The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-19

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! pointed even tho it isn't much.
Dearie. what a gay. happy girl l
am to-day-and yesterday, too ] love
your dear note of last night, and went
to sleep happy after reading It, OF
all people know. no one understands
me but you, but of course / have
never shown my real self to others.
One never can except to the person
they truly love. How impatient am
and will be. l want to look up into
your dear face for hours as you touch
my body close. Honey. do you sup
pose we could start early in the
morning and not return until the
following night late-say 10 or II?
Darling, do you yearn for it as I do?
When will it be. dear. the last OF
this month?
l guess I'd better not leave this but
give It TO you tomorrow. l am look
ing over toward the trees by the Elms
and dreaming. Darling my life is
nothing except I have all your love.
Dear that is why / never get discour-
aged or disconnected if l am not blest
with material things. I have the
greatest gift and blessing and l don't
need anything else. l am holding my
sweet babylxin's face in my hands and
looking deep into his heart and read
there the message that makes me live,
gives me strength and life. Oh.
honey, / am fiery to-day. Burning,
flaming love. 1t seems ages since i
saw my babykin's body ana Kissed
every bit OF you.
1t is 3 80 and he hasn't returned.
1 may wait until he comes back and
then 1 can be sure you Will get this.
Good night my true heart. / never
buy such goodies as you do for me
bur If we go on a picnic will make
whatever you like to eat. so tell me
what to make.
Words-notes are useless. But I
worship you. my darling. love you.
yes. more than ever / need you.
Contradictory Developments.
Two wholly contradictory develop
ments marked the case to-day. One was
the fiat assertion OF Prosecutor Beck
man that. based on the analysis of the
earth taken from beneath the bodies, he
believed the crime was actually COM
mitted where the bodies were found. and
the other was the making of affidavits
by two men. indicating that the killing
was done miles away and the bodies
taken to the Phillips farm in an automo-
bile.
Neither statement is convincing for
the reason that minor flaws can easily
be picked in Beekman's conclusion, while
the wild story OF the two men can be
punctured IN half dozen places. The
Importance Of the Beekman statement
lies in the indication that Beekman now
believes the crime took place in his own
county and not in the territory in which
his colleague, Joseph e. Stricken, has
jurisdiction as Prosecutor This admls-
sion is evidence that Beekman believes
l.. aba hn IN
can bring It to conclusion almost as
soon as he cares to.
Two square feet of earth were dug
up from the spot where the bodies were
found, but not until many days had
elapsed The mass weighed 1853 pounds,
including four pounds of stones ana
two pounds of grass and grass roots.
the rest being soil. Separate expert
ments were made by Horace y. Halla-
day for the Squibbs laboratories. who
found that THE fact that only zero
point zero eight of pint OF blood was
found in the soil upon which the bodies
of Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills were found
is very good evidence that Mrs. Mills
was shot before her throat was cut
nor is II likely that we would have found
zero point zero eight Of pint OF blood
in the soil If the bodies had been trans
ported TO the spot after the murder
In making public this much OF the re-
port. Mr. Beekman said that to MS
mind IL effectually disposed of the theory
that the couple were murdered elsewhere
than under the apple tree.
No allowance is made in the report or
In Mr. Beekman's statement Tor the
possibility that the distance from the
place of the murder to the apple tree
might have been slight. Nor is the
throat Tlinhf
have been cut before death at some
other place taken into consideration.
In the latter case the amount OF blood
might well be the same as in case OF
the throat cutting being done on the
spot after death
Tell of women's Screams.
The two affidavits referred to are
now in The hands of the authorities.
who do not seem to think very highly
of the affirmations they contain. the
story of these two men is as followsi
On the night of Thursday, September
II, they were driving from Red Bank
to New Brunswick, one of them having
late appointment in the neighborhood
of Buccleuch Park, which il on Easton
avenue, not far from the Phillips farm.
While they were still four miles from
this town on the road toward South
River and Red Bank. they say that as
they rapidly passed shed near the
roadside a woman screamed something
to the effect, "Oh, don't murder me
don't kill mel" The men did not stop,
but hurried on and drove into and
through New Brunswick. They passed
the shed at IL 80 at night. Forty min
utes later they saw an automobile IN
which man and a woman were visible
drive past Buccleuch Park and up
Derussey Lane. They could not distin-
! guish faces. but the woman wore gray
! coat. The lights on the car were burn
ing. Twenty minutes after that the
same car. with the same two people
visible drove back toward town, this
time with the lights out.
The shed referred to was understood
| to be at or near n place called Wetsor
Mills, which Is four miles away. There
are several places along the road that
might have answered the description
given. The trouble with the story is
/ that the murder party with the bodies
| would have had 20 drive right through
/ the center Of town to get to the Phillips
/ farm with their burden unless they tool
! a circuitous route.
/ Another and more important feature Is
! that for the murder to have been com
mitted i'm the locality indicated Hal
and Mrs Mills i'm some way would have
| had TO cross back through town from
/ the locality in which they were last
seen, which was out toward the Phillips
farm The possibility Of kidnapping and
/ Of sending for Hall TO answer a call FOL
aid remains, but the story is not taker
very seriously. especially as the two