Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-19

/ choir leader 10 the fleid or Holdenrod
on the Phillips farm, where they were
laid out, side by side, DIR. Halls hand
on Mrs. Mills shoulder, and the bun
die Of love letters written by the
singer placed between tho bodies.
New Aspect of Case.
The belief OF tho investigators bas
been. all along. that Mr.. Hall and
| Mrs. Mills were murdered on the Phil
| lips farm. This new clue places an
entirely different aspect on the case
and indorscs the belief held by n num-
Der OF unofficial Investigators. that the
murder was committed elsewhere and
the bodies OF the rectornnd the singer
were carried TO the deserted farm.
An analysis OF the clay under the
Crabapple tree where the bodies were
found Is said 20 show there was a
heavy absorption OF blood in the
ground and that Mrs. Mills throat
was cut after death. 1t Is probable
the authorities say. that the minister
and the choir leader wero carried to
the Phillips farm. bound and uncon-
scious, and there shot and the singers
throat cut.
II the murder took place In the barr
at Weston Mills. the question at once
arises how to account for tho three
shells that were found near the bodies
The Prosecutors detectives mad,
|, no careful inspection OF the ground
after the finding OF the bodies and are
unable to state. from the position O
/, the shells. whether they were elected
, from an automatic pistol or wer'
scattered where they were found, OF
! the breaking Of a revolver.
. Letters Still A Mystery.
= A question that still is worrying th'
official investigators Of the staying Il
where the letters Of Mrs. Mills CAM
from that were found between th'
bodies.
!, In that package Of ten eptstles Wa!
, one that had been written in the af
. ternoon OF the day OF the staying. /
is established that Mrs. Mills was IL
the habit Of writing TO the ministe
= and placing the letters in the churcl
in a cache where he found them.
=. Mrs. Mills wrote her last letter ol
the afternoon OF Sept. II and, wfthou
q much doubt. went TO the church an
!, placed II in the secret recess.
Mrs. Mills husband has told III
, authorities that on the night befor
the murder he returned TO his hom
. abou. o'clock and found Mrs. MIL
: in bed. In a pocket OF her scarf hang
ing on a rack in the front hall. h
= says. he saw a package of letters. II
" volunteers the information that b
% withdrew these letters from the scar
a glanced at them. say they were in h
: wife's handwriting observed here al
\ there through them the word honey
a and. without reading them. place
: them back where ne got them.
le Letters Left Around.
What the authorities would like
find out Is why Mrs. Mills. in Il
throes OF violent love affair wi
DR.. Hall--an attachment which L
- Halts letters to Mrs. Mills reveal w
about TO disrupt two homes-wh
under the circumstance. should Nh
Mills leave her love letters to DR.. Hi
=. exposed In the pocket OF her sea-
hanging on a rack In the front hall
her home where her husband, comii
into the house, could not fail to $
them.
,h II is the belief Of the investigate
~ that u day or two before the murd
some one. rummaging through I
;" rector's study In the church. foul
y the letters OF Mrs Mills. removed Z
u lot of them and set out on campaii
q of watchful waiting.
pa Mrs. Mills writing her last letter
'o the rector Thursday afternoon carri
II to the church. put 1t in the usu
NJ place and returned home.
an Her husband has said that on t
VI night OF the staying Mrs. Mills had n
~ intended TO leave the house. Her Il
JIG ter to DIR. Hall SHOWS she had no I
tention of meeting him that night.