Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-17

displaying an interest In the place that
aroused her interest. The new witness
who lives on a rocky little farm across
from the Phillips place. says she went
to the fence Of her farm to see IL she
could tell who the stranger was But
II was a woman she had never seen
before. The strange woman remained
on the farm for some time. apparently
studying the direction OF the foot
paths and roads which criss cross the
vicinity OF the abandoned farmhouse.
Woman Recognizes Photographs.
According to detectives who inter-
viewed the new witness yesterday,
she told them that she saw picture
Of a woman mentioned In the case in
a new Brunswick newspaper some time
after the murder. and identified II MS
that Of the strange woman she had
seen on the farm that afternoon. She
said the picture had been labeled,
"one of the prominent figures In the
Hall-Mills case"
The detectives say that the witness
ia peasant who came from the south
Of Europe several years ago. On the
death Of relatives whom she had Joined
in New Brunswick. she had moved on,
10 the little farm west Of the city, on
Easton Avenue. She made n small pay
ment on the property. leaving a com
paratively large mortgage. This mort
gage, according TO the authorities. has
been paid of within the last few weeks
by the payment of large lump sum
To date the county detectives hav.
kept much OF their information from
the State troopers sent here by orders
of Governor Edwards They have put
the Governor in the position of having
made n graceful gesture in response
to the appeal TO him by Charlotte
Mills. daughter Of the murdered wo-
man. The county detectives. backed
by the two prosecutors. now hope tc
solve the mystery and eliminate tho
troopers from any glory that may re.
suit.
The troopers. however. are not en-
tirely ignorant of what is going on
Col. Norman SchwHrzkopf. their head
is here. Not very much that is goinl
on is unknown to the troopers. anc
there is little that Totten and David
iiiS AsAiNbitStA htiiNik bt' tt thstA a. iiP
noted instantly. If anything is needed
in the way of organization Schwarz
kopf is here to see that it is supplied
| a lot of the time of the troopers ha,
been spent in watching Beekman anc
| Strickler's county detectives.
Hall Wrote to Mrs. Mills.
One thing that neither the trooper
nor the county detectives seem to hav,
learned. despite the length Of time the,
have been working on the case. is tina
Hall wrote TO Mrs. Mills, just as sh
wrote to him. The authorities permit
ted Charlotte Mills TO hide some q
these letters. and they have not take,
| the trouble 10 find them since
Reports vary regarding how many G
| these letters there are. Florence Nortl
the woman lawyer who is aiding Char
lotte, asserted yesterday that ther
were between ten and fifteen, and the
reduced the number 10 eight letter
and six postcards. From other sources
! which the Stricken -Beekman comhina
tion has not tapped. IL is reported tina
there are as many as 100. Miss Mort
| said the letters, which she refused {
make public, are platonic In thei
tone. According TO information obtain
ed elsewhere they are not at all 81
one of the favorite ealutations bein
MY Dear Gypsy"
This is the manner In which Hall
understood to have addressed MIR
Mills when he signed the initials Il
T. L. meaning "Deine treue liebe
German for BUR true love" Mis-
North saidyfhe letters she has wei
from Isles9 Me, where the Hal
passed Auf OF this year. and ii
postmark IL on some Of the letters
In severG II the letters that Mi:
North does not at present have. Ha
is understood 10 have cautioned Mr.
/ Mills not 10 mind what Mrs Ha
might say from time to time. Thel
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