New-York tribune., 1922-11-24

very important engagement. The bride,
Miss Marie Koch, fainsed ON her arr
Sisai, while the rector fumed around
impataently
Mrs. Hail asked III she nsieht put cold
cloths on the girls head. but the rector
y quoted as saying hrusquely, tNc,
don't bother.v Beth Mrs. Marie Edan,
Ihc bride of the occasion, and Mrs.
Eenry Koch. her mother, corrohorated
nj ef this story to-day, emphasizing
the haste Of Mr.. Hall. After the cere-
nsony he 10 quoted as saying TO the
bridegroom, You have been married,
hut yeu have kept me from d very i'm
porsaat and very pleasant engage
tnent."
Bride Left in Tears
Mr.. Hall was extremely methodieal
and on this occasion he surprised the
household by tearing off his vestments
and throwing them down on the hall
rack Then he dashed cut Of the
house. CerroboratIcn Of the claim
that he left his home hurriedly was
obtained to-day from the record Of
the Koch-Eden welding at the Office
Of DR.. E, /. Eronk, the local health
officer. Inatead of being signed by
Mr. Hall himself ii is signed Edward
Wheeler Hall, per F. S. H." indicating
that his wife did 1t for him. The rec
ords DO not show whether the report
was filed before or after the murder.
II was first fiied without any signature
and was returned By DR.. Cronk for
completion. Mrs. Koch says that when
her daughter returned from the Hall
home FOR her wedding reception she
was in tears and she made the remark:
"Mr. Hall is the crankiest man ever
saw"
Tiiaothy Newell Pfeiffer, counsel for
Mrs. Hall, insisted that there had been
no quarrel between the rector and his
wife either on that or any other oc-
casion. He said that no answer has
been received yet from the Somerset
grand jury as to whether or not Mrs.
Hall would be allowed to appear be-
fore them.
A widows pension has been granted
Mrs. Hall, it was announced to-day at
the Office of the church pension fund
Of the Episcopal Church, IA Wall
Street, New York She made no ap-
plication for pension. 1t simply
came to her in the routine way. Bishop
Albion w. knight, of Trenton, notified
the trustees of the fund of the death
Of Mr.. Hall and the pension was passed
upon in the usual course of business.
ne amount OIL the pension tS pGSeu
on the assessment paid by the parish.
Jury Sees Widows Dyed Coat
Considerable interest is still being
displayed by the authorities in a coat
sent TO Philadelphia by Mrs. Hall to be
dyed. 1t was learned that one Of the
two packages taken into the grand jury
room contained this coat, while the
clothing Of the murdered pair was in
the other, Mr.. Pfeiffer announced
some time ago that the coat sent to
Bornot's, the dyers, was brown.
The authorities said to-day that,
while this was true, the color was mis-
leading, 1t was not deep brown but
light fawn that could easily be mis-
taken for gray. Their interest in this
point is such that tonight they took
fawn coat to the scene of the murder
to determine whether, under similar
conditions, it might not be mistaken
for gray.
A woman in gray coat figures in
the stories told by Mrs. Jane Gibson,
William PHILIPPE, the watchman, and
other witnesses, When interviewed re-
Gently Mrs. Hall said it was quite nat
ural for her to send things to Bor-
not's TO be dyed, since they were ex-
pert and had done work for her be-
fore. Bornot's, however, deny having
had any previous dealings with her,