Evening star., 1922-11-21


pigs. whose NOV
ments on the fateful night of Septen!-
ber "a have caused detectives to bring
him forward as the most likely cor
roborator OF the hitherto unsup-
ported tale of Mrs Jane Gibson, ;lis
pig woman
Evidence upon which the grad
jury may designate the slayers -
Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills. his choir
singer. remains 70 he adduced. Yes
terday's session Of the jury, it's firsr.
was looked upon by the prosecution
as only the setting Of the stage uJo,
which the principal witnesses are
about Ia he drawn.
"Pig Woman" Most Prominent.
in the list Of principals the nann
OF Mrs. Gibson, the pig woman" NOV
appears most prominent. Next come
the name Of Sipel. the pig mar"
whose overnight rise to importanc,
makes him one Of the mysteries ~
the case.
After them trail a long list Of wit
nesses. twelve Of whom appeared be
fore the jury yesterday. and at leasl
! ten are scheduled to testify today.
These include two New BrunswicE
policemen, n"ighbor or TWO OF the
principals in the tragedy, numerous
| citizens and members of Rev. Halls
church. st. 5ohn the Evangelist. OF
the Protestant Episcopal faith; detec-
tivrs. troopers. county officials and
possibly newspaper men.
Special Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott
has not announced whether Mrs. H%ll,
widow Of the rector. will be J.,
miIted before the jury. as sne l.
requested. Nor would he reveal 3
plans for obtaining record IF the t.s
tiinnny of Nellie Lee Russell. rae
negress. wh" has claimed 10 h@ ahis
TO refute Mrs. tiibson's eyewitness
, story of the siayings.
Courthouse Under Guard.
The proceedings yesterday were
more than usually guarded. a squad
OF state troopers patrolled the court
house and surrounding grounds They
established dead line around the
juryroom, a conference room on the
grounl floor with French windows
reaching almost To the ground, and
beyond it n6 one was permitted TO
pass.
Women scores Of them. came early.
They hung over the dark, rallied bal
cony. insii the courthouse on the
second floor IN the hope that Mrs.
Hail widow of the slain minister. or
VI
ard fIas become the most important
witness in the case. would appear
Al iac opepiIs session MIR. Mott,
assisted 10y AZariah NJ. Reeknian,
prosecutor Of somerset county. out
/. lined t. the grand jury the salient
features of lie case. a. J. cardinal.
= New E"uuswiCk newspaper man.
WAS called To tell how the BODIES
Of the murdered pair lay When ne
FIRST saw them stretched out under
l1a l.
ljpS farm As Cardinal testified his
gestures could he seen through the
low WINDOWS. His story wa TO the
erect that lac picked up letters anu
cards about tic body and held them
until The poiic.. arrived. DR.. L. l..
Lnh!tin, q veterinarian, Succeeued
, him on the sand.
Ey that tine Mott had discovered
that his witnesses could be seen
from without so the position OF
the stand was changed and later the
curtains We're drawn. Dr. Iobleln,
AN acquaintance of Mr.. Hall. was the
| first TO identify the body of the dead
man as that of the minister.
Officers and Reporters Heard.
The third witness was George
! Tot1en. Somerset detective. whose
testimony was followed by that OF
! Daniel j. Wray and Frank Denier.
two more New Brunswick newspaper
. men; then Bogart T. Conkline. farm
i er-sherif of this county. and his
deputy, Joseph Novatta.
When Novatta left Totten was re-
| called. sand close on his heels came
an order for Conkling to come back.
I Both were followed by James +.
/ Mason. Motifs detective.
4 stir was caused when Psa'.
I Bahmcr who was with TaymorS
Schneider when the bodies wer'
/ found. came through an underground
passage from the jail to the grand
! Jury room. She was on the stand
/ only about fifteen minutes. In tho
| hall. as She emerged from the jug
room, she met Schneider for the first
| time since eShe became star witness
i against HIM on n charge of attacklnG
j her. she nodded. but Schneider. s!t-
| ting between two detectives, did not
move or speak.
; Dr. w. l.. Long. the Somerset coun-
tv curoner's physician. who tailed TO
! report that Mrs. Mills throat had
I been cut WAS the next called. Tie
fdr.ted With the door knob as hc
e,ttercG hut once he was before the
! Jurors his story was soon told. Mrs
! Grace Edwards ot New Brunswirn
! was the last witness. She told how
! Schneider came 10 the Strykes
! home to telephone to tho police.
! AIR. Mott refused to discuss with
! ,enpr,ers his plans for tomorrow
! session of t.e grand jury. nor would
! he say whether Mrs. Hall would bG