Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-03
new ATTEMPT MADE TODAY
TO EXHUME RECTOR'S BODY.
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vious communications. one in Jam
uary which foretold that a grim
tragedy hung over the head of Mrs.
Mills and that she would suffer an
unkindly death.
Mr.. Mills told the newspapermen
| that If he had been unable to prove
the alibi given following his disap-
! p~earance a short time ago, he would
be in Jail by this time. He said
that no one connected with the
church has been to see him since
the tragedy and claims hat they
are not interested IN the family.
| Mr.. Mills is still serving In the ca
pacity of sexton. but goes to the
church when the people are not
there.
Mayor John j. Morrison in dis
cussing the case today said that a
| great error has been made in not
performing an autopsy before the
original burial of the bodies. He re-
| ferred to two separate Investigations
being made.
Newspaper men succeeded in get
ting copies of two letters sent ny
Charlotte Mills, daughter of the de-
ceased choir leader. to County De-
tective Ellis Parker of Mt. Holly,
and Prosecutor Joseph e. Stricken.
The letter to Detective Parker
follows:
New Brunswick.
October 2. 1922.
my dear Mr.. Parker:
ST am appealing to you to come to.
New Brunswick to arrest those fe-
sponsible for the murder of my
mother. More than two weeks have
elapsed since the crime was discov-
cred. Yet nothing apparently has
been done to a~pprehend the guilty
person or persons. / know that you
wilI not lose no time in clearing up
the mystery surrounding the cruel
staying of my dear mother. There
fore. I am appealing to you to come
to New Brunswick at once.
VERY truly yours.
CHARLOTTE MILLS"
The communication to the prose-
cutor fellows:
New Brunswick, Oct. 2, 1922.
Honorable Joseph E. Stricken.
County Prosecutor.
Dear Sir:
81 am enclosing a copy of a letter
I have this day sent to MI. Ellis
Parker of Mt. Holly. I firmly be-
lieve with the assistance of such an
able detective the mystery
ing the murder OF my mother will
be solved.
MAY 1 ask that you get in touch
with Mr.. Parker and join in my re-
quest that he come here as quickly
as possible. l have been advised
hat Mr.. Parker is without a doubt
the most competent murder inves-
tigator in the state and / am sure
it would be but proper that his SER
vices be utilized in this ~puzzling
case.
VERY truly yours.
CHARLOTTE MILLS,
"49 Carman St."
One of the new rumors is of a
mysterious woman who has been Sc
cretly Intercepted by Prosecutor
Beekman, but there have been so
many mysterious persons figuring
in the reports, little credence is
placed in it. The progress of the
county authorities is indicated by the
statement of Prosecutor Beekman:
II know of no contemplated ar
rest. Nothing has come to my at
tention on which an arrest has been
made. Nobody has been accused OF
excused.
State troopers, ordered on the case
by Gov. Edwards, went to the court
house to examine the clothes Mr..
Hall and Mrs. Mills wore, and had
to wait an hour before the county
officials showed them.
1t had been learned the outside OF
the lenses of Mr.. Halls glasses were
BIZ cd spattered. DIR. Z. L. Cronk,
health officer of New Brunswick,
who was present at the autopsy on
the body of Mrs. Mills, which dis
closed that she had not only been
in the head three times but that
her throat had been cut from ear to
ear. said at least a quart of blood
must have flowed from her throat
if the slash was made after she
had been shot to death. Only a small
quantity was under the head of each
victim where the bodies were found.
DIR. Cronk also said that in his
opinion the assassin stood above the
couple when he shot them.
Supreme Court Justice O'Malley
in New York yesterday delayed un-
til this morning any action on the
application of the New Brunswick
for an order directing the
trustees of Greenwood cemetery in
Brooklyn to permit an autopsy on
the body of Mr.. Hall.