New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
Mrs. Hall Loses
Hope Of Telling
jury Her Story
g. Indication That Motifs
opposit ON TO Widow 8
Appearance viii Be Ig.
nored by That b o d y
ould vinsIicate Self
friends Assert She Could
Turn Tide That Mrs.
Gibson May Now Contro'
rrnr, . stae correspoadens

a..sly disappointed that her plea to
....r befor@ tire grand jury has been
.s...,a. Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall
90 ~. the resumption of sessions at
s.~srv;lle on Monday with a forlorn
ss,s that the jurors may insist on
As.r;ne her story. Il was only to-day
~ lsarned that there is virtually no
.1.,ee Of her being allowed to give
s-sss;si denial TO the story told by Mrs.
Isne Gibson.
p,ssecutor Wilbur A. Mott has been
s,w d this issue, basing his decision
Z cause in the law Of the State of
ysg Jersey. It is considered the most
.saa.e possibility that the grand
h.ors will override his strong obiec-
aca Not only is Mrs. Hall disap-
ssiated but many of her friends feel
Ia. she should be allowed to appear in
crssn to vindicste herself.
There has been much speculation
lnoag the towusfolk here as to whether
De widow of the murdered rector
could appear If she did a dramatic
ftuation would be created between
ssg and Mrs. Gibson, star witness for
4 Be state. The uncorroborated story of
ns woman would be weighed against
Be ancorroborated story of the other,
4 I'd the result would be indictment or
Ss falling of the curtain and another
splved murder.
Mrs. Hall Secfudes Self
timothy Newell Pfeiffer, Mrs. Hall's
ksyer, refused to make any comment
s1ay on the grand jury proceedings.
Bis client keeps strictly within her
isne. She has rarely been out since
be bodies OF her husband and Mrs.
Eeanor f. Mills were found under the
rsbar pie tree on the Phillips farm.
q yer sole companion is Miss Sally
4 isters, who is g lifelong friend
Everything is ready for the culmina-
ssn Of the states case early in the
rex. Rumors of surprise witness
pt 10 come are of unsubstantial fiber,
ID! Mrs. Gibson's story is we'll known
nd is depended on to turn the tide in
gor of an indictment. It is more than
70 months since the pig woman"
sne forward with fantas site story
shat she saw on the night of the
sne. State officials are rs convinced
1 its authenticity to-day rs they were
4 sasn she made her affidavit, and it Is
4 the strength of her statements that
se case went before the grand jury.
hey have bent every effort to get
illnesses to corroborate her story, but
Htheut much success, 50 far as is
nOEn. At the same :ime Nellie Lo
gssse!l, her chief assailant, has been
a;minated entirely from the cast Of
Characters.
May Quiz Miss Storer
hsss is strong likelihood that
MIS- agnes Storer, who went on the
gent Peasant trip with the Halls and
fa hias, will be summoned on Mon
ay and questioned in regard to re-
Pns that there was an open clasi,
%eTs between Mrs. Mills and Mrs,
aaA Miss Millie Opie also will be
4sed about her statement that after
asulp MRS. Mills came home crying
M told her that Mrs. Hall had made
a!self very unpleasant. w. Edwin
saspender, cousin of Mrs. Hall, has
Seh subpHnaed to testify Monday.
aeagy Carpenter, another cousin, left
BE hospital to-day, having recovered
nom an attack of appendicitis. He has
not been subpenaed 50 far.
rhe main editorial in the local name,
ssgain to-day dealt with the crime. The
aeading is Speak Out" and it reads
As follows:
The number of communications he
ing received constantly by the press in
Inference to the Hall Mills murder
9se indicate not only that a very keen
poiic interest is being taken in the
Nvestlgation, but also that there is
strong possibility that some very i'm
portaat information is in the posses
Sion OF persons who have not yet di-
vulged it.
Several important leads have been
9sVeioped as result of letters to the
hewspapers, but if the holders of such
Information had communicated it
promptly to the auth horities at the start
- Inc investigation a great deal of
Ronnie nioht we'll have been avoided.
NO matter who is guilty, that per-
soa should be brought to justice. What
sseF DAY oe pers nal opinions as to
lhe merits or demerits of the murdered
couple the law provides that no Of
fehse justifies the taking Of human life,
geept by the state itself, after due
glai, and no other method of private
punishment or vengeance can be toll
gated. Ii society is to be protected
must act to bring the perpetrators
tals crime to punishment.
Histories of the Jurors
a history of the personnel Of the
Efy considering the case was given out
ps the first time to-day as follows:
Alfred B. Glib, foreman, Bernards-
glie, postmaster, retired from the real
gate business, district clerk of the
Asrd Of Education.
sussel ]. Cruiser, Bellemead, owner
a operator of garage, an ex-service
asnry W. Spice, East Milestone, ac-
9antart and farmer.
aK. Claude S. CASTOR, Somerville,
sSssy leader, clubwomen. prominent
sae Civic League, the History Club,
%a the Fireside Club; mother and
Fshdmother
aafank al.n!k Nischwitz, Plainfield, farmer.
Snlilam J. Cortelyou, Monmouth
@astion, farmer.
laold Owens, Pluckamin. merchant,
rs ana operates general store and
.sostmaster.
sss,s.,.A sss. Agnes H. Banks, Plainfeld,
aatord ". Tunison, Bernardsville.
g0eds merchant.
ps.nx psnx Rowley, Plainfeld. retired.
hr I. Ramsey, Peapack, earpen-
s,sS ssSs'aslias K. Compton. plainaeld, re-
.ssHsaa saHissasl z Ruggieri, Raritan, merchant