New-York tribune., 1922-11-21

| Reformed Church of Somerville. the
! Rev. Nathaniel ]. Sprotif David j
/ Smith, another Of the Jurors, is super
1 intendsnt ef the Duke estnte, with its
2,B0o-acre park, show place in the
4 community. The three women on the
/ Jury, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, Mrs. Maud
/ s. CASTOR and nfrs. Agnes II. Banks
| and Soniesville. Mrs. CASTOR Is the
| wife of a contracting engineer and the
| mother of large family. She Is in
terested in. club work. They arc. all
! kindly locking women we'll past thirty.
Crowds Are Kept Bach
The greatest interest was exhibited
in the grand jury proceedings. The
street across from the courthouse wns
busy all day with spectators who could
not get any nearer to the jury room
!, than the sidewalk A glass fanlight
ever the door was covered with n
square piece of black cloth when it
became apparent that reporters sould
lean over the balcony upstairs and See
into the jury room. This was done nc
the instigation of Detective George
Totten. Six mounted policemen were
stationed around the courthouse to
ward off intruders.
The eleven witnesses called were
Il,
George Totten, Daniel j. Wray. Frank
Deiner, Bogart T. Cankt.;sg, Joseph
Novetta, James f. Mason, Pearl BANNER,
Pr, William Fl. Long and Mrs. Grace
Edwards.
several other witnesses we're ready
to testify, but were not reached to-day,
including Raymond Schneider. who
probably will be the first called to-mor-
row, when the grand jury reconvenes at
10 o'clock. For the first hour the grand
jury was in session photographs taken
by local photographer at the scene
OF the crime were handed around. He
appeared to identify them, but could
not be called a witness.
A. j. Cardinal, the first witness called.
worked on "The New Brunswick Home
News" at the time of the crime, but IL
now teaching. He was one Of the first
on the spot after the bodies OF Mr.. Hall
and Mrs. Mills we're discovered and he
described their position, also telling of.
picking up the rector's scattered visit
ing cards.
DR.. Loblein is local veterinary sur
geon who was in the vicinity about the
time the bodies were discovered. He
told of being, the. first to identify Mr..
Hall.
Detective Totten identified the
clothes of the murdered pair, The APP
parel was carried into the grand jury
room. in two cardboard boxes, one con
tanning the gray and black suit worn
by the rector, bloodstained collar and
underwear, gold tie clasp, with the
initial &c" and the wedding ring he
always wore on his left hand. Mrs.
M Mss poor, cheap garments were also
held up for the inspection of the
jurors, her blue dotted Swiss dress.
with the red ribbon pipings.
The long brown woolen scarf. with
the pocket that held the letters; the
navy blue turban. with the spot Of
blood .queerly placed inside the turned
Up orlm; the cheap cotton underwear,
the shabby brown oxfords she wore for
her last tryst with the rector.
ALI these exhibits were closely ex-
amined by the jurors as the crime was
gone over in detail, and witness after
witness told Of what they saw under
the crabapple tree, which now has not
even root to mark the place it stood
because of the deprcdations of SOU
venir hunters.
Daniel j. Wray was the first witness
called during the afternoon session.
He is city editor of "The New Bruins
wick Home News" ana he, too, went
TO the scene of the crime and viewed
the bodies. His testimony was similar
to that of Cardinal and of Frank
Deiner, reporter, who went to the
scene after him, and told Of rushing
out to the Phillips Farm as soon as, he
heard that there had been a murder. =
AS Sheriff of Somerset County, Bo-
gart 7. Conkling was also an eyewit..
ness Of the bodies and corroborated the