Evening journal., 1922-10-28
Woman in Gray Closed Rector;s Eyes

IL apponrs, TOO, tnat the autn ORR
tics have information that tho muir
der OF Mrs. Mills was not only bru-
tai, but was most cold blooded. /,
IA a part OF the Gibson woman's story
that Hall was shot nrst beneath th .
crab apple tree. that Mrs Mills ran
screaming away and that a man
pursued her. dragged her back TO
where tho body OF her clergyman
lover lay and then, holding her up
right. shot her four times. Hsr
throat was cut after her body had
fallen 20 the ground.
There are other facts in the state
ments Mrs. Gibson has made that
have not yet been made known
There is oorroboration. too. obtained
within the last twenty-four hours, Of
some OF the less important features
OF her story. II is significant also
that while hsr supplemental story.
told today. is verified in some quar-
ters. h 10 denied in others. and IL ia
quite impossible 20 state with any
degree OF positivsness whether all
she has told outsiders is contained In
the three statements she has made
to the auth critics. Mr. Mott may
know. no one else seems sure.
Aside from the Gibson story and
Motifs activities. the main develop
ment OF tho day was the making OF
sworn statement by Ralph NJ. 0ors-
line detailing his movements before
and on the night OF the murder.
The case appears TO have mar
rowed down. with many persons al
ready eliminated and only some
striking contradictions 70 be sircsd
out. II is a fact that the mystery 10
at an end. so far az the authorities
are concerned. Gathering evidence
that will hold in court Is actually
the work on which Mr.. Mott and his
assistants are engaged.
Mrs. Gibson's new statement am
phfies her original story. and at the
same time contains some rather
strange contradictions and amend
ments 20 her former statements. In
fact. in some small instances. the
changes might lay the whole story
open 70 an attack on the theory that
these amendments indicate that the |
witness is not wholly 20 be relied on. /
Mott and Prosecutor Stricken. how
ever. do not regard this az the case.
but believe the woman fully.
In the AFFIDAVIT that Mrs. Gibson
has sworn TO appears the assertion
credited TO her. that as she witnessed
the murder che heard a woman
"oh Henry Please. please,
pleased" This she has sworn to.
upon her oath. before a notary.
To more than one person. inolud-
Ing the writer. Mrs. Gibson has since
made the statement that she never
said that at all or mentioned the
Christian name OF any one. She
sid say: II told them that the whole
hing seemed 10 me like an o. Henry
story" referring TO the pen name OF
The late Sidney Porter.
Mrs. G bson at first asserted. too.
hat having heard the last four shots
ired and seen the figure OF a woman
'all to the ground. she dug her heels
INTO the ribs OF her mule Jenny. rode
-apidly home and went TO bed.
Mrs. Gibson. as was noted pre-
yiousiy contradieted this with the
assertion that she had been up all
" the night. Now she has gone fur
her and asserts that she returned 20
he scene OF the crime and there
observed a woman. weeping. leaning
,ver the two bodies on the ground.
his IS the most sensational thing she
las said since she first told her
tory and naturally the attention OF !
he authorities was called 20 Il as
Don as possible. Mr.. Mott had left
or his home in East Orange. but De- 6
ectIve Mason was caught az the '
abroad station Just az he was leav- {
ng and the story was told to him. {
Ie seemed surprised. Then he said: s
II believe that her original story
! true and that she will make a (
God witness under cross-examina-
on"
A degree OF afiuence has de-
cended suddenly on the woman I
nth the mules. From an obscure {
arm woman. losing all but three q
ushels OF the corn she raises on h
igs stolen besides, she finds herself
lready a few hundred dollars
cher since she made her way into n
re limeHght. She has sold the story n
her life-a sort OF sxpurgated edl-
on-a score or more of photo o
raphs and the statement now at p
'ibuted to her is said TO have net h
ID a nice little sum. But this in n
,rmation has not been corroborated 7
VI the reason that as soon as the h
DRY appeared In print Mrs. Gibson q
enied herself 10 all callers, and
iere were even reports that she II
ad departed for Pennsylvania with J
err son. leaving Jenny and the other ~
Jules, TO say nothing OF the pigs. 10 TO
lift as best they might. 81
RS. GibsOn's New Statement. W
The new statement from Mrs Glib C
in reads. In part. as follows: a
1T was by the light OF a tardy a
DON that I saw the woman whom p
have already Identified bending 81
-er the bodies OF the Rev. Edward CT
?. Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills. and
eep. An hour earlier I heard that m
me woman scream in a loud. angy. b,
III taunting manner. Explain N
csc. explain these Is
Then I heard the mumbled quar- IS
ling OF four persons-two men and III
70 women. Soon I heard one shot a
ID the terrified cry OF another OF
of Mrs. Mills. am. 81
re. crying oh. please-please- IN
ease There was no more talking. tn
It very soon heard three more
OTIS. sh
THE mos important thing have to
say here Is something that have IA
t even revealed 10 the prosecutors m