New-York tribune., 1922-10-06
2 Love Letters
From Rector to
Singer Revealed
Prosecutor Has Passionate
Missives Which Indicate
DIR. Halls Guilt i'm Face
OF Support of Church
Autopsy Shows He Fought
Authorities Believe Pastor
Struggle d to Protect
Mrs. Mills From Injury
By Boyden Sparkes

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oct. g.
1t became known to-day that Prose-
cutor Joseph Stricken has in his pos
session two letters, filled with express
sions Of love and passion, that were
written by the Rev. Edward w. Hall 20
Mrs. Eleanor Mills. These letters were
found among the love notes in Mrs.
Mills's handwriting that were scattered
by the murderer with gesture Of con-
tempt over the forms of the two vic
Tins.
Heretofore it has been contended by
the officials that there were no letters
from .DF.sHall to Mrs. Mills, and there
quarters as to whether the rector had
been faithless to his office and his
wife. The vestry Of the Church of st.
John the Evangelist, Bishop Paul Mat
thews and Mrs. Frances Hall, widow Of
the murdered clergyman, have all de-
clared an mistaken faith in his integ-
rity. The letters in his own hand
leave no doubt that can be sincere.
They were signed, it was said, with the
initials D. T. L., often used as the alb
breviatfon for the German of "Your
true love-"
The autopsy performed in the Kings
County Morgue to-day established ons
other thing: DR.. Hall was shot alter d
struggle in which he skinned mis-
knuckles and one arm. The shot that
killed him entered his right temple and
emerged behind his left ear after the
steel-jacketed bullet had mushroomed
and ranged downward through his
brain. A second bullet clipped tiny
bit of flesh from the lobe Of his left
ear. It is possible this bullet was one
Of the three that were found in Mrs.
Mills's skull.
The bruises on the minister's knuck-
les are believed to indicate that he had
fought before death came, perhaps to
save Mrs. Mills from the frenzied at
tack of jealous person. There can
be no doubt that the murderer felt
greater degree Of vindictiveness to-
ward Mrs. Mills than toward the minis
ter. The slashing Of the woman's
throat is believed to establish that
AS DR.. Halls arm was beneath Mrs.
Mills's shoulders when the bodies were
found there is little reason to ques-
tion that he was shot first. He was
Y. M. G. A. gymnasium trained mus
1t would have been the natural thing
for the murderer to dispose OF him
first.
Shell Found in Waistcoat
This is substantiated by one other
bit Of mute evidence. When the body
of DR.. Hall was disrobed at the morgue
here an empty shall cast from the
murderer's weapon was found inside
the top Of his waistcoat. An auto
matte pistol discharges shells at right
angles to the line Of fire. It is high
ly improbable that DR.. Hall was stand
ing when this shell was thrown and
therefore it is assumed he was dead
before Mrs. Mills and that the she'll
in his clothes was thrown from one
of the three bullets that pierced her
brain.
With DR.. Hall and Mrs. Mills lying
there dead the murderer was moved
by a strange impulse to arrange their
limbs neatly. Then DR.. Halls panama
hat was laid over his face and Mrs.
Mills's scarf over hers. That scarf, 1T
was learned to-day, was one Of several
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