Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-13
mrs. GIBSON WILL
DEFEND HER STORY
30 Face Nelghbor Who Says
"Plg Woman" Did Not See
II Hall.Mills Murder
MOTT SPEEDING UP PLANS
M a Sto6 Coryespondent

NOW Br0nSWick, ~. ~. wv. 'o'
Mn. Jane Gibson. the 'Pie Woman
WIN today confront a new witness who !
Mas declared Mrs. Gibson could not have
eeen the Hall. Mills murder committed. !
az the pig Woman spent the eve
nins Of September ii with her.
The meeting was arranged by the
.uthoritics IN order that Mrs. Gihson
nav have a CHARGE to refute the stnte.
n,ents attacking her veracity. Mrs /
SSSh.o, thc star witness for the state, ,
a eager for the ordeal. a., x,u,, T
The new witness is Mrs. Neilic IL;
RUSSELL, a neighbor Of Mrs. Gibson ann
shc asserts the pig Woman was WIN
he, the night Of the murder. at the very |
t,v.. Mrs. Gibson has sworn she saw
ths rcctor and Mrs. Mills killed;
Nrs Gibson and Mrs. Russell had
ohvsirsl encounter yesterday during
quarrel over a pig. Mrs. Russell today
asserted she was not the aggreSsoF. Sh,
sddcd she harbored no i'll Will against
Mrs. Gibson. >. s,, b,s
~ .a;J,vit 70 her story. which she
toid Srst 20 Timothy y Pfetfrr. counsel
ror Mrs. Frances stevens Hall. widow
NJ rho rector. and Mr.. rfcifer brought
4. to tho attention Of Mr.. Mott: IN
narsco,,e,,c" =. Mr.. Mott changed all his
mans and went 70 Someryiils TO-DAY.
Tbc Investigators lace little crrdriice
IN the Russell affidavit. n"t"Ine I'VE
i,eycd il was inspired hy III te'iihs
against the pig woman. -, .Lo
Enrlv This year. Totten said the
suthoritics received IN anonymous TEL
sphone call stating that something was a..
wrong Mt the little farm conuurl"u y.
Mrs. Russell. Detcc.ivcs , ,",a" ,,d ~" "
cows dead and two other cows anu
nuu,her of pirs starving and neglected.
~ wns fret intended 10 arrest MIS-.
ousscIl who was found in New lork
tSty. but the case was dropped after
shc was warned. Totten said Mrs; nus
sell believed RMS. Gibson was the 'h'
formant.
pfciffer Hands Over Affidavit
Nr pfeiffer. IN an interview with
AIR. Mott, produced Mrs. Russells am
""M Mrs. Russell's story. according 70
Mr.. Pfeifer. came TO ms a.'eni,"" tn,
uaji. widow of the dead rector, me
ia,,sr written on November ., follows
..Nrs Frances Stevens Hall.
"NIndam: In regard to Septcmb"'
"A Mrs. Jane Gibson was not at tic
ph;,i;ns Farm at 10 clock. She came
over at 10 or little before 10 tel me
che had taken my dog from man on On
81 nv shanty awhile and I gave he,
,xi Tor keeping my dog. Then ] Wen
With her to her home and got the dog
W. talked awhile and then l wen
home at II o'clock.
Her Career Checked Up
A. pfeiaer was ready with informa
<,nn n. 70 who Mrs. Russell is. sE
HunJ j., Fast Orange, hc said. unit
rofI when she went to the Cuautauqu
Schoc, Of Nursing nt jamestown, y
Y She completed n course there an
nursed IN several places until lol'
when she returned TO East orange. "
Tnsscii IN the City Hall. Trenton. He
msidcn name was Reed. The marie
nrnic moved to New York Her hus
hSnd abe has told Mr.. Pfeiffer. stripp.e
ber Apartment while she was out work
ing and she left him. Since then sh
has been working in drcssmakln
establishment in New lorS, c9mmu'!n
names of three or four former employees
and those. Mr.. Pfciffer says. he ha
checked up. He also telsphoned tn
school at Jamestown and verified IN
fact that Mrs. Russell had completed
course there.
Neishbors Doubt Her Story
Mrs. Russell lives in spunld one
nom shack. propped UP on pilIng. I
her barn, which is roctiess. nre sever'
calves. and she owns few chickens nm
ducks. She had accused Mrs. Gibson I
i. having stolen one Of hcr pigs. and th"'
n said by neighbors to have been ba
blood between the two women.
= She is buying her acre Of land on Il
partial payment plan, It Is SAD. ar
rsccnfly fell behind. Within the Ia
two weeks however, il is said. she b;
caught up with her payments
When asked today how she was :
uure il was September II that Mr.
Gibson visited her. there being no ca
erdar in the Russell shack. she said
II am sure. because I said to myse!
7 said, We'll. the thirteenth may
lucky for President Wilson. but it
unlucky for me- because l have lost II
49,, dog
mile away, and Lewis Sachyr, h
hoarder, expressed doubt today as
Mrs. Russeli's crndibilty. " is point'
ont that while Mrs. Russell now insis
abe lost her dog September Is. and di
cussed the loss with Mrs. Gibson &
ncxt night, in reality che has been sa
ing thai, she lost her dog several da
time, it is shown that Mrs. Russell
clock il and has been half an hour fas
As for Mrs. Gibson she shrugged b
shoulders today when told Of Mrs. Ru
cells statement. and said: "She !!
and ] can prove she lies
Another attack upon the story of NJ
Gibson, made by Mrs. Anna IIanl'
Of Queens Village, l.. l., was denied
Mrs. Hanlon in New York last mig
This yarn Is to the effect that NJ
Hanlon had been hired to clean
Phillips farmhouse, near the fatal era
anplc tree. twice a month. that
had gone there the night of he mnrt
and had seen a 'bcautfu blond ri,
and three men drag the rector and NJ
Mills from the place, later heart
shots.
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