The New York herald., 1922-09-19
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meaning the making OF one or more ar
rests. was imminent.
Detectives OF both counties have es-
tabIished the fact that nothing impor-
tant took place in the church on the night
OF the crime. 1t may be said too, that.
for the present they have eliminated
from the case Mills. the husband OF the
dead woman. and perhaps the most pitt
able figure in the whole affair.
The officers have heard that a gun
was kept in the Hall home BY Mrs
Halls brother Willie stevens. They
have heard that Willie had 10 so to
Hall for money. and that he frequently
quarrelled over the allowance he re
ceived out Of the fortune of about
$4,000 left to him by his mother.
In fact. Willie stevens and his &C.
centricties have engaged the attention
Of more than one OF the detectives. and
FOR the son of a well to 40 family, his
habits, to say the least. have been ex-
traordinary. and In sharp contract 10
those OF his brother. Henry. noted trap
shooting expert. Willie passed the win
ter In Florida. and part of the summer
at Bayhead, y. J. But when in New
Brunswick he seems to have loafed
about the poor Hungarian quarter look
ing at the little girls that played about
the streets. and making friends Of the
poor of the neighborhood. who gained
his friendship because they did not laugh
at him.
Part of his spare time Willie spent
at the firehouse Of Engine No. 3. tell
ing his troubles to Capt. Michael Regan,
asking for sympathy occasionally and
going TO fires when they would let
him. lie appeared there on Friday
morning. the morning after the murder.
| and told one of the firemen. as has
been published that There's going TO
be trouble" He would not explain, al
though he was asked what he meant
and since the discovery of the crime, 1t
has been surmised that he meant his
brother-in-law. the clergyman, was miss
ing and the town would soon know 1t.
Had QuarreIed with Hall.
ther the next morning, for Capt. Regan
said this evening:
Willie came in here on Saturday
about two hours before the bodies were
4 found. and said to me, I've had trouble
| up at the house. / said what's the mat
! ter. is some one sick lie said. No, !
| can't tell you what IL is. but, Captain.
| ii I'm grouchy around here to-day. don't
1 pay any attention to me. I've had trou-
4 Die up at the house.
"He often made that sort of remarks
| to me. When l talked to him about 1t,
| he explained that Mr.. Hall acted as
his guardian and gave him his allowance
| weekly. He complained that he did not
get enough, and told me he had asked
| Mr.. Hall for more, but that he wouldn't
give it to him, and then they quar-
relied.
-He was harmless sort, but he got
mad when anyone teased him, and then
he would say 1 am not coming in here
any more and the next day he would
be back just the same ] saw him this
morning before the funeral OF Mr.. Hall.
/ had been reading the newspapers,
and I asked him II there was a gun in
the house. He said to me There was
only one gun in the house, and that was
mine. kept it locked up in my desk I"
This is In agreement with information
which the Prosecutor of Somerset. Mr.
Be, kman, obtained yesterday to the ef-
feet that Willie had a gun in the house.
and that he understood II TO be 3S
caliber revolver. The cartridge found
ne ar the bodies was OF SO caliber.
Former Senator Florance explained
how It came that Willie, with for
tune OF his own. was on an allowance
though he Is more than forty. Florance
SAID henry Stevens ana WI .. daH aS
executors OF their mothers will had a
trustee appointed for Willie. The trus-
tee was Joseph Fl. Porter, trust officer
Of the National Bank of New Jersey.
Porter Is away. having gone on two
weeks vacation last Saturday. the day
the bodies were found.
Had Many Friends Among Poor.
Regan went on to say that Willie
frequently went over 20 the Hungarian
district near the railroad track. taking
with him pair of opera glasses. There