Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-27
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had believed my wife was unduly
friendly with Mr.. Hall?" he exclaimed.
1T Is true my wife talked about going
on a retreat and had been talking about
II for several years. She was extremely
interested In the work of the church,
and thought this would make her more
competent to carry out her duties. She
was wrapped up in her religious work.
g DO I look like man who would
murder my wife? / loved her and |
q good housekeeper. Her death has
made n great change in my life.'
Mills was asked to describe his move :
ments the night Of the murder. He did
so in detail.
Wife Wore Old Clothcs
After my wife went out th..t night
she wasn't dressed to go anywhere,
having on her old shoes and stockings
which she wore around the house and
an old hat--I started to make flower
boxes for the church in the back yard.
worked till o'clock, then read the
paper awhile and went to bed. about
II O'Clock. BEFORE going in I stopped
and talked TO Mrs. Kelly. who has an
apartment in the same house, and who
was sitting on the steps. ! remarked to
Mrs. Kelly that my wife had not re-
turned
"lIow did you account for your wife
being out SO latc?" he was asked.
81 thought she might have gone for
an automobile ride with Mr.. and Mrs.
Hall. and they had broken down some .
where
Mills said he had not thought of
rhoning to the Hall home for informa :
tion. He went to sleep. he said, and
when he awakened it was . o'clock In
the morning. He went to the street,
hurried to the church, spent few min =
utes there and returned. lie could not
get to sleep. he said. and went back
to the church between Z and . o'clock,
leaving his work mt the school to do so.
There. he said. he met Mrs. Hall.
They haven't anything on me, said
Mills. because | am in no way guilty
Charlotte Turns Detective
Il was rumored through the town that
Charlotte. Mills sixteen year old
daughter. had written today To Cover
nor Edwards. charging that the case
was not being handled properly and ask
ing him TO intervene. Mills said he
knew nothing of such II letter. and the
girl herself denied 1t.
Charlotte says she will solve the mys-
tory Of the crime unaided by the police.
II" girl today pledged herself TO de-
vote every minute Of time and effort
she could give to tracking down the
slayors Of her mother.
Il am not satisfied with the efforts
the prosecutors Office Is making" she
said. II have read detective stories.
and since my mothers murder I have
been keeping my ears open. l have
heard a great deal that 7 did not know
hcfurc. All that I have heard makes
me- sur"r that my mother was innocent
Of any wrongdoing.
'My mother was a good woman. She
wanted intellectual companionship of
the sort We could not give her at home.
Her friendship with Mr.. Hall was based
on his knowledge and reading. She
knew that she was improving her own
mind by it. | knew my mother. She
was my best pal. 7 know there was
nothing in her life that would make
her daughter ashamed.
~ have my own theories as to svhc
killed mother. am going to try to
work them out. II ] have to do 1t all
hy myself. believe she was killed
hy n woman who was jealous Of her
church work. and who perhaps misun .
dCr.tool her friendship for Mr.. Hall
! think know who that woman is"
Charlotte has returned to school
Despite the fact that she is but sixteer
years old she is senior in the New
Brunswick High School.
The Investigators yesterday busiet
themselves in two directions. Some Q
the detectives. with surveyors, went 4,
the Phillips farm and both scar, ~,
the ground for possible additional clue.
and made detailed measurements t.
points near that where the bodies were
found.
The authorities hint that while they
have not abandoned the theory that the
minister and the choir singer were
murdered because of jealousy, they are
working also on the theory of black
mail 1t was rumored yesterday thai
no trace could be found of SlO,ON
worth Of bonds which the minister hac
inherited from his mother in law
Detectives admitted that attempts Il
trace these securities had been unsuc'
CesSful.
The authorities again are considering
| the wisdom of exhuming the body OF
! Mrs Mills for further examination
! Dr. W. +. Long. the Coroner's physi-
| elan, of Somerset County, who made the
official examination of the body. re-
ported that only on" bullet wound hao
been found. \ physician who made IN
examination for tn" family stated just
nS positively that there We're three bulle,
wounds in the head, and that the bullets