Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-25
Effort To Find New Clues
In Murder Mystery Fails
As Probe Is Continued

In fact they have been unable to
find any one who saw the couple
later than 8 o'clock on the Thurs
day night before the bodies were
found on Saturday. Several witness
es have told of seeing both Mr.. Hall
and Mrs. Mills in the vicinity of the
spot where the bodies were found.
Raymond Schneider. who with
Pearl BANNER found the bodies,
were to be questioned for q second
time today. Schneider and the girl,
who said they were looking for
mushrooms when they found the
bodies, were closeted with the in
vestigators yesterday. The girl was
locked up at the request of her
father and will be charged with In
corrigibility.
Schneider told the Investigators
that he and the girl had walked to-
gether Thursday night in the vicin-
ity of the Phillips place but that he
did not see the Rev. Mr.. Hall or
Mrs. Mills.
In addition to Paul Bahmer and
Raymond Schneider, ono other per-
son was questioned yesterday by the
investigators. Whether this was
Kan or woman could not be- lAarn
e! from the detectives. 1t fs FepJ. = =
ln tho vicinity or TIE Phillips house
on the Thursday Right of the muir
der, between and . o'clock, and
seeing a couple seated on one of rhe
benches. whether Rev. Mr.. Hall and
Mrs. Mills were the ooup,e, the wit
ness is said to have been unable to
say.
Nicholas Bahmer, father o. sew
enteeu year old Pearl, underwent q
change of heart this morning ano
requested the police to release his
daughter. The girl was allowed to
% free Her fathers acton was the
fesui. OF Pearls intimacy with
Schneider. a married man, 1t Is said.
During the interview of Schneider
and the BANNER girl yesterday. they
are reported to have admitted see-
ing couple not far from the spot
where the murdered pair were
found.
Willingness on the part of some OF
the members of the choir and the
congregation to talk now that they
have seen that the detectives are
baffled has strengthened the belief
that a woman played an important
part in the double murder. Jealousy
or revenge having been the motive.
Statements made by certain men,
bers of the choir would indicate that
considerable feeling existed between
some of the church members and
Mrs. Mills because of the manner
in which she swayed the rector's de-
cislons.
Mrs. Alvin T. Jordan, of Middle
bush road. stated that often on FRI
day nights during choir rehearsal
there would be squabbles over the
subject of selecting music for the
coming Sunday. In deciding upon
the final selection of music. Rev.
Mr.. Hall would invariably agree that
the pieces favored by Mrs. Mills
would be the best suited. Mrs. Jor-
dan is quoted as saying. Mrs. Jor-
dan Is also reported to have said
that Mrs. Mills was not the fine sing
| er she has been credited with being,
but, on the other hand had an "un-
trained soprano voice." Neverthe.
| less she was selected to sing prac-
! tically all of the solos, Mrs. Jordan
said.
The search of Bucceleuch Park
and tire vicinity around the Philips
| home was continued this morning.
examination OIL cne of the benches
| disclosing many initials which had
been carved from time to time by
| overs who frauuen the spot. The
sentence: kiss Me. I Love You"
was also found carved into one of
! the benches.
| Prosecutor StricEer was in his
office this morning but had no
statement to make. Detectives Da
vld al Tctten conferred after which
they both left the Office.
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