Evening journal., 1922-09-19
MAY ARREST
DUAL KILLER
IN few DAYS

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found on the abandoned farm by
some person seeking revenge. This
person threw acid in Mrs. Mills face
and then clawed the minister with
fngernails.
The pistol shots were fired later
when Hall and Mrs. Mills tried to es-
cape, according TO one deduction.
Another solution advanced is that
the person who came to the farm
armed with acid end seeking VEN
geance, was escorted by another in
dividual, who, excited by the vitrol
throwing and clawing. began shoot
ing with a revolver.
It is apparent Mrs. Mills was
blindfolded before she was put TO
death, authorities declared.
Among the floral offerings at the
funeral OF Mrs. Mills was one from
Mrs. Hall, wife of the slain man.
Thirty persons were there.
No arrests had been made in the
murder case at noon, and County
Attorney Beekman and others de-
clared they were less optimistic OF
clearing the mystery than they were
last night.
The murder was brought before
. both the ldiddlesex and the Somer-
set County grand juries. by Justice
Parker today.
Parker charged the jury TO probe
the case, which he described as an
"atrocious crime" on the assumption
the killing took place in Somerset
where the bodies were found
He declared that II the crime was
committed in New Brunswick and
the bodies brought to the Phillips
farm indictments could be returned
only in Middlesex county.
Justice Bergen, OF Middlesex, de-
clared the honor-of the county is in
volved and II is necessary that every
possible action be taken TO reach a
solution" He reversed theories Of
Prosecutors Beeckman and Stricken,
declaring the murders had appar-
emily taken place in Somerset county,
but asserted the Middlesex jury
should investigate anyway.
Prosecutor announced members OF
the Hall and Mills families would
be questioned again today.
Reports that Fred David, county
detective, had found the weapon
with which the couple was shot
could not be verified at the court
house. The report started when
David appeared from a mysterious
trip carrying a package which was
obviously a pistol wrapped In a
newspaper. He refused 70 say what
Il contained.
Prosecutors and detectives Of two
counties. and-seoret service men OF
the state police continued the probe
of the case today as the funeral
of Mrs. Mills was held in an under
taking establishment here.
George Deinzer, High School boy.
who went TO the farm where the
bodies were found, reported 10 au-
thoritles he had found there cheap
lace-edged handkerchief containing
five bullet holes all apparently made
by a single shot as the piece Of
cloth was folded as IL It had been
used to blindfold one Of the victims.
The most important evidence yet
has been obtained by George Totten,
county detective OF Somerset. He
found and questioned Harry Nc
Cabe and his wife, Catherine, who
1--we between the Raritan River and
the canal, at what IS known as the
landing bridge, three-quarters Of a
mile to the north OF where the bod
ies were found.
The gist Of the story Of these two
was that at a little before ~ o'clock
on Thursday night they heard
screams which were OF such a
nature that McCabe dressed and
went out to see what was going on.
He found nothing. but about six
minutes later, when he returned 70
the house, both he and his wife
again heard screams, piercing and
unmistakable. And, says Mrs. Nc
Cabe. with every air OF perfect
surety:
There were two women's voices.
! am sure Of It. I cannot be mis-
taken. The women screamed and
then at the last there was one
scream. dying away into a moan"
The point OF this testimony is that
It definitely establishes the time OF
the crime as between IL and 12l
o'clock on Thursday night and re-
veals the entirely new point that
more than one woman was near the I
scene of the murder. The testimony |
about the time Is corroborated by
Mrs. Mary Waters who lives across
the river on River road. She told |
Totten she heard shots between IL
and ~ o'clock, but was unable to |
Ak the time more accurately.
Nothing in what the McCabes say |
Indicates that a woman actually !
committed the crime and this the /
authorities have taken into oonsid-
Grafton. Much more convincing evil
dence. it IS said. would have to be
obtained before they could proceed |
on any such theory. But they do re-
gard the McCabe testimony as Of the |
highest Importance, though It some /
what demolishes part of the theory |
on which they have been working, !
in that II indicates the crime was
committed at the point where the |
bodies were found, or else close by. |
Totten and other detectives have |
measured distances from the scene |
OF the crime to nearby places. not
ably along a dirt road that is al !
most hidden in high grass and to-
ward the Phillips farmhouse, now |
untenanted. Their actions indicated |
clearly that they had concluded that
II the shooting did not occur exactly |
where the bodies were found It oc-
Cured in the immediate vicinity and |
not at such a distance as to neces-