Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-30
'vEtfHER NAY Be
FACTOR IN MURDER
oesar Night, but No Moon at
Time Of HaII-MiIls Staying,
Says Forecastsr
POLICE TRAIL FRAlL CLUES
Nv a star Correspondent


murdered the Rev. Edward Wheeler
Hall and Mrs. Eleanor X. Mills were
made today by the authorities who are
following every frail clue in their efforts
b solve the mystery.
The night Of September IA. when the
rector and choir singer were killed.
was a clear night. according to q. II.
Noyes. weather forccaster at Trenton,
but the moon did not rise until II :26
standard time.
Until the moon rose. he contends. It
would have been impossible for any
one to see any. considerable distance.
As the murder is supposed to have
been committed before 10 clock. many
believe that the report somewhat dis
credits the story of Mrs. Gibson.
A somewhat different report Of the
weather at that time Is given by Al.
bert Farley. of the agricultural ex-
perimental station at Rutgers College.
he said II was clear on the night of
September IL and also on September
Is, and that Indications are that it
was also clear on the night of Sep
tember Il,
Anxious to Face Mrs. Hall
There is a conflict OF opinion as TO
che value of these reports.
Mrs. Gibson stands by her original
story and TODAY reiterated n desire 10
face Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall. who
she declared was present Mt the scene
Of the tragedy.
Mrs. Gibson is .puzzhng many of tine
Investigators. Her graphic description
Of the murda' scene aroused belief that
q solution of the mystery was nt hand
When she amplfel her story. doubt
began undermining the new belief.
The pig woman's' farm was still
under guard. and visitors were not al.
lowed to approach her home. Late
yesterday, however. she consented TO
discuss the case over the telephone.
This is what she said:
"Ths is the Sabbath. and I am not
inclined To discuss the case today, for
I am a woman of God and the Church.
I want to keep out of the l.melight.
have already been threatened in n let
ter with bullet. and I don't want any
more threats. An effort has been made
to buy my silence.
while fear threats and shrink at
attempts to keep me quiet. I will tell
the truth. whatever the cost to my per.
sonal safety. do not care how power
full the influences against me are. My
life will stand investigation. however
hard my detractors try to denounce my
story. which Judge Mott has told you
u entirely credible. o.. ....
II know that the blood Of Judas runs
through modern veins. That is my
answer to neighbors who decry me and
say l am on imaginative liar. They
have the cross all fixed for me and
they think they have me tied to the
cross, but they haven't got the hammer
anil they haven't got the nails, and
they can't nail me to the cross.
Says She'll Stand by Story
II withstand by what I told the au
thorities. / did not at first tell the
Prosecutor about NY return trip to
the Phillips farm at 1 o'clock IN the
morning. ! was afraid. though tina,
when got on the witness stand coun
sci for the defense would demand to
know how I knew the woman l saw
there was Mrs. Hall. l planned to tell
then OF how. because was worried BY
what I had seen in Cerrussys lane.
returned to the Philips farm and there,
In the light of the risen moon. made
out this. woman at the crabapple tree,
the same woman l had seen there be
fore.
Perhaps Ii I had been pressed
would not have withheld the details
of the second trip, but the Prosecutor
did not ask me for details. To those
who say l lie. my answer Is that my
son will bear me out as to my having
left the house the second time.
II am sorry for the woman I identi.
fed. II she had frankly admitted she
was there to defend her home l woulC
have felt deep sympathy for her. But
the hand Of Providence and destin!
has guided me- md l will tell the truth
I will tell on the stand what know
I have not disclosed all. Wait and see
Murder will out"
Clue to Watch in Philadelphia
Detectives nj last have started Il iea
search for the watch carried by DR.
Hall Mt the time of his murder. They
have slender clue that may lead &C
Philadelphia.
Otto Won Till. confectioner. of 10(
Bayard street, said that two week:
RgO Negro named Charles Anderson
employed by him, told Of another Negro
Alec Williams. who wished to sell al
old watch for $40.
Mr.. Won TIL said that when III,
watch was described to him as an ole
timepiece in hunting cnse. ornatel!
engraved, It occurred to him that thi
might be DR., Halls missing watch. II,
Ttold Anderson to get, hold of the watcl
on~the pretext that he wanted to hav
II valued by pawnbrokcr, but the rus
failsd.
Then Nir. Won III went to the court
house and was directed TO tell his stor!
TO- Detective Ferguson Instead o
adopting Won TIL suggestion that
: pseudo purchaser be sent 20 get tn
watch, Ferguson went himself and de
manded to So" the wntcn. Mrs. vii