Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-20
Demand Arrest in
HaLL-MiLLs Murder

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the summer camp which the church
maintained for its workers at Point
Pleasant, N. j. h.s
"Scene" at Point Pleasant
The III feeling engendered In this
quarrel Is supposed to have been added
to by Mrs. Halls suspicion TINT the
singer was writing Mr.. Hall affection
ate letters. The coldness continued, 1t
is said, after the Halls returned from
their trip to the New England coast.
Miss North Is authority for the state
ment that there wns II scene" be-
tween the rector's wife and the choir
rector and his wife were on the point
of returning to New brunswick. ac-
cording to Miss North. Mrs. Hall had
not remained in camp and drove to
Point Pleasant to get her husband. As
she and Mr.. Hall drove off. it is said,
Mrs. Mills ran nfter the car and de-
manded to know II Mr.. Hall were going
to take her witd him. He invited her
to get in and she rode to New Bruns-
wick with him nnd his wife.
It is said that this incident was the
prelude to an apparent rupture between
the two women. When Mrs. Hall re.
turned from New England the rector's
wife and the choir singer are said to
have spoken to each other perfume
tOrily. Charlotte told Miss North, the
latter said, that for the ten days pre-
ceding the murder the two were decid-
edly cold toward each other.
This coldness apparently is referred
to- at the end of one Of the rector's long
letters from Maine to the singer.
The letter follows:
About Mrs. Hall-she hasn't said
a word about you, and I don't think
she has changed toward you; but her
remarks at Point Pleasant were fool
ish and uncallcd for. / don't blame
you for being hurt-you know how I
feel about them. Dearest, don't let It
trouble you. ] didn't show her your
letter to me-but you were wise to
send it to Isleford, for she might
have commented If no letter came
from you. But she didn't ask to see
II; just said, "Is there any news from
Eleanor" As for writing to her
do just as seems best to you-it will
be all right either way.
Edwards In New Brunswick
Governor Edwards visited New
Brunswick last night, after having dis
appointed the town in the afternoon,
to make a political speech. There was
much excitement when he did not ap-
pear as scheduled in time to attend a
luncheon arranged by some of the Dem.
ocrats of the county. 1t was rumored,
though inaccurately, that he had been
seen passing through the town in an
automobile, and the impression pre-
vailed that he was trying to avoid
cross questioning about the murder.
When he arrived Mt 10 o'clock last
night he was rushed into the hall where
he was to speak behind n flying wedge
OF policemen. Jim" Baker, one of the
county leaders, turned to a group of
newspaper men who had waited to see
the Governor, and said: Now inter-
view him. you - -. Come on in
and interview him-the police are
fixed Three policemen entered the
hall behind the Governor.
Judge DAILY inquired what was wrong
and went up to the Governor, explain.
Ing that 1t would be wiser for him to
nay some attention to the newspaper
demand that he express his views on
the murder. He wrote the following
Interview with a pencil on the back Of
an envelope:
II have been campaigning in South
Jersey for the last week and have had
no opportunity to speak to Prosecutor
Beekman or Prosecutor Stricker. lean
say nothing to you in reference to the
Hall Mills murder at this time. I
don't think 1t is proper to connect up
political meeting with a matter Of
such Importance as this murder"