New-York tribune., 1922-11-08

sestry and Of the Hall household have
talked as freely as they should 10 tn.
ends OF justice are to be met.
ls mas been only in the last few davs
that the investigators were able 70
get from Mrs. A. C. Fraley an admis.
sion that she heard or saw anything nm
the night of September ID that mich I
have had a bearing on the murdsr
LieuAenant James Mason, Motifs chief
investigator, has not disclosed what il
was that Mrs. Fraley heard that night,
out ne says 1t is important to the case.
Among the members of the vcstry
wno, it is believed, will be summoned
| Carpenter, New York stock broker,
| whose home is just two houses beyond
the Hall home. He is first cousin of
Mrs. Hall. Another is Ralph v. M.
Gorsl!ne, who has said that Mrs. Mills
| once made sentimental advances to
him, which he repulsed. Another is
William G. Bearman, whose wife is o
| cousin of Mrs. Hall. Mr.. Bearman is
manager Of the Reckitts Bluing Com
pany, of which Gorsline is assistant
manager.
These and other members Of the
vcstry are to be asked, it is believed,
what motives prompted them to adopt
a resolution expressing faith in the in
tegrity of DR.. Hall and pointedly fail
ing to express similar faith in Mrs.
Widow Won't Let Inquiry Drop
Mr.. Bearman, speaking for the Hall
family, rather than as vestryman, said
to-day that if the authorities ever
showed disposition to drop the in
vestigation the family would 20 ahead
with an independent investigation until
the mystery had been solved.
We do not intend to let it drop. {"
said Mr. Bearman. Even if the au-
thorities drop their investigation the
Hall family will push it to the limit.
II do not understand why suspicion
should be directed toward Mrs. Hail."
ne continued, seemingly ignoring the
testimony of Mrs. Gibson, "but the
family. is most anxious to have the
case clearned up and we will not per
mt IT TO die out, even though the au-
thorlties give up their efforts"
Without indicating who he meant,
Mr.. Rearman said ne believed the Of
ficials in charge of the investigation
should pay more attention to the ac-
tivities of some of those who have
been most prominent in arousinr
suspicion against Mrs. Hall. Mr.. Bear
man said there was a possibility that
the charges against Mrs. Hall might
be smoke screen to protect guilty
person. Mr.. Bearman would not elabo-
rate on this statement.
Flashlights Arouse Inquiry
1t was learned to-day that in one Of
the early interrogations of Mrs, Hall
the widow was asked as to number Of
flashlights in her house She said
there were three. Yesterday this same
question was asked Louise Guest and
Barbara Tough. They agreed with Mrs.
Hall that there were three. The pur-
pose behind this question is not known.
although 1T is remembered that Mrs.
Gibson in. one of her stories to news
paper reporters said that she saw a
man and the woman she said she rec
ognized as Mrs. Hall walking along the
driveway to the Phillips farmhouse,
lighting their pathway with an electric
torch. Since then Mrs. Gibson has de-
MED that she made that statemen..
Excepting state troopers none of the
officials working on the case were in
New Brunswick to-day. Prosecutor
Mott has not been here for days, as
far as can be learned, and not even
Lieutenant Mason has been here every
day.
AIIreu IlDDS, OF BernardSvllle, fore
man Of the Somerset County grand
jury, said to-day that he had an en-
gagement to talk with Mr.. Mason on
Thursday. From other sources it was
learned that the call for the grand jury
to. meet on Friday probably would be
sent out tomorrow, but maybe not un-
I'll after Mason and Mr.. Gibbs have had
their conference.
Mills an Election Official
Neither Mrs. Hall nor her brother,
Willie, left the house to-day to vote.
but James Mills, husband of the mur-
dered choir singer, not only voted but
acted as an official at the polls in the
Lord Stirling School, where he is
janitor.
"If anybody wants to know" said
Mills tonight, ''you can tell them /
voted split ticket. The way I look
at it, minority has forced prohibi-
tion on u.s." But it was clear chat Mr..
Mills was not discussing the murder
and he was left alone then to complete
his task of chopping kindling in the
basement of the church.