The New York herald., 1922-10-12

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bad one. for the car was virtually de-
stroyed. What remains of il, and that
as not much. is now in lot near the
place where the fire occurred.
Pursuing the theory that Raymond
Schneider, the accuser of Hayes. may
know more than he has told, the prose-
cutors to-day sent for Joe 10th. an EN-
ployee of the Eagle laundry and at one
time, from all accounts, an admirer OF
Pearl Bahmer. 10th was asked whether
II was the custom of Schneider TO carry
"a gun He replied that he didn't know,
but that he had heard on one occasion
that Schneider had threatened 70 shoot
him and had gone up TO Schneider and
demanded to know whether or not he
had a gun. Schneider's answer was to
turn his pockets inside out and prove
he was unarmed. "If he had had gun
L was going to take il away from him, .
said 10th.
Lie Back on "Honors."
But on another occasion 10th said
Schneider had a gun, or at least had
lent it to Pearl. who dropped 1t while
the three We're talking. This too, was
Of .22 caliber. Almost every weapon the
authorities have got hold of IS '22
caliber pistol The crime was committed
with a .32 caliber.
While there is every disposition To-
day TO dismiss as worthless the tale
of the finding of a bloody basket near
the old Phillips farm house on the ohy
the bodies were discovered. there Is
some reason to believe there may DE
more to this story than appears at nrst
glance The affair is being inves l.
gated, as it fits in nicely with theory
on which some of the sleuths NOT con-
nected with the offices OF Beekman aho
Stricken are working. Since the arrest
of Hayes the prosecutors have been
more or less lying back on the.r
.honors" Virtually nothing has been
done in the last two days on the Older
lines of inquiry There is also 1narked
disposition not to get excited over ctSes
that may seem to need "a little hard
work to follow up.
None Suspects Hayes.
while the Bahners, father. son and
daughter. held the stage for the moment,
though their connection with the actual
crime appears to be flimsy and the
theory that embraces them far fetched'
and while young Clifford Hayes Is
charged with the murder ana ms ae-
cuser. Raymond Schneider, Is IN jail as
a material witness. there Is exceiient
reason to believe that new developments
within the next forty -eight hours VIII
remove all or nearly all of these char-
acters from within the limelight.
I, 1t is virtually certain 1t Will replace
them with a cast concerning new tls-
ures as well as some of those who nave
been prominently featured before.
No one active in the so-called inquiry
which Beekman and Stricken, the Two
prosecutors, are conducting peneVcs
that Clifford Hayes shot Hall ana MIS-
Mills This was ascertained to-day on
high authority. Hayes is believed M
nocent by nearly every one, aithoush u
he stands accused.
There is reason to believe to-nightthat
Schneider may recant and thereby bring
about the liberation Of Hayes. Scnneldcr
Is a sick young man and is not en-
loving his stay In the Somerville 1ai-
Highly nervous. erratic, ana, accordlnS
10 his own lawyer, deficient mentally
he appears likely to go TO pieces at any
time.
.-AJust Imagination"
II schssnder gets bail. as his counsel
Is sugge 44sg, he win not find himseit
popular in the Sixth Ward. where ootn
he and Hayes lived The feeling there
Is strong, and probably will result In
more trouble of the sort that broke
late last night when Detective Frank
p Kirby nearly was mobbed by some
of the most Violent OF Hayes's de-
tenders.
n has been decided as far as Hayes
\ Is concerned that no writ OF habeas
corpus shall be sought, inasmlich as the
/ statement of Schneider accusing Hayes
nrobably would convince the court that
The Prosecutors had sufficient in the way
of a prima facie case to hold the lad
Thomas II. Hagerty, counsel for Hayes,
said to-day that Hayes had talked 10
him at length. and added: Il am not
willing 10 make the contents of his
statement public at this time, but l Will
say that he has accounted to me for
every minute of his time for week
before the murder. I am satisfied that
Schneider was not there either. and that
the whole story Is tust a product or ms
imagination"
This clearly shows that an alioi will
&c TIayes's defense, his statement being
70 the effect that ne was at home at
12:45 o'clock on the morning of the MUIR
der. In this assertion II is understood
HIS family viii support him. Hayes, In
iaiI is in much better way than
Schneider. confident and keeping his
nerve admirably.
women to Help Hayes.
It is quite probable that the American
Legion of New Jersey and perhaps of
the country will be called on to aid the
defense OF Hayes. Not only are the
plans for public subscription and a
tag day being completed here but to-day
Mrs. Joseph Warren Danforth OF 172
Glenwood avenue, East Orange. came
here with a delegation of women and
after comforting with those who are pre-
pairing for the defense fund activities
said that. having been in war work and
hearing that young Hayes had been In
the navy, they had determined to lend
their aid Mrs Danforth said she would
appeal at once 20 the Legion In New
Jersey TO help and that she hoped
through the New Jersey posts TO arouse
sentiment in the Legion throughout the
country and thus bring the national or
ganization into the case.
At the City Hall IL was announced
Z this afternoon that Mayor Morrison had
taken UP a proposal that next Saturday
be "tag day" for the Hayes defense
fund with the other members OF the city
commission and that every member wa
in favor Of the plan. 1t is expected that
the Mayor will issue a formal proclama-
tion on the subject at once.
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