Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-17

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Having obtained postponement of
the projected handing over the in
quiry into the murder of the Rev.
Edward Wheeler Hall. rector Of the
Episcopal Church of st. John the
Evangelist. and his choir leader,
Mrs. Eleanor Rhinehardt Mills. to
state authorities, county officials
were prepared this morning for a
busy days work.
They were to question during the
day Henry Stevens. brother of Mrs.
Frances Hall. widow OF the slain
rector, and a maid in the Hall
home. Persons close to the prose-
cutors of both Somerset ana Mid
dlesex counties. who have been in
charge of the investigation predict
ed that a man and a woman would
be arrested on charges Of first de-
gree murder before the day closes,
Contents of letters purported to
have been written by DIR. Hall &c
Mrs. Mills and which have been
guarded careful y previously were
said TO show beyond a doubt that
the rector and singer were accus-
toned to meet at de Russys lane
near the old Phillips property,
where the bodies were found.
Authorities indicated they were
moro hopeful of solving the month
old mystery than at any time pre-
v.ors during the investigation.
1t is not known for certain how
many letters and cards from the
Rev. Mr.. Hall to Mrs. Mills there
are, but they were written while the
rector was spending his Twenty-Five
day vacation last August at Isles
ford, Me. The diary gives an &C
count of his actions during that
time.
The authorities allowed Charlotte
Mills to hide some of the letters
from the rector to her mother, and
she turned over others to a relative.
While the exact number of letters is
not known, it is said on good au-
thority that one packet contains
eight letters and six postcards.
Some of the letters show that the
couple were in the habit of meeting
at De Russy's Lane, which is near
the spot where their bodies were
found. Other letters show that they
planned an elopement at the time of
the murder, going first to Germany
and then to the Orient.
One of the rector'S letters begins
with Dear Gypsy and contains the
follol. ing sentence: DO not mind
what Mrs. Hall says to you" 1t is
described as a long and passionate
document, in which the rector told
lovingly of his hopes for their pro-
posed elopement. He spoke of ar
rangements he would make to have
Mrs. Mills enter an E~piscopalian
home until the time.
Then he is said to have painted
the beauties of their contemplated
honeymoon trip to Germany and the
Orient, although there was no men
ton of divorce. Mrs. Mills's maiden
name was Rheinhardt and she was
OF German descent, hence a honey
moon to Germany, and the rector's
use of the initials I'D. L. IT," stand
ing for German words meaning
your true love-"
In two of his letters the rector re-
ferred to "our road beyond the Par
ker Home" The reference was to
the Parker Home for the Aged, an
institution on Easton venue beyond
Buccleugh Park and the end of the
trolley line where Mrs. Mills was last
seen, and across the way from the
Phillips farm. The second road be-
Iyond the Parker Home is De Rus
sy's Lane.
These two letters appeared to
have been written toward the end
of the rector's vacation. In M OF
them he made an appointment for
Friday at s O'Clock at our road be-
yond the Parker Home" This letter
was undated. so what Friday it re-
ferred to is not known. In another
letter, written subsequently,. the pas
tor changed the date for the APP
pointment to "2 o'clock" and again
the phrase, "Our road beyond the
Parker Home"
Dear Gypsy was not the only
expression of endearment the pastor
reserved for Mrs. Mills. He referred
to her in other letters as My Gypsy
Queen" and Dear Wonderheart."
In the new letters from DR.. Hall to
Mrs. Mills he professed imprisoned
love for her and used many terms OF
endearment. Many appointments are
made for meetings on "our ROAD
and any are signed with the I'd. t.
L."-"Deine True Liebe"-Thy True
Love. Some of the passages are
filled with poetical illusions and in
some of the letters were enclosed
sweet pea blossoms.
Another letter disclosed late las
night. the authorship of which mas
not been officially divuiged. urged
DR.. Hall to put an end to the friend
ship between himself and Mrs. Min
ME Clark. IT Is said to have beer
written by Mrs. Hall. and to be ont
found near thu baf'-
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