Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-02
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPH1A m

your weddingT He was away travel'
Mrs. Hail, who said that since th:
trassSy & shs h"d given .s,.. no Snsneis s "a ga
ssin onsslSss woss Who :,nc: sss .oS some
OF her mothers letters, testified she had
written the girl a comforting letter
utter the murders, but old not receive
her when she came to call.
"What IL your opinion Of Charlotte's
action IN selling these letters" IL
make no comment whatever"
Did you quarrel OF, have q discus.
sion with Mr.: Hall about .:h.,,,H :horteninyS nj n
NO, we decided that In the begin
''wers you ever jealous Of Mrs. Mil:
or any one else?" "Absolutely never"
Never Fired Q Revolver
"rIave you ever fred . sun"
Ever used a pistol3" "Nsver."
- ws: vss;as It sSsoe'ns, one es NJ! Hils p''si"s'
know op'S S,s: 3 p9:Ss:s." Sc'" revolver that you
"Did you ever ask BARBARA Tough
Mr.. sesR S.,is ~ Ss co%rs. sS% n%se0 nos ~"
Again asked why she had not men.
toned her name when inquiring Of the |
police regarding her husband. Mrs. |
Hall said she simply didn't think It
would aid the police to know exactly
ibid you know at that time that
Mrs. Mills also was missins?" mo,
/ don't think knew It when tele.
Pih,c1nsd;; I tslsIhoned before I saw Mr..
ibid you attach significance to the
fact that both were ,niSsins'' II
thought It strange, yes
Ibid you suggest 70 Mills that he
notify TIE police3" mot that re-
member"
Thought Of Accident Only
"Dtd It occur ts you then sn,s1s that .IS, ..asy
%,sns SaG to Be- .ssws IN. fac, sat ths. they they
had disappeared and he had gone to
see her--l thought some accident might
have overtaken them both"
"Did you on the Saturday after Mr..
Hail disappeared give barbara Tough
some silk socks Of bis to washF"
ibid you any ANYTHING to TO-! the ..ss eject ::
that you thought him dead?" NO.
Explains Husbands Fortune
Mrs. Hall then corrected reports that
| her husband had $40, 900 in negotiable
securities in safety deposit vault
when he was killed. declaring the
amount was about so, 900.
"Can you tell us what the source
Of Il was?" she was asked. rs that
necessary? All those questions? Have
they anything to do with it3' she
When the reporters insisted, declaring
It might have some bearing. on the
blackinail theory which has been ad.
vanced as n motive, Mrs. Hall finally
consented to say thnt half Of the sum
was left him by her mother.
Her Questioners next jumped to the
So called "eye. witness" story Of Mrs.
Jane Gibson, the pig farmer, asking II
she could explain why Mrs.. Gibson
would have told such q story II it were
not true. II haven't the most remote
idea." she declared.
She denied Mrs. Gibson's statement
that they had met ut rumniage. sale,
ASSERTING II have never seen her.
would you be willing to confront
her II 1t became necessary" she was
asked. Il would do whatever the prose.
cutors wish me to-
"fOu have no fear In your mind Of
the outcome of this case at all?" mo.
My absolute innocence Of any suspicion
J
thing to worry about"
"IIow many times. Mrs. Hall, did
you see MIR. Mills on the Friday ?"
II know Of two times. He says he
came here in the evening. but I don't
remember"
when you were first notified that
your husbands body was found were
you also told of Mrs. Mills body being
found:' II think so, I think immedi.
lntely:'
"Had her body been identified nt that
time:' II am not sure. think So"
"Will you tell US what you thought
when you heard they had been found
dead together?" II had no thoughts.
didn't know what to think
What was your immediate reac:
tion!" II was no absolutely stunned I
had no thought"
Up Against Dead Wall. She Says
''Can you tell US just exactly how you
weeks? Won't you just tell US, In your
own way. all Of your reactions and nll
Of your feelings about all Of this; al!
your searching. mean your menta!
searchings, for q sOlutionf" II feel
as II I was up against blank wall.
have no idea what to think"
"YOu must realize that lot Of peo
pie believe you guilty" 1T seems "a
me most mysterious that any one should
think such things. cannot understand
It. Of course"
what has been your general feeling
with respect TO publicity; not about
J this case. but all your ife?" ~ have
oil my life avoided publicity in every
possible way. There II no one who hs.
led a more retired life.'
"You are anxious, however. that this
whole thing should be cleared up?'
"Why. Of course"
but you are not satisfied with what
the authorities have done?" "No. but
it seems that they let many things 80
BY"
The Questioners next asked Mrs. Hall
to give them her estimate OF the char
acter Of Mrs. Mills. whom she admitted
, she knew quite WELL" Il do not like
to describe her character at ali. Dc
not think l could" she said.
Jumping again to the letters and
diaries which Mrs. Hall said she had
not even read, the questioners asked
her II she and her counsel did not think
Il tremendously important to discover
whether the documents We're genuine
and evidences Of intimacy between them
II don't even see that that would tell
You who was the criminal" she re.
.. piled.
Don't you think It widens the sphere
Of motive II a married man and Il mar
ried woman are conducting an illici,
.. love AFFAIR." II suppose it would"
You want 20 find the possible mo
tive for the murders!' "Of course