Evening journal., 1922-10-17
BIoodstained Handkerchief
May Be Clue toHaU-MiH SlayerS

an automobile in which there
were two men and a women be-
sides Mrs. Mills and DR.. Hall or
their bodies7
Did they tell the prosecutors
this under the strain OF a third
degree2
Did Schneider go looking on
that Saturday morning for the
two bodies he found7
The automobile has figured fire.
auently IN nearly every theory. II Is
understood now that the prosecu-
tors have a new witness who oan
Identify the machine.
The prosecutors also are checking
carefully story from the Hun
garian farm section about mile be-
yond the Phillips farm on the Easton
road. A Hungarian woman there
has said 10 some Hungarian friends
in town that on the afternoon of the
day Of the murder a strange woman
went to the farm and waited about
obviously looking for some one. She
waited a long time and then went
away.
Nothing was thought OF this at the
time or until after the murder mys-
terry had engaged the attention OF
every one for many days. Then the
Hungarian woman told her friends
that she had seen in newspaper a
picture of the woman who had watt
ed about the Hungarian farm out be-
yond tho Phillips farm some few
hours before Hall and Mrs. Mills
were killed.
The prosecutors are checking with
the utmost care Halls movements
on the day before he died. In this
connection they will recall Louise
Geist, the maid in the Hall home,
tomorrow. The girl now says that
when Hall answered the telephone
before he went out TO his death he
answered That's bad" to some
statement at the other end of the
wire.
Mrs. Hall Is TO be questioned
again. though she may not be taken
10 the courthouse. Her examination
may take place tomorrow or tomor-
row night or may be postponed.
Much viii depend on what the
prosecutors learn from the other
witnesses.
Prosecutors Stricken OF Aliddlesex,
and Beekmsn. OF Somerset county,
have assured Justice Parker OF the
Supreme Court that. after ell. they
can solve the Hall-Aiins murder my
stery and that. therefore. Il will not
be necessary for Attorney General
McCran TO take charge.
These assurances are based on a
clew that the two prosecutors have
obtained through the Incarceration
Of Clifford Hayes and Raymond
Schneider after tho latter had ac-
cused the former OF the crime.
Quite accidentally Schneider let
something drop that led the detec-
tives, particularly George Totten Of
Somerset, 10 promising new lead.
To date the county detectives have
kept much OF their information from
the State troopers sent here by or
ders OF Governor Edwards. They
have put the Governor in the posi-
ton OF having made graceful ges-
ture in respnose to the appeal 20
him by Charlotte Mills. daughter OF
the murdered woman. The county
detectives. backed by the two prose-
cutors. now hope to solve the mys-
terry and eliminate the troopers
from any glory that may result
The troopers. however. are not en-
tirely ignorant OF what is going on.
Col. Norman Schwarzkopf. their |
head, was here last night. Not very |
much that Is going on Is unknown |
to the troopers. and there is little .
that Totten and David. his Middle
sex colleague. do that IS. not noted
instantly. II anything Is needed in
the way OF organization Schwarzltopf
Is here 10 see that II is supplied.
A lot of the time OF the troopers
has been spent IN watching Beck
man and Stricker's county detec-
tives.
Hall Wrote TO Mrs. Mills.
One thing that neither the troop
ers nor the county detectives seem
to have learned, despite the length
Of time they have been working on
the case. IS that Hall wrote 10 Mrs
Mills, just as she wrote TO him. The
permitted Charlotte
Mills 10 hide some OF these letters,
and they have not taken the trouble
to find them since.
Reports vary regarding how many
lf these letters there are. Florence
North. the woman lawyer who is aid
Ing Charlotte. asserted that there /
we're between ten and fifteen, and
then reduced the number 70 eight
etters and six postcards. From
other sources. which the Stricken
Beelman combination has not tap
,ed II is reported that there are as
many as 100. Miss North said the
etters. which she refused 10 make ;
public. are platonic In their tone
According 10 information obtained
Elsewhere they are not at all so, one
" the favorlte salutations being MY j
Dear Gypsy" :
This Is the manner in which Hall !
$ understood to have addressed Mrs. ;
ILLS when he signed the. initials I'D. ]
:. L." meaning "Deine treue liebe."
ierman for your true love" Miss !
Sorth said the letters she has were ,
rom Islesford. Me. where the Halls
,assed August OF this year. and the {
lostmarlS Is on some Of the letters
In several OF the letters that Miss
Worth does not at present have, Hall
5 understood to have cautioned Mrs. !
ILLS not to mind what Mrs Hall
night say from time to time. There
5 also In the letter reference to pos ,
Utilities of the future. ,
In the letters plans were discussed
or Hall getting divorce. The
uggestion was advanced that Mrs.
ILLS should leave her sexton hus-
and and so 10 an Episcopal home
rhile the divorce matter was In pro-