The New York herald., 1922-11-03
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sary were an indictment the only thing
In mind.
Monday is the day set for action. 1t
is believed that unless all plans 60
awry the Somerset County Grand Jury
will be summoned to meet on Monday
morning at Somerville will hear briefly
from Mr.. Mott and will return two in
dictments. possibly before noon. Ar
rests will follow Immediately.
There were rumors tonight of an r,-
pending arrest. 1t being said in some
quarters that the complaint has actu-
ally been drawn and that the warrants
are ready for signature. This story
goes further and says that the arrests
will be made before the Grand Jur !
acts, but 1t was learned tonight that
such action will not be taken. The mode
or procedure will be as Mr.. Mott out
lined some days ago: that is an indict-
ment will be sought before an arrest is
made. to head off the possibility of
habeas corpus proceedings being started.
1t is barely possible that come per-
sons Will be taken into custody before
the indictments are found. They will
be detained as material witnesses II
they are detained at ALL In this con-
nection 1t may he said that Mr.. Mott
has witnesses that have never been
heard OF and that the case will furnish
some startling surprises.
A man and woman will be indicted
according to the best information the
woman being the one named by Mrs
Gibson. Who the man is is still a nlys-
terry. One guess Is as good as another
and Mott and his aides are guarding
their secret carefully. 1t may be a man
who has figured prominently at times
and been examined more than once, or II
may be some one who has not figured
in the case to the present.
Interview Commotion.
The interview granted yesterday by
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow OF the
slain rector. has caused a commotion in
half dozen directions. AS to some
points in the interview. Mrs. Gibson said
to-day that Mrs. Hall was wrong. James
Mills. sexton husband of the murdered
choir singer. finds all sorts OF fault with
Mrs. Halls statements. but his remarks
are almost word for word q repetition
Of what he has said on some other occa-
sions.
MilIs's real contribution 20 the case
to-day was another OF those characters
tic remarks of his Referring directly
to the person who murdered his wife
and the minister he said. They certainly
put me In an awful JAM" Mills said
he ha I never been to the farm. so this
evening some of the reporters treated
him to a ride and he saw for the frs,
time the place where his wife's body
was found
In the Office of the prosecutor her.
where Mr.. Mason and the state troopers
working on the case make their head
quarters. the interview with Mrs. Hal
gave satisfaction. IL was checked UP
carefully word by word and certified
copies have been obtained from the
stenographers. II will be used In the
trial. though its legal value may be
questioned.
Mrs. Gibson. In an interview to-day
asserted that Mrs. Hall told an untruth
when she said she had not been to the
Phillips or De Russy farm since she Nas
girl. Mrs. Gibson asserted that Mrs
Hall had been at the Parker Home fol-
the Aged which is near the farm, few
DAYS before the murder. In this Mrs
Gibson appears TO be as worng as she
has been in some other things. for at the
Parker Home tonight the statement was
made by the superintendent In charge
that Mrs Hall had not been TO the home
at any time as far as anyone could re-
member.
Mrs. Gibson has entangled herself IN
a mass Of contradictory statements. but
only In newspaper interviews. Her state
ments TO the prosecutors. 1t Is learned
do not contain contradictions and II Is
those statements, not the newspaper in.
terviews. that the Grand Jury viii have
| to consider. There Is reason TO believe
too that OF her own volition or under
prompting Mrs. Gibson has made state.
A.. - Ion1 hs.t, Of
the track. Her retraction Of the asser-
ton that she heard a woman say. after
the shots were fred. "Oh, Henry" wa
a deliberate effort to cover up, for tn,
time being a statement she had mad,
! 10 the prosecutor and which she believed
and they believed TO be true.
Mills Disputes Mrs. Hall.
"rt is peculiar that Mrs. Hall shoul'
not want 10 offer a reward for the mur
| derers." declared Mills to-day after n
| had read the interview with Mrs. Hal
.'Why should she hire a lawyer for pro
lection instead? II had money woul'
| offer n reward.
personally they can't catch then
fast enough for me. ] am not vindic-
tive, either. but / want to see the per-
| son who committed such crime pun
\ lSneu. Hey SSp"'S 49,
awful jam"
"Do YOU believe Mrs. Gibson's story?'
he was asked.
"There arc a good many things about
| IL that make Il look as IL IL might be
true" he replied. lie took issue with
Mrs. Hall on her statement that she
had notified the police before she saw
him. "1 met Mrs. Hall about $50 or
Friday morning at the church. SHE
told me that Mr.. Hall had not beer
| I1...n tl,o ,,roytoiie night.