The evening world., 1922-10-26


has not become known sooner.
Since she retired from her circus
life and set out to raise pigs with her
twenty ear-old son as a helper, lito
has gone badly with her. She does not
know physical fear: she is in n con-
slant Gear OF material disaster. shs
had more than a hundred pigs: hog
cholera killed all but forty OF thLm
and she had to battle with the Somer-
set Board Of Health to save the sur
vivors from condemnation. Her neigh
bors stole some Of the remaining
forty.
She Is always strained 10 meet her
mortgage engagements, The family
which she has involved in the MUIR
der by her testimony has an all
powerful voice in every bank In New
Brunswick. Mrs. Gibson had seen at
a church rummage sale the woman
whom sAe saw with the slayer. The
woman did not know Mrs. Gibson. but
Mrs. Gibson had heard the universal
gossip as to this woman's sorrows and
sympathiZed with her
BROKE HER SILENCE TO SAVE
INNOCENI EOO hs
When Clifford Hayes was foolishly
arrested and charged with the murder.
the willows heart would not let her
keep silence longer. She went to the
Prosecutors office here in New Bruins.
wick and tried to tell what she knew.
In the prevailing excitement and ir1-
tation the attendant TO whom sh3
made her application brushed her
aside. She went back again and was
again told to mind her own business
the Prosecutors were too busy TO
''talk to "A pig woman"
But after Hayes had been freed,
and when the Prosecutors we're
grasping hldly at any method to save
themselves from the personal de-
mand Of Gov. Edwards that they
make an application to be SUPER
seded, somebody remembered the pig
woman, and County Detective George
Totten was told of her visit. He went
70 the farm on Hamilton Avenue and
heard her story.
This was a week ago last Saturday
and was followed by mass meeting
Of all witnesses in the case at the
Court House here the following Mon
day, at which Mrs. Gibson and others
picked out the persons they could
recognize as having bad q part in
various scenes Of the drama.
After fixing the time OF the begin
ming of the story by the passing OF
the Milestone bus at a few minutes oe-
fcre or after .. Mrs. Gibson said she
heard on Of her younger watch dogs
yelping and barking. Several of her
dogs have been killed by marauders "n
her corn fields recently. She ran ous
10 the barn. The dog was still un-
easy.
Turning into De Russey Lane from
Hamilton Road was a rnmshackle
wagon. Mrs. Gibson at once sus-
pected that the wagon was that Of one
Of the thieves who had been carting
away corn from her fields.
81 made up my mind to follow that
wagon and. see who. was stealing my
corn" she sad In substance. 81 first
thought of ~saddling my roam mare,
and then thought better Of 1t and
saddled Jenny. the mule. She Is shod
On only one rear foot ana would make
less noise. and she Is sure footed on
rough roads such as I thought the
wagon would lead US into.
81 caught up with the wagon Tong
before II reached Phillips farm and
trailed behind II at a safe distance
But when 1t turned towards New
Brunswick instead Of towards the
'squatter district and heard the rat
tic Of the loose tires on the Tnacadam!
lied road knew the wagon was empty
and my suspicious were wrong. and
turned around and started back.
IAN automobile coming out from
New Brunswick turned into the lane
right behind me. It's headlights lighted
up the side of the road like daylight
II showed just ahead Of me two auto
mobiles parked alongside Of the lanS
in the bushes.
KNEW THE WOMAN; NOT THEN
CERTAIN OF THE MAN.
"The one nearest Easton Avenue
was a queer looking car OF a shape
which has not been manufactured for
a good many years--a queer high
thing. Backed against It as though
TO avoid observation were two per-
sons. a man and a woman.
~ knew the woman. | had seen he
~ rhnreh saia Che Al