Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-01
Mrs. Hall to Tell Her
Story Of Murder

lNTOs AXCL ~ 4 gu ACT
Story Of MlIrde,
Continued from Page One
discovered. Mrs. Halls private dctec.
tive, who has been on the Job at hel
home since the murder was discovered
will also be guard.
My. Hall to Answer Questions
Then Mrs. Hall is to answer ques.
tions. They are to be taken down By
the stenographers: The stenographer.
are to transcribc their notes upon waxed
paper. The waxed paper is to be taken,
to the mimeogrnh machines and printed
copies of the Interview turned out. Thus
the millionaire widow will be properly
quoted, and the newspapers are re.
quested to pay the bill.
Mrs. Hall also agreed to pose for
| newspaper photographers.
While Mrs. Hall is preparing TO talk,
Mrs. Jane Gibson, the pig farmer, who
insists that she was an eye. witness to
tho shooting talked some more today.
She revealed moro Of the conversation
which she heard under the crabapple
tree, during the few minutes she re-
mained at the scene.
Explanation Of Letters Demanded
She declares she heard the woman in
the srny coat cry, "Explain-explain
those letters
This statement would indicate that
the love letters had been turned over
to this woman and thnt she obtained
assistance and went to the trysting
place Of Mrs. Mills and Mr.. Hall there
to confront them with the evidence Of
their relations.
a man, whose name the authorities
refuse to reveal, now under. observa.
tion and investigation, Is supposed to
be the person who intercepted the
letters and turned them over to the
woman.
In addition to her numerous state.
inents. Mrs. Gibson today said:,
"Thcy are trying hard to discredit
doing their best to hurt me but they
are MI working for money. know
where all this comes from. These pcop!s
! have named have wealth an dinhueure
and that IL what is actuating the people
who urc attacking me.
Il am sorry for this woman in the
case. Her trouble Is great. far greater
than mine. But what can ! do. saw
the way the case hung. No progress was
being made. 1t wasn't right and this
thing stuck in my mind. l had scen
certain things which helped to clear
up the case and I had to tell them.
Says She Was Ignored
There were several people who could
have cleared 1t up before I did, but
the yrefused TO talk, and 90 ! decided
that I would tell the authorities what
kod eon, cojlod YAotootiyo ST,t&ao
up on September 20 only four days after
the bodies had been found. He did not
pay much attention to II at fret, be.
cause he wanted corroboration. But
now he has corroboration.
"These witnesses are perfectly willing
to talk now. but they would not say
anything at first. l knew there would
be lot Of notoriety, but was not
afraid. am not ashamed Of my past
lift. never did anything to anybody
and ] am not afraid Of anybody's at.
tacks."
Mrs. Gibson was asked II she knew
who was in the wagon that she followed
through Dcrusseys lane on the night Of
the murder.
Il have not the least idea who it
was." she said. II wish l did. It
would probably help greatly In solving
this case. l will not discuss the mur.
der. will make n full statement after
an arrest has been made. 1t is hard for
tho authorities to work when everybody
knows what they are doing"
Twas . Negro" She Says
Mrs. Gibson declared she has posi.
lively identified the woman she saw at
the murder scene. but that this woman
did not commit the murder. The man
who was with the woman, she said,
was undoubtedly Negro.
Concerning the statement Of Nicholas
Van Der Kraat that she tried to get his
sheep dog in order to collect reward.
Mrs. Gibson denied there was any re.
ward offered. She stated she had met
the wife of Princeton professor who
had lost sheep dog, and that she
thought Van Der Kraat's dog was the
lost animal.
Mrs. Gibson also commented on n re.
port she had been sued for failure to
pay for repairs to an automobile she
had about n year and half ago. She
said suit had been entered and a judg.
mcnt obtained by default. but it was
because she thought the affair had been
settled.
Mrs. Gibson. in a formal statement
last night. admitted she was the wife of
William Easton, a New Brunswick
toolnaker. although earlier in the dav
she denied he was her husband.
She now snys she and Easton sepa-
rated eight years ago in Trenton, but
that he followed her here when she
bought a farm. Mrs. Gibson said she
knew OF Mt least one other person who
could corroborate her story of the crime