New-York tribune., 1922-11-10
Abrupt Halt
Called Inn Hall
Murder Hunt
tconslnuod from pnss ono,

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ton, and that the grand jury was not
TO meet tomorrow, Mr.. Mason was
chagrined and took no pains to conceal
his feelings. II was only yesterday
that Mr.. Mason said:
"The case is clinched."
Case Completed, Was Report
Investigators on the case we're ell
agreed yesterday that they had done
everything they could TO complete it
for presentation to the grand jury. It
was believed then that the grand jury
was to be used to extract information
about the double killing from reluctant
witnesses, from witnesses who have not
wanted to talk, because they wished to
be spared the economic and social
vengeance OF persons who might be in
jured if they did talk, and from other
witnesses with even more selfish mo-
tives. y
1t is known officially, however, that
the case Mr.. Mott planned TO present
TO the grand jury tomorrow was a
mosaic of tiny blocks of evidence placed
around the aolorful Mrs. Jane Gibson,
who says she saw the murders from
the back of her mule. Mrs. Gibson has
been described officially as "the states
star Witness There is a possible ex-
pianatjon there in the, failure to-day
to send out call for the grand Jurors.
Prosecutor Beekman, with whom Mr..
Mott conferred to-day, rejected Mrs.
GlDson's story when he was in charge
OF the investigation. Her supplement
ary statements and romantic stories
OF past Of adventure, culture and re-
finement have seemed to justify his
caution.
The finger-prints or smudges on the
white linen shirt worn by the rector OF
81: johns Church on the night he was
kllled and which are part Of Mr..
Mott $ case were the subject of spec
ulatlve comment to-day in New Bruins
wick. 1t was wondered il, when Lieu
tenant Schwartz, of the Newark POLICE
department, has completed his exam
nation, it will not develop that he has
an assortment of finger prints left
there by Undertaken Hubbard, Prose
cutor Beekman, various detectives and
neWspapermen who have handled the
shirt in the eight weeks since the
murder.
Five Witnesses Ready
ASIDE from that, however, there re-
nam f1ve witnesses who are ready to
dispute certain portions of the stories
toid by Mrs. Hall to the authorities
and 70 newspaper men. Two of these
are William Phillips, the watchman Mt
the State College for Women, and A.
n. Bennett, who saw woman believed
TO nc MS. Hall enter her home alone
at ten minutes past 2 on the night
OF the murder, whereas she saws she
dld not go out until 2:S0 and returned
az 5;oo. accompanied every minute of
that time by her brother, William stey-
ems. Then there is Mrs. Gibgon. who
says she saw Mrs. Hall in De Kussey
Lane on the night of September ii:
there is Mrs Elsie Barnhart, sister of
Mrs. Mills, who says the latter 3old
her of being chided by Mrs. Hall. and
hEally there is James Mills. husband o@
the murdered choir singer, who takes
issue with Mrs. Hall about conyersa-
tons they had after their spouses had
disappeared and before the bodies had
been discovered
Mr. Mason had planned to have Mr..
Mott question Charlotte Mills and
Florancc North, her volunteer after.
ney. this afternoon, but this plan wns
disarfanged by the failure of Mr.. Mots
TO come to New Brunswick. MIR Mason
said that as far as he knew there wac
no basis for a story that Mrs. Mills had
confded to q relative that she had
been offered $4,000 to leave New
Jersey.