The New York herald., 1922-09-19
ARREST TO-DAY PROMISED
IN JERSEY DOUBLE KILLING

he would sit or a curb or doorstes, for
| hours. watching tho .ittle girls from
| 10 ls years, who played IN the street
| or passed by.
Confirmation OF this was Immediately
| obtained in the Hungarian district
| where Stevens seemed 10 know every
/ body. Despite his rather peculiar ac-
| tions, he was entirely harmless. and
| there has never been a complaint about
| him. as far as could be learned. There
| was ore little girl of IA, to whom he
| sent box of fruit from Florida. and
many OF the youngsters seemed 20 re-
! gard him as mere boy. who got mad
when some one called him billy goat.
| billy goat"
Gossip in the neighborhood was that
he had known rather better than any
one else Hungarian widow. Mrs. Lam
gal, and had stopped more than once at
her house. The widow. VINO is elderly
and stout and speaks poor English. de-
MED the story. She did say that Willie
had good heart and was a kind man,
but her daughter. Elizabeth, IT. seemed
TO know a great deal more about the
man.
The daughter confirmed everything
that had been said OF his spending hours.
sometimes whole days. in this lone dis
tric.. so different from the better sec
iton in Nicholl avenue. where he lived in
the home Of his sister and brother-in-
law. Concerning Willie. Elizabeth said
1 why. ! saw him on Friday morning.
| and he said he was worried. l asked
him why. and he said he was worried
about his hrother-in-law because he
! hadn't come home, and had never stayed
away before. ! didn't pay much atten-
\ ton because he often talks along like
/ that sometimes SO slowly that cou!dn't I
! understand what he was saying. He
! told me he was very fond OF his
! brurhcr- law. and he worked for him
| writing letters and that sort of thing.
store. and II we gave him money he
would take IT. oh. yes. he would. He
| was very close with his money
The brother was the only other men,
Der of the family in tho Hall home on
Thursday night when Mrs. Hall became
| agitated over the late absence Of her
husband and 1t was to him she turned.
According to the story told to Mr..
| Beekman on Sunday. Mrs. Hall awak-
ened Willie on Friday morning about
and asked him to accompany her to
the church In her search for her hus-
band. The watchman of the State
College for Women nearby saw her re-
enter her home. but there is no evidence
that Willie was seen to enter at the
| same time.
Early to-day. according to a report
about the railroad station, which Is the
fountain head OF great part Of New
Brunswick gossip. Willie appeared there
and announced that he was ION the
lookout for a doctor who was response
BILE for the spreading of scandalous
stories about his sister. He is reporte.
to have said:
"If find him I'll settle with him IN
my own way"
Feared for Wife's Health.
Aside from the deep interest shown
in the habits and actions OF Mrs Halls
brother, the funeral of Mr.. Hall and the
clearing up of some or the minor con-
tradictions that have arisen since the
bodies were found occupied the authorl-
ties. One OF the latter related to the
condition of health in which Mills be-
lieved his wife to be and his expiana- :
tion that he sought her at thc church
at 2 o'clock In the morning, believing
her so sickly she might have tainted
there.
Mrs. Mills underwent an operation in
February at the hospital as has been
told. There appears to be no doubt
that she told her husband she still was
suffering from that operation, and