Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-10

NOT GUILTY OF
Staying COUPLE
Authorities Not So Sure
New Brunswick Case Has
Been Solved.

Somefville, N. j.. Oct. 1o-(By the
Associated Press.) -Nineteen-year-old
Clifford Hayes of New Brunswick to-
day pleaded not guilty Of numbering
the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, and
was held by Justice of the Peace
stuphen without bail for grand jury
Authorities who announced with
show OF confidence. upon Hayes ar
rest yesterday that the Hall-M Mills
mystery had been solved, evinced less
satisfaction with their case today.
One of the investigators said an
other lead was being worked upon.
which, If verified. would Change the
This lead, he added. pointed away
from young Hayes and appeared Ia
provide motive that would explain
the mad slashing Of Mrs. Mills throat.
in addition to her bullet wounds.
Schneider Held.
Raymond Schneider, upon whose
accusation Hayes was arrested. still
was held today as a. material witness
and was being questioned from time
to time In an effort to clear up dis
crepancies in his story as compared
with facts established from other
sources.
Schneider said Hayes had shot the
the apple tree on the old Phillips
farm, thinking the peir to be Pearl
Bahmer, is, and Yher stepfather,
Nicholas Bahmer. Schneider admit
ted that he himself was in love with
the girl and declared that Hayes had
Schneider believed had been done
himself by the girls stepfather.
Makes Counter Charges.
Hayes denied the story vehementlv.
hurting counter accusation that
Schneider had robbed the dead min
ister's body of a gold watch and seek
ing ITO divert suspicion from himself
Schneider charged that Hayes stole
the watch.
When Prosecutor Beekman OF
Somerset county was asked if he had
eliminated all other persons from
further consideration in the case, he
said:
checking up the field, following every
lead we have"
New Brunswick, N. T., Oct. 10
Clifford Hayes, 10 years old, who was
arrested yesterday charged with ihe
nrst degree e! mu+dersgf {,,s; Rev, tsd.7
ward dtSWhee1Sr Hal and his choir
leader. Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills
was to be arraigned in court today.
With his friend, Raymond Schneider.
Fl years old. arrested as material
witness Hayes spent the night in the
county Jail.
Hayes was held incommunicado.
while Schneider was subjected to an
other long questioning during tho
night by detectives in an effort to
j, obtain further details. Hayes has
steadfastly denied the allegation made
by Schneider that the double staying
was case Of mistaken identity. the
Intended victims being 15-year old
Pearl Bahmer and her stepfather.
Nicholas BANNER.
The only theory so far advanced by
the authorities for Hayes motive was
desire to right supposed wrong
done friend, Schneider. who, al
though married admittedly was in
love with the Bahmer girl.
Mentally Weak.
Officials at the local prosecutors
, office said that Schneider was not
mentally strong.
Nicholas Bahmer. father of Pearl,
took exceptions to. the story she told
yesterday to the effect that he was
intoxicated on the night of the mur-
der. He declared that he was per-
fectly sober and was sitting on his
porch when Pearl came to him and
asked him to take a walk with her.
They stopped at a store, he said, and
had ice cream. During their talk.
BANNER asserted, Pearl complained
to him Of Schneider's attentions. He
told her he had bought 45 calibre
pistol and that she needed not 10
worry. as he would protect her.
| Pearl said today she was sure Cliff
| ford Hayes did not kill the rninlster
and Mrs. Mills.
Promises .:Rear' Story
If they take me before the prose.
cutor again" she said, 'I'll tell real
story"
Pearl went for, an automobile ride
! last night and was seized with an
epileptic fit. She was taken to the
Middlesex hospital and released after
several hours treatment. Recently
she jumped into a canal and was
pulled out.
Doesn't Believe. Story.
| Charlotte Mills, the 16 year old
daughter of the murdered woman
said:
You will never make me believe
that Clifford Hayes shot my mother
and Mr.. Hall. I know Ray Schnei-
der and 1 don't think he has sense
enough to do it,
| She said she wanted to go away
from New Brunswick and make new
friends. She has had many proposals
of marriage since her mothers death,
she said. but she turned them down.
1T am going to form 4 man hatcrs
club" she added.
Mrs. Raymond Schneider, when
seen at her home in South River, near
here, said her husband had often
Threatened her. She claimed he Of
ten carried e gun,
Dollar nay, Friday, Oct. 1o-
INEHpn MAKEc NEW