The New York herald., 1922-10-16
ms ONE BIG DRIVE
brney- General to Enter
Be Minus Preconceived
btions of the Tragedy.
5 END OF TRAIL NEAR
ctive Expects to Land Gull
it, Who, He Says, Is No
Common Criminal.

Dispatch to THE NEW YQRK HERALD.
y BRUNSWICK, Oct. 15.-Coordi-
Of the investigating forces will
Barily be the first job before At
I-General McCran of New Jersey,
hoover may represent him in
E hold of the inquiry into the
Mills murder, providing Charles
farker, Supreme Court Justice,
the order that is expected to-
w superseding Prosecutor Beck
and Stricken of Somerset and
esex counties, who, in four weeks
made virtually no headway in
Is the mystery. "a
matters stand, with every one
|ng time to-day in contemplation
entrance into the case of Nc
one section of the investigating
is absolutely sold" on the
that jealousy was the motive
e crime, while another section,
h not disregarding this idea en-
is much more interested along
lines. In fact, the investigators
Fally playing out their own in
' al strings, pursuing their own
es and hence making little pr
adway. This is almost as true of
ate troopers as of other investi-
lard Task for New Man.
not believed here that Attorney
| "A McCran will take personal
OF the case. The work Is not
tive. So much has been left
D that the man who tackles the
new will necessarily be under a
handicap and may be left in the
n of one holding the bag. 1t is
| d likely that Mr.. McCran will pick
ply Joseph Lanigan, one of his
who is known as an aggressive
and one who can surmount OBJ
and likes to do 1t.
Re is little doubt as to the action
Parker will take. If he orders the
ey-General to manage the case
prth, then Mr.. BeekInan and Mr..
er may retire more OF less grace
and will have something in the
of an alibi If the case is never
Mr.. Stricken, however, believes
ght unravel the tangled skein II
conditions were propitious. He
b-day, for instance:
like to have four days Of quiet.
ays without any reporters about.
en- we might get some place."
McCran Is aware of what 1t will
to take hold Of this case and OF
cessity of approaching it from a
point of view.
Ice Parker will make known his
tomorrow about noon. it was
yer the telephone from his home
ristown tonight.
~ Calls for Ellis Parker.
e is much sentiment here for
Eg into the case the Burlington
detective. Ellis Parker. Mr.. Nc
when asked whether he would do
nswered that he did not know
hrker and hence could not say
r he would employ him IL the case
be turned over to the Attorney
II. McCran said also:
ave followed the case only as a
citizen. in the same manner as
ther people have. and I have made
tial investigation of it. The work
Attorney-General Is not along
ines. And I have jurisdiction in
' HI matters only through an order
| by Justice Parker directing me to
gate the case.
would be impossible for me to say
neither I would continue to work
Prosecutors Beekman of Somerset
trlcker Of Middlesex and their
together with the State police.
hole point is that I have not been
I'm and therefore ! cannot talk
L."
ker said to-day that there is no
L, no dlssension and no conflict
Iority between Beekman and him
n has not been. He mentioned the
at Julius Braun. private detec-
IN New York. has been here, sup
IN the employ OF Charlotte
md that Braun believes he has
ad that will bring about a solu-
Braun has been working, II is un-
ID. among the Hungarian resi-
of this town with whom Willie
J. Mrs. Halls brother. was wont
Iciate. IL Braun develops new
these people will probably figure
opcrs Follow Many Leads.
State troopers are working on
| bzen or more leads, checking up
Is OF things and really paying lit
kntion for the time at least to the
| y theory, which they and others
Is about played out. On the
land. George ID. Totten. the Som
bunty detective, Is sticking to this
with great persistency and for
| IA had four members of the local
force helping him through the
| v OF Chief O'Connell Totten Is
in who should know more about
be than any one else. as he wrs
| IL on the scene and tho first man
|stion nearly all the important
Epntlnued on Page Two.
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