New-York tribune., 1922-11-15
roof W itlow
(lnitIIoraleEarly
Murder Night
Ru.nor, Spread by Detec-
i've. OF Witness Who Saw
Mrs. Hall Going to Car
penter Shop. Is Denied
Mott Finishing Up Case
s,ase Hopes TO Convince
Jury Wife Knew Gossip
about Rector and Singer
rrpr 3 star oorrsspondsnt

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Nov. H.
sssterent made to-day by o de-
,sssSsye that Wilbur Mott, Special Dep
u.v attorney General in charge of the
;.vkaigation into the murder of the
pss Eaward W. Hall and Mrs. Ell
ss.er r. Mills, had witness who had
.ssn The elergyfnan'a wife leave her
skns hastily within thirty minutes of
pS asparture the night of the MUIR
I Ss was denied officially tonight.
Saeh witness would have been
rest valuable acquisition to the in
wstigators Of the murder. Mrs. Frances
stevens Hall has said that she did
ias leave her home September ID, the
right her husband and the sections
wife were killed, until $3.50 a. m.
II was about 1880 p. M. that Mr..
Hall went out and. according to the
faHior which now has been denied, Mrs.
Hall was seen to hurry from their
senae to that of Henry carpenter, a
sehsins who lives nearby. about s
sslock.
Rumor, Detective Admits
Confronted with the official denial
sthe rumor, the detective who started
acknowledged that the witness to
dom he referred had not been found
| nd that he merely had heard that
4ere was such a man.
timothy N. Pfeiffer, counsel for
Hs. Hall, declared prior to the denial
Il the report, that Mrs. Hall did not
saye her home until about 2:30 d. M.
h6urs after her husband and the choir
singer had been killed
e0n the night of the murder Mrs.
Esll was playing with the children OF
Edwin Carpenter and little Frances
Voorhees,, Mr.. Halls niece, in the Hall
sone,s said Mr.. PfeifFers3l
aThe Carpenter children left shortly
hiore Mr.. Hall went out at 1880
stsr receiving the telephone call from
g.s Mills. Mrs. Hall continued to
muse little Frances until about Q
fslock, when the CHILD went upstairs
bed. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Carpen-
sr dined that night with Mr.. and
Ers.5. <. Rice, of Highland Park. and
ID not return to their home until 10
clock or later. Mrs. Hall would have
lad no object in going to the Car
Gender home. as her cousin was not
,hsfss
SAPSSse@H AZ AAoSPtt&R
Fhs condition of Henry Carpenter.
Eho Is in ths hospital here with appen-
dlcitis, was reported to-day to be-satis-
iattefs Dr.. Laurence Rnuyon said
ais psslsat was doing as we'll as could
Be expected
All the oase ends In the case are
beisg drssz together In preparation
fas difnite action next week. The
szsl 1drder was committed two
aoakts ago tonight and public SEN
iasaf hare fs.rnrtped for. thesindict-.
@H 'of Dne~-ors more Spers cys. g Mr.
M sannouslcea zthis sanoraiug that
gye1lng was settled for "a session,
NalAing at 10 o'clock Monday morn
g whether Supreme Court Justice
Carries W. Parker had returned or
a&. IL he has, he will charge the
Ia.y before it begins its deliberations,
/ not, its sessions will be interrupted
tot the purpose. When asked how
eng the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Mr..
aott said 1t would depend largely on
5seumstances.
This is country grand jury" he
pofnted out. ''You must remember that
country grand jury has already dis
hguished itself from city grand
lusg by deciding to work from 10 in
.ab hVkHiHs dillIl All IHS AFTERNOON
lnssead Of from $3.50 until o'clock, as
lnkthe city. Apparently they mean
business.
However, In my experience I have
Ofssn run up against grand juries made
pH Of number Of little prosecutors
vko like to ask lot OF immaterial
Q<stions, instead Of letting the fore,
man and prosecutor run things in an
Oreerly manner That is all in the
gane and they have perfect right to
afse, but 1t naturally delays matters
sYood deal and 1t takes longer than
insths regular way"
ahs first day will be devoted to the
e9mination Of witnesses who discov-