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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12
UNKNOWN
STILL SOUGHT
Tragic Drama Still Unsolved
Although Arrests Have
Been Made

NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. IL
who will write the last act in the
tragic drama of the famous Hail
Mills murder mystery?
1t waits the skilled and ingenious
hand of a master playwright--su-
per-detective a superlative Sner-
lock Holmes.
Tangled threads tie together these
chief characters in the drama:
Rev. e. w. Hall, rector OF a New
Brunswick church. one OF the VIC
tins in the double killing.
Mrs. Eleanor Mills, choir singer
in Rector Halls church, h other
victim.
Mrs. Frances Hall, widow of the
James Mills, husband of the u
willie Stevens, brother of Mrs.
Hall.
Charlotte Mills, sixteen. daughter
of the murdered woman, who mas
taken the role of Nemesis OF the
murderer.
RAYMOND Schneider, twenty-sev-
en-, informer and jailed as a witness.
Pearl BANNER, fifteen. held as a
witness.
Clifford Hayes, twenty-one, jail
ed on a charge of murder.
These people all appear in the
scenes of the drama already enact
ed. The tragedy had its opening
September 16 on a farm in Somerset
county, just across the line from
Middlesex county, in which is locat-
ed New Brunswick, the home OF the
dead rector and choir singer.
A great question mark stands
where the climax should be to these
acts in this drama of real life:
Early morning; a deserted farm
house; a meadow tinted with the
colors of autumn. Through the
meadow stroll a boy and a girl,
Schneider and Pearl BANNER. hunt
ing for mushrooms. In the shade
of a bush they find a man and a
woman who seem to be sleeping, the
man with a straw hat over his face
and the woman's head covered by a
shawl. Several hours later the boy
and girl pass by again, and, looking
closer, find the man and woman Ire
dead. Police are notified. The dead
pair are Rev. Mr.. Hall and Mrs.
Mills, both shot. and the woman's
throat cut, too.
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12
CLOTHES WHICH
WERE DYED To
Be EXAMINED
Authorities Turn to Hall Home
Again for Solution of
Double Murder
KNIFE is LOCATED
Efforts Made to Identity Own
er of Weapon in connec-
ton With Murder
NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. II.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. IL.
- (BY THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS.)-Mrs. Frances Stevens
Hall, widow of the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall, was brought back
into the limeight by investigat
ors Of the murders today wher
detectives visited her home and
took away a scarf and fawn col
cred coat which she had dyed BY
a Philadelphia firm shortly after
the murders were discovered.
The garments were taken to tht
offices of q firm of analytical chem
lists with the request that they be
analysed TO determine whether
there was any human blood on the
garments.
Mrs Hall according to witnesses.
wore a coat OF similar color. early
on the morning of September 10.
when she was seen entering her
nome a lew hOuIS dlIG1 lAO Ala4 4[LS
are known to have been committed
She has told the authorities she
had been to the church of St. John
the EVANGELIST to seek Mr.. Hall.
worried because he failed to come
home.
Her brother Willie Stevens. ac-
companied her to and from the
church, she said. Witnesses who
saw her enter declared she returned
alone.
The new trail taken by the u
thorities in examining Mrs. Halls
clothing. followed a day OF reports
that the case against Clifford Hayes
under arrest. charged win h muir
ders, was breaking down n that
new leads had been discovered
pointing in other directions.
Hayes still is held, however.
awaiting grand jury action en- the
murder charge.
Detectives had known for some
| time that Mrs. Hall had sent the
coat and scarf to Philadelphia to be
dyed by a firm which h was said
never to have ~patronized before but
until today apparently had noA
thought it worth while to follow up
that lead more closely.
They have. however. checked Up
on the clothing Willie Stevens wore
on the night of the murder
After both he and Prosecutor
Stricken of Middlesex had declared
fatty yesterday that stories con-
corning the finding of love letters
written by the slain minister to Mrs
Mills were false. County Detective
David said today he had several
such letters.
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12
FREL|NGHUYSEN
HERE OCT. e
Will Speak With Runyon and
AppIeby, Following Tour
of County
BIG CAMPAIGN EVENT
Final Registration Day Tues
day. Move to Get Out
All Voters

Monday, October 90, win be
"Middlesex Day. for the Republican
candidates for state and federal
Offices and present plans call for a
Swing of the county by automo-
bile which will take in practically
every city, town and borough, con-
cl ling with large night meetings in
Perth Amboy and New Brunswick.
The party of candidates making
the tour will include United States
Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen,
candidate for reelection; State Sem
ator William N. Runyon, candidate
for governor, and Congressman 7.
Frank Appleby, candidate for re-
election. There will likely be the
county candidates for assembly.
freeholder and surrogate in the
party also. Owing. to the large ter
ritory which must be covered in a
short time, it will be impossible to
stop long in any of the places.
Short talks will be made by the
candidates and literature distribut-
ed, the tour almost making it posi-
BILE for the candidates to personally
meet the voters.
The Junior Hall in Smith street,
has been engaged for the Perth AMI
boy night meeting and the arrange
ment committee announces that a
brass band will be On hand, there
will be red fire and all hat goes to
make an old fashioned political
meeting. The only difference be-
tween this session and the old time
gathering, it is pointed out, will be
the presence of a large number OF
women in the audience.
This will be the first time, and
possibly the last time, that these
candidates for U. S. senator, congress
and governor will be here together
as the entire state must be covered
by Senator Frelinghuysen and Sem
ator Runyon before election. Con-
gresham Appleby has a smaller ter
ritory to cover, consisting OF Id
sex. Monmouth and Ocean counties
and consequently has more time TO
devote to this county.
The complete itinerary of the tour
Of the county will be announced
within a few days by Assemblyman
Edward j. Peterson. chairman of the
| County committee on meetings.
Mayor Urges Registration
Mayor Wilson has sent out about
5000 letters to Republicans and
! Democrats alike impressing upon
them the necessity of registering
next Tuesday, if they have not done
so already as this will be the last OPP
p~ortunity afforded the voters to
| qualify for the right to cast a bal
lot on November Z.
The mayors letter follows:
"My Dear Friend:
"As your mayor, / am asking you
TO be sure to register, if you nave
not already done so, and also ask
your neighbor to do likewise. 1 feei
it is a duty to u home and to the
community in general in order tina
we all may have a voice in our civic
government on election day. when we
choose those whom We think are
fitted to manage the affairs of our
city. state and nation. Last regis
tration day, October IT: polls open
at 1 D. m. and close at 9 p. m.
II am,
"Yours truly.
"W. C. WILSON,
Mayor"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12
POLICE STATION IS SAFEST
PLACE IN new BRUNSWICK

NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. IL
Some idea of the stain upon the
name of New Brunswick, which has
resulted from the failure on the part
of authorities to run down the U
derer or murderers Of Rev. Edward
w. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor X. Mills.
can be had from an incident winch
occurred here last night.
A travelling man reached town last
night, and not being able to get ac-
ccmmodations at the hotels, asked
a newspaper man where the ponce
station was.
WHY do you wish to find the po-
lice s~tation?" he was asked.
.WelI, from all reports, it's about
the safest place a fellow can spend
the night in this CITY,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12
Mrs. Sanford Writes:

my youngsters never cared for
bread and butter and I was at a loss
to know the aso why. Once
while visiting a friend, I noticed
that her children ate their bread
and butter with great relish. Blue
Ribbon Butter is the secret n old
me. Now. l always butter their
bread with Blue Ribbon. You
should see how they love it. Makes
them healthier, too" Order a car
ton from your grocer today.
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12
Hinton Continues Flight

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique,
Oct. 12.-Lieut. Walter Hinton. the
American aviator. making an air
plane flight from New York to Rio
de Janeiro. left Pointe-a-Pitre. Qua
deloupe, for Fort-de-France at 1916
o'clock this morning, a message from
Pointe-a-Pitre announced.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12

A regular meeting of thee Perth
Amboy Republican Club is sched-
uIed to be held tonight in the club
ooms, ODD Fellows building. The
Importance of getting the voters to
register net Tuesday will be en-
phasized tonight by the speakers
Candidates will be present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12
Bundle Taken From Hall
Home This Morning by
MiddIesex Detective
CONTENTS ARE UNKNOWN
Renewed Activity by Author
tiles to Reach New Solu-
ton of the Murder
BULLETIN

SOMERVILLE, Oct. 12.-ClIf-
ford Hayes, the New Brunswick
youth charged with the murder
Of Rev. Edward W. Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, of New
Brunswick, was released from
the county Jail here this after
noon when Raymond Schneider
retracted his statement accusing
Hayes of the murder.
Attorneys Thomas Brown, OF
Perth Amboy, and Thomas r.
Hagerty,. Of. New. Brunswick
representing Hayes, requested
permission :. from :. Prosecutor
Beekman to have Hayes given a
hearing before Supreme Court
Justice w. R.. sutphen. in the
county jail corridor this after
noon. Permission was granted
and Schneider was the only wit
ness called. Upon his retraction
of. statement. charging. Hayes
with the crime his release was at
once ordered. Schneider is still
being held in jail as a material
witness.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. II.
The state police force, it was
learned here today, are satisfied
that Clifford Hayes, the twenty
one year old local youth, charged
with numbering Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
Reinhardt Mills, is innocent and
are working on a theory which
involves four men and one
woman.
AS the result of the %bungling meth
DDS alleged to have been used by the
Middlesex and Somerset county u
thorities in endeavoring to clear this
mystery, local sentiment is thai the
state police will solve the situation,
if a solution is reached.
1t is evident that the friction which
has existed betwee nthe state police
and the county authorities from the
beginning of the formers participa-
ton in this case. has not been les
sened. It has been learned that the
state police force feels its justihca-
ton in believing Middlesex county
in particular is not cooperating as
it should because of the action taken
in this county in the Gusak murder
case.
The feeling of a majority of the
residents in New Brunswick is that
the county authorities RI getting
deeper into the mire of uncertainty
and farther from the real perpe-
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To Have Apron Party

METUCHEN, Oct. 1.-THE La
dies Auxiliary Of the South Metu-
chen Socia, and Civic League will
hold an apron party at the home OF
Mrs. J. Beva,et Saturday. October
IA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12

TIL. best place TO buy your Victor Health
Exercise Records. Montslvo's, asa Madi
son Avenue. corner Market.
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-12
PREPARE FOR WINTER NOW

= - II w.
Don't let your vegetables go to
waste. They may all be saved by
the drying process. Don't let your
fruit decay in the orchard. BY a
Grafton Its food value may be so
locked up that you can release it to
serve your purpose any day in the
year.
You need not depend on the sun-
shine. need not expose materials to
the rain. You can make for your.
self a simple apparatus that will do
the drying in your kitchen.
All the practical knowledge there
is on the subject of drying is con-
tanned In a 6o-page booklet issued by
the Department of Agriculture. This
is a free Government publication and
our Washington Information Bureau
will secure a copy for any reader
yho fills out and mails the coupon
below. enclosing two cents in stamps
for return postage. Write your name
and address clearly.
Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
Information Bureau.
Washington. D. c.
enclose herewith two cents IN
stamps for return postage on a free
copy of the booklet or Home Drying
as offered by the Perth Amboy
Evening News.
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TELLS OF SO. AMBOY ROAD
WEATHER

Fair and cooler
{ o hi t; o
probably in into
rior portions. To-
morrow fair and
cooler.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-11

r. n. Gray, cotton statistician, an.
nounccs the following condition Of
counties 81 the Texas cotton crop
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-11
REV. c. Z. LYNN HERE ON
MONTHS LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Rev c. Flynn of Texline, pas
tor Of the Methodist church at that
place, is here for a thirty days rest
and recuperation. Rev. Lynn made
his home here for several years. He
was preacher in charge of the Lub-
book Mission for a time, but was
given the passionate Of the church at
Texline at the Annual Conference
last fall The work has been NOV
ing nicely, and he has had a very
successful year so far, but the al
titude OF that place has proven too
high for his family and for his own
good, and he will have to seek low
er altitude in order that he may
better care for himself and family.
He will likely move back to Lub-
book to make his home at the end
Of the present conference year. His
many friends in this section Of the
country will be glad indeed to have
him and family back with US.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-11
PROGRAM ON MEXICO" TO BE
ATTENDED BY LOCAL MEX.

The Philathea Glass - the First
Baptis, Sunday School win give a
program on Mexico Sunday evening,
August 10, al the church This
program bids fair 20 be very inter-
esting insomuch as there are 10 be
some very entertaining speakers.
Mrs Owens Of Slaton, a very tai
ented and educated woman Of Span
ish descent and who has done a
very commendable work with the
Mexicans Of the county, is % be one
Of the principal speakers. Some Of
the local Mexieans viii also assist
IN the evenings entertainment with
songs and instrumental music, which
will be interestinga and beautiful.
II is indeed wonderful that the
subject. Mexico" can be discussed
with personal representatives Of the
country spoken Of 70 be present, and
we are sure the program viii be
one Of exceptional entertaining quail
ties
The class members have been &C.
tive in lettering conditions for the
local unfortuuates from that coun-
try. and we feel that in the Mex
leans participation in that program
we viii be given a clearer idea Of
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-11
According to Report Compiled
Recently by Cotton Statistician, the
Cotton Crop Of Texas Is Very Spotted

land ss, Edwards rs, Gillespie ~,
Kendall rs, Kerr Is, Kmhlc a.,
Llano 70. McCulloch Is. Mason 80,
Menard "a, Mills 40, Mitchell 90,
Nolan 81, Real a, Runnels rs, San
Saba so, Schleichcr 80, Sutton 40,
Taylor "a, Tom Green 10.
Center go per cent Of CROP con-
dtion 65.
Bastrop SO. Bell 60, Bosque n,
Brazos 50, Burleson So, Burnot ~,
Caldwell So, Comal 20, Coryell 81,
Ellis ~, Erath IS, Falls SO, Fay
cite so, Hamilton SO, Hays 81,
Hill 70, Hood "a, Johnson n, Lam
passas 75, Lee 60, Limestone 65,
McLennan 20. Milan 90, Navarro so,
Robertson so, Somervell 70, Travis
65, Washington 81, Williamson 81.
East (6 per cent Of CROP condi-
ton n
Anderson 81, Angelina 20. Cher
0kee "a, Freestone SO, Grimes SO,
Henderson 73, Houston 73, Jasper
73, Leon 81, Madison IS, Montgom-
cry 81, Nacogdoches SO, Newton ~,
Polk 10, Sabine "a, San Augustine
as, San Jacinto "a, Shelby 70, Trim
ity 81. Tyler 20. Walker 60
South "a per cent Of CROP con-
dition Ga.
Athascosa 50, Bee 65, Bexar 81,
Brooks 50, Calhoun SO, Cameron
80, De Witt SO, Duval SO, Frio 65,
Goliad 81, Gonzales 6s, Guadalupe
70. Hidalgo ~, Jackson 65, Jim
Hogg 81, Jim Wells so, Karnes so,
Kleberg 81, La Sale 81. Lavaca so,
Live Oak so, McMullen SO. Medina
G5. Nucces 81, RefuRio SO, San Pat
ricio 90, Uvalde 81. Victoria IS,
Webb 40. Willacy so, Wilson So
Southwest @ per cent Of cropl
condition ga
Austin ", Brazoria so, Colorado
n, Fort Bend 6s, Galveston So
Harris SO, Matagorda SO, Waller GO,
Wharton SO.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-11

r. n. Gray, cotton statistician, an.
nounccs the following condition Of
counties ~ the Texas cotton crop;
Conditioned by Counties
Northwest (i5 per cent Of cr0p.)
Condition 80 per cent Of normal.
The district includes the following
named cotton counties, condition
shown for each county.
Archer %, Armstrong 50, Bor-
den %. Briscoe 90, Carson 80, Chill
dress s7, Cochran %, Collingsworth
80. Cottle SO, Crosby SO, Dawson
81. Dickens 92, Donley SO, Fisher
81. Floyd o. Foard 80, Gray 80,
Hale %, Hall &c, Hardeman 81,
Haskell 81, Hemphill 81, Hockey
90, Jones SO, King 80, Knox 90,
Lamb 95, Libscomb 80, Lubbock
95, Lynn "a, Motley 90, Potter 90,
scurry 81. Shackelford SO, stephens
81. Stonewall SO, Swisher 95, Terry
90. Throckmorton 50, Wheeler 30,
Wichita 80. Wilbarger 80. Young
81.
North (is per cent Of CROP con-
dition ~.
Clay n. Collin 60. Dallas so,
Denton ~, Fannin n, Grayson 20,
Hunt y. Jack H.. Kaufman 90,
Montague "a. Palo Pinto 7S, Park
or "a, Rockwell II, Tarrant 20,
Wise H.
Northwest Gil per cent Of crop
condition Is.
Bowie 81, Camp rs, Cas- 81,
Delta "a, Franklin rs, Gregg %,
Harrison %, Hopkins rs, Lamar 70,
Marion 7s. Morris "a, Pamela 20,
Rains 70, Red River 76, Rusk ~,
Smith n, Titus as, Upshur "a, Van
Iandt IS. Wood 76
West Center ll0 per cent Of
cropl condition 10
Bandera 20, Blanco n, Brown
So. Callahan 80. Coke 20. Coleman
81, Comanche 7s, Concho ~, East
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KANSAS MAN DROPPED
DEAD IN AMARILLO

Amarillo, July PA. Hearn, 70
years old. dropped dead at the Yer
dun hotel here yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Hearn was enroute to the south
ern part Of the state on business
and had made a stop over in Amar-
no for the day. His home Is in
Plains, Kansas. Witnesses stated
that he had just entered the hotel,
presumably coming direct from the
Santa Re depot.
n. s. Grirgs called the Plains
State Bank II Plains, Kansas, for
information conserving the dead
man, since several notes were In bic
possession endorsed % him by thai
bank. Information disclosed that
llearn had lefi there Tuesday morn.
lng, and officials " the bank werc
hard TO convince that the man for
whom information was being asked
could possibly b. neurn.
The body u being held pending
adtlcea FROM rtlallres In Kansas.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-11
NEW FRUIT HEDGE PROVES
ADAPTABLE TO PLAINS

Hereford, August 7.-Experi-
ments made here by l.. p. Landrum,
proprietor of the Hereford Nursery,
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covered from top o. bottom with
fruit They can be- placed from
three TO five feet apart and viii
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orly cared Tor.
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the needs Of their people in the ma
tive haunts
Don't forget to attend, as all are
welcome, and the program is Of a
very interesting nature.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-08-11

The problems ~ the poor con-
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the conumptive poor are ours
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Vote Tor s. N. n. Mara. the
peoples candidate for State Superln-
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