Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-12


accounts, an admirer of Pearl Bah
mer. 10th was asked whether 1t was
the custom of Schneider to carry
a gun. He reported that he didn't
know. but that he had heard on one
occasion that Schneider had threat
ened to shoot him and had gone up
| to Schneider and demanded TO
know whether or not he had a gun.
| Eohneider's answer was to turn his
pockets inside out and prove he was
unarmed. "If he had had a gun
was going to take 1t away from him."
said 10th.
Ide Back ON "Honors."
But on another occasion 10th said
Schneider had a gun, or at least had
| lent 1t to Pearl, who dropped II
while the three were talking. This.
too, was of 20 calibre. Almost every
weapon the authorities have got hold
Of is .22 calibre pistol. The crime
was committed with so calibrs.
While there is every disposition to
dismiss as worthless the tale of the
finding OF bloody basket near the
old Phillips farm house on the day
the bodies were discovered, there is
some reason to believe there may be
more to this story than appears at
first glance. The affair is being In
vestigated. as It fits in nicely with
a theory on which some of the
sleuths not connected with the Of
1ces OF Beekman and Stricken are
working. Since the arrest Of Hayes
the prosecutors have been more or
less lying back on their 'honors."
Virtually nothing has been done in
the last two days on the older lines
OF inquiry. There Is also a marked
disposition not to get excited over
clues that may seem to need a little
hard work TO follow up.
While the BANNERS. father, son
and daughter. held the stage for the
moment, though their connection
with the actual crime appears 10 be
fiimsy and the theory that embraces
them far fetched, and while young
Clifford Hayes Is charged with the
murder and his accuser, Raymond
Schneider. Is In Jail as a material
witness, there is excellent reason to
believe that new developments with
IN the next forty-eight hours will re-
move all or nearly all OF these char
acters from within the limelight.
It Is virtually certain It will re-
place them with a cast concerning |
new figures as well as some OF those |
who have been prominently featured
before.
No one active in the so-called IN
quiry which Beekman and Stricken, |
the two prosecutors. are conducting !
believes that Clifford Hayes shot |
Hall and Mrs. Mills. This was as
certained on high authority. Hayes
Is believed innocent by nearly every
one. although he stands accused.
There Is reason to believe that
Schneider may recant and thereby
bring about the liberation Of Hayes.
Schneider is a sick young man and
IS not enjoying his stay In the Som
erville Jail. Highly nervous. erratic,
and, according to his own lawyer,
deficient mentally. he appears likely
to go to pieces at any time.
nJust Imagination"
II Schneider gets bail, as his
counsel Is suggesting. he will not find
himself popular in the Sixth Ward,
where both he and Hayes lived. The
feeling there Is strong, and probably
will result in more trouble of the
sort that broke out last night when
Detective Frank p. Kirby nearly was
mobbed by some Of the most violent
Of Hayes's defenders.
II has been decided as far as
Hayes is concerned that no writ of
habeas corpus shall be sought, in
asmuch as the statement Of
Schneider accusing Hayes probably
would convince the court that the
had sufficient in the way
Of a prlma facie case to hold the lad.
Thomas H. Hagerty, counsel for
Hayes, said today that Hayes had
.alked to him at length. and added:
I am not willing to make the con-
ents OF his statement public at this
Tine, but I will say that he has ac-
counted to me for every minute Of
lis time for a week before the
murder. I am satisfied that Sch
leider was not there either, and that :
he whole story IS just a product OF
lis Imagination" f,
This clearly shows that an abb :
viii be Hayes's defense. his state :
nent being TO the effect that he was {
t home at 12.45 o'clock on the n
norning of the murder. In this as +
ertion 4. is understood his family n
rill support him. Hayes, in jail, is D
D a much better way than Schnei-
err, confident and keeping his nerve n
dmirably. n
Women TO Help Hayes Q
1t is quite probable that the Ameri- a
an Legion of New jersey and per- L
apps of the country will be called on a
, aid the defense of Hayes. Not n
My are the plans for a public sub@
,ription and a tag day being COM
leted here but Mrs. Joseph Warren 6
ianforth, of 1T2 Glenwood avenue, =
asst Orange, came here with a dele =
alton of women and after con- a
,rring with those who are prepar-
IL for the defense fund activities r
lid that having been in war work q,
nd hearing that young Hayes had nj
cen in the navy. they had deter A
lined to lend their aid. Mrs Dam I.
nth said she would appeal at once III
the Legion in New Jersey to help ii
nd that she hoped through the New
srsey posts TO arouse sentiment in III
Ie Legion throughout the country SC
Id thus bring the national organ &C
alton into the case. W
At the City Hall It was announced til
at Mayor Morrison had taken up &C
proposal that next Saturday be CO
ag day" for the Hayes defense
nd with the other members of the On
.Y commission and that eYerv ~