Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-28
mrs. MILLS fought
BITTERLY F0RL|FE
e,.d Af.er sIayers Killed Rector,
u;d ~ Bushes, but Was
Found by Flashlights
THEN DRAGGED TO DEATH

49,. ,,ru,,swick. \. j.. Oct. -.
Nv" ..i,r hcr rcnu,rd eve. witness nc
A"p ', ,t the Staying "f tho R"v. Edward
GOWN -. ,,,,l and Mrs. El"'nor, u.
Whrc", IT,. Jouc Gi'spn asserts Mrs:
Mi,.s. ,,.,. ,rny.ol from hiding ana
Ni,lS ot,,r the murder "f the rector.
k',,ea n,mpr farm owner anu F,9
~. q, :, declares that she r"f"rh'I 10
ia'sel Iii Phillips farm four boh's n''''
i,'' n,r,lcr m and ,hn' ~" ~" Wolnan
tn' ,;. n." ,ynr III. bodies hW' W""p'"s
n1ei...,, nei",I, She aid 1t va" IUr sam"
r',u p,m,m III" saw when ~" ''"'''''H W
cured. . ,h, ann God version of
Al, ,I,ublr crin,r given '' " '"'no
ties Wy .iu,np of bushes n'i"r n sIo'
!al Wv, ,, ,rcd tat" the h"ad of Dr.
iinll Ter companion.
~ ,..yp,d ,,ark to IIaIr> Iso9y
.r, 'l.rryman's slayer and the
lnr yi,l him hunted for Mrs. Mills
roln"", 4, sL ',yl,s. located her. and drag
WY" h"r barr 10 the spot Wh'rr I'r.
&C., S;o,,. body lnr. Thr"" SHOTS were
..ou ',ou fred int" her hehd a. sue p''anea
,"r " mcr,,. The autopsy n'S,' oSeu ,"a'
Mrs, Mills had bee, namu,.m MANURE. '3"smH, ,au;.,.
W.T., No,t that she returned {" III"
Genera, the mird"r oft Of curiosity
sc',' ',,u,, she hnG dropped one "f
h'u ,nr,psius during her night y"
n.,,,ci,,rh after the nur'Irr'
h'"' .,,c trooper "I. on. 2i,nrd az
~ ,.;hs,u's farm today and turned
Mrn v.uld y" visitors anxious !"
w. :, -,i,uusc Ot hcr.
"h,alN :; H,irr. oi llnmilt"n road.
'h" I.. Gibson !, fnrpr aud u t"arI"r
h'', ,,. stun vcsnut 'Iigh School. said
!" y" Ln believed ,h" woman far"cr
Nas oy"rWroo."'
Mil. G,ad Arrest Is Near
flames Mills, husband Of the murdered
,nman, faiI last night that an arrest
IN tho ra.c could not come to" sc"n to
'n ;, "" Kim IIo appeared to BE- pleased
.n h,, thc investigation ht last arrearcd
w h, making headwDy.
rnuuJ last night in the rcilur nf the
fh,rrb rf St. John IT," FNangcliAt. If
,,hi,b le is the SEXTON. Mil. Waa sto"k
w., L,rIljny wood against the wall aud
'.hs .hs,,trr. with his twelve year old son
l,nnicl vh" vas tossing the wood to
his fothcr ,icrc bv piece from wool
bin.
The sexton said that his daughter
(bnrioi,c hi, gone +" l'at"r>on early in
,hc pf,rru"n,, ,n visit her aunt. Mrs.
rI.r l.,rnharlt. N"ighbor, had told
I IN ,ulhrcnl, by Mills "nr'ior IN III.
,la,. shea ChnriuIt" had bron"hcI the
.rhjr"i ct the trip. but Mills said. 1--WE
won't talh shout thnt.
Dl..,icnnd about his views "f M-,.
lanr ,;ihs"u' . ~" wit"pSs story. the
sexton aid II, looks rs il they were
rc,tiuv .'ucw here nov. n"rsn', II:
The, cant get through with II 10"
ou.rk +" .uii ,nr. The sooner tho.
r"rLi" =" through this again for
so 900 for some ono "'s" g dirty
work.
Ret 'tion> Piatcnic, Mills says Now
VIII, aid hn haJ hceu thinking q
.,pat d",l If late nr,u, the relations
'.rw"cn Hail anl Mrs. Milia. ~
'l.nr"n when tive, lr,,e"> b.tM"eu the
couple we're published. Mills said he re.
aitzL -, h'>t ihnt his wifi" had been
.Nirri". and Hltn"ugh h" said 'NrS.
'ia'i hoods q nrw pair "i glusSes' after
h" beard thnt %ii" didn't believe h"r
Nn.bnnd ind written tn" l"'t"rs and
diar, attributed to him. Mills said
"'I nISH' Nv t-'Ii' 'u''k Wv lUC
original opinion that the relations be-
tween his wife and the rector were NOT
improrr. tie went on:
'It" b"'led"ing II wh"!" lot of thiiik-
tng about ihi, 'nsc. and ! can't hc-
heyc thnr" WAS ANYTHING wrong. The
rector lroni"d me t"" white. Thsy might
hay" hc"U very good friends. hut !
ION I thinE II was anything more than
that. Sl" wa u woman who liked
company and oil that. but I'm sure
that uhsr" il ended. The letter don t
count. : srow ~! wife better than
anybody.
WitIil,olds T'rother's Address
When Mills vas asked for the nd =.
dress Of his brother Henry, he said
You don't want TO see Henry. Ire
doesnt know any more about. thte
case than man In Ca'itornia, and
he won't talk TO newspaper men. ~,
thinks TOO much has been printed al.
ready
Their h" wcsrily pnkrd 'hc fire IN
the furnace and tossed several shovel.
inis "t coal into til" heater with the
comment: Between here and tho
school, | guess ] have done my share
OF shovelins,' and then, n> an after.
thought
Say. you've said there WIS q
starch box in the Lasrmert where they
used to put their letters. have looked
,.igh and low Tor that box aud buycn't
been able to find It."
tie was referring 10 the private post
+ once ,aid to have been established b,
Mrs. M'l'. and DIR. Halt as "A medium,
Tor the exchange of notes and other
eommuricntions
As he closed the cellar door Mills
uood for IL moment and looked straight
shfnd into the darkness.
why did all this have tn happen