The New York herald., 1922-11-08

named In the event OF ans indictment
mentions one relative OF woman men,
toned prominently in the case, and the
other man as a member of the Church
IF st. John the Evangelist. The woman
referred to is also one who has figured
In the case as ''the woman in gray"
William G. Bearman, related by mar
riage to Mrs. Hall, and manager OF
Recktts Ltd, said Mrs. Hall and her
family would push the case to the limit,
even If the authorities dropped their in
vestigation, to establish in the public
mind that no one of the Hall family
had any connection with the murder OF
Hall and Mrs. Mills. Mr.. Bearman said:
II do not understand why suspicion
should be directed toward Mrs Hat'.
The entire family is most anxious TO
have the case cleared up. We will nor
permit 1t to die out even though the
authorities are not successful in their
efforts. If the authorities would pay
scme more attention to some of the per-
sens who have been prominent IL
arousing suspicion against Mrs Hall
they nigh. be able to accomplish a great
deal. But then 1t is also quite possible
that they are merely permitting suspi-
cion to be directed in this direction as
smoke screen to cover their real inves-
tgations.''
This statement. coupled with the an
ncuncement made by Henry Stevens at
Lavallette that he is starting on
world tour marks the effort taken by
the Hall l-Stevens families to force action
and to show that public suspicion has
been misdirected against them. Both
Mott and Mason have said, recently thas
mo one has been eliminated from the
case, despite several alibis which stand
up we'll" They have also indicated
clearly that there will be no need fo-
forcing action, as the action Is about
ready to start, beginning with the con.
ference in Somervilie on Thursday. They
have also indicated that the whole casa
will be satisfactorily cleared up by the
end of the coming week and that they
will be ready to go right to trial.
Threatening Letters Collected.
Nearly every one connected with the
case wis busy with elections to-day.
jimmie Mills assisting at the polls In
the Lord Sterling School and the Off
cials working for their candidates. Mrs.
Hall and Willie Stevens did not vote
They remained in the home all day.
Mills, although a Democrat, announced
that he had split his ticket, voting
for the best man in each case" Mrs.
Mills, incidentally. was Republican
The State troopers collected number
of threatening letters sent to trades
people. One came to David Spieler.
Courtlandt street grocer, who said re-
Gently he had heard shots. These let
ters. evidently written by crank and
posted from Boston. threaten Spieler
ana other tradesmea IN the vicinity Ii
they gave any information to the
authorities regarding the case. One
letter was written to woman who has
been connected with the case. doing In
dependent investigation. The authori-
ties have these letters. but believe they
are of little significance.
Several statements by woman in
vestigator for the Mills family as to
the manner IN which the crime was
committed have been discredited by the
authorities, who said their investiga-
tions had lea them entirely away from
the suggestions which this woman had
made. They clearly indicate that their
case is complete.
!, The authorities will bring more than
two dozen witnesses before the Grand
Jury. including all employees In the
Hall home and all the members OF the
vestry of the church. The authorities
have neither the gun. the knife no. the