The Washington herald., 1922-10-30
Jane EqSON ).
DEFIEVlDOW
TODElNSTORY
Murder Witns 8 Chal-
lenges Mrs. Halto Meet
Her Face tsFace.
WILL TELL TRTH,
DESPITE THEATS
Son of Farm WorihMay
Corroborate ViSto
Scene of. Trag&

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. y " 80.
Mrs. Jane Gibson. whose strlins
story that she was present & the
murder Of the Rev. Edward Wlsler
Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills os he
night of September II. authonss
believe. today defied Mrs. Ffzaes
Stevens Hall. widow. of the fnr-
dered minister. to meet her fsss b
face and deny the charge that ne
had witnesses the shooting oftArl
husband and his choir singer.
4 am willing to confront NSI
Hall face to face" said Mrs. Gibspa
Il am willing to challenge her D.
deny my charge that she witness> u
the murders of DR.. Hall and Nj
Mills. I will defy her to deny tha
she was again at the scene of tn
crime on the Phillips farm. sobbini
over the bodies. at 1 o'clock in thu
morning"
Uundnunted by Threats.
Mrs. Gibson's challenge to tht
widow was in answer to question.
put to her over the telephone. Sh,
refused to see anyone at her farm.
house on Hamilton road. where she
is guarded by State troopers.
7 want to keep out of the lime.
light" said Mrs. Gibson. Il hav,
been threatened in a letter that
would be shot IL told what I know
and an effort has been made to buy
my silence. I will tell the truth
though. whatever 1t may cost me.
II will stand by what 1 told the
authorities I did not at first tell
the prosecutor about my second visit
to the Phillips farm at 1 o'clock in
the morning. / was afraid that
when / go on the witness stand the
lawyer for the defense. would ask
how / knew the woman / saw there
was Mrs. Hall.
Il intended to tell then how. be-
cause I was worried by what 1 had
seen in Derussy's lane. I returned
to the. scene of the murder. and
there, in the light of a tardy moon.
saw the gray coat OF the same
woman i had seen earlier in the
evening in Derussy's lane. That
woman was Mrs. Hall.
The prosecutor did not ask me
for details and I did not tell my
whole story the first time l was
questioned. If had been pressed
/ would not have withheld any de-
tails regarding the second trip. Ny
son, Willie. will bear me out as to
having left my house again on that
Il sympathize with Mrs. Hall. but
] will tell the truth on the witness
stand and will tell I know. 1 am
sorry that Mrs. Hall says she was
not there. II she had frankly ad-
mitted that she was there to defend
a wife's honor. / would have felt
great sympathy for her. But the
hand of Providence has guided me-"
Asked IL she had been accom-
panied by her son on her second
visit to the scene of the crime
Mrs. Gibson said: No well. !
can't talk about that
1t Is thought possible that the
"corroborative witness" mentioned
by Judge Mott may be Mrs. Gibson's
son.
Mrs. Gibson asked the correspon-
dents as to the probable action of
the grand jury.
DO you think Mrs. Hall will again
deny being there that night?" she
asked
II would not think she would deny
it," she added thoughtfully.
Hall Rode on Trolley Car.
Authorities have established that
Hall went to the trysting place on
the Phillips farm on the trolley car
which followed that In which Mrs.
Mills rode. and was seen walking
out Easton avenue toward Derussy's
lane by Mrs. Lee Harkins, who pre-
told that she was passed by
Mrs. Mills. walking hurriedly out
Easton avenue, past the end of the
car line. A few moments later, Mrs.
Harkins said. she saw the minister
in the direction taken by
Mrs. Mills.
Hunt for Rector's Watch.
Detectives have been busy for the
last two days trying to find a
fiashlight, and 32-calibre au-
cartridge clip which a ne
gro woman is said to have dis
played to a negro man some time
since the murders. The description
Of the watch generally fits DIR.
Halls The negro. whose wife had
It. said today that he took 1t in
pawn for a IS loan to an unknown
white man. who later redeemed 1t
and disappeared. He denied the ex-
stence of the cartridge clip.