Evening star., 1922-10-27

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NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J.. October
27.--Wilbur A. Mott special deputy
attorney general, who has taken over
the inquiry into the Hall-Mills murder
mystery. expected to interview a
prominent churchman today in an
effort to corroborate statements of
Mrs. Jane Gibson. eyewitness Of the
staying.
Mott indicated that he intended to
cause the churchman's arrest upless
he agrees to become a witness for the
prosecution. Failure OF the man, said
to have been near the scene of the
murder. to acquaint the authorities
with his alleged knowledge of the
affair has laid him liable to arrest.
Prosecutor Mott believes.
Found Letters in Stove.
Mott Is said to be in possession of
data showing that this same man had
discovered the letters of Mrs Eleanor
Reinhardt Mills. left in the church
stove for Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall,
who was killed with her. and that he
showed them to Mrs. Frances Stevens
Hall. the clersyman's wife.
His car is said to have been parked
near the crabapple tree on the old
Phillips place and its headlights made
it possible for Mrs. Gibson to- see the
battle that ended in the death of DR..
Hall and Mrs. Mills.
Attorney Timothy, n PfeifSer, rep
resenting Mrs. Hail, den!ed&fst night
that either Mrs. Hall or her brother,
Henry Stevens. were present when the
clergyman and his choir singer were
killed. He reiterated that Mrs. Hall
did not leave her home that night be-
tween pm. and am. and that
Henry Stevens was fishing in the
ocean at Lavalette. n. J. Mr.. Pfeif-
ure that Mrs. Hall and Stevens were
the persons named in the statement
of Mrs. Gibson.
Sergt. Lang of the state police, State
Detective Mason and a county detec-
tive visited the Phillips farm again
yesterday. going carefully over the
ground mentioned in Mrs. Gibson's s
story.
Mrs. Gibson-who retired from the
thrills Of a circus ring to raise pigs
introduced herself unobtrusively into
the case when Clifford Hayes. war
veteran. was arrested. Keeping si-
lence. 1t is set forth. because of the
financial influence of persons whom
her story would implicate, she never
theless went to the authorities with
her story when she found Hayes
falsely accused.
At that time. it was learned. she
was brushed aside in the excitement
Of the arrest. When that trail proved
a blind alley. some one remembered
the pig woman" as Mrs. Gibson is
known throughout the countryside.
Detectives went to her humble lit
tie home. for the preservation of
nerve to meet mortgage engage
menta 1t was then reported that the
authorities had located a woman who
had been an eyewitness Of the dou-
BILE murder, but 1t was not until
Tuesday that her name became
known.
Mrs. Gibson Re-Euacts Movements.
At that time it was learned that
she had identified the woman with
the murderer. and had heard her cry
out the murderer'S name. She had
met the woman some time ago at a
runmage sale.
Yesterday she told newspaper men.
in a graphic account Of the staying,
that she did not know the murderer
at the time, but that she since rec
ognYzed him.
Mrs. Gibson has re-enacted for de-
tectives her movements on the night
of the murder. They waited until
the 9 o'clock Milestone bus passed.
Mrs. Gibson went out to the barn
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