The Washington times., 1922-10-26
SOLUTION
Of Crime
At HAN D
Continued from First Page,

Sontinueu from rlrsI fa&eJ
authorities with minute description
of the man. NEE& $a N
Asked how she could discern %
well In the darkness, Mrs. Gibson
said that there was o kac0ud auto
mobile parked In the lane with the
lights on, and she saw the men
and women in this light. There
was still a third automobile In the
road, hut, Mrs. Gibson failed to say
II she saw anyone near II. or
whether she could do 20 in the
Both the man and woman by
the old fashioned car carried flash
BRi,ts, which were flashed at inter.
walls, and this light, together with
the headlights OF the car In the
lane, enabled her 70 get o better
view oi the faces.
Heard Woman Ask Mercy.
The man and woman by the car,
who CARRIED i the flashlights. cut
across the fisid toward the crabappis
tree whore the bodies were found %
said Mrs. Gibson. "As they reached
the tree I heard voices. The light
from the car In the lane was also
turned in that direction, Il.
"Then ! heard cries a. IL there
was u quarrel Then ] heard sounds
like q scrimmage. But before that
there were flashes from the two
flashlights. Again 1 heard voices,
but ! cannot recollsct the words.
Then there wRs q shot. Just then
I heard q woman cry, oh, please
Mrs. Gibson said that the woman
had uttered the name OF O man
Mrs, Gibson said that three more
shots followed in rapid succession.
She was frightened, and putting
her hee.s to her mule Denny, hast
ened away at top speed. The fact
that the hoOf beats were not heard
was explained by the fact that the
hoofs were not shod and that there
was dirt upon the road deadenins
the sound,
saw: Woman Near Tree.
But before fright and panic drove
her into flight, Mrs. Gibson said
she saw in the headlight flash
a gray knee-iength-coated woman
standing by the crab apple tree.
This was the same woman. she
believed. whom she had previous
iy seen standing by the oid-fash.
ioned automobile by the lane. -.
Mrs: Gibson has already tdehti'
fled . man and woman as the two
she saw upon the scene, but the
authorities have not officially re-
veaIed their Identity.
Mrs. Gibson has confessed that
she signed an affidavit In which
she identified Mrs. Hall, widow OF
the rector, as having been present
at the shooting.
Mrs. Gibson. who lives near the
Phillips farm, where the bodies
were found, exclaimed In tears:
"Whsn. ] saw that woman fac.
to face in Prosecutor Stricker's
office a week ago. ] felt 20 sorry
for her that ! could have cried
But the dying shrieks OF Mes.
Mills came to my ears and teit
that Justice must be done.
sem Haunted By Shriel<s.
Those shrieis today sound In my
ears as plainly as they did at the
moment of the murder. They haunt
me. I cannot sleep nights / did
not want to talk, but ! determined
20 tell what I knew after Clifford
Hayes was falsely accused Of the
murders. could not sit back and
zee an innocent boy punished.
"Several times ! went down "a
the courthcuse and tried to tell my
story to the authorities. But they
kept putting me off. Time and
arain they sent out word that they
were too busy to see me and that
would have to come around some
other time" ..
Mrs. Gibson admitted she had
made uneduivocal identification moi
only OF Mrs. Hall but also OF q
man who apparently accompanied
Mrs. Hall to the spot.
Tkis n the man to whom Mrs
Hall is alleged by Mrs. Gibson'f
affldavits to have screamed, "Oh,
Henry" while the shots were BE-
ting fired.
Carefully guarded for more than
n week, it 10 believed that Mrs
Gibson's revelations will force
early action. Her affidavit hal
been corroborated In part by q
statement by Mrs. Matthew 6ulitzin
IN which the latter swore she
heard shots at the Phillips farm
Mt the hour at which Mrs' Gibson
alleges she witnessed the slay'
ings.
Denies Arrest In Ordered.
Denying he had given orders for
the arrest OF q man and o woman,
Wilbur A. Mott, special deputy At
torney general in charge OF the In
vestigation, refused to confirm
knowledge Of the contents OF Mrs
Gibson's affidavit.
Miss Sallie Peters, spokeswoman
for Mrs. Hall. was asked to present
70 the latter for comment a news.