The New York herald., 1922-11-02
Authorities Gather Charts,
Diagrams, Measurements
and Pictures for Panel.
MRS. GIBSON APPROACHED
Man Who Sought to Hush I'm
portant Witness Will Be
Questioned.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j., Nov. L.
While Mrs. Hall was being inter-
viewed the authorities proceeded to-
day with some of the technical details
of the double murder case, getting
ready, it was clear, for the presenta-
ton of their material to the Grand
Jury of Somerset county.
The case may go before the Grand
Jury before the end of the week.
Two indictments are expected.
To-day was spent accommodating
charts and diagrams of the scene of
the finding of the bodies and the sur
rounding neighborhood. Three ex-
perts from the Newark Police Depart
ment did the work.
Lieut. Edward Schwartz, chief Of
the Newark Police Departments
bureau of Identification and a Ber
tillon expert; Lieut.. PAU Deriveux
another expert on the same system,
and Lieut.. Day. Photographic ex-
pert, spent the day in the vicinity
of the Phillips farm. They returned
to the prosecutors office late and
turned over most of their data to
Detective Mason.
Hunt for Messenger.
The authorities are working on in
formation that an attempt had been
made to prevent Mrs. Gibson from
testifying and telling her story to the
prosecutors here. 1t already has been
reported to Detective Mason and his
assistants tha. when the Gibson story
became known, mysterious man visited
the Gibson farm and said to Mrs. Glib
son, Don't talk. keep quiet You can
make much more money from the de-
fense by keeping still, than you can
by telling your story to the Prosecutor"
The identity of this messenger is
said to be known by the authorities
and 1t is expected tnat ne will be ques-
toned by them shortly. Timothy N.
Pfeiffer. counsel for Mrs. Hall. and his
detective ,aid.~ Felix Dimartini. have
said positively that neither of them ever
had been near Mrs. Gibson.
Little progress has been made toward
finding the automobile alleged to have
been at the scene of the shooting The
authorities still are looking for the gun.
believed to have been Halls. with which
the killing was accomplished.
To-day Mrs. Gibson gave another
statement to several interviewers, in
which she said that. despite the attacks
made upon her veracity and character
by certain neighbors. she was ready to
take the stand and substantially repeat
all she has told the Prosecutor. She in
dicated also that she has not told all to
the newspapers and that many parts
of her story to the authorities are not
known by the general public She said
"I VIII Make Full Statement,
They are trying hard to discredit
me. and there are a lot of people who
are doing their best to hurt me; but
they are all working for money.
know where all this comes from. The
people i have named have wealth and
influence and that is what is actuating
people who are attacking me.
II saw the way the, case hung and no
progress was being made. Tt wasn't
right, and this thing stuck in my mind !:
| That l had seen certain things which
ought to clear up the case and had to
tell them. There were several people
who could have cleared II up before
did. but they refused to talk and so
decided that l would tell the authorities
just what | had SEEM
Mrs. Gibson said that she had no idea
Of who drove the wagon in Derussey
lane the night she had followed Il and
also said II will make a fun statement
after an arrest has been made. II is
hard for the authorities to work when
everybody knows what they are doing"
Mrs. Gibson concluded by saying that
she had positively identified the woman
she had seen at the scene of the shoot
ing. but that this woman did not COM
init the murder. II was the man COM
panion who did the actual killing. Mrs.
Gibson said. and he closely resembied a