New-York tribune., 1922-10-17

aunt, Mrs. Whitaker. she s9td ShAS
sh4 money paid for them was to be
pus into trust fund to buy the giri's
gIos hes.
Dreamed OF Blood
hother revelation made by Miss
No Ia covered dream which, she said.
m her of Charlottc's aunts, Mrs.
IL ayson, had en- the night of the MUIR.
de in which she saw Mrs. Mills and
M Whitaker walking together. The
N aered woman was up to her knees
II iood and WAS struggling heiplessly
&c gtricate herself,
,e of the leads being followed TO-
n { was made apparent when De-
:, We David took 20 the courthouse
/, interrogation a nliddle-aged woman
he Hungarian district with whom
ae Steyens. eccentric brother of
:. Hall, has been very friendly.
in and again the Investigators have
flowed scraps of information that
ened to have some connection with
10 murder, only to find the trial end
ing in this squalid quarter of the
town. .
The questioning Of the Hungarian
az an Tonight was supposed to have
81 ! bearing on tip, unsubstantiated,
.ar ON inc afternoon Of September Id
woman had for some unexplained
narrose loitered for hours on the prop
erfy Of q Hungarian farmer whose
,Iacs is not far from the Phillips farm.
the barroonis of the Hungarian dis
xek there is being repeated circum-
sntisl story that the farmer and his
smiiy did not know who the woman
sas until her picture was published in
aewspapers few days after the dis.
ccvery of the murders. By way Of
stiff .ning this report and linking IL
still closer with the murders it is re-
pert ed that the Hungarian farmer has
paid off long-standing mortgage on
mis- property within the last four
wes ss.
An additional bit Of evidence sun.
porting the belief that number Of
per ons knew of the love affair of DR..
Hs ! and Mrs. Mills is a gold tie clasp
Or which was engraved the initial &C.
4 ie county authorities recalled to-day
e st this clasp was fastened to Dr..
= aFs necktie when his body was
ounty Detective Totten, of Somer-
Bet said to-dsy that Mrs. Hall was
ask ID about this ornament and espe-
cislly about kke &C." She said. Totfen
exp aimed, that DR.. Hall had found it in
the Sunday school room of the church
and had tried unsuccessfully to find
the owner. From another person. who
wss in Mrs. Mllls's confidence, it was
learned that this tie clasp was her gift
to the Minister and that the "G'' stood
for HGypsy," ono Of the minister's pet
names for the wife of the church sex
toa.
100 Hall Letters
II was learned that there are more
than one hundred letters from Hall to
MRS. Mills. Many of these we're ad-
dreasedi "My Dear Gypsy
In Mra Mills last letter. to DR.. Hall,
which was given out yesterday by one
Of the prosecutors, she wrote:
"you are true priest. i am merely
your physical inspiration. Do love I
you too much? ] know that now
ecud leave; now. yes, even your
physical presence, ana go into con-
vent. There wouldn't see any one
tsuch you, call yeu dear, rub your
tired body, sew your torn trousers.
Yesterday, was happy in "a way, in 4
the boat and in tie water, but on the
way home | was thinking hard. Oh,
NY Darling Babyklns, what a rnuddle
vs are in. But l will be content.
Will
Tee reference to the mending in
that letter recalled an incident that
when DIR. and Mrs. Hall went to Lake
Hopateong, taking with them two of
tbs choir, Mrs. Addison Clarke and
RS. Mills. The clergyman tore his
? seusers crawling through a barbed
wire fence and Mrs. Hail sewed up the
rip.
The murderer, it is evident, managed
to get possession Of this note in the
Srief interval that elapsed after it was
written and before the killings.
Discussed Plan for Divorce
In one Of the letters written by DR..
Hall to Mrs. Mills he told her: "Do
not mind what Mrs. Hall says" From
others it has been learned that the
couple had discussed pan whereby
the minister was TO try. to arrange
divorce and Mrs. Mills was to enter an
Episcopal home until euch time as they
could arrange 10 &C to Germany,
Miss Sallie Peters, the close friend
of Mrs. Hall, who has stayed with her
constantly since the murders, said to-
day tha, the telephone wires in the
Ball home had been tapped When
Prosecutor Stricken was asked If he
could throw any light on this he said
inst the telephone wires into his effice
bad been tapped also. Ralph Gorsline,
one Of the vestrvmen Of DR.. Halls
church, whose automobile was burned
shs day after he was asked at the
sourthouse to account for, hrs move
ments on the night o. the murders,
said that he, too, had noticed an un-
usual clicking noise on his telephone
eysr since ne was questioned at the
courthouse.
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