The New York herald., 1922-10-10
BOY IN JAIL IN F4ALL-MILLS KILLING

I the letter nor what Mrs. Schneider
means by when this case comes 10
trial" She said that on the afternoon
following the receipt of the letter Mrs.
Schneider called at her home and asked
her to take her out to the scene of the
crime, which she did. Mrs. Schneider,
she said. gave no reason for her inter-
est in visiting the spot. but walked
through the field of golden rod. gazed
a. the murder spot and exhibited con-
siderable interest in the lonely and still
mysterious Phillips farmhouse nearby.
About her own action on the night
OF the murder. together with those of
the succeeding days, Pearl told the
following story:
Il was with Raymond Thursday night
until about o'clock when 1 left him
and came home and met my father on
the stoop. He was drunk. and said to
me: Pearl. come with me for walk
until / sober up l went along with
him out on George street, toward Buc-
cleuch Park. as rar as College street.
We did not go into the park.
AT Washington and George streets
we came on Raymond Clifford Hayes
and the Kaufman boy. who were all
sitting on stoop. They got up and
followed us. After a while + wanted
to go home. but my father took me BIZ
the arm and would not let me 60. Then
began to cry. because It was getting
very late.
Raymond and the other two were
Following US all of the time, and Ray
rrond took off his coat and said he
would fight my father II he hurt me.
Then we finally sat down in front of
Johnson x Johnson's, and Clifford got
dSwn In the grass and crawled towar
us. Somebody asked him what he was
ooing, and he answered: I'm looking
Tor place to sleep
Raymond Ont Until Three"
"The next day mot RAYMOND ana be
asked me how long 1 had stayed ont
there. | told him got home at Ave
minutes OF IL. He told me that he did
not get In until 3 o'clock, and when I
ASKED him where he had been all that
time he said he would have followed us
but lost us.
Il met Raymond again on Saturday
morning. We walked out on Easton ave-
nue. and told him wanted to go down
De RusSy lane as had never been there
before. He didn't want to 60 but finally
came along. We saw the bodies twice
once when we went by. bu. thought they
were just sitting there.
When we came back I wanted to go
over to themr but Raymond held back.
and told me it was none of my business.
Finally took him by the hand and we
went over Then we saw the blood.
Raymond said: They must have been
killed somewhere else Then 1 ran
down the lane to tell somebody about
1t. and Raymond followed me In about
ten minutes"
Tells of Boys Knife.
Pearl exhibited little resentment
toward Raymond, saying he had told the
prosecutor that she falsifed
DO you know" she put in rather ir-
relevantly. that Raymond had a very
sharp. pearl handled pocket knife? He
was always cutting something up with it,
and I've seen II lots of times"
The girl said young Schneider often
had tried to get her to go away with
him. and that on the Sunday two weeks
after the murder he had been particu-
larly insistent OIL her going with him to
Perth Amboy, where he thought he could
get job.
Pearl recalled that about q year ago
her brother Henry had beaten UP" Ray
mond because he didn't want him both
ering around with her. Schneider, she
said. had revolver, but she had never
seen it.
Near the end OF the interview she
added that she had seen Schneider on
the Sunday evening following the mur-
der but that he had told her he was
sick from having seen the bodies and
could moi. go. with her. Later he changed