Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-14
SCHNEIDER IS
HELD IN JAIL;
TWO CHARGES
Lodged in New Brunswick
JaiI--Rearrested After Re-
lease at Somerville
KIRBY is ABs0Lv WE'D
County Detective David, IN
Affidavit, Clears Name OF
Deputy Sheriff Kirby
KIRBY IS ABsoLvED
NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. II.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. Il.
Investigation of clues to the
murder Of the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall, rector of the Epis-
copal Church Of st. John the
Evangelist, and Mrs. Eleanor
Reinhardt Mills, choirleader, was
continued today under three dif-
ferent agencies, pending word
from Governor Edwards.
Mrs Frances Stevens Hall,
wealthy widow of the slain rector
requested yesterday that the COVER
nor designate a state official to d{-
rect the inquiry. Mrs. Halls re-
quest forwarded to the state capisoI
al Trenton was in the form of LETT
ter by her attorney Timothy N.
Pfeiffer. The tactics of officials
conducting the investigation were
severely criticized by Mr.. Pfeiffer.
Both Prosecutor Joseph E. Strick
err of Middlesex and Prosecutor
Beekman of Somerset county ex-
pressed willingness to give way to .
state official should the governor.
name a man TO handle the inquiry.
State troopers who have been IN
the scene for two weeks have ben
hampered in their work while the
county officials have been guilty of
"bungling stupidity" Mrs Halls
counsel wrote Governor Edwards.
The Middlesex County Board OF
Freeholders has exonerated Dep
uty Sheriff Frank P. Kirby frenl
having had anything to do with In
fiuencing Raymond Schneider TO
make the statement accusing Cliff
ford Hayes of the double murder
As a result of this action OF the
freeholders, Kirby will continue rs
janitor in the county records bald
ing here although 1t was rumeFed
here yesterday that he was to be
discharged.
County Detective Ferd A David
had a sworn affidavit before the
freeholders in which he declared
Kirby had nothing to do with see
curing Schneider's statement. This
affidavit reads:
This is to certify that Frank p.
Kirby was in no way connected with
procuring testimony against Cliff
ford Hayes and that he witnessed
no statements as made by Raymond
Schneider. He was merely employed
as a doorkeeper in the prosecutors
Office during the questioning to keep
newspaper men from the office and
vicinity thereof because the prose-
cutors and their assistants did not
want to be ANNOYED and II is only
fair that Mr.. Kirby Sheuld be at-
solved from all blame"
Schneider was brought back from
Someryille yesterday afternoon ana
lodged in the Middlssex county Jail
here charged not only with perjury
but with a statutory offense as we'll
AS soon as Schneider had been re-
leased from the Somerville Jail as a
material witness he was rearrested
by the Middlesex county authorities
because of his admission that his
statement charging Hayes with the
murder was not true. His alleged
relations with Pearl Bahmer, also
held in custody. were the cause OF
the other charge being preferred
against him.
When arraigned before Judge
DAILY here last night Schneider's bail
was fixed at $4,000 on the statutory
charge and $4,000 in the perjury
charge.
Since his arrest an infected finger
has grown so bad that it was said
this morning in the county ja{l
Schneider would be taken to the
Middlesex General Hospital to-day
and have the member amputafed
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