The New York herald., 1922-10-02
TROOPERS TO SEIZE
HALL CASE SUSPECT
Mysterious Man Is Said TO
Know Something of n. j.
Double Murder.
LEFT TOWN SUDDENLY
Attempt to Get Slain Rec
tors E1tch Also Likely
to Be Made.
TO EXHUME BODY TODAY
No Membar OF Representative
Of Hall Family Will Be AL
lowed at Grave.
LEFT TOWN SUDDENLY
TO EXHUME BODY TODAY

speeial D.spateh 10 THE NEW York HERALD
Nrw BRUNSWICK, n. j., Oct. 1.-The
bcdy OF the Rev. Edward w. Hall,
slain lust outside New Brunswick to-
gether with Mrs. Eleanor Mills on Sep
tember Id, will be taken probably to-
morrow from the Stevens family vault
in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn,
and an autopsy will be performed to
determine just how Hall was killed.
This denomination of the body is ex-
pected to give the two county prose-
cutors, Stricken and Beekman, addi-
tional material for the investigation
they have been conducting for sixteen
days without any result.
Preliminaries necessary for the ex-
humation Of the body have been COM
pleted, and arrangements have been
made for the visit of the official party
to the cemetery, it is said here. No
member or representative of the Hall
family will be present during the eX-
humation or the holding of the au-
topsy. Stricken and Beekman have
ruled against this, though the Hall
family expressed a desire to have a
representative present
The reason for the attitude Of the
two prosecutors is not known. 1t Is
understood that the Hall family desired
that Timothy n. Pfeiffer, recently en-
gagged as the legal representative of
Mrs. Hall, be allo owed the privilege Of
being at the vault.
Hall Lawyer Is Barred.
While it is understood that the rela-
tions between Pfeiffer and Stricken and
Beekman are friendly enough the re-
quest was denied. The result of the
autopsy is to be made public. as was
.he result of the examination of the
body of Mrs. Mills, which brought
startling disclosures and showed how
faulty had been the earlier official
action.
The mouthpiece of Messrs. Stricken
and Beekman, for the present at least.
is Ferdinand David, detective for Mid
dlesex county. He has new theory.
which he expounded to-day. This is
that there Is "A mysterious man who
kHOWS All dbDul lit VI I1dli di0
Mrs. Mills, and who left town soon
after the crime was committed David,
speaking for the two prosecutors. said
I'VE know where this man is but have
decided to wait a day or two before
bringing him to New Brunswick for
questioning. for the longer he remains
away the more he will have to explain.
We possess information tending to show
that this man knows great deal about
the murder and that he will help clarity
the mystery surrounding the case when
he is questioned"
Actually the mysterious man is one Of
two who have been more or less under
suspicion for ten days because one was
in position TO know something OF the
affairs of the Hall family. The possi-
bility of their being connected with the
case figured in both the robbery and
backmail theories. One has a criminal
record.
All this has been known for days and
there has been some speculation as to
why the authorities did not pick up the
two if only TO question them. II was
learned by wire from Philadelphia to-
night that no alarm has been sent out
for these men nor have the police OF
that city been asked to look for Halls
missing watch. In fact no general alarm
or circular Of any sort has been sent
There is every reason TO believe, how
ever. that there will be developments
within a short time because OF the ac
tivity OF the state troopers ordered here
by Gov Edwards. These men begaf
their work to-day and there is informa.
tion to the effect that they will pick VI
the two "gunmen" within twenty -foul
hours and question them.
Captain Wenmann is in charge Of the
troopers who are at work on the case
He has under him Sergeant Lamb. Cor
poral Spearman and Trooper Dickman
Weinmann started to-day. tacklins tn,
case as a new proposition and getting
all information he could about IL. II,
was told about the two so-called gun
men Just as Prosecutor Stricken was TOLD
more than a week ago.
District Not Fully Searched.
There are about the old Phillips farm
house. near where the bodies were found
vast areas covered with vegetation
dense and spars. Notwithstanding III,
crowds that have visited the scene Il
me last two weeks much of this land re
mains unsearched. An automatic pato
may have remained within zoo yards o
the place whore the bodies were founC
since the night of the crime.
There has been no systematic effor'
made to find a weapon near the sup
nosed scene OF the crime. The Stat,
troopers are expected TO remedy thi
oversight almost at once.
Another story OF a mysterious auto
mobile has reached the ears or tn,
prosecutors. II comes from Thomas
Iy-nrs. who ~,ys that at LIS o'clock or