The New York herald., 1922-11-21
new WITNESS FOUND
AS HALL JURY MEETS
George Sipel's Headlights Said
to Have Allowed Mrs. Gibson
to See Couple in Lane.
ELEVEN TESTIFY IN DAY
Photographs, Clothing Of Rec
tor and Singer and Letters
introduced in Evidence.

Special Dispatch to THE NEw York HERALD
SoMERvILLE, n. j., Nov. 20.-Witi
the beginning of the Grand Jury hear.
ing in the Hall-Mills murder mystery
there came to light to-day knowledge
of one additional witness who is re-
garded as of first Importance by VIII.
bur A. Mott. Special Deputy Attorney.
General, and his chief aid, James F
| Mason
This man is George Sipel, small
farmer, and while parts of his story
orroborate that Of Mrs. Jane Gibson his
tale has an even more important bear
ing on the men said to be involved in
the murder.
The Grand Jury proceedings, lasting
the whole day, developed little sur
prise, but indicated that the hearings
will last longer than anticipated
Eleven witnesses We're examined. but
at adjournment at AIS p. NJ. the jury
had barely dealt with the prelimi-
naries and had not even heard In full
of the finding of the bodies.
1t therefore Is easily probable that
the hearings will continue into next
week, especially II the jury elects to
sit few days in succession. 1t may
adjourn from Wednesday TO Monday
morning.
Sipel, whose name has never before
been mentioned in connection with the
case, lives at Bound Brook lane,
about n quarter OF a mile from the
Bush road, and is about 80. He is a
raiser of pigs and a small trader, and
he has had business dealings with Mrs.
Jane Gibson. who accuses a woman in
gray of being at the murder scene,
and Mrs Nellie Russell. negress. who
says Mrs. Gibson's story is untrue.
Talked with Mrs. Gibson.
Some time ago. said Sipel tonight,
he sold Mrs. Russell some pigs and
a week ago last Sunday Mrs. Gibson
asked him to go to her farm to identify
pigs that Mrs. Russell said had been
stolen from her. When he got to the
talk about the murder. telling of her
alleged ride on her mule Jenny to
seek the corn thief and OF having wit
messed the murder.
Sipel then told Mrs. Gibson, so he
says. that on the night of the murder
he had taken a friend TO New Bruns-
wick. returning to his ; by Esston
avenue and Derussy's rune about IL
o'clock. AS he approached the neigh
borhood of the Phillips farm. where
the bodies Of the Rev. Edward w. Hall
and Mrs Eleanor r. Mills were found,
he observed what he described as a
Ford truck standing at the side of
Easton avenue. just beyond Landing
lane and not far from the Parker
Home for the Aged.
When he came abreast OF this vehi-
Gle. Sipel says II started up and turned
into Derusy's lane II was closed and
he could not see the occupants or
tell how many there were. The lights
or the Ford we're out. Sipel continued !:
This was some time between II
o'clock and 1880. What ] said to
Mrs. Gibson was What you want to
do Is find out who was IN that car, for
they may be able to help you with your
story. believe they were bootleggers.
She said to me, No. It's not n wagon
I am looking for. its roadster. And
anyway Il happened before II o'clock" :"
An official who IL thoroughly conver-
SAINT with all details OF the case said
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