Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
PIG WOMAN'S STORY
Of DOUBLE MURDER
IS PARTLY VERIFIED
Neighbor Farmer and Auto Lend
Strength to Mrs. Cibson's
Account OF Tragedy.
NEW WITNESS WIFE REBELS
by Associated Press to Every Evening.

by Associated Press to Every Evening.
Somerville. n j.. Nov. 2l.--Iames
Curran, one OF the first policemen to
view the bodies Of Rev. Edward Hall
and Mrs Eleanor X Mills after the
pair were found slain on the Phillips
farm last September was the first Wit
ness called when the somerset, coun
ty grand jury today began it's second
day investigating the double murder.
Edward Carrigan, another New
Brunswick policeman, who viewed the
bodies followed Cnrrau.
The third witness was Edward G
Straykour. It was his home that
Raymond Schneider, who found the
bodies, telephoned the police regard
ing his discovery
Doctors Testify as 10 Wounds.
After the jurors had heard the story
Of John Lathrop. farmer living near
the scene of the murder who claims
| he heard shots. Special Deputy At
torney General Mott called Dr. A. J..
Smith. who performed an autopsy on
| the body of the choir singer and
found that besides having been shot.
her throat had been cut lie also was
present when the autopsy was per
! formed on the body of Dr. Hall.
As more witnesses were called II
became evident that much of he day
would be devoted to developing yes
terday's testimony regarding the dis
covery of the bodies
Dr. Runkle Hegman, who perfotm
ed the second autopsy on the body If
Dr. Hall; DR. John fauhey. his as
sistant, and Samuel r. Sutphan, the
Somerville undertalter who removed
the bodies from the Phillips farm
where they We're found were called
before the jury in the order named
with the calling of J. V Hubbard
slstants, the state completed all II,
and Walter Dahl undertakers' as
testimony On the condition Of the
bodies when they were found. ant
turned TO the events of the night ~
September -, when the double slay
Ing occurred
Saw Couple Before Murder,
Mrs Henry Blust and Mrs. lie,
Iiarkins. who we're walking on tn,
outskirts Of New Brunswick that nigh
and who were reported to have seer
Dr. Hall near the vocational school a
$40 .. m. took the stand
Thomas Coyne a street car conduc
tor. Who was reported TO have see,
Mrs Mills on a suburban trolley 1,
the vicinity of the school at 3 oclocl
on the night of the murder. and Iohl
Meauy. who was said To have seen he
walking beyond the end of the trolle-
line. testified next.
Then the jurors adioured util thi
afternoon.
With the beginning Of the Grant
. Jury hearing in the Hall Mills murde
. mystery there came to light y3ster
day knowledge of one additlona
witness who is regarded as of frs
importance hy Wilbur a. Mott
Special Deputy Attorney General an,
his chief aid. James r. Mason.
This man is George slpel. a smal
. farmer. and while parts of his stor,
corroborate that of Mrs. Jane Gibson
his tale has an even more importan
bearing on the men said to be in
volved in ~ murder.
Sipel. whose name has never befor
been mentioned in connection with tn
case. lives at Bound Brook lane
about quarter of mile from tn
Bush road. and is about 30. He Is
raiser of pigs and a small trader. an
he has had business dealings with Mr.,
! Jane Gibson. who accuses woman 4
gray of being at the murder seen,
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