Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-16
HALL MILLS MURDER
RESULT Of JEALOUSY,
DETECTIVES ASSERT
Attorney-GeneraI Mccran Ex-
pected to Take Charge Of
Investigation.
LOVE LETTERS BOB UP
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press 70 Every Evening.
New Brunswick, N J.. oct. 15.-Su-
preme Justice Charles w. Parker was
expected to announce today n special
prosecutor to take charge OF the In
uuiry into the murder of Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall. rector Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church Of st. John the
Evangelist. and his choir leader. Mrs.
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills. lie Is OK
peCted To name Attorney General Nc
Gran. but It is thought unlikely that
McCran will personally look after the
investigation. McCran Is expected "a
designate an assistant 20 represent
him.
Private detectives working on the
case declared yesterday that their In
vestigations have convinced them that
the murders resulted from Jealousy.
Julius A. Braun. employed in tho In
terest OF Charlotte and James Mills
daughter and husband ~ tho slain
choir singer said that Miss Florence
North. n woman lawyer, representing
Charlotte, has in hcr possession a
packet Of letters showing beyond a
doubt that the rector and Mrs. Mills
were In love.
Braun expressed the belief TINT tho
love affair became known to some
members OF the congregation, and that
the pair were lured from their homes
| by telephone calls known to have been
received about 7.30 p. m. Of the day
! on which they were killed. He ad-
vanced tho theory that the rector and
| Mrs. Mills were confronted with
each other. slain and then taken 20
the spot under the crabappSe tee on
the Phillips place. where the bodies
were found two days later.
He pointed 20 the fact that the rec
tors eyes were closed as in sleep
while those Of Mrs Mills were left
open, as indicating that the murder
was a crime OF passion
Hall Telephone Line Tapped.
4 charge that the telephone belong
ing to Mrs. Hall had been tapped was
the latest development In the !nvesti-
CATION OF the double murder. This
charge was made hy Sally Peters. who
lives in the Hall household. She salC
that no important calls now were be
ing made over It. County and State
Investigators professed Ignorance O
any wire tapping.
A similar charge was made b,
Ralph V. NJ. Gorsline. vestryman o
the church of ST. John the Evangelist
who also at one time was questioned
as to his whereabouts on the night o
the murder. Mr.. Gorsl!ne declared
was not greatly concerned about III
wire tapping. as he had nothing L
conceal.
County Prosecutor Stricken of Mid
dlesex also declared he had gooC
reason to believe that the wires lead
ing into his Office had been tapped.
Mrs. Hall, whose counsel has pro
tested against "bungling" investiga
ton. which he asserted had turned Il
founded suspicion against his client
had her porch lights turned on al
night. II previously was learned tha
she had surrounded herself with body
guards day and night, for the an
nounced purpose of protecting her
self.
Investigators today claimed to hav
learned that shortly before the mur
der the slain couple had spent a day q
Manhattan Beach. near Coney Is,anC
E AS tending to prove that affection ex
. listed between Mrs. Mills and the rec
D tor. a letter alleged 20 have bee
written him by the choir singer wa
( made public today. This letter. az
= parently referring to. the Manhatta
Q Beach outing. read in part:
t Yesterday | was happy, in a va,
in the boat and in the water; but o
the way home I was thinking hare
X X Oh. my darling baby
kins, what muddle we are in. But
will be content. l will"
! Many Calls for Ellis Parker.
There is much sentiment here fc
bringing into the case the Burlingto