Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-19

and Stricken, not only did not md tho
Hall letters but actually denied their
very existence.
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall. widow
Of the rector OF the Church OF st.
John the Evangelist, did not visit her
safe deposit box yesterday. as report
cd for the reason that she was much
upset by her examination yesterday.
The reason for the intended visit In
! that two New York banks with which
she had dealings have consolidated
and It il necessary for her to get some
securities. Timothy N. ~Pfeiffcr. her
! lawyer. has asked that when she does
visit the box "A representative OF tho
prosecutors Office be present 30 thcro
may be no suspicion or misunder-
standing.
Mrs. Halls Faith In Rector.
In her own home Mrs. Hall still
Processes tho utmost belief In the In
tcgrity and fidelity Of her husband do
spite the publication of his letters To
Mrs. Mills. She asserts that no was
"A pure soul and engaged In the Lords
work. but nevertheless she has told
members OF her household that Char
lotto Mills wronged her dead mother
In making the letters public. II may
bn that this seeming contradiction Is
Indicative of the heavy strain under
which Mrs. Hall has been laboring.
Her examination Tuesday war not
held with the hope OF ellciting any
thing new, but that the prosecutors
might check up her statements now
with her previous statements. Before
he last examination the prosecutors
had obtained important new evideneo
through the arrest of Schneider nn(
Hnyea and this evidence is said 10 have
pointed strongly In one direction. i
Is believed some Of IL was used In the
course OF Mrs. Halls re1cxamination
The mysterious Hungarian woman
with whom Mrs. Hall was confronted
remains mysterious. II was said a
the courthouse that she In the wife %
Matthew Sulitz. cngariah wh'
keeps "A cow on the Phillips farm an
whose Kitchen knives were taken ava,
from him some time bnck. sulitz do
MED yesterday that his wife had beel
nj the courthouse and other iufor
\ nation is that the mysterious woma
l actually lives much further away fror
l the farm than does Sulitr.
stevens HAIibi- Established"
Henry Stevens' alibi seems 90
perfect. II was ascertained yesterda,
| ~ I.avalhettc. whence n trip was mad
/ to check Il up. II was learned thu
| there Is no speedometer on Steven
| Ford car. 40 that tho stories rosardin
| the way in which II registered coul
| not he true, He was out fishing wit
| Albert Aphlegate on the night Of Sci
tcmher II and was seen also earl
the next morning. Iavnllette is fort,
live miles from here. I
II Mrs. Addison Clarke. also referrs
| to as Mlnna Clarke and regarded .
| Mrs Mills best friend. brought ne
| self Into tho colloquy TIM. hes arine
| locally over tho Milla woman's lottc
II yesterday by writing to The local new
! papers as follows:
II AN article appeared In your pap-
! on october H. and Il has sever
| times been stated that WAS n memb
- Of the church choir at the Church
nj 81 John tho Evangelist This ia n
w true. Also tho statements az 20 n
o. giving Rev. Mr.. Hall cake and n
IN are untrue.
;k AS for my going 70 tho church
all Saturday afternoon with n relative
Mrs. Hall and taking out a pncItap
this In true. The package contain
=. Rev. Mr.. Halls burial vestments. a.
H. was taken 10 Undertaken Hubbard
II. office and not 20 Mrs Halls"