Evening journal., 1922-12-05
HALL inquiry
TO GO FORWARD
New Jersey Governor Ex-
pected to Name New
Prosecutor Today
EDGE SENDS HIS
REPLY TO MILLS

Whether the State or Somerset and
Middlesex counties are 70 handle the
investigation of the murder OF the
Rev. Edward w. Hail and Mrs Flea
nor r. Mills is to be determined
in Trenton today. Reports current
last night are that the state viii
continue. but will be represented by
some one other than Wilbur A. Mott,
who as Special Deputy Attorney
General. presented the case TO the
Somerset County Grand Jury.
Attorney-General McGran was ask
ed: Does the State plan to drop
or TO continue its investigation Of the
Hall-Mllls murder?" He rephed:
II cannot discuss that.
VIII Mr.. Mott be superseded by
some one else as prosecutor. as has
been reported7"
"I cannot discuss that either. 1
would like to tell you something, but
cannot talk about the case now"
Mott is TO go to Trenton for con-
florence. It is expected that Mr..
Mott will offer to withdraw and will
present his bill for the approval Of
the Attorney-General. The bill has
10 be met out Of the resources Of
Somerset county T h decision
whether some one else Is % take up
the work probably will rest with Gov
Edwards. with whom Mr.. McGran
is expected to confer.
In Somerville. the sentiment Is
against the State continuing its
activities. the probable expense 70
the county being the governing fac
tor. There also is objection 10 paying
Mr.. Mott for doing exactly what the
oounty's own prosecutor. Azariah !
Beel1man. said he would do. Mr..
Beekman Is still at work on the case
by direction of the Grand Jury, |
which urged that the matter be not |
dropped. Beekman's chief assistant |
county detective. George Totten,
made It clear that work is really be-
Ing done and that developments are
He said:
prosecutor Azariah Beekman Is
with the enforcement OF
law In this county and even II every
body else quits, the investigation
will be continued here. We have de-
veloped several imp facts since
The Grand Jury adjourned last
week, and we expect TO develop
more. This case is far from closed.
L Is not unlikely that additional
evidence will be presented to the
Grand Jury in a short time"
Presumably Mr.. Totten referred
o the present Grand Jury. which
las considered all the evidence Mr..
lott had and will be available until
December 10. If the new evidence
Ioes not go to that body then all the
violence. new and old. will have 10
,e presented to the new Grand Jury.
n some official quarters the pre-
entation OF the whole case to the
lew body is strongly favored.
Now. according to some Of the de-
ectives, the driver Of the farm
,agon that Mrs. Jane Gibson says
he followed on the night Of the
lurder, is understood to have been
ound. The wagon was located some
me ago. but little attention was
ala 10 Iub scrap VI tFAhchSe eAA -
-as not taken to the Grand Jury o
ecause the owner Of the wagon Il
iade good his assertion that he c
ad not driven the vehicle on the
light in question. 1t appears now,
owever, that someone else may y
ave driven the wagon. The evil S
ence has been hard to obtain be =
ause Of the other activities. de-
ldedly not Of an agricultural ma
IRE. in which the persons impli-
ated are concerned.
James Mills has received an an
wer to his letter to Senator Edge
t Washington, the Senator's secre-
ary promising that the Senator
,ould look into the matter. Mills
xpects a letter from the Senator
imself soon. The incident may be
because Of the political
omplexion Of the two counties con-
erned in the case. Both are demo-
ratio and both Beekman and
trlker, prosecutor Of Middlesex
ounty. are strong organization