Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-19
NEW LIGH7 SHED
/. ON MURDER CASE
/. BY LOVE NOTES
Pastor and Choir Singer Not
Slain on Farm Where
Their Bodies Were Found
Is Official View.

New Brunswick, n. j. oct. Is
(by the Associated Press) Aft
davits have been obtained from
two men whose identity the auth ,
critics refuse to divulge, county
prosecutors said tonight, Whlch
sets forth that the double MURDER
of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Han
and Mrs, Eleanor Reinhardt MINIS
did not occur in the Somerset
county orchard where the BODIES
were found, but in a barn in the
southern outskirts of New Bruns-
wick.
4 Investigation which followed the
filing Of the affidavits, the author-
tiles said, led to the discovery ny
the notice of the two handkei-
chiefs-one a mans and the other
q woman's-held to be important
clues in the case. They were not
found on the Phillips farm, as re-
ported at that time, but IN tne
barn which stands on the opposite
side of New Brunswick. TWO DARK
brown combs also are said TO nave
been found in the dirt floor OF
the barn. These combs, Charlotte
Mills is reported to have idenu-
fled as having belonged to her
mother.
The statement which the auth
critics allege they have obtained
from the two men is said TO de-
clare that they were driving from
Red Bank, n. j., about IL O'CLOCK
on the night of September IA. Two
miles out from New Brunswick
they said, they passed the barn
n deserted, dilapidated structure.
plastered with advertising posters
which stands in field close 10 tlie
highway.
Heard Screams.
From this barn, the men re,
ported to have said, they heard
screams issuing, pleas for mercy
and then one long shrek, muir
der, the police.
The men drove through Ne"
Brunswick without reporting tht
occurrence, and an hour later wer"
on Easton avenue, when they were
passed by a sedan going towarc
the Phillips farm. In the machine
they said, was a woman wearing
q grew coat, and man.
The affidavit is said to state tur-
Their that the men were on Easto'
avenue, near the park when au-
ioins the Phillips farm, Tor hearls
half an hour, and that they saw
the sedan returning at hlgn
speed. It turned from Easton ave-
nue. near the park and disap-
peared. A., ar
.effort to shroud their Investigator
An a secrecy which they declare
10 he essential to a successful sol
,ition of the mystery, nave re-
moved their headquarters 10 tht
town OF Boundbrook, N. j., wher'
thev were in close conference 10
night. 49, .a.o.
In certain quarters, the state
fnent Of the two signers OF tne a.
fidavit is not being accepted uli
uualifiedly. These detectors poli,
MT that il contradicts evidence az
ready taken from persons TWINS
IN the vicinity of the Phillips nom,
that they heard the screams an
shots on the farm on the night y
tbs double staying.
Woman Only Decoy.
THAT the examination OF MIS-
Emma Hall, the widow or the rec
Tor. in thesprosecutor's ottice' wlei
she was closely scrutinized py
woman whose identity has not peei
fullv revealed, was even more cert
and mystifying than at llrst re
ported, became known IN coniiec
lion with the announcement OF NY
obtaining of the affidavit Thi
woman. the prosecutors now say
was only decoy. Sitting directly
across the room she was SUPPOSE
II absorb all the attention OF Mrs
Hall while the rectors widow wa
being closely scrutinized by IN
two men who are now said TO nav
made the affidavit. The author
ities have declined to make pun
lie the result of this plan LOT {"
amining Mrs. Hall.
The love notes OF the rector an
Mrs. Mills, which were made pup
lic today. shed an entlrely ne.
1ight on certain phases OF the ease
rho authorities said. me nm
ME" of these notes, Mrs. Auaiso
n. Clarke has been questioned rs
pardine her movements, partlcu
. larlv on the day the bodies OF tn
rector and the choir singer Wer
found She was said to nave ae
Ned but has admitted, accordln
"a the authorities, carrying PACK
ace into the church OF st. Jon
the Evangelist, the day on whlc
~ ori,,,a became public. The au
,thorities said they had not az
cepted her explanation una. u. tn
package contained nothing put III
yestments of the slain rector.