The New York herald., 1922-10-27
MRS. GIBSON'S STORY
GIVES FINAL CLEWS
TO SOLVE HALL CASE
Mott Wants Confederation
Before He Goes Before
Grand Jury.
PROMISES NO ARREST
Woman Farmer Gives Her
Account of Seeing Couple
and Their Slayers.
SEARCH FOR MOTOR CARS
Some MotOrist Known to Have
Turned Around at Head of
De Russy's Lane.
SEARCH FOR MOTOR CARS

Special Dispatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. 26.-Slowly
but with remorseless certainty the
Hall-Mills case is drawing to a close.
The solution of the mystery unfolds,
the processes of the law gain strength.
the crisis is near. There Is promised
a quick, decisive move. II this move
is made two people will be taken TO
the Jail in Somerville in connection
with the murder of the Rev. Edward
w. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, choir
singer.
Whether one or both will be charged
with the crime cannot be said with
certainty. but 1t appears likely that of
the two only the man will be regarded
as having fired the shots that ended
two lives. But an accessory to the
fact in a murder case faces no small
penalty.
Corroboration of evidence that in
many murder cases of lesser impor-
is sought now by Wilbur A. Mott. spe-
cial Deputy Attorney General, in
charge of the case.
Mott wants his case copper riveted"
before he starts. Little that is new has
reached him. yet 1t appears he thinks it
a most sufficient to Justify drastic ac-
tion. A little more corroboration. and
that already in sight, and the case is
complete.
Denying the Implications Of Mrs
Jane Gibson. Timothy n. pfeiffer coun-
sci for Mrs. Hall. said he could nc
count for her movements on the night
OF the shooting. Her brother Henry
was not in this vicinity that night at
all, he said. explaining
Mrs Gibson's statements are con
trary TO the facts. Mrs. Hall was In
her home all evening. Barbara Tough.
one OF the maids. was out that night
and Louisa Geist. the other maid. was
on the back stoop. There was no one
else but a little seven-year- niece In
the house with Mrs. Hall, but there may
have been one visitor.
Henry Stevenss identification Is also
contrary to fact. Henry was az Laval
lotte all that night
Anna Gibson, or Jane Gibson-she
says either name will do--saw the crime
committed She followed the perpetra-
tors as they walked to the scene of the
crime. She heard the shots and saw two
of four figures fall. But her word Is at
present unsupported, and against 1t Mott
must fight a possible alibi. II the man
Involved Is the man whose Christian
na me she uses in her affidavit. the alibi
is a strong one and will be well nigh
impossible to break.
May Have Heard Erroneousiy.
But there arises now the possibility
that Mrs. Gibson. though she saw
Alright. heard enormously. She saw
man with bushy hair and heavy
mustache, but there are two such men
who have figured in the case, and there
is a strong resemblance between them
While her story might be easy Tor
clever defense 20 break down. reVi-
sion. substituting one man for another
might prove che backbone OF a strong
case for the prosecution.
For this reason and because corrobo-
ration ia always wise Mott Will not move
hastily. He said as much to-day while
admitting the strength OF the Gibson tes-
timony and declaring his Intention OF
taking the case to a climax speedily
There were motor cars about the Phillips
farm that night and Mott wants 20 know
who was in them. He wants TO know.
too, whether men who have been nervous
almost from the hour OF the crime saw
little or much OF II and have been afraid
to tell because they had no business In
the unsavory neighborhood.
Exact Time Most Important.
Mr.. Mott wants to know particularly
whether one man connected with the
church has not made himself in effect
an accessory after the fact by withhold
ing information the authorities should
have received.
And Mott will find these things out.
He will find many of them out to-mor-
row when he Is 20 return TO New bruhs-
r.,ck He will learn some of them within
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