The New York herald., 1922-09-30
MRS. MILLS KILLED
BY THREE BULLETS
Autopsy Over Body Clears
Up Controversies in N. j.
Double Killing.
NO BONES ARE BROKEN
New Theory Is, Victims
Were Not Slain in Clothes
They Wore.
MRS. HALL HIRES SLEUTH
Gov. Edwards Orders State
Troopers to Aid-New
$1,000 Reward.
MRS. HALL HIRES SLEUTH

New BRUNSWICK, n. j., Sept 29.-
At o'clock this morning a squad of
grave diggers with picks and Ian
terms trooped into Van LEV Gene
terry and dug up the body of Mrs.
Eleanor Mills, choir leader Of the
Church of st. John the Evangelist and
wife of the sexton, who, with DR.. Ed
ward W. Hall, the rector, was killed
more than two weeks ago. The ex
humation was upon orders of A. NJ.
cutor, and was followed by an autopsy
that settled a controversy concerning
exactly how Mrs. Mills came to her
death.
That, and the fact the Gov. Edwards
has instructed the State police to as
sist the authorities of Somerset and
Middlesex counties in finding the MUIR
derer or murderers, were the out
standing features of the fifteenth day
of the investigation. 4
The autopsy, while settling the con-
troversy. threw no additional light upon
the secret of the crime. so far as Prose-
cutor Beekman has been able to indicate.
The order Of the Governor sending State
troopers here merely has the effect of
putting them back on a job upon which
apparently they were called off ten days
or more ago.
Troops Back on Job.
A number of troopers were here for
a ..Ft he tunn ~
the bodies of Mrs. Mills and DIR. Hall.
They assisted the local authorities dur
ing that time. but have not since been
seen.
The autopsy upon the body of Mrs.
Mills was performed by Dr. Runkle F.
Hageman OF Somerville, DR. A. J.. Smith
OF New Brunswick DR.. William H. Long,
Somerset county physician, and DR.. T. !.
Cronk. health officer of New Bruns-
wick. The examination was made In
the presence OF Prosecutor Beekman and
detectives of Somerset and Middlesex
counties.
The findings are at almost complete
variance with the report made by DIR.
Long to Prosecutor Beekman at the
time the bodies We're discovered. but bore
out fully the report of DR.. Cronk, who. at
the request of the Hall family. examined
both bodies before they were buried.
Autopsy IL Days Late.
The autopsy, revealing information
vital TO the solution of the murder mys-
terry. was made Just fifteen days after
the bodies of the couple were found. IL
showed that there were three bullet
wounds in the head caused by .32 cali
Der bullets OF type used In automatic
pistols: that the woman's throat had
. III l1.ra lr,,tf
that no bones were broken in the wo-
mans ankles or legs. These points had
been in controversy virtually ever since
Mrs Millss body was buried two weeks
ago.
The question OF the bullets was inn
portant because II appears to establish
conclusively that they were not fired
from any OF the several weapons in
possession of the prosecutor In the
fortnight since the Staying no step was
taken to clear that point definitely
The starting point established by the
autopsy leaves the investigators vfr-
tually two weeks behind the search.
No one connected with the prosecu-
tors office. however, appears to be
deeply upset over the circumstance.
DR.. Long. In answer to questions re-
garding discrepancies between the find
ings of to-day and his original report
on the condition OF Mrs. Millss body
declared that he had never made an
autopsy upon the body before to-day.
His previous report. he said was based
upon more or less perfunctory exam
nation, and the reason he did not
make an autopsy at the time OF the
finding of the bodies. ne added. was be-
cause he had not been ordered to do
so by Mr.. Beekman. Heretofore the
impression had been permitted that DR..
Longs fret examination was an
autopsy.
Beekman Is Not Worried.
Prosecutor Beekman. when told that
Dr. Long has passed the responsibility
for the bungled situation to him, ad-
mitted that he had ordered no autopsy,
but vouchsafed no explanation of why
he did not deem such an examination
necessary, or whether he did think so.
There we're several indications to-day,
In addition to the Governors letter. that
dissatisfaction Is growing over the man
ner In which the case is being allowed
to drag along. Mrs. Frances Hall, widow
OF the dead rector. has retained Timothy
~ Pfeiffer. formerly an assistant Dis.