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The New York herald., 1922-10-31
MRS. GIBSON'S FAMILY
TRACED IN KENTUCKY
Husband Fell off Bridge and
Was DrotUned.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HERALD.
/. LEXINGTON. KY. Oct. 3o.-Mrs. Jane
Gibson. the witness in the Hall-Mills
murder at New Brunswick. is believed to
be the former Jane Underwood. daugh-
ter Of Frank Anse Underwood. of the
Leasdale section of this county. Leas-
dale is now the name OF the post office
which formerly was Gibson.
II the Mrs. Gibson New Brunswick
Is from Gibson, KY, she is the widow
of Jobe Gibson. and they moved from
this county to Bloomington, ILL.,, at least
fifteen years ago.
Mrs. Gibson never returned here, but
her husband, Jobe Gibson. came bach
about six years ago. and while walking
across bridge near here fell off and
was drowned.
Rousseau Underwood. Mrs. Gibson's
brother, left here several years ago and
went to Illinois. sister and two
brothers of Mrs Gibson. Mrs. William
Smith and Tom and Aaron Underwood.
live near Leasdale. Members of the
family arc said to have not heard from
Mrs Gibson for several years.
The New York herald., 1922-10-31

of the desk were filled with a miscellany
of business records. In the top left hand
drawer was a small date book which
gave evidence of Mr.. Halls love OF music.
as many of the notes were reminders OF
concerts.
1T is In this room that Mrs. Hall con-
suits with her attorney, Mr.. Pfeiffer,
every day, and here she conducts the at
fairs OF her household. Just two days
ago she got out many of her childhood
toys and permitted Frances to strew
them all over the floor. In fact. the
room to-day is just like it was when Mr..
Hall was alive, except for a little wicker
bashket checked fun of letters OF SYM
pathy sent to Mrs. Hail. many of them
from childhood friends from whom Mrs.
Hall had not heard a word for many
years"
There is no crabapple tree now where
the bodies were found.
When the bodies were discovered the
Phillips house was II modef or neatness
inside, with the furniture and rugs all
in place and the floors and furniture
spotless and FREQ from dust. 1t was. as
has been said. as II the family had just
gone out for an hour or two. Now the
doors have been battered half down, the
porch pillars are tottering. the windows
dirty. broken and awry. There is hardly
whole stick of furniture left and
everything portable has been cared off.
Gone are brass candiesticks and lamps.
rugs. foot stools. small cha.ss and tables
and all over the place are torn bats OF
,aper and pages of magazines
Tney have even Clipped the ivory Of
the piano keys.
The interior Of the house is wreck
and fully five hundred dollars worth of
damage has been done. while the stuff
removed. some of it real old mahogany.
must have been worth fully another
thousand. Yet Sam Levine. the owner.
has been content to display sign, to
which no one has paid any attention:
mo tresspassing."
second appeal from Charlotte Mills,
daughter of the dead woman. to Gov.
Edwards was made public tonight.
with an appeal which the girl is sup
posed TO have written to the citizens
The New York herald., 1922-10-31
OmciaIs Believe Her.

Totten and Mason both believe the
woman's story. Totten feels that the
woman has had hard life. but that she
is telling the truth. Mason is proceed
ing. on the strength of her story. Totten
thinks well of her explanation that she
did not tell of, her second visit to the
scene of the crime that night because
she was waiting until her story was at
tackled on the stand, intending to come
back at the lawyer for the defense.
The investigators are trying to
strengthen this story, and it is to that
end that the wagon she said she was fol-
that 1t had been found. Nbut Mason said
this was not true, although progress
had been made" The one automobile
which the investigators suspected has
been eliminated.
Meteorological records corroborate
Mrs. Gibson, IL, being ascertained from
Recorder Noyes at the Trentan Observa-
tory tnat in view OF lighting and cli-
matte conditions on the night of the
murder, 1t was quite possible for Mrs
Gibson to see quite clearly what she
says she did IL she was In the position
she says she was.
The moon rose at IL :26 that night
and for about afterward 1T gave no
appreciable light. This would bring the
time when the moon shone distinctly 10
after / o'clock, the time which Mrs
Gibson gives as the hour when she re-
turned 10 the scene and in the light
of the then risen moon saw the same
woman in the gray coat bending Sob
bing over the bodies under the tree"
1t was possible for Mrs. Gibson &c
have seen figures under the tree. but
whether or not in the earlier DINNER
light and atythe distance which she gave
she could identity any one is another
matter and one over which counsel might
have some rare arguments If the case
ever goes to trial
Timothy n. Pfeiffer, counsel for the
Halls. said of Mrs. Gibsons challeng,
TO meet Mrs. Hall:
I'VE are perfectly willing to do what
ever the prosecution requests"
Regarding events in the Hall home IN
he early part OF the evening of Septem-
Der IA, the night of the murder. Il was
explained that Frances Voorhees,, 10
Mrs. Halls niece. had arrived to visi'
the Halls on the preceding Wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. Hall takes great in
terest in children and she was with tha
child until she went 60 bed. Mrs. Hall
and Frances were inside the house when
Mr.. Hall left after receiving the tele-
went out to the porch and returned in
side a little later to play with picture
puzzle until s 80 or ., when Frances
went upstairs to get ready for bed. She
called to Mrs. Hall when ready and
The New York herald., 1922-10-31
,f New Jersey pleadlng tor action on

of New Jersey pleading for action on
the case.
The message sent by Charlotte to
Gov. Edwards read:
II appeal to you. the chief executive
OF a great State. to act personally in
my demand for the arrest of the guilty
persons who killed my mother. There
has been enough of talk about the crime.
but not enough or action. My mothers
blood cries out from her grave.
My mothers blood cries out from
her grave against this inactivity and
her daughter joins in the heart drawn
cry, why has nothing been done toward
arresting the person or persons who
murdered my mother?'
The New York herald., 1922-10-31
Continued from First Page.

Miss j. Gibson" so that 1t becomes
quite difficult to know how to address
this woman who raises pigs and sells
mules.
| Mrs. Gibson's tall. thin son has a
ohum by the name of John Bosley and
John knows Willie as Willie Easton and
his mother as Mrs. Easton. Easton. who
admits he is her son. was asked what
he thought OF the story she has told and
he said
she tells an amazing story. She has
O brilliant mind"
Had Husband, Jobc Gibson.
Mrs. Gibsons storJ of her early life
in kentucky was verifi in part last
night in a dispatch to THE New YORK
HERALD from Lexington. This message
said her husband, Jobe Gibson. fell off
a bridge there and was drowned about
six years ago. rrs. Gibson's comments
on New Brunswick Investigations into
her past we're.
II have heard OF these terrible attacks
on me. l knt they say l left Gibson,
Larue county, KY, many years ago, at
ter my husband was drowned. | know
they say moved to Bloomington. Ill. l
know they say I was figure in the
Il
Il know every one wonders why l said
l was the widow of a clergyman named
Gibson. who died seventeen years ago,
and why | have not revealed the full
story OF my pas. You tell me the Of
ficials. Wilbur Mott and the rest, are
investigating Tire story OF my lite
"Wel. 1 ae4t care. know l am here
in New Brunswick and l witnessed the
the murder OF Mr.. Hall and Mrs Mills.
/ What difference does IL make whether
! have had a past or not. My past,
Is my own business. ! am hard work.
ing woman. 1 til my farm; my son
lives with me. | have told what l know.
Why should Mr.. Mott or any one else
delve into my 'pasty Do you know
why? | don't
No available maps or records show
any Gibson in Larue county, which is
across five counties and seventy five
miles from Fayette county, of which
| Lexington is the seat and in which Mrs
| Gibsons family was traced TO a COM
munity formerly named Gibson.
The New York herald., 1922-10-31
HALL PROSECUTION Baked
IN SUPPORTING MRS. GIBSON

Mrs. Hall went to her and heard her
prayers.
Three investigators. among them Mr..
Mason. spent an hour to-day trying to
see whether there was any connection
between two cartridges found yesterday,
six and a half weeks after the crime,
and the murder. The cartridges were
special 32 caliber long. not intended for
Colts automatic, such as the murderer
used. They were found in place that
has been trampled over by hundreds
since the crime. Whether they dropped
from the pocket of some man strolling in
the neighborhood at night, or were
deliberately planted TO be so found. 1t
was established that they were not used
in the slayer's gun.
II seems a pity that story so full
Of unusual characters has TO subordi-
nate a gravedigger, but Siggerty Smith,
also known as Lut Smith. whose real
name is Sigourney Smith, has been su-
ordinated.
Smith lives in the Fraley house.
across De Russey's lane from the Phil
Ii farm, and he Is gravedigger in the
Elnwood Cemetery. far away across
town. lie is another of those unpre-
possessing characters that have figured
in this case. He has huge nose and
bad teeth and temper he is not loath
10 display. When an attempt was made
to interview him to-day he said with
snarl:
II want money, that's what want;
money. Understand that?
Then he said. with an oath or two or
three, that the State troopers had told
him not to talk.
According to the story that has been
in circulation for several weeks. Smith
said to a man he met on trolley car
on Friday, September 10, the day after
the murder:
There was a murder out my way
last night"
The bodies were not discovered by
Raymond Schneider and Pearl Bahmer
until Saturday, so If Smith had
really said that 1t would indicate he ha
known about the killing long before
any one else except the woman who says
she saw il.
The New York herald., 1922-10-31
Near Enough to Hear shots.

Mason and the State troopers ques-
toned Smith to-day and he told them
he had never made the remark. They
know OF no way of proving that he ala
and so they have had to let this drop
too. at least for q while. But is hardly
believable that no one In the Fraley
house heard the shots or the screams, so
close is the house to the crabapple tree
that was until the souvenir hunters got
II.
The explanation of the Fraleys and
Smith is that there is "A piano and a
phonograph in the house and that a
young man in the family plays the pho
nograph all the time, whether some one
Is playing the piano or not. Smith said
IL was probable that on the night of the
murder both instruments were In use at
once and no one could hear thing. Mrs.
Fraley told interviewers weeks ago that
every one In the house was asleep early
and that If they heard the shots they
would have paid no attention. so fire.
ouent are the shootings in the foreign
settlements near by. Smith said:
Sleep Who the could sleep
with that photograph going all
the .time?"
Smiths chief acquaintances are two
other gravediggers-Charles Denton OF
800 Livingston avenue, which Is as aerie
and awe inspiring lonely shack as can
be found in or near New Brunswick, and
Myron Pollard. tall, gaunt individual
with faculty for forgetting, who would
make an ideal gravedigger in play.
Both these men were reported as having
heard Smith make this remark on the
Friday, but both denied that he had said
a word to them about the murder until IT
was two weeks old. Yet 1t occurred al
most in Smiths front yard.
The finding of gold cuff link on the
Phillips farm a week after the murder
became known yesterday. The link was
engraved with the three letters Nv. l..
s." and on the ball end of the link was
Inscribed "1909.' This link has been
turned in to the authorities and they have
refused to say anything about it,
The link was discovered by f. r. Kill
'enberg of 213 Suydam street. who
with a friend. was inspecting the scene.
AS he walked up the front steps of the
old Phillips farmhouse his eye was at
tracted by the CLINT OF gold. and he
stopped and picked up the link, which
| from it's appearance had been there for
some time He said nothing at the
time but took the link to a local jeweler
| and asked him to make out the initials
| of the scroll monogram. Then he told
one or two of his friends and word got
to the local authorities. who asked him
to turn over the link.
The public possibly has received a
mistaken impression through the incor-
rect publication of the ages of Mr. and
Mrs. Hall. Mrs. Hall has been pictured
as a woman markedly older than her
husband, some setting her age as high
as so. AS a matter of fact she is only
AZ. only six years older than her hus-
band. who was Al.
A close friend of the HALL family to-
The Washington times., 1922-02-27
Dc. GIRL TOLLS
FOR RELIEF Of '
FAR EAST POOR
Miss Doris Goetz Finds Suffer-
ing PitifuI Among constan-
tinopIe Refugees.

Miss Doris Goetz, q member 81
the Burial Sunday school class of
the Calvary Baptist Church. went
as q volunteer 70 Constantinople
last April, under the auspices OF the
Near East Relief. Her hopes were
high. With one more over there
in that faminine stricken land. sure
ly an abundance OF distress could be
relieved. The main thing was "to
get there"
But ten months hard ton n the
soup kitchens among half starved
ragged natives OF that famine striker
land, have convinced her that just
one more American girl Is not
enough. In letter received by
friends In the city, Miss Goetz pleads
with them 10 urge more American
women TO come over and give aid 10
the suffering and distressed. She
writes
The reports OF the suffering here
have not been exaggerated. could
never have dreamed IT. We are
housing $4,000 children in $50 old
Russian barracks. two miles out.
side the city. Miss Goetz is now
stationed ct Alexandropol IN the
Russian Caucasusy. II reminds me
OF the army camp except that we
have little grey clad Riddles instead
Of khaki men. The majority are
girls because men and boys have
been killed off. We cannot possibly
find room for them all, and they cry
so pitifully outside the doors.
IF any Christian in America
could once hear those cries and see
the pleading eyes, they could never
hesitate for one moment to share
comforts that even crumbs OF bread
could be given to these little ones,
I'm the city Of Alexandropol con-
ditions are far worse. We have
established soup kitchens. there.
where we give one meal a day as
long as our apportioned supplies hold
out During a short walk in Alex.
andropol the other day. I passed
nine starving babies lying in the
road, between the ages Of three and
four. not counting the older children.
and I was compelled to pass them
BY.
IF the American people could
realize the value OF warm clothing
they would not throw one article
away. Old clothes from America are
the only new things these people
have had for several years. pray
God to reward them for their
loyalty"
The Washington times., 1922-02-27
SAGE TEABEAUT|F|ES
AND DARKENS HAIR
Don't Stay Gray! 1t DarkensI
| So Naturally that No.
body Can Tell.

You can turn gray. faded hair
beautifully dark and lustrous al
most over night II you'll get a
bottle Of '"Wyeth's Sage and Sui
Iphur Compound" at any drug
store. Millions Of bottles of this
old famous Sage Tea Recipe. I'M
proved by the addition of other
ingredients. are sold annually,
says q well-known druggist here,
because II darkens the hair so nat
urally and evenly that no one
can tell 1t has been applied.
Those whose hair is turning
gray or becoming faded have a
surprise awaiting them. because
after one or two applications the
gray hair vanishes and your
locks become luxurianly dark
and beautiful.
This is the age OF youth. Gray
haired, unattractive folks aren't
wanted around, so get busy with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound tonight and you'll be de-
lighted with your dark, handsome
hair and your youthful appear
ance within few days.
The Washington times., 1922-02-27
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The Washington times., 1922-02-27
DANGEROUS to Take Advice of Persons
Who Agree With Us.

selves which seems 70 indicate
that Il Is not for our good and we
need outside influence In favor OF
it before we can muster up cour-
age to 70 ahead.
Then Il is that false friends or
disinterested ones give the matter
little real thought from our angie
and give us the pat on the back
that sends us into that which wo
may later regret most bitterly.
Remember everybody Is looking
out for their own interest, and only
those who love us very much viii
risk offending US by discourage
ment.
Our friends" may not mean to
treat our trust lightly or purposeiy
III advise us, but they have trou-
bles and interests Of their own
and haven't the time or inclination
to give serious thought to our
angle and problem. or study every
circumstance and likely result.
So when you seek advice or 70
sent rules and regulations In your
home, remember that II Is often
safer for your interests to listen
TO those who love you more than
you do yourself.
The Washington times., 1922-02-27
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The Washington times., 1922-02-27
SOVIET CHANGE
.ST|RS INTEREST
IN WASHINGTON
Believed Revival OF Russian
Trade Would Be of Benefit
To Entire World.
BY w. II. ATKINS,
international News Service.

What is about to happen in Russia?
And how will It affect American re-
lations with the Soviet authorities?
Those are two questions that are
uppermost in the minds of diplomats
here, and of leaders Of thought In
the Harding Administration.
Some significant developments may
be noted, as indicating the drift OF
things. Standing out In these pass
ing developments there are these
points that may be considered:
/. Following declaration Of a new
economic policy by Lenine, Govern
nlent official sources have begun to
hear that there is an actual trend
from the communicate toward the
capitalistic system Of government.
2. On the strength of the Soviet
assurances that the shackles have
been removed from private trading
and property rights IN some degree,
and the fact that the requisition sys.
tenn has been modified to allow more
incentive to the producers, there Is
seen in latest reports a deyfre to
speed up production in Russia in
some lines.
Banks Are Opening.
3. Banks are opening in Russia,
stores that have been closed for
years have reopened. there IS more
active bargaining among individuals.
and there Is less fear apparently that
all a Russian makes or acquires will
be taken to support the well.known
Red army.
OF course. officials here DO not
take at their face value the state
ments made by Lenine, or his pro-
nouncements contained in the
lengthy statement Of economy OF
policy which he promulgated.
Nor do officials accept the word
Of those who control the Soviet press
for they have been shown to be
grossly misleading and in the past
apparently circulated for effect, or
for propaganda, rather than through
a desire to disseminate news events
This Government Is not depending,
however. upon wild statements. or
The Washington times., 1922-02-27

those that are clearly inspired. It's
own agents are keeping the Govern
ment informed OF the trend OF things
in Russia. And the outlook Is not so
dubious as 1t was several months
ago. ..
Russia Big Storehouse.
The fact that Russia is one OF the
big storehouses OF the world, that
her prosperity would at once help
to lift the whole world out of the
financial and commercial slough, en-
courages the belief that the signs
now noted are those OF permanent
change toward a more stable system
whereby other nations safely may
deal with Russia and with Russians.
Russia's demand for American
goods, II met with cash, or with
credit that Americans would &C.
cept, would of itself largely solve
some Of the moro pressing American
economic troubles. 1t Is recalled that
Russia was not only one Of the big
gest producers before the war. but
was one OF the largest buyers Of
American goods.
During the last fiscal year Russia
bought American goods worth ST.
100000. 1t may be near that figure
the present year. But the purchases
were made indirectly" through
Russian buyers stationed in neutral
capitals. In such capitals as Copen-
hagen. Stockholm and others Rus
sian gold in vast amounts had been
deposited to purchase food for Rus
slams after the Soviets got control.
Much OF this metal came to Amer
lea. The goods were consigned to
buyers in the neutral countries. But
the gold when 1t reached New York
bore the mint stamp of the countries
which accepted 1t. and under a
Treasury ruling It was acceptable at
American assay offices.
The Washington times., 1922-02-27
BY FAY KING.

Lots Of young people who have
good homes and considerate par
ents arc dissatisfied and wish they
could go away and live independ.
Ont lives, FREQ to do as they
please.
Sometimes they run away from
home and sometimes they just
stay on, sulking and plying them
selves.
They get notions about this or
that and when they talk their
ideas over with their friends or
seek advice they always find the
people who agree with them most
cOngeniA and relegate those who
discourage them into the same
class as the parents whom they
consider old fashioned and prudish.
That's the trouble with asking
for advice and guidance In Q mat
ter that we are not sure OF. We
always take the advice OF those
who convince US that We are right,
and the very fact that we ask peo-
pie to advise US about something
that we do not feel We should do
should guard US against IL.
When We want 10 do something
that our families do not approve
Of then we 60 to our friends and
only remember what those who
agree with us have said and those
who have encouraged US to do
what we really want to do.
In asking advice Il Is always
well TO thoroughly consider the
source. The best advice comes
from those who actually have our
best interests at heart, and youth
will find that there are very few
In the world outside Of our own
and perhaps a sincere friend. That
Is why so often our family or that
real friend will discourage US In q
matter that we have I'm mind, but
that we have q feeling within our