Evening star., 1922-10-30
GRAND Jury PROBE
. OF MURDER IN N. !.
IS FACING DELAY
Notices Not Yet Forwarded
to Members to Assemble
for Case.
GIBSON STORY FAVORED
Special Deputy Attorney General
Reiterates Confidence in
Recital of EYE Witness"
GIBSON STORY FAVORED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j.. October
30.-Possibility that the Hall-Mills
murder case would be presented to
the grand jury today seemed remote
this morning. Information from
Somerville. county seat. was to the
warded to members Of the grand jury
and that it would require at least
twenty-four hours for the inquisitors
to assemble after receiving notices.
Special Deputy Attorney General
Wilbur A. Mott today reiterated his
confidence in the story told him by
Mrs. Jane Gibson. woman farmer,
that she witnessed the murders.
Story Corroborated.
Two witnesses, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man r. Tingle. who live diagonally
across from the Phillips farm, have
Corroborated Mrs Gibson's story in
so far as the hour of the murders is
concerned. The Tingles heard sounds
which they think may have been
pistol shots about 10 pm. September
IA. the night the Rev. Edward Wheeler
Hall and his choir leader. Mrs. Flea
nor Reinhardt Mills, were shot.
Mrs. Gibson yesterday said that she
wanted an opportunity to confront
Mrs Hall and challenge her to say
that she was not present al the slay-
ing of her husband and did not return
later and arrange his clothes and
glasses.
Denial by Mrs. Hall.
Mrs. Hall. through her attorney. has
emphatically denied that she was on
the Phillips farm on the night that
her husband was shot to death with
his choir singer.
Mrs. Gibson explained that it was
more than mere curiosity which
prompted her to return to the Phillips
farm after she alleges she witnessed
the murders. She claimed that In her
original statement to the authoritles
she explained that she lost one OF her
moccasins. That it was while she was
hunting for 1t that she saw the dou-
BILE Staying and rode away on her
mule at once.
Afraid Of Suspicion.
Not until she reached home, Mrs.
Gibson said, did she realize that the
presence of her footwear on the farm.
near the scene Of the murder. might
lead investigators to connect her
with the crime She Immediately sad
died her mule. she said. and returned
to see a woman in gray coat bend
ing over the body of the slain rector.
The authorities who were reported
to have found the rector's watch be-
fore Clifford Hayes was arrested III
connection with the murder. only to
be released later. reported that they
were seeking a negro who offered for
sale watch resembling that taken
from the rector's body. He is now
believed to be in Philadelphia.
Tells of Having Watch.
The authorities said they had ques-
toned Charles Anderson. negro. who
had had the watch in his possession
for a time. He said that he had held
IT for several days in paymen. of a
gambling debt, but that the negro
who had given it to him later re-
claimed it and disappeared. Ander-
son said he did not know his name.
William O'Rourke. a building con-
tractor. told newspaper men that on
the night of the murders he was driv-
ing on Easton avenue shortly after
o'clock, when he met Mr.. Hall walk
ing toward Phillips farm with
woman, whom he was unable to
identify.
Slgnt anu lett QuilS Sei tail .idS oHe WAS
not the woman. He explained that he
had given this information to the au-
thorities several days after discovery Of
the crime. His story. he said, he felt
was important in view of the theories
which had been raised that the rector
and the choir singer might have been
kidnapped and carried by force in auto
mobiles to the farm.
One of the first pieces of evidence
which became public after the finding
of the bodies was that Mrs. Mills had
been seen on a street car which runs to
the city limits near Easton avenue.