Evening journal., 1922-11-07

Of MRS. HALL
IS EXPECTED

be the person named, or It may be
that a man who saw the bodies and
possibly saw the rector's watch. but
who failed to report the crime, may
be implicated.
/ The authorities questioned Mrs. A.
c. Fraley. whose home is near the
/ scene .of the murder. Mrs. Fraley
gave important information. and her
evidence will support parts Of the
story told by Mrs. Jane Gibson.
The authorities did not call Sig
/ Quincy Smith, who boards with Mrs.
( Fraloy and has a room in the front
of the house. Mrs Fnaley has at last
admitted having heard something.
but Smith. It appears. had a habit Of
/ walking to the trolley line in the
morning by route that would have
taken him right past the place where
the bodies lay on the morning of
! September Is. He has denied en-
/ phatically that before the bodies
were found he even told anyone
there had been a murder out his
way.
DIR. william II. Long. Coroner's
physician, who made an autopsy. is
TO be questioned about his state
ments since the crime and his first
report
Prosecutor Mott did not appear
here today. but Detective Mason ar
rived in the morning and at once
sent for Barbara Tough and Louise
Geist, servants in the Hall homo.
Mrs. Fraley was called in lator.
Barbara was not IN the mood of
two days ago, when she told news
paper men she would go TO jail
rather than testify before the au-
thorities or the Grand Jury. She
went to the courth ouse meekly. and.
according TO her questioners, she
answered anything and everything
they asked her. In part the line OF
her Interrogation concerned her visit
to the Parker home on the afternoon
Of the murder She also was ques-
toned about conditions in the Hall
home.
Louise Geist was rather indignant
over some of the questions asked.
Both servants refused 10 make any
statement when they had finished |
with Mason. The officials believe |
that Barbara especially knows much
more than she has told of conditions
IN the Hall home. of the relations be-
tween Hall and his wife and whether
Or not Mrs. Hall knew before the
crime Of the relations between Hall
and Mrs. Mills.
Barbara has proved throughout
her loyalty to Mrs. Han. Louise, on
he other hand, has an entirely diff
'erent disposition and has had a lot
,f fun out Of the notoriety. Today
ihe did not relish some of the ques-
ions put TO her.
Louise told Of a spat she had with
Mrs. Han when the choir singer
sought TO learn from her some OF the
inner workings OF the Hall menage,
and the relations between the rector
and his WIFE, but she grew angry
when she was asked whether Hall
had ever shown A disposition to pay
attentions to her. she denied one of
the current stories OF this kind. She
cried and let il be known that her
feelings were hurt.
Mrs. Fraley was much wrought up
BY being questioned, and also at ef-
forts Of newspapermen TO interview
her. One more insistent reporter re-
,eived a slap from Mrs. Fraley's
glove as she hurried from the court
house escoged by a detective. All
,fforts 70 see her at her home failed |
is she had successfully barricaded
Ter doors and placed a blockade
lcross the road leading to her place.
Mason admitted that she had aid
d the authorities considerably by
Ter statement. lie was asked:
do you consider Mrs. Fraley as [
IN important witness for the State?" z
II do" he replied. saying that he
relieved that her testimony would {
rave an important bearing on the a
,ase before the grand juiy. He ad j
nitted that her story corroborated
hrs. Gibson's affidavit on more than {
me important point Mrs Fraley q
lid not see the murder committed,
Mason intimated. but she did hear {
certain things. More witnesses will
,e examined and re-examined by y
,ither Mason or Mott within the next v
orty-eight hours although there y
will be little activity tomorrow. cleo
ion day. ?
one official discussed the POSSIBLE d
ty Of Mrs. Hall going before the $
irand Jury in an effort 10 make II j.
lear she had nothing to do with the
rlme. This official said It was one a
o be determined by the prosecutor, $
mt the Grand Jury could go over c
lis head and ask for her testimony. r
mis- Is rather unusual as the Grand 5
ury is usually satisfied with what
yer evidence the prosecutor may see -
L TO present. 4
The statements OF Or. Long about
he cutting OF Mrs. Mills's throat are {
eing checked up especially. Accord
1g to Long. his original report said 4
he throat of the woman was nag,
led or garrotted.." To the report
re- soon after the finding OF the
odies. he asserted, that there had
zen no cutting Of the throat and 4
hat because of advanced decomposi-
ion, the scarf which was wound
bout the woman's head had cut
nto the flesh.
This statement also was made to
ocal OFFICIALS.
One official said emphatically that
here IS nothing IN Longs first re-
,ort about the cutting OF the throat
lor is there anything about the scarf
laving made any wound. The report
las not been made public.
DR.. Long was quoted today as say
ng that an official high in the in
,esffgation told him 10 keen dufet L
bout the fact that Mrs. Mills's
hroat had been slashed. He refused
o see reporters who sought to ques-