Evening journal., 1922-11-11
MOTT URGES
INDICTMENTS
Wants Judge Named at
Once to Present Hall
Mills Murder
WIDOW AGREES TO
FINGER PRINTING

lls-lOnlteQ PreScl s-SptSldl IlOst-
cutor Mott, handling the Hall-Mlls
murder mystery. today wired Su-
: preme Court Justice Parker request
ing the latter TO telegraph a request
10 some other justice 10. charge the
i, Somerset Grand Jury TO investigate
the case and return indictments.
Parker Is travelling in the South
and his absence was declared 10 be
delaying the submission Of Motifs
evidence 10 the jury.
Mrs. Hall is TO be asked within
4 the next day or 80 10 let the au-
thorities take her fngerprints for
comparison with prints found on the
shirt Of the slain rector OF the
Church of ST. John the Evangelist.
II is not expected that Mrs. Hall
VIII refuse to comply with the re-
quest.
It appears that one of the clews
entirely overlooked until weeks had
elapsed has yielded something tangi-
BILE. and that It may DO possible TO
identity the persons who laid out
the bodies of Hall and Mrs. Mile
by the fngerprints found on the
cuffs of the rectoTs shirt
This garment was taken more
than week ago by the fngerprtnf
expert of the Newark Police De-
parsment, Lieutenant Schwartz, who
has enlarged the marks and found
several prints that can be identified.
The report was made yesterday TO-
Wilbur A. Mott, special deputy at
torney-general in charge Of the case,
and to Lieutenant james A Mason.
his chief assistant. Both consider
the evidence Of immense Importance
and It is possible It will prove the
hnnl link in the chain Of evidence
Mr.. Mott intends 70 present 20 the
Grand Jury.
The shirt It appears. Is uneoiled
in front and only the fngerprints
show on the cuffs. On the back are
blood stains from the bullet wound
in the head.
As far as can be learned the only |,
cause for the postponernent Of action
is Mr. Motifs desire 70 have Supreme
Court Justice Parker charge the
, Grand Jury specially on this case.
Justice Parker has gone to New Or
leans and Havana for q vacation and
will not be back until November IS.
It is possible therefore that no 40
ton will be taken until his return
and the Grand Jury may not be
called untn after that time.
On the OL4ltT ldIQf ~ ID NAOu6AA
possible that Mott. appreciating as
Beekman and, Striker did not, the IN
tense public interest in thfs case.
will make some move 70. bring the
case to an issue before Justice Par
ker returns. II would be possible for
Justice Parker 20 designate some one
10 act for him but other Justices. two
OF whom have been spoken to. sre
out OF courtesy loath TO take upStlfe
case in any way while Justice Psu~
ker Is absent.
II an indictment were found and
the case proved weak at the trial
both Mott and the Grand Jury-and
the members are all friends OF Beck
man of Somerset county-would
have an abb. Mr.. Mott is nothing
II not careful.
Mr.. Mott after talking TO his
friend Beekman decided that in this
case. in which wealthy and in1u-
entail people are involved and for
which the taxpayers OF Somerset
county must in any event pay heav-i
fly. Il was the part OF wisdom to
lean a little backward and wait for
additional strength to be furnished
by the Supreme Court OF the state.
In this he followed the same course
Beeloman did in asking the Attor-
ney-General to intervene. When ,
Jersey justice slows up II becomesl ,
excessively cautious
But thre is no truth in the state
ments that Beekman- blocked Motifs
game, that the two quarreled or that /
the foreman Of the Grand Jury laid :
down an ultimatum that the story ,
told by Mrs. Jane Gibson. the wo- :
man farmer, would not answer as ,
sufficient evidence for an Indictment
before tbs Grand Jury. There was .
no quarrel and no ultimatum. All ,
three men simply decided to go slow ,
and strengthen the case as much as
possible.
Mr. Mott was interviewed at his !
Office in Newark yesterday He ap-
peared considerably worried or dis I
pleased about the entire affair He ;
did not relish the reports that the /
case is about to be dropped and that J
the evidence he has was turned I
down yesterday by Glib as the rep !
resentative of the Somerset County r
Grand Jury.
1T is untrue that the Grand Jury :
sent word TO me, or that Mr.. GLIB |
told me that the Grand Jury did
not consider the evidence in hand ,
sufficient to return an Indictment" >
Mr.. Mott said rather indignantly. ;
'Id like TO know the mind that /
evolved that bright thought. Are !
we arriving at the silly stage in this
investigation?
Il have evidence. but I don't in :
tend to state what II is. There will
be no action and the only question
now is the matter OF procedure"
do you mean you are going to
order arrests instead of awaiting
Grand Jury action?" he was asked. :.
He replied: Now, I'm not going :,
to discuss my case"
But you said two weeks ago that
this case was no longer a mystery"
What 1 said, said. but am not ,
going to discuss what evidence we
have in hand at the present time" u
Then you intend TO act and to u =
act decisively?"
"Of course. do. That's why am q
on this case Only the matter of the ?
procedure I shall take is delaying a
me-" :
when do you intend to act, Mr.. 4
Mott II"