Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-10-10
WAS CASE.
OF MISTAKEN
IDENTITY IS
ALLEGATION
BY Associated Preas


By Associated Prsas
NEW BRt' 'NSWICk, y. !. Oct. g.
Clifford Hayes a youth of 10. was held
In communicated in the Somerset
County jail ai ScmmrrvlIlr tonight or
warrant charging him with the first
degree murder of the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Rein.
hardt Mills ON September l6.
but 4 the authorities who caused his
arrest have any evidence which would
show q logical motive for his alleged
act they have carefully withheld u.
The explanation of Raymond Schneidcr,
80, whose accusation caused HaNef ar
re- {. was that u was ease nl mistaken
identity IItycs he said. though he
was shooting 80 year old Pearl Bahmer
and her step father. Nicholas Bahmer.
But the ouly motive h. advanced FOR
the reckless crime was 4 sort of QuiN
olism on HAYES pari--a dcsirc io right
a supposed wrong done a friend Sch
n,ider who although mHrricd admits
hc is in love with Pearl
Says Charge Damn Lie
Hayes Vturt was that : hnc.oyr was
"a damned liar he admitted go ng with
Schneider To the deserted Phillips
farm whore tn, bodies wu, found IN
search of Pearl and her step father.
/ They heard shois and screams, h
said and ran tcwardl The crab apple
tree whence the shots seemed Go come.
ol'ser, pig an 'ca9m"bilc d9sh away as
they rsn
stole Minister'S Watch
i'onuth the tree. lc declared they
found the minister and the choir singer
dead llc sad Schneider bent down and
stul" the ministers watch Schneider
In turn accused Hayes ~ having com.
mittcd the th'fi.
Dur ~ ihr most gl3rnr discrepancies
IN S,hnc d,i q story is his assertion thtt
neither he upr Hayes touched The bodies
except for tho flching or 'hc watch
of which be- acruscs Havcs
u has been established hy % h,tt"i
autopsy thnt Mrs Mbl. threat w's
cui from ,rr go "a tnl h'r h"d 'l.
ni,st severed SCHNEIDER could mot cN.
plain this
Nathcr could h. explain how The
bodies came to hc u q ou' carefully
side l., DE- as II for burial
Hell was uqually unsatisfactory as
To- how the love letters written by Mrs.
Mills To thr minister rtn;c 90 %" ~c'tt'r.
.G about IN. ~acur-pr who propprd
one o. tho m'uist.r's ,,rds asainV th"
SOW Il his shcr, as DO 'p msS" slrr q
identification
Statements Tally
His story do,.s iallv rrnatea, ., how.
ever with the fir.' statement attributed
90 Mrs Hall after tn murders w"rr
disco,crcd-th1t hcr theory of th"
double slsviug was mistaken dcD'
| THIS statement latcr was rrpudmicd hr
Miss sally Peters. confident % Nrs.
Ran who said tho rcci,rs widow could
imagine no motive except possibly thlt
of rohhorr tpr a." mWd'r.
Although fh.y ,p,uN expressed '.a.
fdcurr that th, case hsd byrH prl.t
! Ic1lir solved. the authorities were sf %
hard ~ work tonight uyul 90 y'.or.
rilc an 'ho tangled skr.u oi ,yideurH
with Schneider stor,--or 20 batter
/ him down 'o further admission. which
would make his story moro plausible.
"" vas subioirfc1 o.. repeated -riN.rgB
throughout ihe day
4 part o. SDtr.id,i.- sors--as much
I1s she ooIu ..yr ac,u 'Np,.t'd to
know --vls .,ror1l'.d br PDlll bah.
Im,r.
or the uigh' oi september 10 sh'
aid sho went out with Schrrdcr. rr
lmalumg until about 4 p,lo'k When fhr
Ircturuod humr. she continued ~hD fount
hrr step father on thr porch inloNi.
Gated and consented io 60 With him
while h. attempted to walk of th,
effects 81 DIS drinking
Youths fellow Pair
Th,y passed Schn' uf,c. arl
Leo kaufman on o. street CORNER shr
sad and tho three yuuft followed
them An,I thcs had Nolsrd some dis
liuncc sh, said shr heCiu, urrd and
Iv1nt-d g. r.turn home. lut her step
6, fasr s,ig.d hsr hN the arm and Irsisi-
cd that shr continue
. shc b, gHn tu cry and thr tfip rushed
up. Sohua idor dotfing D 81 coat and cV-
mcr
B IN. encounter cnt % without llpc-.
however she sl.d ana .ac 1rI h.- ,tsi,
father returned home
Schntldo sI,-E HiU,. vuf r.Is
r,rfcotly up to .hi, p,.nt ,N,'It jhI.
SCHNEIDER sad r,ml ani HlhmU. vaik
- on toward ihe Phillip. aru
! kaufman l,r ihrm then. lr stla.
iuf D.. and Hlt.s d.fefu uoi iu l"'
lev ou. HsXcs showing him Q. Calinfs
p.stsl and sssur ug hm th,u. v,, u
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