The Washington times., 1922-09-17


enjoy all things deeply"
Another said:
please don't laugh at this. I
know I'm a crazy cat. but ! can't
be different. Charlotte talks, then
Dan asks questions. then he annoys,
20 how can writer"
Both Were Married.
Mrs. Mills. whose husband is sex.
ton Of ST. Johns Church, was the
mother of two children. They are
Charlotte. fifteen and Dan. twelve.
Mrs. Mills was thirty.four years old.
Hall was forty-five. Hall had no
children
Mrs. Hall, widow of the clergyman
was prostrated at her home tonight.
Until q late hour she had refused to
see newspapermen or to make any
statement concerning the tragedy.
The bodies Of Mrs. Mills and Han
were taken to an undertaking es'
tablishment at Somerville. Plans for
an inquest have not been announced.
Both Hall and Mrs. Mills had been
missing since Thursday night. Mrs.
Mills. It was learned, was a passen'
ger on a street car Thursday eve
ming and, after alighting. walked
away In the direction Of De Brussy
Lane, where the Phillips farm Is 10:
Gated.
County Physician william s. Long.
who examined the bodies, reported
that they had lain where they were
found at least since Thursday.
There was a mark3d contrast In
the relative financial ]tatus OF the
Mills and the Hall fam lies.
Hall lived with his wife, who Is
slightly his senior, In the most, con-
spicious and attractive home in this
unusually pretty town, white the
Mills family lived In the top flat OK
a wooden frame structure In the
poorest section.
Sexton Trusted Wife.
Hall came here ten years ago as
q poor minister. but wooed ana won
the wealthy Francis stevens. II was
we'll known at the time that Hall
was especially popular with The
young women o! the town.
Despite the letters found on Halls
person by detectives Mills when In.
terviewed by reporters, apparently
was disinclined - credit intimations
of undue frieadliness between the
minister and Ms. Mills.
He persisted in his statements that
he never suspected anything Of the
sort, although ne identified the let.
ters as his wife's handwriting.
Detective Totten, in charge of the
Investigation, showed some Of the
letters to newspapermen, but con.
ccaled the bottom of the puges SO as
not to disclose the signatures, If
there were any.
Love Notes Found.
One of these notes read:
Dearest: There isn't a man who
can make me smile. You said today
our hearts are true as steel. am
not pretty. ! know there are girls
with shapely bodies, but I am not
caring what they have. have the
greatest OF all blessings noble
man; deep, true, eternal love. My
heart is his, my life is his, all I have
is his. Poor as my body is. scrawny
as my skin may be. but I am his
Another excerp read: "I know II
body"
One, beginning with Darling boy" !"
reads: II love you most when you
love me as you did today-not physi-
cally, but prayerfully."
Another one queries: Have l ever
tempted your"
Detective Totten advanced the
theory that robbery may have been
the motive for the double Staying
In substantiation of this II was said
that the Rev. Hall usually carried
q considerable sum of money and a
watch. No watch was found on his
body and there was but 81 cents In
cash In his pockets.
Husband Is Questioned.
Detective Totten declared that he
had mot the slightest idea" who
committed the crime, after question
ing James Mills, husband Of the
slain young woman. Mills presented
perfect al!bi, according to Totten.
Residents In the house where Mills
lived with his wife corroborated the
statement that he had spent the
night at home.
Mills told Detective Totten that
he looked for his wife in her room
at 2 o'clock Friday morning, and, not
finding her. became alarmed and
went to the church. thinking she
might have gone there for choir
practice. Not finding her there, he
returned home.
Mrs. Hall tlso became alarmed
late Thursday might. and telephoned
- the police and detectives. 1t was
learned.
The Phillips orchard Is in an iso-
lated spot, near which stands q
vacant dwelling. A lonely road.
knows as Lovers Lane" runs
along beside the orchard.
Ordained In 1906.
Hall was born June IL, 1881, in
New York city. He was the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Douglas Hall.
He was graduated from Hobart
College in 1902, and the General
Theological Seminary, New York,
in 1906. He was made q deacon
in 1905 and a priest in 1906 by
Bishop Greer in New York city.
He was first a curate at Grace
Church, New York city. later going
to st. Bernard's Church, Bernards-
Vile, N. j., in 1906. as assistant
minister. He remained there until