TALL occupied a tent to himself !
Also, II is now said, Mrs. Mills be- J
anne involved in an argument with c
mother member Of the choir. When '