New-York tribune., 1922-11-12
Y estry I'M an
Called Actual
Hall SLAYER
Mott Includes NewSuspect
and Aid i'm Killing, and
Third Church Member
as Accessory After Fact
BY Boyden Sparkes

Ni1 w ohCSO w lCh, N. D., NOV. IL.
Tho man whose indictment will be
sought by Special Deputy Attorney
General Wilbur A. Mott as the actual
slayer Of Rev. Edward w. Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor Mills is vestryman of
the Church Of St. John the Evangelist.
Contrary to previous belief 1t be-
came known to-day that Mr.. Motifs
case is built on the assumption that
two persons participated in the double
murder. They are the two that Mrs.
Jane Gibson, of Easton, says she saw
In DeRussey's Lane just before she
saw the spurts Of fame from the auto
matte pistol with which holes were
drilled in the heads of the victims.
Call Third Man Accessory
| 1t was explained to-day that the
third man the authorities have said
they would indict as an accessory
after the fact also is vcstryman OF
DR.. Halls church. It is the conten-
ton of the authorities that this
churchman, married man, had gone
to the Phillips farm with woman not
his wife. They have witness who
probably will go before the grand jury
and repeat a story that this man told
the day after the murders and before
the discovery Of the bodies Of the rec
tor and the sections wife.
I In that alleged story, the philander.
| ing vestryman told his confdante that
! he had been on the Phillips farm with
| nle4 ,txnx. d L.
/ when shots were fired not far from
where he had parked his automobile
He is also alleged to have said that bu
| for fear of drawing the fire Of the mar
with the gun he would have turned OF
| the lights of his AUTOMOBILE and inves.
| tigated the cause of ths shooting
There is possibility that at the tins
| this man confded in his friend he die
not know that DR.. Hall and Mrs. Mills
had been the targets for the shots he
and his woman companion had heard
Il this is SO 1t would account for his
seemingly illogical candor about ar
principals were almost sure to bring
him under the scrutiny of investiga-
tors.
Prosecutor Playing Safe
At any rate, Prosecutor Mott is 80
wen SaLlsl6u WltH the case ne mas DulII
up, an official said to-day, that he is
bending his efforts toward presenting
the case to the Somerset County grand
Jury next Wednesday in community
that believes 1t is going to be unjustly
taxed for an extensively hopeless effort
to punish the perpetrators of crime
that happened just few yards across
the county line, a crime in which vic
tins and perpetrators were all resi-
dents of Middlesex County.
Prosecutor Mott is taking account of
that feeling in not presenting the case
until he has arranged for the grand
jurors to be instructed to make their
findings fit the facts. It Is understood
that he feels that without such posi-
tive Instructions the jurors might de-
eide arbitrarily not to indict.
1t was this feeling that caused Mr..
Mott to send kilograms to New Orleans
and radiograms to ship bound for
Havana in an effort to communicate
with Supreme Court Justice Parker and
persuade him to send back request
for some other Supreme Court Justice
to take charge of the Somerset County
Grand Jury until he returns. 1t was
disclosed to-day that these kilograms
and radiograms had been sent. Mr..
Mott is hopeful Of getting reply from
Justice Parker tomorrow SO that on
Monday he can place in the hands of
the Sheriff Of Somerset County the
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