The New York herald., 1922-12-19
HALL INQUIRY MAY
GO TO JURY TO-DAY
Justice Parker Expected to
Charge New Somerset
Panel on Murder.

Specie, Dispatch to TIE NEW YorK HE.,Lp.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. 1S.-Justice
Charles w. Parker OF the Supreme Court
will charge the December panel Of the
Somerset county Grand Jury. which con-
venes for the first time tomorrow. 1t
is expected that he will dwell at length
on the Hall-2Iil;s case.
| Against previous indications that the
| Somerset Jurors were averse to any re-
| opening OF the case, the sentiment Is
that they are ready to hear any evil
dence.
The State troopers are IN New Bruins
wick working on secret lead OF their
own. They have been here Tor more
than a week. unknown to the public. and
have achieved some tangible results.
None OF those men who were IN the In
vestigation before is now on the case
| The troopers are not registered at any
hotel. and are travelling about In differ
ent guises, now as workmen and at
| other times as statesmen.
! Detective James r. Mason and Wilbur
A. Mott, special prosecutor, have not
been here for three weeks, but the'f
work .s being carried on by lieutenants
IN New Brunswick.
New Brunswick Questions Delay.
The local interest has increased with
In the last few days In to-night's edi-
ton OF the local newspaper, editorial
comment and letters from citisens de-
| mand that something be done TO solve
tho case and punish the guilty.
Prosecutor Joseph T. Stricken OF Mid
dlesex has again taken a leading part
in the casa. From the time that he
| split with Prosecutor Azariah Bcekrnan
| of Somerset and Mott took the case
Stricken was noticed by his absence.
Since Motifs case collapsed. however. he
has been conducting hts own line OF
investigation and 1t Is more than likely
that he will ask TO 80 before the Grand
Jury In Somerville or send some one to
nresent whatever evidence he may have
acquired.
case to-day. Attorney-General McCran
said he did not know whether 1t would
be presented to the December term
Grand Jury.
ton from Mr. Mott. Hes still In the
case. you know" ne said.
II am IN no position % anything.
NJ Mott Is in charge OF the case" said
Prosecutor Beekr1an.
! "I don't. know whether the case will
be presented now or not" said Mr.. Mott
when reached on the telephone at his
honne IN Orange. "It all depends on the
way things break
.wil Mrs. Hall be permitted to go
to EuropeT
"I don't care 20 say anything about
that"
Mr.. Mott said Detective James F.
Mason Is not working actively on the
case, but through other agencies"
Noticeable among the other agen-
cles" Is a new woman investigator for
the state. This woman is supplying the
officials with whatever information she
can CLEAN from among the members OF
the choir and congregation OF the
Church Of st. John the Evangelist.
Cnse No Mystery TO Thomson.
Sir Basil Thomson. former head OF
Scotland Yard, avoided any direct refer
ence TO the HallMills murder tcaee In a
lecture in the Roosevelt Junior High
school here tonight. but he did cite a
parallel case in English crime and de-
scribed the efficient manner IN which the
case was handled, saying In q jocular
manner:
"of course this may be unusual 20 you
for you don't have crime in New Bruns-
wick
This drew a rather feeble laugh from
the audience OF 400
Sir Basil refused before the lecture
to comment on the Hall case and said {:
TIN too old a. hand TO do that"
Sir Basil said. however. that he had
reached his own private conclusions
regarding the case, but would not say
what they we're. He thought there was
little mystery about the affair. but could
not be drawn into divulging his deduc-
! tons
THE English case which he cited was
a murder in Bournemouth. In which the
murderer found, tried and sentenced
within two months. He pointed out how
carefully the police guarded the scene
OF the crime. how rapidly and thor
oughly the autopsy was completed and
how systematically the whole affair was
handled. None OF the prosecuting au-
thorities here attended the lecture.