New-York tribune., 1922-10-21

Is Found lin
Hall Murder
tcsutinsed from pase ons,

! TumoTS H!lng ABOUT the courthouse TO-
] day, 1t is known that e. X. Soper,
the east littoral of che Raritan, bas had
| several conferences with the authori-
| ties.
With his wife he was returning about
| II o'clock from a Masonic festivity
at Somervi!le. N. j., on that dark
September night. AS their car passed
DeRussey's Lane they saw, he says, an
automobile threading slowly along the
cart tracks that were all that remained
| of what used to be the driveway to the
century-old farmhouse.
II would recognize the car if saw
it again." Soper told reporters to-day.
at was an old-fashioned, high bodied
machine dark green or black in color.
1t had markings that I remember dis
tinctly, and / have been on the watch
| for it in New Brunswick streets ever
i since. There were men and woman
in the machine. ] am not sure about
the number of men,"
| Mrs. Soper confirms her husbands
story with regard to the automobile,
but she says it was far too dark for
her to distinguish the occupants, even
their number,
Hayes and Schneider Again
acre are two other men who may
\
dran,a that began to unfold itself to
the people of New Brunswick that
night. One is Raymond Schneider and
the other is Clifford Hayes. Schneider
! is still in Jail on charges resulting
from his relations with Pearl Bahmer,
| the seventeen-yearo girl who was
with him when he found the bodies,
day and half after the murder.
| Hayes was released from the Somer-
| set County Jail and exonerated after
| him chum, Schneider, had recanted a
| fantastic accusation in which he named
Hayes as the murderer of DR.. Hall and
| Mrs. Mills. Both Of them have admitted
that they were within sight OF the
! Phillips farm that night and were wan
dering in that regin and in, Buc .leuch
Park until 3 O'Clock in the morning.
Schneider's Confession" Then they
/ admitted that earlier in the evening
/ they had been stalking Pearl BANNER
and her father, whose attentions to the
girl they regarded with indignant sus-
! picion.
Nick Bahmer, the father, saloon
keeper and minor political power in
/ the Hungarian section Of New Bruins
1 wick, made an attempt to-day to get
! out of Jail on writ of habeas corpus
after his daughter had said that she
Gus relations simply to "get even" with
him for "being mean."
1t was recalled to-day that Hayes,
through his attorneys and before he
was released from jail, promised to
appear any time Prosecutor Beekman
desired him as witness. Since that
time Hayes, presumably acting on the
4 advice of his lawyers, has kept his
mouth closed more tightly than ever
before in his reckless life.
Schneider Questioned
Schneider from time to time, is
questioned by Detective George Totten,
of Somerset County, who, it is be-
lieved, still hopes to extract from the
; thoroughly frightened youth some in
: formation about Dr.. Halls old-fash-
Toned watch, and perhaps weapon
which may have been left beside the
bodies along with the compr oinising
passionately phrased notes in Mrs
Mills's handwriting.
: 1t is not known whether Mr.. Stricken
lad Hayes, Schneider or an unidenti-
fed woman witness in mind to-day
when he said the case was cleared up
but he left no doubt in the minds Of
newspaper men who talked with hin
that he regarded the investigation as
! being at stage ripe for arrests.
T ave done what ! could in cleaning
it up" said Mr.. Striker, and created
the impression that he believed there
, was little more to be done. Prosecutor
: Beekman, whose Office is thirteen miles
) from the field where the murders tool
place, would not discuss anything thai
: occurred in the Somerset County grant
+ jury room during the hour and hall
/ that he spent before that body to-day
''No arrests are contemplated on this
. date he said, and added: ~ canno'
!. divulge the secrets of the grand jur!
$ room. It must be remembered at al
: times that the proceedings of grant
jury are absolutely secret, and, there
: fore, no questions, affirmative or mega
e tive, will be answered in respect to thi
E proceeding. Any reports as to the &C
s tion or non-action of the grand jur,
i are absoluteis unauthorized by my Of
Il flee. The investigation is far from
IL standstil, and we are satisfied with th
e progress Of the last few days"
d Displays Clothing
I, 1t was when Mr.. Beekman consente,
: to display the clothing worn by D1
= Hall and Mrs. Mills on the night the,
= were killed that it became known tha
the authorities are still keeping il
: their possession the gray coat Of Louis
y Geist that was worn that night by Mrs
Hail, Several suit boxes filled with tn
StSSliA.iG WSlS q close
A in Mr.. Stricker's Office.
"Don't bring out Mrs. Halls stuff.
! said Beekman to one of the detectives
"a ainst the clothing from the bodies.
& and he tossed back the servants coat.
i There was blood stain about thre
inches in diamster on the close-fttin
blae turban that was worn by Mrs
Mills. There was no bullet hole, an
= the splotch Of blood was half conceale
by the upturned brim. The dress wa
! % OF blue lawn with red polka dots, tn
belt and neck piped with red ribbon
e This cheaply made garment was staine
s and stitfened from the neck half wa
= 60 the belt with blood. The upper hal
=. S OF the *step-in" and gauze shirt whic
!. completed Mrs. Mills's lingerie tha
~ night were similarly stained.
= She wore girdie, an inexpens;y
& blue sateen underskirt, black sill
i stockings and brown low auartere
81 Shoes. In addition there was a heay
n brown wooien scarf with a pocket. i
Z THIS Vas . lambs wool powder puff.
s. Not e Clerical Collar
20 1T may not have been in thnr
when the body was fopni.o hints
81 Prosecutor Be-kman. Hail wore ! ss.s