Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-03
charlotte Mills Asks
Parker to Get Slayer

Eri pr,nen murder mystery, ana tnc
the D.,o,,. shaving Of Dave Iaul.
mys.ssr,0bo mysar bonk runner, he viii make II
Camoe" ,bot the Middlesex County au
appea,, do not want the murder OF
tSo tSo'l clergyman md choir singer e'earo'
"p. .,. bccn whispered that politics
IL n" factor IN the notably unsuccess-
Wa s,,nmn,s of local authorities TO
ful ",h un thr crime. Though this very
cleaL, l., ia not true, n refusal TO IN,
pv''th p;.o thc man most generally cohsid're"
WV 'n,,otent to find the murdercrs; TO CO.
conpt arote actively in the invcstlgatioh, !,
opSnid n, least look like confession Oh
worse than failure.
Play Into Edwards Hands
,.. a refusal also would be playing
suII .ho hands of Governor Edwards,
ho inh,o 10 o." Of the opposite political faith to
Mr.. Stricken.
p.,sccutor Stricker ,s one OF the lie.
.Li,oon lenders IF the county, and
puoo.r,rinp with I'll his might to swing
Is suto Tie Republican column nt the
Inv. .,ortion. In recent years the
neHt ne;,t,ooi sentimen. Of the county has
n so evenly di~idcd that It was al
0eem 'onrbody's agbt to the last min
Ways It' Is anybody's fight this year.
use...ainq use. TO those who know the po-
Ssioa, aituat,on in the county. and n
ntU n.Visn movc on either side may turn the
JAZZ t.s,, Governor Edwards did very
Dsnior Ds.Ii thing when he sent the State
p"n"rs pOpu,"~rs hore, md II Mr.. Stricker re-
taoop t.os 90 10 the rest of the way and ask
inssoctive Parker to come into the
a,untv no will suffer by contrast.
n Bcekman. the Somerset Coun-
49, prnsecutor, has been spending much
" t,s time in New Brunswick. though
SSl.aorville e. ia his own county sent. lhc
s.mrder probably was committed in
Somerset County. as the old Phiilips
farm. where the bodies were found Sep
tsmber 10, is across the line in Somer-
set County. The authorities OF the two
counties have been cooperating incl
Ssctually in trying to tind the slayers
Of Mr., Hall and Mrs. Mills.
Parker Busy On Other Cases
Detective Parker Is in Toms River,
N, j., today helping prepare the Glib
crson murder case. Mrs. Ivy Giberson,
NJ I,pkchurst, y. -. was indicted Sep
tembcr II for the murder Of her hus-
band. William Giberson. n taxi owner,
on August 1a. Glberson was found shot
10 death In his home, and his wife
hound ard gagged. She said burglars
Ind sho, him and tied her up. The
Ocean County authorities. unable to
solve the mystery, called Detective
Parker in to help. and he ordered the
arrest OF the wife She was held for
the Grand Jury, which indicted her.
The Burlington County murder spc-
c1nlisl also is busy with three murder
cases Of his own which will come up
for trial this month. The most impor-
tant Is the mysterious murder Of Hon
est John" Bruncn. circus owner, who
was shot to death last spring In his
home nj Riverside. y. j. In this case.
too, the wife ia under arrest charged
With the crime, with her brother and
a former circus employe.
IL have not received Charlottc's 8
letter. said Mr.. Parker today at Toms
River. Il am extremely busy right
get together for the various cases in
which I am concerned in less than Il
month. don't sec how | could do
much on the New brunswick case. in
the event that Mr.. Strickcr should ask
me to help him. until get some of tho
work ! have on hand out of the way.
II is an extremely interesting case, and
I believe it can be solved 1t would be
necessary to lay very firm foundations
for it, however, and il were in on the
investigation l would want to be able
to give all my time to It, I sympa athizG
with the little girl who has lost her
mother, of course, and | certainly will
lose no time in answering her appeal for
help"
Mayor Discusses Case
John J Morrison. Mayor of New
Brunswick, discussed the clSc today.
He said:
"The failure to perform an autopsy
on the bodies of Mr.. Hall and Mrs.
Mills before they were inferred was OBJ
viously Il gross error.
"Candidiy, l think Midd,rscx Coun-
ty authorities are doing the best they
know how to solve the murder. Their
difficulty, however. believe, was
brought about by conflict caused oy the
authorities OF two counties working on
tho case
do you think" the Mayor was
asked. that the authorities are doing
all they know how to solve this mys-
tcry;"
,"1 do think the authorities arc doing
all they know how"
DO you think it would be advisable
TO bring others in to help?"
That !s n matter that rests entirely
with Prosecutors Reeliman aud Strick-
er, and Is not for MT to say
T. NJ. Pts!der. former Assistant Dis
trict attorney in charge OF homicide
ccases, IN New York City, and now
Mrs. Halls private counsel. asserted
today that Mrs. Halls scarf and coat
sent to Philadelphia cleaner. const!-
tuted merely an unfortunate incident.
she hnd been in the habit of sending
cl9thes to the same establishment. he
aid. Sending them so soon after the
crime was unfortunate.
MRS. Hail. according to Pfelffer, is In
receipt OF scores of letters daily from
al over the country, written by crnnks
who threaten her and blame her for
S tne crime She Insists on reading all
nef mail and is said to be upset greatly
oy Tho frequent reptition of charges
against her
Inc county authorities adoDted the
Wicy OF Keeping even local ncwspapcr
men men out of Mr.. Stric ker's office. One
VI the attendants said "Yuu get word
mere ana there, and then next dny tho
again" ""'s "'
spiritunlism Now Introduced
nplri'ualism IS the latest element
SWrroanred in the murder case. Jnmr.
M,als, husband of the murdered choir
o'nser' and sexton Of the church, re-.
ITs.'ed n letter from man in Miami
H. IN, who signed himself CDR. W Il
rm'mihia, and claimed to have cor.
;;ssponnsd ;sto a,Is with Mrs. Mills on spiritual.
never knew my wife to believe in
W'iluallsm,' said Mills today ,hi'.