The New York herald., 1922-10-22
GUN And EYEWITNESS.
EXPECTED TO NDICT.
HALLrMILLS SLAYERS.
Clothes and Other Evidence
Likely to Go Before Grand
+. jury Tomorrow.
MORE TALES CONFLICT
Prosecutors Check UpAgain
on Statements of Various
Persons.
WOMEN ON GRAND JURY
4
Mysterious Woman, Who Tt Is
Said Saw Killings, Re-
mains Hidden.
WOMEN ON GRAND JURY

Spectdt DfSp1tcH 10 IHE NEW YORK HERALD.
New BRUNSWICK, n. J.. Oct. 21.-
There is reason tonight to believe
that Azariah Beekman, Prosecutor of
Somerset county. has in his posses
sion what he believes is the weapon
with which the Rev Edward w. Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor Mills were murdered
on the night of September IA on the
Phillips farm, outside this city,. AS
much mystery is being made over the
gun Mr.. Beekman possesses as over
the mysterious woman eyewitness,
whose story resulted in a revival of
the efforts to clear up the case last
week. &t
In all probability, however this is
the same weapon that Hall is under
stood to have possessed and which he
used for target practice at Point
Pleasant in the early summer. 1t is a
.32 caliber affair. but whether It is an
automatic Is not disclosed.
II, and when. the case is presented
to the Somerset Grand Jury. the gun
and the eyewitness will be Mr.. Beck
mans mainstays in making out a
prima facie case. They, the clothes
Of Hall and Mrs. Mills, and the evil
dence Of Detective George Totten
with the letters and transcript Of
some OF the evidence taken by Beck
man. will be virtually all the Grand
Jury will have to consider.
BeeI<man stin Reticsnt.
While the current belief here and in
Somerville is that an indictment will
be found against two persons on Mon
day. Mr.. Beekman has been careful not
to say anything to that effect and there
ir bare possibility OF postponement.
The overcautiousness that has charac-
terized the official acts of Beekman from
the beginning may be again In evidence
and 1t is within the bounds of possibility
that the public is to be disappointed
again.
From an excellent source 1t was ascer-
tained to-day that as far as New
Brunswick and the Middlesex county au-
thcrities are concerned the case is virtu-
ally closed. Henceforth Summerville
VIII be the headquarters from which
operations will be directed.
IL there are indictments and arrests
and. as confidentaliy expected. those in
dicted live in New Brunswick, they will
be taken directly from their homes to
the jail in Somerville and not incarcer-
ated In New Brunswick
Furthermore, any trial that may fol-
low will take place in Somerv;lle. This
Information substantlates the state
ments made previously in these dis
patches that the prosecutor is firmly
convinced the crime was actually COM
mtted on the Phillips farm and over
the border line between the two
counties
Mrs. Olga sekar, who lives at 232
Easton avenue. which Is not far from
the Phillips farm, is reported tonight TO
have told the authorities within the last
few days OF a remark that Edwin Car
pender made while he stood beside the
bodies OF Hall and Mrs. Mills near the
crab apple tree on the day the bodies
were found.
Carpender scents Murder.
Carpenter and former Senator Flor
ance were on the scene as representa-
tivessof the Hall family. Carpenter had
just made arrangements with DR.. Long.
Coroner's physician. 10 have the body of
Hall taken back to New Brunswick after
Long had complied with the provisions
OF the law. Then. according TO Mrs.
Sekar, Carpenter stood. over the body OF
Hall. leaned DOWN picked up Halls right
hand In his right hand and said quite
loudly: We'll. old boy, you never did
this yourself"
The winding up OF the case in Middle
sex county was marked by the examina-
tion this morning OF Barbara Tough.
maid in the Hall home. who was ques-
toned particularly regarding the domes-
tic atmosphere in the house and the
relation Of Henry Stevens to the Halls.
The wedding Of the Halls took place
In Christ Church. this city. and Mrs.
Hall was given away by her mother.
There is no information to the effect
that Henry Stevens was on bad terms
with Hall, though. apparently. the two
were not the most congenial people In
the world. On behalf OF Mrs. Hall, the
assertion is made that she and her hus-
band visited Henry Stevens at laval
lette not long ago and that Henry
Stevens has stayed at the Hall home
more than once
To-day the authorities also examined
again Ralph Y. W. Gorsline. who was
WIN Cdtnarfne Bastull on tne niknt OF
the murder Gorslines car. " will be
recalled. was burned two weeks ago
His story is that he left the Y. VI. G. A.
soon after 10 o'clock that evening. met
Miss Bastal and drove her home. go-
ing thence directly TO his own resi-
dence. The examination OF Gorsllne to-
day IL believed 10 have been part OF
the program OF checking up on all
statements made by Witnesses who have
appeared heretofore.
All efforts by the newspapers TO locate
the mysterious woman eyewitness
failed. The authorities are purposeiy
conceailng her identity. There arc
stories that she and one or two others
were asked to look at some OF the wit
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