The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-17

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SONS.
New Brunswick, N. j., Oct. 1.-THE
arrest of a woman ana a man in con-
nection with the murder of Rev. DR..
Edward Hall. wealthy rector of the
fashionable Protestant Episcopal
church of st. John the Evangelist, and
his beautiful choir leader, Mrs. James
M. Mills, was expected hourly today.
Both the man and woman in question
have been mentioned from time 20
time in connection with the double
murder.
AS a result of the new drive of
Prosecuting Attorney Joseph f.
Stricken. of Middlesex county. and
Prosecuting Attorney A. NJ. Beekman,
of Somerset county. Supreme Court
Justice Parker has postponed his de-
cisfon upon the request to put State
Attorney McCran in charge of the
investigation.
Find New Evidence.
The following new evidence has
been unearthed and will furnish much
of the ground upon which the pro-
posed arrests are to be made:
l. Discovery of love letters written
by Doctor Hall to Mrs. Mills showing
lIdL he was WIN ner, tnaI
he had been keeping love trysts with
her and that he had proposed eIoping
with her to some foreign country.
q Finding of a witness who saw a
woman looking over the old Phillips
farm twhere the bodies were dis
covered) on the afternoon of the-day
of the murder, September IA.
3. Discovery of two b1oodstained
handkerchiefs near the spot on the
Phillips farm where the two bodies
were found laid out beneath a stunted
crab apple tree-one of the handker-
chiefs bearing a monogram, the letter
"S''.
4. Finding of a witness who saw a
motionless automobile standing in De
Russo lane on the night of September
Ia when DIR. Hall and Mrs Mills were
shot TO death.
The witness who saw woman look
ing over the old Phillips farm on the
afternoon of September IA has identi-
fled her from a photograph
Hold Final Examination.
Three persons were summoned to
the court this morning for final ex-
animation before the authorities act.
They were Mrs. Hall. widow of the
slain clergyman; Henry Stevens. her
brother, and Miss Louise Geist, one OF
the maids in the Hall home.
Later in the day it was reported
that two more persons had been sum-
moned to the court house for question
ling-"Willie'' Stevens, eccentric broth
er of Mrs. Hail. and Mrs. Annie Lam
gale, a New Brunswick woman, with
whom "WiIlie" Stevens was said by
officials to have been friendly until a
short time before the murder.
An excerpt from one of the love
notes found on Doctor Halls body
when his corpse and that of Mrs. Mills
were discovered on the Phillips farm,
follows:
He Helped the Pain.
Dear Heart: How good it was OF
you to accompany me to the dentist
Things would have been different IL
iyou were not along. There was no
pain during the extraction and none
following"
This note evidently had been writ
ten by Mrs. Hills last summer shortly
after Doctor Hall had accompanied
her to the office of a New York
dentist.
one or more arrests. Prosecutor Beck
man said:
"I must decline to discuss that
phase of the case"
Henry Stevens arrived at the Mid
dlesex court house at II O'Clock TO be
questioned as to his knowledge of
events Immediately preceding and fol-
lowing the tragedy.
Chief interest today centered upon
two subjects:
I. Identity of the suspects
2. Contents of the love letters that
passed between Doctor Hall and his
| charmer, Mrs. Mills.
Hall often referred to Mrs. Mills as
my GYPSY MY Gypsy Queen" and
MY Wonder Sweetheart" Mrs. Mills
referred to the clergyman as Dear
Babykins.'
In addition to letters. there were
number of post cards that Doctor Hall
sent to Mrs. Mills while he and Mrs.
Hall were spending the summer az
their cottage in Is1eford. Maine.
Show Mrs. Hall Knew.
/ That Mrs Hall knew there was an
attachment between her husband and
lfhe choir leader was indicated by fire.
Iquent urging of the clergyman 20 MrE
Mills mot to mind anything that Mrs.
Hall said
| It now develops that when Doctor
Halls body was found he wore a tie
| clasp with the letter &C" engraved
upon it. From the letters found. be-
lief has arisen that the clasp was
really a gift from Mrs. Mills and that
&C" stood for her pet name. Gypsy"
| Doctor Hall kept a love diary" in
addition TO writing letters to Mrs.
Mills and il. like the letters, IL filled
with poetica1 illusions. Most Of the
letters were signed ID. T. L." which
stood for the German expression,