Evening journal., 1922-12-01
inquire anew
into MURDERS
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/ Der OF letters and kilograms OF con-
graduation she has received since
the action Of the Grand Jury on
Tuesday. These messages. from
friends and strangers alike. have
continued 10 pour IN each day SINCE
Tuesday. and It has kept those at the
Hall home busy opening and read
ing them.
Mrs. Hail appeared pleased al
these messages. but received them
all with characteristic calm. A num-
Der Of friends called on her this aft
ernoon and evening
Just eleven weeks ago yesterday
Mills wife was murdered. This time
last year she cooked what he called
"a bully dinner" for the then happy
little household. Yesterday he
struggled through the preparation OF
chicken and apple pie. fanked by q
dish OF celery and a few almonds.
Jimmie and little Dannie were alone,
for Charlotte left the house early 20
spend her Thanksgiving elsewhere.
Mills was clearing away the dinner
dishes from the kitchen table as the
reporters visited him. When he
started talking all OF the bitterness
and sorrow which have been pent
up with him for weeks burst forth.
He criticized the Grand Jury and the
officials. He spoke OF having read in
a newspaper OF a debate in the Sen
ate between Senator Edge and Sen
ator McKellar OF Tennessee in which
references were made 10 the fact
that the Hall-Milis case was dragging
on and that justice was not being
done. This moved him 10 take out
a battered old pen. and ne wrote the
two letters sitting az the partly
cleared kitchen table. HIS letter 10
Senator Edge was:
My Dear Senator:
LAS 1 saw in the paper the discus
sion on the Senate floor about the
crime. Will you please continue the
investigation OF the Hsll-Mills muir
der case? There was no indictment
and the public AT large think that
this case should be looked into.
Mr.. Edge. il has been a lonesome
Thanksgiving Day for me and my
children. but It might have been a
brighter holiday for the family IL he /
Grand Jury had brought the guilty !
ones 20 justice.
The townsfolk tell :Ie Il IS
shame TO let things drop.
''sorrowfullly yours,
JAMES MILLS"
The letter TO Mr.. Beekman was
virtually the same. without the ref
erence TO the debate in the Senate.
Mills told how the neighbors
speak 10 him every time he goes out
and tell him Justice must be done"
Its a shame" said Mills. Here
am all in a mess and my wife dead
and the guilty persons getting on
and nothing being done about Il.
I'm not going 10 stand II. but what
,an 1 do? Maybe by writing 20 !,
Senator Edge and Mr.. Beekman
nay do some good. but you never
AN tell. II looks 10 me Ike II will !
never be solved. but you cant tell
ne that Il was done by hired assass-
Ms or robbers. They don't commit
heir crimes in that way"
Young Danny ardently wished for
800. 900 so that he could hire some
me to solve the murder OF his
mother" He misses her badly, he
aid, but he admitted that Paw
ure cooked one good meal today"
The state troopers are still at work
n the case with Lieut.. James F.
dason and will be here for some
inc.
Wilbur A. Mott. Special Deputy At
had nothing 20 say
n the case but will meet Thomas
+. McCran. Attorney General. on
Ionday. As Mott expressed II on ]
following the Grand Jury ,
ctlon. he is "in a state OF suspended
nimation." Mr.. Beekman n az :
made no announcement about his {
rogram. although the Grand Jury !
recommended that he continue in 4
estigating. 1
Little in the way OF any action,
ficisl or private. is looked for be- I
ore next Monday. Then the som :
rset Prosecutor is expected 10 begin q
ne case anew and Mr.. Pfeffer Will
ontfnue his work for Mrs Hall, 5
lded by Detective Felix Demartini. 7
he consensus among the towns :
eople here is that the case will de ]
owly as the result OF the Grand i
ury action unless some unusually J
nportant information Is unearthed.
here IS feeling on all sides that g
should be done, but the a
,wnspeople are open in saying that F
ley believe certain stumbling blocks 4
III never permit OF any real &C v
on.