The Washington times., 1922-10-12
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his automobile. He said he had been
at the Y. NJ. c. A~yeading rooms un-
til 1918 when he met Miss Rastall.
The girl. who Is extremely hand.
some, corroborated this story. She
said she had been attending a NOV
ing picture show but left the theater
about 10 o'clock. Gorsline saw her
and, knowing her, offered to take her
home in his automobile. She ac-
cepted the invitation.
BANNER Under $4,000.
It was understood that the person
whose arrest was reported immi-
nent is about the age of Hayes and
that he Is known to have been as.
sociated with persons Of shady
reputation.
"Nick" BANNER, former saloon
keeper, who is being held in S10.0 900
bond on the charge Of corrupting
the morals Of his fifteen.year-old
daughter Pearl, vigorously denies
the charge made against him by
the girl. Pearl said her father fire.
quently threatened to cut her
throat II she talked" but BANNER
denied ever having made such
threat.
1t was Pearl, and Raymond
Schneider (who furnished the :nfor-
nation against Hayes), who discov.
cred the bodies of DIR. Hall and
Mrs. Mills on September 16.
Convinced Hayes Is Innocent.
Members Of the New Jersey State
police, who are investigating the
tragedy, are convinced of the inno-
cence Of Hayes and appear to have
discovered evidence upon which to
base this opinion. They have be-
gun to canvass the local hardware
and cutlery stores in an effort to
trace the knife found near the mur-
der scene by the Lyons boy.
Nothing more has been heard of
with blood and filled with bloody
rags and paper. was found in a
gulley near the scene of the kill.
ing. This seems to be another of
the wild and sensational reports
that spring up daily.
The authorities also deny now
that they have any letters that
were said to have passed between
DIR. Hall and Mrs. Mills. 1t was
originally reported that a number
of such missives. all couched in
tender language, had been found.
Now prosecutor Beekman and Pros
ecutor Stricken deny that any such
documents exist.
New Confession Expected.
In the meantime, Raymond Sch.
neider was reported to be on the
verge Of a new confession" in
which he was expected to say:
"Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills may have
been killed because the guy who
croaked them thought they were
Pearl and myself-but 1t wasn't Cliff
Hayes. Cliff and 1 were in Buc-
cleuch Park that night, but we
didn't witness the murder
Schneider has gone without sleep
for three nights. He has lost fifteen
pounds in weight. Both his attorney
and Hayes counsel said that Schnei-
der's story duplicating Hayes Is the
wild dream of a mental defective"
Walter G.. Sedan, attorney for
Schneider, said he will move before
the supreme court to have Schneider
released on bail, adding:
II have been unable to have a con-
fidental talk with my client since
his all-night grilling at the hands OF
the authorities. l am convinced tfat
Schneider's story accusing Hayes of
the murder was extorted from him.
Girl Was Threatened.
1T believe my client will con-
fess that he knows nothing of the
murder as soon as he RECEIVERS
his balance"
In the meantime, authorities
searched among the lower classes
nf Nnvy prttnduyinLr
nation of the murder. They turn
ed eagerly to a statement made
by Pearl BANNER, fifteen-year-old
sweetheart of Schneider.
"Do you think your father killed
Mrs Mills and the preacher7"
Pearl was asked.
II do not know replied the girl.
but I do know that IL I had gone
out he would have cut my throat"
BANNER, who has been styled a
modern Bill Sykes, said that he was
able to account for his movements
on the night Of the murder. He
was asked:
What would you say IL some one
said you were responsible for the
murders?"
mot guilty" he replied.
Joseph Z. Stricken. prosecutor of
Middlesex county was asked:
do you consider the arrest of
Hayes has solved the Hall.Mills
case?"
Mr.. Stricken declined to reply, but
Ferdinand David, his chief assistant,
made this surprising statement:
81 have never seen any letters
from Mr.. Hall to Mrs. Mills. I am
glad to make denial that I have
never seen such letters"