The Washington times., 1922-10-27
vESTRYNAN IN
HALLCAsEIHAS
\ ALlbl,CLAIM
Rstprns Home After Authori-
ties Seek Him--Prosec
Promises Arrests.
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to be In possession before night of.
the high.powered automobile which
carried the murderer or murderers
to the scene OF the crime. Z. z't,F
They spent q considerable part Of
the night in the garage Of q man
who already has been mentioned In
the case. Inspecting the various cars
and comparing them with the de-
scription furnished by Mrs. Jane Glib
son, self.styled eyewitness Of the
shooting on the night Of septem.
Der H.. ~ "a eh tf GaE y q s.
II is understood that the State po-
lice have traced the missing watch
which was taken from DIR. Halls
body after he was killed and that
they hope to get possession Of It
soon.~ % ~
Belief Is growing that when ar.
rests come about. there VIII be three
instead Of two 40 first reported.
Following closely upon the state.
ment Of Special Prosecution Mott
that the story of Mrs. Gibson, so
called murder Witness" 10 entirely
credible, II was learned today that
the authorities believe they have dis.
covered another practical eyewitness
to the crime. p.
This witness In vestryman Of
the slain preachers church.
Detectives last night examined q
man whom they admitted to be the
corroborating witness to the startling
story told by Mrs. Gibson OF seeing
the woman in gray cloak" and the
man with the bushy hair" at the
scene Of the murders. The identity
of this witness was notrevealed.
After personal visit to the scene
of the murders and detailed exami-
nation Of Mrs. Gibson's story, Judge
Mott said:
"Mrs. dibson's statement 10 the
most valuable evidence that can be
put before jury"
He was asked:
Then you are satisfied that Mrs.
Hall was on the scene Of the murders
when they took placer"
MRS. GIbson's statement Is cred.
ible," he replied. 81 have not order
ed any arrests. This Il because I
want to satisfy my own judgment
beyond any question Of a doubt be-
fore any drastic action is taken.
There's a big difference between an
arrest and a conviction. When an
arrst IL made, the States case VIII
be complete. Yes, am suspicious
Of SOME persons"
Timothy n. Pfeiffer. counsel for
the Hall family, declared that Mrs.
Gibson's statement that she saw Mrs.
Hall at the murder scene Is with.
out foundation. He added enphat'
ic.lIy: ~,
Stevens was there"
"Mrs. Hall In the only one who can
attest to her presence at her home
between 0 and 10 o'clock on the
night OF the MURDERS" the attorney
added when questioned about the
widows alibi.
Mrs. Gibson fixes the time OF the
murders as approximately $40
o'clock.
Tuesday, October II. Mrs. Gibson
picked from a group of men the
man she said actually fired the four
fatal shots. In her affidavit she had
described him as being "bushy hair.
ed. with thick eyebrows and a bushy
mustache."
hcpulsc0 VIE. nklfib.
For the past twenty-four hours
Judge Mott has bent every effort to
obtain corroboration Of the unshaken
story Of Mrs. Gibson.
More than two weeks ago Gorsline
denied In most positive terms that
he had been In De Russy's Lane on
the murder night. He said that Mrs.
Mills had attempted to "vamp" him
and added that he had rcpuIsed her
advances.
The day following Gorsline's
statement the ,.vestryman's auto
mobile was destroyed by fire. On the
Of that day, Gorsline had
promised to appear before Universal
Services correspondent and supply
any further details. He did not
keep his appointment, sending the
following message by his wife:
Mr.. Gorsline has been summoned
out of town."
A few days later. however, Miss
Rastall, a girl of excellent family,
said:
"Mr. Gorsline drove me home on
the eve Of September II Qhe night
Of the murders). I met him quite by
chance in front Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
in New Brunswick a few minutes
before 10 O'Clock, and we drove to
my home In just few minutes"
Miss Rastall's story is accepted
as fact by the authorities. They
are not interested In anything that
happened after 10 o'clock on the
night OF September IL.
Mrs. Gibson sets the time of the
shooting at $50 o'clock. This time
coincides with that fixed by Nor
man r. Tingel and his wife as the
hour at which they heard several
shots. Mrs. Tingle had seen a
shooting star shortly before this
time and she remsrked to her hus.
band that something tragic was
impending. ....
Mrs. Gibson has made two sworn
statements. She asserts that she
saw the murderer and his woman
companion before the killings in
the full glow of an automobile head
light at distance Of not more than
ten feet. She added:
"I knew the woman by sight and
by name. did not know the man."
GOLF "EvELEss EDEN"