Evening journal., 1922-11-13

~ 'A4 NAANAA lAAo WrIN Jas
ing their case on the pig woman's'
Testimony, she said. she decided thai
Il was time 10 act.
One line OF inquiry concerns th'
love AFFAIRS OF Mrs. Mills, and 70 tai
been limited at from time TO time a,
the unfolding OF tho romance OF the
rector and the choir singer has pro-
decided. It seems probably now that
Mrs. Mills had an admirer. or rather
an ex-admirer, who knew OF the rela-
lions OF Hall and Mills and was con-
cerned enough 20 cause trouble. II is
believed that Hall in ono OF his diary
notations referred 10 this man as a
person who had been annoying Mrs.
Mills.
Charlotte Mills. daughter OF the
slain woman, admitted that her
mother had an admirer eight years
ago who paid her considerable at
tention. This man Is said TO have
been a member OF the vestry and to
have been active in the affairs OF the
church.
Tho friendship continued for about
two years and was broken of sud-
denly. The break came apparently
az the time the friendship between
Hall and Mrs. Mills really came into
being. That was about six years
ago.
Later the s&nne man. Il is under
stood, became go friendly with an
other woman in tho choir that they
occasionsd gossip in the church and
this gossip was brought TO the eare
OF Hall, who. II Is asserted. spoke 10
the vestryman about the matter
From that time on the rector and
the vestryman were barely on speak
ing terms. and Mrs. MILL developed
an intense hatred for her former ad-
mirer.
This story Is not wholly known,
but Il is worth consideration. Il is
strangely true that many persons
who should know something OF this
case, including members OF the fam
lily Of Henry Stevens, brother OF Mrs.
Hall, have reiterated frequently that
the investigators would do we'll to
look for an, admirer OF Mrs Mills
In one OF Halls letters he referred
TO a report received from a private
detective who had found something
with which 10 silence a person who |
had been annoying Mrs. Mills. The |
whole entry was regarded. a. the |
time OF the publication as fictitious. |
for the reason that the name was |
obviously false and intended 10 mis- |
lead. There is a possibility, At Is
thought. that there was an atom of /
truth anyhow in the entry and that
Hall and Mrs. Mills had been afraid /
OF some one who know OF their
relations
Another line OF inquiry being fol-
lowed concerns vague stories 20 the
effect that the couple ware not slain
whore their bodies were found, but
IN a shack son,a distance away. One
story places tbs shack On Hamilton
road, not vary Ear from the fnfn OF
Mrs. Jane Gibson. the farm woman.
who figures as ;hs cYo witness in
the case
Another story is that the shack
was on the Phillips farm itself, and
there remains the old story that the
coupls8Fere killed miles away in the
direction OF South River at place
called Weston Mills The woman
lawyer who hgures as counsel for
Charlotte Mills Is responsible for one
OF these stories. All OF them, II may
be said. contradict fatly the tsstl-
mony that Mott and his assistants
have gathered. In this respect they
differ from the stories about Mrs.
Mills love affair. which at least do
not conflict with anything Mott ex-
poets 10 establish.
The witnesses Mott will produce
swear that the shooting took place
either right where the bodies were
found or within a few feet Of that
spot. There will be al least three
witnesses TO swear 20 this when the
case goes to the Grand Jury. ~ It
ever done.
The third line OF inquiry will de-
velop purely negative material II It
develops anything. This concerns
Mrs. Gibson on whom Mott places
his main reliance. Certain influences
are at work that expect within a day
or so TO blow her out OF the water"
20 TO speak. In other words. they
hope 20 destroy her credulity so that
Mr.. Mott will not have a case left
n all.
II these people are successful Mott {
will have 10 begin again. for he has
nothing that Is worth while except ,
Mrs. Gibson's testimony. II was this ,
hat led TO tho postponement OF the (
,ctioD In Somerville on Thursday.
Sibb foreman OF the Grand Jury, {
rad nothing that Beekman did not .
rave but he refused to take the case (
o the Grand Jury. All he had were
Iome trivial shreds OF testimony I
hat might be regarded as corrob-
rating certain parts OF Mrs. Gibson's a
tory, but that did not in any way I
lffect the main part. in which she I
illeged she saw the actual shooting. ,
II was Beekman's contention and {
iibb agreed as to this also that 1t
vas not right 10 so to the Grand Jury J
With evidence not strong enough TO /
at least a hope of conviction {
It trial They admitted an indict- &
nent was easy enough to get but r
hey held that Mott had not yet sue b
eeded where Beekman had failed =
n building up a case strong enough 4
o justify the hope OF conviction.
they convinced Mott of the weak C
less OF his case. J
Now Mott wants Justice Parker 20 4
hurry back from Havana and charge \
he jury. II was ascertained that
lie has cabled to Parker. telling him o
he situation and suggesting that II Il
10 hfneelf cannof con1e he deeiwuateI