Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-19
ARREST NEAR IN DOUBLE
MURDER IN COUNTY
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The funeral services for DR.. Hall
at noon yesterday were followed by
| the small party proceeding to Green
| wood cemetery, Brooklyn, where the
body was placed in the Stevens fam
lily vault. After the burial Mrs.
Hall and her brother willie" re-
turned to New Brunswick while her
brother Harry left for his home at
Lavalette.
Word that detectives would make
at least one arrest in the case short
ly spread quickly yesterday after
noon and the entire city was al a
high pitch of excitement throughout
the late afternoon and last night.
No arrests were made. however, and
the detectives this morning would
not make any statement which
would indicate when an arrest could
be expected. 1t was the general
opinion of those who have followed
the case closely, however, that a
theory of solution had been worked
out and it would be only a question
of a short time before the authori-
ties would act.
The stories told detectives by esi.
dents near the spot where the bodies
were found that they heard two wo.
men talking. followed by pistol shots
and then a woman's screams, have
changed somewhat the original
theory of some of the authorities
working on the case. An examina-
ton of the bodies resulted in
scratches being discovered on Mrs.
Mills face and arms which would
indicate she had struggled, most
likely with a woman having long
nails. But the condition of the
ground at the spot under the apple
tree would not indicate any such
disturbance.
Three shells that had been used
in a revolver are understood to have
been found. One was under one of
the bodies, another fell from the rec
tors clothes while his body was be-
ing prepared for burial, according to
the undertaken, and a third was
picked from the grass near where
the bodies were found.
Just before Mrs. Hall left her
home yesterday to attend the funeral
of her husband at the church she
wrote a note to Mills's 1fteen-year-
old daughter. Charlotte. 1t read:
Dear Charlotte: Don't worry.
Everything will be all right. You
will be looked out for. Sincerely.
Mrs. H."
Charlotte was asked to explain the
note. She merely shook her bobbed
blond curls, grinned and remarked:
They'll never get the person who
did it. They're going after the wrong
people,"
What do you mean-the wrong
people?" a reporter asked.
Her answer was another grin.
Since her mothers death Charlotte
obviously is the dominating person.
age in the Mills home. Her father
defers to her in every way. She i'm
presses one as being wise far beyond
her years.
Willie Stevens, Mrs. Halls eccen-
trio brother, was not questioned yes
terday. He roamed about the city
appearing there, there and every
where at the Cost unexpected mo-
ments. Frequently he would slip up
on a group of reporters. Sometimes
he was smiling, other times he was
sullenly silent.
There's only one gun anywhere"
he suddenly exclaimed once. That's
my gum. I've got the only gun in
either the Mills or the Hall family.
It's a .3S. It's in my desk, at the
house. It's a good gun"
lilGu Ilo CIluChlGu anu SlIOQc I&p-
idly away, before any one could
question him. 1t had been said previ-
oIsly that there was no revolver in
Mrs. Halls home. Another time
Stevens bobbed up in the Pennsyl-
vania Station, New Brunswick, and
whispered to a woman reporter:
I'm looking for a doctor who is
responsible for the scandalous stories
about my sister. Ii 1 find him I'll
settle with him in my W way. ]
cant say any more"
Stevens challenges the attention
more than any other person in the
case. He idolizes the dead %rector's
wife. She holds the place of mother
as well as sister in his heart. Her
slightest wish Is law to him. It is
Apparent to all that he obeys her
blindly in all things.
Otherwise, until the murder, he
followed his hobby OF fire fan. He
spent hours at the engine and truck
house commanded by Capt. Michael
Regain. Sometimes the bremen
would tease him too much and he
would go home, threatening never
to come again." But he would be
back the next morning.