The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-10-12
HALL Staying
ALL A MISTAKE
Confession Secured by Of
ficials Results in Two
Arrests Today.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
Confession Says Jealous Lover.
Shot Hall and Mrs. Mills
Thinking They Were Others.
az Associated Pregg Leased Wire.l

Bahmar, who found the bodies of the
Rev. Edward Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
Reinhardt Mills, choir singer, was ar
rested today and formally charged with
first degree murder of the Sayings.
Raymond Schneider, who was with
the BANNER girl when theNbodies were
found, was held as a material witness.
Prosecutors Beekman and Stricken of
Middlesex and Somerset couples, say
Schneider signed 300 word statement
accusing Hayes of the crime.
The announcement, issued jointly
by Prosecutor Stricken of Middle
sex county and Beekman of Somerset
county, read:
Upon information in the prosecu-
tors \office obtained from Raymond
Schneider and other witnesses, we
feel obliged under the circumstances
to prefer a charge of murder against
one Clifford Hayes. Raymond Schnei-
der will be held as a material wit
ness awaiting the further develop
ments in the case"
Haynes; when confronted wit
Schneider as the later re-told his
story, exclaimed:
"He is liar"
The Story of Schneider.
According to Schneider, who admits
he is in love with the Bahmar girl, he
said he was standing on street
corner with Haynes and Leo Kauff-
man when they saw the girl pass
with her step-father, Nicholas Bah
mer. He was jealous of the step
father, he said, and when he told the
others of his suspicious they agreed
to follow the pair.
They searched first through Buc-
cleuch Park where Kaufman left
them. Schneider and Hayes then pro-
ceeded to the nearby Phillips farm.
About II o'clock Schneider, said they
approached the crab-apple tree under
which the bodies Of Mr.. Hall. and Mrs
Mills later were found, and Hayes
pointed to the two figures beneath
the tree, explaining: "There they are.
Now We'll fix them"
Haynes, Schneider declared, whipped
out pistol and began to shoot,
When the pair collapsed, Schneider
said, he went forward, struck match
and then turned to Haynes explain
ing "Great God, man, you've made
a mistake"
The two then fed, according to the
statement.
Schneider declared he did not know
how the throat of Mrs. Mills was cut
or who had laid the bodies out under
the tree carefully adjusting their
clothing after they had been slain.
He declared that neither he nor his
companion had touched the bodies.
i. Detectives continued vigorously to
work on the case, clearly indicating
that they did not believe the double
Staying had been wholly cleared up
, by Schneider's statement.
When word of the arrest was taken
to the home of Mrs. Frapces Hall,
widow Of the slain clergyman, who has
been repeatedly questioned about the
case, Miss Sally Peters, her most init
mate friend and adviser, said:
isn't that fine! What has Mr..
Stricken got to say for himself now
for the way he has been treating Fran
els and Willie, willie Stevens, &C.
centric brother of Mrs. HalD."
James Mills, husband of the slain
woman, was more bitter when told
of the arrest. "a mistake!" cried
Mills "My God, what mistake"
When Hayes was taken to sail a
crowd of several hundred persons
gathered about the court house but
there was no demonstration.
It was learned that when Hayes
was taken to the court house for ques-
tioning yesterday he had 22-Calibre
revolver in his clothing. 1t was load
ed with blanks. The wounds which
caused the deaths of the minister and
his choir leader were made by bullets
from a 32-calibre revolver.
Says Schneider Stole Watch.
Hayes accused Schneider of stealing
a gold watch from the pockets of the
dead minister whom, he said, they
found lying beside Mrs. Mills.
His story was that he and Schneider
we're continuing their search for Bah
mer and his step-daughter when they
heard several shots ring out and an
automobile dart out from the lane
They ran toward the spot whence the
shots had come, he was quoted as say
ing, and found Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills
dead. He declared Schneider snatched
the minister's watch and that they
both ran. Schneider denied this charge
vigorously.
Joseph Hayes, brother of the &C
cused youth, was found by newspaper
man in front Of the courthouse today
crying He had been denied permission
to see his brother "Clifford smay
swing for this" he said, "but l know
he never did this job. If we only had
the old-fashioned mothers nowadays
who made their boys account for their
time" Clifford, he, said, was printer
but had been out Of work for some
time. He occasionally drank, said Jo-
Aseph, but never to excess
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