The Washington times., 1922-10-09
M|STO0K
PAIR FOR
ANOTHER,
SAYS PAL
Arrest Follows Story Boy Told
Authorities After an All
Night GriIIing
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NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oct.
S.-Clifford Hayes was arrested
ut noon today charged with the
murder of the, Rev. DIR. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor II.
Mills n .,....g.. .'''
"Upon information in the prose
cutor's office. obtained from Ray
mond Schneider and other wit
nesses, we feel obliged, under the
circumstances, to prefer a charge
of murder against one Clifford
Hayes" said a statement issued
by Prosecutor Stricken Of Middle
sex county.
Companion Is Held.
Schneider will be held as mate
rial witness. awaiting further de-
velopments. Process will be issued
out of Somerset county where 1t ap-
pears the crime was committed, and
consequently they will be detained
In Somerset county.
In a sensational 300.word state.
ment which he dictated and signed
in the county prosecutor office
here today, Schneider declared that
he had been an eyewitness to the
murder and named Hayes, chum
Of his, as the slayer. Schneider as
serted that the tragedy was due TO
q case Of mistaken identity" He
haiu ,I.dt 1ayes was after another
man when he came upon DR.. Hall
and Mrs. Mills under the big crab
apple tree on the Philips farm just
outside the city where the murder
occurred.
Were Following Girl.
Schneider told Detectives Totten
and David and State Trooper Dick.
man who did the questioning that
he and the youth had followed
Pearl Bahman, the fifteen.year-old
girl who was with him when he
"discovered" the bodies on the Sat.
urday following the tragedy, out in
the direction Of the farm around IL
September IA. Nearing the farm
house he said they came upon a
couple under tree which the youth
Immediately took to be Miss Bah.
man and this other man.
There they are: let me get at
them" he quoted his companion as
shouting. At the same time he
said the youth leaped forward and
opened fire. Three shots were fired
AS the blast died away they rushed
upon the bodies. Schneider said. He
(Schneider) realized at once that "a
terrible mistake had been made"
g.. That's not them." he says he
cried to his companion. You have
made q mistake"
Says Mistake Was Made.
The slayer agreed that such was
the case and together they fled the
scene. Schneider says he has no
idea what his chum did with the
murder pistol.
"I didn't see him throw it away.
ne protested.
The statement Of Schneider. which
the authorities hail as the begin
ming Of the end" Of the sensa tional
and prolonged investigation. came as
the SEQUEL to a grilling which lasted
virtually throughout the night.
Schneider. in fact, has been under
interrogation with brief recesses
since ! o'clock yesterday afternoon,
when he was taken to the county
courthouse. After he had been ques.
toned for several hours, detectives
went to the home of John Hayes, on
Richardson avenue, and got his nine.
teen. n.year-old son. Clifford. and took
him TO the prosecutors office. He,
TOO. was grllled for good part Of
the night. Stiil another youth ques.
tion,h WIS Leon Kaufman. fifteen,
a cc-,~arion Of the other two youths
ka, was questioned for more
the hours
S,m I.r. according 10 the au
tbo; s,es told several conflicting
strI is !, ore he made the statement
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