Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-23
MRS. HALL
LEARNED0F TRYST
Was Cool to Husband on Hear.
ing Of Meeting Planned
With Choir Singer
RECTOR FASTENED DUTIES
BY a STAT Coyrespondcnt

| iidV VIII ATS. LIeuHOE ". Mills wv
days before they were murdered an,
events preceding the meeting are re-
garded as highly significant.
Presentation Of evidence along thi.
line will engage Deputy Attorney Gen.
eral Mott and his aides when the Som.
erset County Grand Jury reconvene,
next Monday 1t adjourned late yes.
/ terday afternoon.
! On September 12, two days before
the murder at the old Phillips farm
the authorities assert Mr.. Hall and
his wife drove In motorcar to the
for the wedding of George Stryker, oi
Cranberry, n. j., and Miss Ethel Ter
hume.
DR.. Hall assisted at the ceremony,
which was performed by the Rev. J.
e. Culp. While there. according to in
vcstigators, Mrs. Hail learned some.
thing which aroused her Indignation.
The return drive to the Hall home
was marked by an air Of coldncss be
tween DR.. Hall and his wife. invrsti-
gators allcge. As soon as he reached
his home the minister telcphoned to
Howard Eden. who was TO be married
that evening ut Halls residence.
DR.. Hail told the prospective bride.
groom that he and the bride. .elect had
to be Mt tho clcrgyman's home by Z 30
o'clock sharp. as he had very impor
tant engagement for that evening.
Rushed Wedding Ceremony
The young couple were Il few min.
utes late arriving and Miss Koch was
so hustercd she tainted just as the
| ceremony was about TO begin.
The young woman had to be carried
to the porch Of the Hall home. DR..
Hall seemed impatient and consulted
his watch anxiously while Miss Koch
was revived. 1t was not until s O'Clock
that the wedding could proceed.
The moment congratulations had been
exchanged and the bridal party left DR..
Hall pulled off his vestments hurriedly
| and threw them over rack.
Hall rushed from the house n few
moments later. Investigators say they
can prove he went to meet Mrs. Mills,
ard they assert they know where the
meeting took place.
On the following day. September l3
the Halls. Mrs. Mills and few Others
had an engagement to 60 to Lake Ho.
patcong. Mr.. Mott hopes to prove
! that in view Of the information Mrs
Hall gained that day the rector wanted
to coach the choir singer about hel
! lnrortment on the lake trip.
Mrs Eden. who Is girl Of sixtcer
and lives NJ 81 Ward street, toda,
said regarding tie wedding:
| I'VE were to have been married ~
| Monday, September II. at { 80 L. W
! The wedding was postponed. My hus
hand called up Or. Hall and he sni,
| it was all right. The next mornin.
Mr.. Eden called up and fixed the date
NJ $40 o'clock on the evening o
Saptcmber IL. nt the Hall home. Mr.
Hall said That will he all right IL yo'
are on time. because | have very i'm
| r"rtant engagement at : O'Clock. -
be sure you're here when you sa;
you will be-
$50 We arrived at 7:I5 o'clock n
tho Hall home. Before the ceremor!
could be completed ! tainted. Mrs
Hall was there and several other wit.
n"sses whose names do not recall
said. Can help you. dear" Mr.
Hall said. no in an exceedingly snapr,
manner. 1t was then that I tainted
"Snappy and Cranky"
".As I was coming to I heard Mrs
! Hall say. IN put some Of this on he
head Mr.. Hall said very snapp!y
! Oh never mind
"Well. the ceremony was performed
Mr.. Hall was very snappy Throughout
| iic seemed resentful at the delay. I,
fact, he had his hat and coat on who,
! W" arrived and was ready to leave an,
not wait for US.
when got home the first thing
said to my mother was. Mr.. Hall i
the cranklest man l ever saw"
/ The investigators today learned an
other development as the result of tn,
Eden Koch wedding at the Hall home
\ search Of the records kept by DR.. T.
I. Cronk. health officer of New Bruins
wick. uncovered the return sheet o
the wedding certificate issued to Eden
| The certificate was returned unsignc,
TO the proper authorities, II developer
today. and was scnt in by the Rev, 4
Conov"r. The big question Is, Whel
was the paper returned? DR.. Cronl
wrote the authorities at Trenton .,
September 26, and on September !.
, right for Mrs. Hall to sign the ccrt!ti
/
witnessed the ceremony.
Wife's Initials on Record
On the line reserved for the oficiat!n
clergyman signature was signed
Edward Wheeler Hall, per T.. y. H.
The Initials are the same as those @
the rector's wife, Mrs. Frances Noe
Hall.
Mr.. Mott would not disclose the dat
on which the return was made 70 tn
! health officer 1t would be signitican
only II sent after the disappearance o
DR.. Hall and the discovery Of tn
bodies.
A further search OF the records wa
made today to learn II other return
on marriages performed by DR.. Hal
had been signed in the same way.
| Two mysterious packages wer
brought into the grand jury room yes
terday, exciting much comment. T"d'l.
tained the clothing worn by Mrs. Mill
and Mr.. Inll the night OF the murder
Every ono had guessed az much. TIN
other package, about which there In,
/ been most comment. held the long con
which Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall
widow Of the slain rector, sent througl
a relative to Philadelphia to be cleane'
| and dyed.
There has been much controvers,
about the original color of this coat
now dyed black. Attorney. Pfeiifor
representing Mrs. Hall, said at frs
II had been a black. but change,
this later to brown. Today the author
lties stated 1t had been light brow,
fawn color.
VIII Test Coat Color
It was announced that they have Oh
tained similar coat, and tonight !