Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-26
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told me that she contemplated going
into retreat. She said she was dis
contented with her home life and want
ed to get tsaway for while.
Feared Scandal Would Result
II said to her: You're not a Cath
olic-how could you 20 to retreat|
"She told me that the ,Episcopalians
had place where they could go, >, l
told her she should think of her chill
dren before taking such step.
"The minister called frequently at
the Mills home. too often. l thought.
Sometimes he was there two or three
tines a day. and he'd always leave his
car across the street. =, d,
II remarked TO my brother that !
thought the differences. in the Milis
family certainly would result IN n
scandal. I never expected things to
end though rs they did,"
Detectives and engineers turned
again to-day to where the bodies were
diecororod n week ago last Saturday IN
a hope that some scrap OF evidence
vitallv imrortant to the solution OF the
mystery may have been overlooked.
The farm, two miles from New Bruins.
wick. is overerown with thickets OF
brush and high grass. a compare
lively small radius about the spot where
the bodies lay has been searched, 1t
would take hundreds of men to make :!
thorough examination of the ground
within even a hundred yards circle. The
authorities are considering the advisa :
bility of general search, for which
,,olpptaorc Wnull ha nskpd-
Hope to Find Weapon
What the detectives hope most to find
on the farm Is the weapon with which
the crime was committed. 1t might,
they say. be rusting ut this moment not
far from the matted grass where the
| bodies lay. -,
Anticiratins such search. the spo,
was revisited today in the hope OF
| finding something in the small space
! whore the bodies lay. Though hundreds
of curious persons have tramped over
this ground, making thick, tanglet
carpet Of the high grass and goldenrod
no examination has been made OF tn
earth itself beneath the bodies. Ih'
search was with the idea of recover
ING Mt least one OF the bullets fired
| surveying instruments were taken along
! TODAY and measurements made by the
engineers. They refused to divulge jus
what was their object.
Eleven Days Without An Arrest
Eleven days have elapsed since th'
discovery of the dual murder without ar
arrest, but the authorities say they ar
now close to n solution OF the mystery
Today the Investigators announced
that they had definitely established 4
number of facts connected with thu
double killing. In the first place they
are now firmly convinced that the mur.
ders took place where the hodies were
found and that the person who fired the
bullets lay in wait for the clergyman
and his companion.
The absence Of blood stains on the
white "boiled" shirt or white crava
and collar worn by Hall, with the pres
ence of some blood on the back Of hi
| underwear are, to the minds Of the dc
tectives. sufficient TO prove that his bod
was not carried there. bc"aus" If IL hat
been the clothing would have been Grim
soned.
1t has also been definitely establishe,
that the shooting Of the couple tool
place 10 40 o'clock on the Thursda!
might that Hall and Mrs. Mills left HON
was one and then lapse and the,
three more. This hour does not agre
with the time set by the McCabes O
the others who claim to have hear,
shooting on Phillips farm that night
and the detectives are not telling JUS
J how they have reached the exact tim
of the shooting In summing up their IN
vestigations.
Conclusions Reached In Case
To date the conclusions reached b.
the detectives are
Mrs. Mills was called on the tele
phone at the home Of Miss Opie, at
O'Clock in the afternoon on the da
that she disappeared, and that she calIc
some one shortly after q o'clock tn
same day after having told Miss Opi
that she knew who had called her .
the phone earlier.
John Meeney and Thomas Coyne
trolleymcn, have definitely proved tina
Mrs. Mills was n passenger on the one
man trolley which reached the end q
the line on Easton avenue at = 3
o'clock that night. Coync knew Ers
Mills and was positive In his identfi
cation.
Ten persons have sworn that Ha'
and the woman had been meeting clos
to the spot where their murdered bodic
we're found--that 1t was Il favorit
trysting place for the pair, who ha
been in the habit Of frequenting tn
spot at least three times Il week dur
| inR tho summer