Evening journal., 1922-12-04
CONTINUE HUNT
FOR MURDERERS
New Brunswick Police Keep
After Woman Who
Knows
SCHNEIDER CASE
UP TOMORROW

that the HaI-Mllls murder mystery
will be speedily forgotten and that
the town will get a chance 20 live
down its unpleasant notoriety, they
are to be disappointed for two rea-
sons
The FIRST reason is that the trial OF
Raymond Schneider for perjury is 10
begin tomorrow, necessitsting a re-
hashing Of many sordid details of
the murder case, at the same time
casting an unpleasant light on the
slume Of this small city and on its
so-calied playground, Buccleuoh
Park.
In addition two Of the investigst-
ing forces utilized in the murder case
are to continue working. adopting
new methods but keeping the case
alive in public interest. There Is, In
fact. sharp rivalry between three
forces for the honor OF breaking
the case.
Timothy \. Pfeiner. counsel for
Mrs Hall. has had as his assistant
Felix De Martini. a New York detec-
tive. who has working with him
more than one assistant. They have
unearthed some clews upon which !
they are working. and II may he
Their good fortune TO solve the mys-
terry. in which case the county de- :
tectives and the state troopers will
be placed in an unenviahle position. I
Though Wi'bur A. Mott. special (
deputy attorney general. minated .
when he entered the case that he 4
would coordinate with the various
agencies then at work 70 solve the
mystery. he never succeeded in do
ing so. One investigating agency
was forever trying to put something
over on another.
This condition still obtains. The
State troopers are following their
nwn leads: the county detectives
likewise. on Saturday Detective Ds-
vid Of Middlesex county examined
witnesses. Il is understood, the state
troopers did not know Of
BY arrangements made between
coi Norman Schwartzkopf, head of
the state police. and Sergeant John
Lamb. who has been in charge n the
case. the State police here will he {
withdrawn and others substituted. Z
Il IS felt that the men now on the
case are too we'll known 10 obtain {
the desired results. Lamb, and
also Corporal Dickman. his chief aid.
win probably leave, but Lamb, who
has done exceptional work in view J
OF the fact that the troopers came
into the case late. Will continue in ]
charge, thought absent. His new !
men win work in plain clothes, in
depen nd entity. and Il is believed they
can get new evidence that will force !
the presentation Of the case 20 the
December Grand Jury in Somerset 1
county within three weeks.
A woman connected with the case
Is strongly suspected OF Withholding
information She has at no time
figured as a principal. II Is well
within the range OF possibility. how ,
ever. that, II the expected develop l
rnents eventuate, this woman may :
be charged with being an accessory
after the crime because of her per- '
slstnce In withholding information. '
She is one OF several persons 10 $
whom the State police are paying r
particular attention
Detective David is also working on
the case more or less independently. ?
He said that his superior. -Prosecu- v
tor Stricken. has no intention of I
dropping the matter and added: n
I'VE have lost a lot Of sleep on this
case and We can't afford to stop now. \
Saturday afternoon and night were 3
spent by the Middlesex authorities =
In working on the case. / won't tell Z
you what we did but viii tell you .
We feel more hopeful now than we z
lid several days ago.
The Schneider trial Is certain 20 r
keep up the interest in the murder
.ase. Schneider after a terrific q
.hird degree grlling Confessed" z
hat his pal, Clifford Hayes. did the
xMllssaz, while he was with him. -
Hayes was in Jail three days as =, a
result.
Then Schneider broke down and p
confessed that he had lied and
HAYES was released. The perjury y
,harge resulted and Schneider was
indicted He will have to answer n
ater to an Indictment charging =
him with corrupting the morals of .
minor, Pearl BANNER, who wa
With him when he found the bodies "
IF Hall and Mrs. Mills on the Phil q
ips' farm eleven weeks ago. n n
stricker's public statement in .
Trenton that the newspapers had =
nterfered with the inquiry is an d
swered in the local newspaper edi- n
.orially
The editorial reads in part: -
Prosecutor Joseph z. Stricker 81
usually is pretty nearly right in his "a
public statements on cases which ye
come through his Office but in his cf
declaration that there has been al pa
together too much outside interfer-
Hnce' and that newspaper men So
should be eliminated he gives only in
half a truth ~
There has been Interference in nc
the case. and some of it has been bi
ione by newspaper men. but on the Il
other hand the very fact that the ar
case was given the benefit Of work ~
by the Attorney Generals special ma
representative in addition to that Of IA
he prosecutors Of Somerset and gr
Middiesex counties is due to the le
newspapers. while some very i'm
oortant Information has been turn IA
ID up by reporters. IA
'Mr. Stricken is half right. but not We
nfireiy so. He should discriminate m
'etween the good and the bad for
here are two kinds in the news wi
aper world just as anywhere else. M
nd instead of blaming them all in sic
isr-minately. as the public at to
Irze as well as Mr.. Stricken Is all to
20 prone to do. he should at least
I've credit 10 those TO whom II is pie