Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-16

torney General McCrar. thus CAUSING
the arrests 10 be made. :,
I'VE got into the case late. but my
Investigation has caused me to go PACK
70 4 phase. which, although hintcd nt
In inc carly part Of the case. has ap-
parently been laid aside by the au'
% II am nm convinced that the murder was
not committed at the farm. They were
not killed In New brunswick. but some
rlace nearby. After they were killed
their bodies were put into two auto.
mobiles and were taken 10 the place.
Braun said that his theory. OF jeal.
ousv was based largely upon the packet
OF letters which. he said Miss North
had In her possession. II was q packet
OF letters "that high" he said, meas
urjns n nile with the palms Of his hands
about six inches apart. .s
No Doubt Of Intimacy
These letters leave no doubt OF the
Intimate relations between Rector Hall
and Mrs. Mills" said the detective.
'0The authorities have not seen these
letters and we do not intend to disclose
their contents now. We are holding
them until the proper time comes, when
we will produce them.
"The letters show" he went on.
"that there was q certain telephone
number from which Mrs. Mills often
telephoned tho rector. She gave TINS
number In the letters. as the place
where she could usually be found at II
certain time, we have been trying to
trsce the calls she received at this
number, but have not completed the
Investigation along this line as yet
According to Braun's theory. the ar
fair between the rector and the choir
singer came TO the attention Of some
body--perhaps more than one pcrson-
who had more than ordinary opportu.
mites to observe what was going on.
This might have been q member OK the
congregation. It might even have been
another singer In the choir, where there
was good deal OF feeling against Mrs.
Mills because Of the attention paid TO
her bv tho rector, and her growing in.
fuence in church affairs. Some such
trouble maker, the theory follows. took
il upop himself or herself, to acQuaint
Others with the relations between the
, rector and the choir singer. and thus the
fatal affair Of the night of September
II believe" said Braun. that the
copspirntors lured Rector Hall and Mrs;
Mills separately to n place that had
becn choisen in advance. They might
have been invited by some one they
knew 10 take a ride In an automobile.
| I am sure that Mrs. Mills was In an
automobile that night. She left her
home about Z 80 o'clock. and got into
an automobile some time later. She
did not walk to tho place where her
body was found. or wherever else she
went with the rector.
There were two automobiles In.
volvel, in my opinion. My investigators
have talked TO a woman who saw two
automobiles drive along the road lead
ing to the Phillips farm that Thursday
night and 20 directly toward the apple
trees under which the bodies were
found. I believe that the bodies OF
Rector Hall and Mrs. Mills were In
those two cars. and that the murderers
were taking them there TO get rid OF
them. Find those automobiles and-you
Will solve the mystery
Braun said that Mills should b
eliminated from all suspicion, that he
was not the type Of man to have done
anything of the sort. According to
Braun. Mills had accounted for every
moment OF his time OF the night of
Thursday. September IA. The detec-
tive also said that statements recently
attributed to Charlotte Mills rcfccing
upon her father were nonsense, and
that Charlotte had been indulging in
some lose talk. which he intended to
caution her against. Braun said there
was no truth in statement attributed
! to Charlotte that her mother had had
on affair with another man. The rector
was the only one, said Braun.
A letter bearing no date. but tend