The New York herald., 1922-11-02
MRS. HALL DECLARES SHE
is INNOCENT, KNOWS NO
MOTIVE WASN'T SUSPICIOUS
Wife of Slain Rector Calmly Undergoes Long Ques-
tioning About Movements at Time of Killing Of
Husband and Mrs Mills-Explains Some
Discrepancies in Theories


special Dtseoteh 10 TIE NEv YoaK HERALD
New BRUNSWICK. Nov, l.--Thers
follows, in full. without notation or
elaboration. the stenographic transcript
OF the interview that was granted by
Mrs. Hall this afternoon and which
lasted n few minutes less than an
hour:
q. Have you any comment TO make
Mrs. Hall. on that part of Mrs Gibson's
statements in which she says you were
present on the Phillips farm on the nigh;
OF September 14r
A What comment could I make? O'
course that was not so. and that was all
q. You weren't there?
A. certainly was not.
q. Didn't you leave your house at any
time that night except when YOU weni
out with your brother?
A. No.
o. VIII you tell us your movements.
as near as you can recollect. on the
night of September IA. on that Friday?
A. Wouldn't you -ather ask questions:
Ask me what I was doing.
Q. Would you like me TO split that
movements on the night of September IL,
as near as you can recollect?
A. On that evening?
Q. Yes
A. We had our supper about & 80
and went out on the porch for little
while. After that--I had Mr.. Halls
little niece with me. his brother was
there. and Mr.. Han was here at supper
time. I stayed out on the porch for a
while and then little later came In
with this little cir. that was with me
and played games with her for a while
until half past or a quarter to 0,
somewhere along there. and put her to
bed--went up stairs at least and put
her TO bed and came down again
somewhere around after 8. should say.
and sat here in the library reading until
about half past 10, and then went up
stairs and prepared for bed and waited
for Mr.. Hall TO come In. and went to
bed but did not go 10 sleep.
Remained in Her Home.
q. And between the time that he left
the house and the time that you went
out with your brother IN the early
morning you did not at any time leave
this house?
A. No.
9. DO you know now. Mrs. Hall.
from whom that telephone call was that
evening?
A. That came that evening?
O. Yes
A. They told me 1t was from a Mrs
outside.
Q. You did not overhear any OF the
conversation.
A. No.
q. Have you ever been TO the Phillips
farm In your life that you know Of?
A. Never. I did not know until later
that II was the old De Russey place. AS
a child had been there twice.
Q. But not since you were child?
A. No.
Movements in Early Morning,
O. Mrs. Hall. after you had gone to
the church about o'clock in tho morn
ing and not having found your husband
there did you take any further steps
that night between that time and Z
o'clock in the morning to notify your
n lends and inquire of the police. or do
anything with your husbands absence?
A. AS you all know, I walked down
past the Mills house TO see IL by any
chance any one was Ill, or any light
there, knowing that he had gone out. AS
he left the house he said he was going
To see about this bill. You know all this.
I have repeated II many times. that he
was going up TO see about this bill that
Mre.- Mills spoke of. and / knew II. II
was the last thing he said. and thought
IL there was any chance that he might
have mentioned where he was going, and
I went to see II there was any light there
or anything to indicate that he was
there, but. seeing no light, came back.
q. About how long we're you absent
from the house Thursday night?
A. 1t was about half past when
dressed and got up, and L was back
here about half past 3. II was about
that tirne.
Never Heard Any Gossip.
Q. Did anybody ever carry any tale 70
YOU or any gossip concerning your hus-
bands relations with Mrs. Mills?
A. Absolutely nothing.
Q. Nothing?
A. No.
q. No member OF the church ever
brought you a letter or telephoned any
thing to arouse your suspicious?
A. None whatever.
O. Did anybody ever tell you that your
husband was writing to Mrs. Mills o.
she 60 him?
A. Never
q. Did you ever have any reason
before this shooting to suspect your
husbands relations, as far as Mrs.
Mills In concerned?
A. Absolutely none.
O. What is your feeling toward your
husband7
A. feel ne Is true TO me.
q. What is your feeling toward Mrs.
Mills?
A. do not know what to say.
O DO YOU feel at all inimical toward
her In your heart?
Al have no vindictive feeling.
q. Do you know anything. Mrs. Hall.
that YOU don't care to tell us for fear
that n may embarrass somebody that
Won know very near and dear TO your
q In other words. you are holding
back nothing?
A. Absolutely nothing.
o Have you any idea of ANY kind or
auy knowledge as TO who might have
done this thing
a. have absolutely no idea, or have
had, as near as am sure as to mo-
tive.
@ You know nothing about your hus-
bands movements after no LETT here ex-
cept what you had heard when you lefr
MIR. Reid's house?
A. Nothing.
o. You to-day are without any direct
knowledge that might clear UP this
crime in any way?
A. I have absolutely no knowledge. .