The Washington herald., 1922-11-18
FELLOW PASTOR
SAYS HALL TOLD
OF DEATH THREAT
Planned to Leave Home
In New Brunswick to
Escape Relatives.

NEW BRUNSWICK. y. J.. Nov.
l7.-Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall.
fearing death because Of his atten-
tions to his choir singer, Mrs.
Eleanor Mills, complained of a
threat against his life and told of
his plan to leave New Brunswick
so that his wife and other relatives
could not touch him.
This revelation was made today
to detectives by Rev. Paul n. B. p.
Hamborszky. former pastor Of the
hungarian Reformed Church. of
New Brunswick, who claimed to be
close friend of the murdered
minister.
Told Him of Threats
Hamborszky told thrilling story
Of his knowledge of Halls quarrels
with his wife. He declared Hall
told him he had been threatened by
a man whose name has been mem
toned frequently during the in
vestigation of the murder.
Hamborszky lived in New Bruns-
wick for seventeen years and was
unfrocked last April. because of
complaints against him by mem
bers of his congregation. accord
ing to the Rev. DR.. A. G. Schodle.
who succeeded Hamborszky as pas
tor of the local church.
About April l last DR.. Schodle
came to New Brunswick to investi-
gate reports that Hamborszky was
drinking to excess. AS a result Of
his investigation DR.. Schodle said IL
became necessary to unfrock Ham
borszky.
Story Told in Hungarian.
DIR. Schodle said he had knowledge
of Hambarszky's story from an IN
terview appearing in today's issue
of Amerikai Magyar Nepszva. a Hun
garian newspaper published in New
York.
From this interview Dr. Schod'e
translated freely. in part, as fol-
| lows: The Rev. Hamborszky says
he had a deep friendship for the
Rev. Hall. He has Informed us that
he did not want to testify because
he had been approached by two
men and told not to tell what he
knew or harm would come t. him.
HIT knew of the affair between Mr..
Hall and Mrs. Mills and had met
them occasionally on their outings.
Last June Hall complained to
Hamborszky, the latter asserted
that he was having trouble be-
sause of his affair wiss Mrs. Mills
and said that he planned to go
away to Mexico or some other
place where his wife and other
relatives could not touch him.
Feared wife's Kinxman.
Hall told him. said Hamborszky.
that a kinsman had threatened
him. saying. Your finish is COM
ing soon.' Hall declared, I'll have
to go away from here. If ! don't
they will kill me-
1.-TWO days after the murder
Hamborszky again visited New
Brunswick
of the double murder, I thought
this would turn out sol knew
| this would be the end OF it,
"'Shut your mouth, or you will
get the same as all those who
stick their nose in here was the
reply of one of the men,"
DIR. Schodle does not place much
! faith in Hamborszky's story. nor
does the Rev. DIR. Sigmund Lakay.
pastor of the First Hungarian
Evangelical Reformed Church.
Mott Refuses Comment.
Special Deputy Attorney General
Mott tonight refused to pass COM
ment on the credibility of Ham
| borszky's story.
Timothy n. Pfeiffer. attorney for
Mrs. Hall, said he saw no reason
why he should take the trouble to
deny such a story"
Somerset County Detective Tot
ten today went to Trenton and OBJ
tanned writs of habeas corpus for
Pearl Bahmer and Raymond Schnei-
der, finders of the bodies of Hall
and Mrs. Mills, so that they may be
brought to Somerville Monday TO
testify before the grand jury. Pearl
is in the Home of Good Shepherd at
Newark, and Schneider is in the
Middlssex County jail, held in de-
fault of $4,000 bail.