The New York herald., 1922-10-30
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modern veins. and that is my answer
to neighbors who decry me and say
am an imaginative liar"
Here Mrs. Gibson became so incensed
over the reports given of her by some
of her neighbors. who have stated that
her story is entirely without foundation,
that she became dramatic and said:
"They have the cross all fixed for
me and they think they have me tied to
it. but they haven't the hammer and
they haven't the nails to nail me to the
cross. will stand by what l told the
authorities"
These utterances give n fair idea of
Mrs. Gibson as she is. She has some
OF the qualities of dramatist and her
story has grown more and more dra-
matte and more and more detailed as
she has repeated it.
Her explanation of her act In with
holding from the prosecutors the asser-
ton that she returned to the scene OF
the crime after lapse of hours and
saw a woman weeping at the side of the
bodies of Hall and Mrs. Mills is typical
too. She said:
II did-not at first tell the authorities
about my return trip to the Phillips
farm at o'clock In the morning, as l
was afraid that when I got on the Wit
ness stand the counsel for the defense
would demand to know how l knew the
woman ] saw there. 1 planned to tell
then Of how. because I was worried by
what I had seen in De Russy's lane.
returned to the Phillips farm end there
in the light of the then risen moon
made out this woman at the crabapple
tree, the same woman I had previously
seen before the shootings. Perhaps II
+ Ure I
withheld these details of the second trip
made. but the prosecutor did not ask
me for details.
ITO those who say lie, my answer Is
that my son will hear me out as to my
having left the house second time"
Says She Is Sorry for Mrs. Hall.
Mrs. Gibson.s vision, which enabled
her to see ahead as far as the witness
chair, In case that at best Will not
come to trial for months. is worth noting.
She went on to say that she Is sorry
for Mrs. Hall and Is sorry Mrs. Hall
made the statement she did yesterday.
that she was not at the Phillips farm on
the night of the murder. Nevertheless.
Mrs. Gibson says:
-.T will tell on the witness stand Just
what I know, and l have not disclosed
all yet"
Somewhere IN the negro quarter Of
this city, 1t developed to-day. there are
characters who might throw light on the
tragedy. but they have been frightened
away by bungling detective work and
important clews may have been lost. A
little over a week ago negro, Alex
williams, offered for sale watch that
Is said to have closely resembled the ono
that Hall wore and which has never been
found.
Williams lives in an alley off Burnet
street The story is rather vague and Is
TO the effect that two negroes, one OF
whom was Charlie Anderson, riding In
q automobile. saw Williams and his
wife at Monument square week ago
last Saturday night, and the Williams
pair made II known they had god
watch for sale. Then. according to
Anderson, Mrs. Williams produced
small flashlight and the clip Of an auto
matte revolver but the watch was said
TO be at the Williams home.
Anderson went there and saws he saw
the timepiece. which is described as "a
Huntington" case affair of solid gold
and apparently of some age. lie learned
that the Willamses wanted S110 for the
timepiece and exclaimed: That's alto
gether too much watch for me-" Mrs
Williams ne says. told him then that
she got the watch in trade with
relative In Newark.
Anderson works in n candy store anc
told another employee there, Otto Won
Till. asking him if he wanted to buy
watch When he heard the story Won
Till communicated with Detective Fer
guson, who went to see Mrs. Williams.
telling her. in the straightforward way
in which most detective work Is done
around these parts. that he was a de-
tectivc. She said her husband had the
watch and was out She told him also
that her husband got the watch in
skin game. according to Anderson.