Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-17
MRS. HALL IS CALLED
AGAIN TO CLEAR Up
MURDER MYSTERY
Eccentric Brother Also Taken
to Court House for Further
Examination.
AUTHORITIES HAVE A CLUE
ny Associated Press to Every Eve

by Associated Press to Every Evening
New Brunswick. n, j.. Oct. IL
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her
eccentric brother. Willie Stevens.
were brought TO the court house by
Detective Ferd David shortly after 4
o'clock today for further examination
by authorities investigating the muir
der OF Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills
Shortly before their arrival. County
Prosecutors Beekman. OF Somerset and
Stricken. of Mddlesex who have pre-
dicted nj least two arrests before
niRht-began questioning Henry Stev-
ems, another brother of Mrs, Hall. who
had driven over from his home in
Iavalette I'm response to summons
The authorities later planned to
question Miss Florence North, attor-
| ney for Charlotte Mills. the slain
| womans daughter to ask her as 10 the
authenticity Of the letters purpOrted to
have been written by Mr. Hall 10 Mrs
Mills which we're published this morn
| ing by New York newspaper
| The letters. coached In endearing
terms OF the most extravagnnt nature,
were reported To have been obtained
| from Charlotte. The authorities want
| TO know how the newspaper was able
| TO obtain them when they were with
held from those seeking 10 solve tho
double staying mystery.
Mrs. Hall and her brother were nc
companied by Miss Sally Peters. a
close friend Of tho rector's widow and
another woman. They rode In n closed
car
Newspapermen who were working
on the Hall Mills case were barred
from the courthouse during the OK
aminations
For the first time in a month the
authorities investigating the murder
believe they are on the right track
and are making plans for the arrest
of the persons they suspect Of plan
lning the double tragedy and possibly
of executing 1t.
In addition TO preparing for the ar
rests, the officials decided TO summon
two persons to the court house a
New Brunswick for questioning to
day. They would not discuss tn
Identity Of the suspects they intend q
put under arrest. but permitted Il &
become known that the persons to b
summoned for questioning were Hen
ry Stevens and Miss Louise Geist.
, Stevens. who lives in New York an
Lavallette. n. J., is a brother of Mr.
Frances n. Hall. the widow Of tn
murdered clergyman. He Is we'll TO d
, and retired and we'll known as trar
shooter. He has already given I'll
authorities an alibi for his movement
on the night of Sept. Il. the night III
rector and Mrs. Mills disappeare,
| According to Stevens. he was fishin
with friends along the beach at Laval
! lette that night.
Parlor Maid Heard Rector at PhOn
Miss Geist is the parlor maid in III
Hall home. She will be questione
e about the telephone call that Hall re
I ceived shortly before he went out tina
:. night. The girl is reported TO have sal
O that the call was received at "A
+ O'Clock. that she heard Hall take o
:, the receiver and heard him say. "Ye
q yes, yes" Then he said. according I
n the version attributed to the mai
That's bad" And later: Couldn't "
" make arrangements for later. abo,
- S.15?"
I The, decision of the authorities 70
J. lowed the unexpected discovery of ne
clues and evidence. which consisted
tangible exhibits, II includes tv
handkerchiefs found at the farm whe
the bodies were discovered under
tree. Both handkerchiefs are blot
Is stained. One is a large white line
handkerchief. evidently a mans. wi
r. no identifying initial. The other is
is small white one, with lace bordt
l. and the initial "S' in a corner. 1t
m obviously a woman's.
p According to the best informatit
O available last night, the handke
In chiefs We're found on the Phillips far
W on the day after the bodies were four
g but were not given to the authoriti
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