Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-11
BANNER AND PEARL
ARE HELD IN JAIL
FOR DOUBLE MURDER
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whom Raymand Schneider n Hayes
thought he was Staying. with her
father. when-according TO Schnei-
der's story-Hayes pumped -four hull
let's into the bodies of Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor
Reinhardt Mills the night of Septem-
her IA. beneath an apple tree on the
deserted Phillips farm. Schneider is
held as a material witness.
Nothing in the stories so far told by
BANNER and his daughter warrants
h appears to be the belief of Beck |
man n Stricken. The man and the
girl say they were not hear the scene
Of the crime on the night OF the muir
der. BANNER admits that he had Dor
rovrd n AS caliber gun on the night,
looking for schneider. His daughters
story. on which her father was arrest
ed, IL as sordid a bit of news as could
well be connected with a crime involv-
ing a clergyman and a choir singer.
"Higher Up" Is Hlnted.
Coincident with the newest arrests
there has arisen talk of persons high
or up" even the local is de-
manding knowledge as to whether If
Hayes is guilty Of this crime there
were others of higher social standing
behind him. There is today. too, a.
fiat declaration by Assistant Prosecu-
tor Toolan TO the effect that the Hall
and Mills families have not been elm
mated.
The n rather startling bit of in
formation that appeared TO have a di-
rect bearing on the murder mystery
came. quite casually from Pearl BANNER
in an interview in the Jail. 1t was to
the effect that Mrs. Raymond Schnei-
der. whom she replaced in the arec-
tons OF the youth who accuses HAYES.
possessed a key 10 the old Phillips
farmhouse and entered il in the dark
the night Of abe day on which the bod
les Of Hall and Mrs. Mills were found
by Pearl and Schneider.
Apparently, even when coming in the
dusk from a place in which the bodies
OF two murdered persons had been
found. the mysterious on farmhouse
had no terrors for Mrs. Schneider. This
IS what the BANNER girl says as to her
visit there.
Mrs. Schneider Visited Phillips House
9H'N 'A D'i Nllt SDpl al WHICH ray
mond and ] found the two bodies. 1t
was nearly dark. Mrs. Schneider said:
Let's go TO the house l had not
known there was a house there. though
Raymond and j had been in the fields
there many times. We walked to the
back door Of the house and Mrs.
Schneider tried the door. II was locked
She reached into her bag and took out
a key and opened the door. Then she
turned TO me and said IL was the key
10 her house in South River. / was
afraid 10 &c in. 1t was very dark.
She went in as though she knew
the place. She stayed about ten min
utes. ! don't know how many rooms
she went into. Then she came out. No.
she didn't bring anything with her
except some magazines she had been
carrying"
The pertinence of this lies in the fact
that the house fully furnished as IL is
and clean as though the occupants had
just gone out. a been regarded from
the first as in some way connected
with the crime. A score of clews have
led TO 1t, but a thorough search Of the
place has revealed nothing except
small evidences of recent
Pearl BANNER has been questioned
several times because of her intimacy
with Schneider. She was called to the
court house again yesterday and after
n had been questioned. was taken
before Judge Peter +. DAILY. She told
him h was II years old and she
freely admitted, as she had to the de-
tectives. her relationship with Schnei-
der. She denied. at first, that such q
relationship had ever existed between
he" and any one else. %
Then the Judge asked her point
blank about her father and she tolt
the story that led TO the issuance o.
the warrant for BANNER. She said tina
her father had attacked her on thu
Thursday night Of the murder, thu.