The New York herald., 1922-10-30
GOLD WATCH GIVEN
TO NEGRO IS SOUGHT
AS HALL TIMEPlECE
Man Says Stranger PaWned
1t to Him for S., Then
Redeemed 1t.
ALL TRACE OF IT LOST
Mrs. Gibson Defies Mrs.
Hall to Deny Charges; Says
She'll Tell More.
GIRL TO BOLSTER TALE
Said to Back Some Statements
of Killing by Woman
Farmer.
GIRL TO BOLSTER TALE

Special Dispatch to TIE New YORK HERALD.
NEW BRUNSWICK. n. j.. Oct. 29.-
Notwithstanding that Mrs. Jane Glib
son. so-called eyewitness to the mur-
der of the Rev Edward w. Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor Mills, appears more and
more to possess the characteristics OF
an able romancer, Wilbur A. Mott, spe-
cial Deputy Attorney-G General, when
he returns here tomorrow will go
right ahead preparing to present to
the Grand Jury Of Somerset county
the case he is building up and in
which Mrs. Gibson is the central fig
ure.
Mott, in taking this attitude, which
is consistent with his statement of the
other day that the case is no longer a
mystery. though 1t remains a complex
case. sides with Prosecutor Stricken
of Middiesex county and differs with
Prosecutor Azariah Beekman of SOM
erset county. who. finally, asked that
the Attorney-General's office inter-
vene and take over the case.
One thing Mr.. Mott will probably
do Tomorrow is to call the girl or
woman who Is known to have been III
the neighborhood of De Russy's lane
and not far from the farmhouse on
the night OF the murder and who is
believed to have seen some OF the
things Mrs. Gibson is credited with
having described. The identity OF this
girl is being carefully concealed.
Backs Mrs. GfbsOn's Taie. 's>zV--
While Mrs. Gibson stands alone SO
far as the public knows. Mott Is in
possession Of evidence to support her
assertions. The evidence is frag
mentary and much Of 1t Is unsatis-
factory. Thus it is that while the
authorities know the woman Mrs
Gibson has in mind az one of the
parties TO the crime. they do not know
and cannot find the man with the
bushy hair and heavy mustache who
is supposed to have done the actual
shooting.
Two men, brothers. and related to
the woman in the case in the Gibson
version, were thought to be implicated
when the Gibson story was first told.
Now it may oe said with authority that
both men are out of the case for the
time being at least One has perfect
alibi, the other is thought TO be in
capable of the crime.
In other words. the Gibson tale a.
its best is a half told tale, for 1t does
not name the actual murderer OF Hall
and Mrs. Mills. Mrs. Gibson BELIEVES
she can identity the woman who was
with the murderer. but she cannot
identify the murderer.
IL was In reference TO this story told
by the Gibson woman that Stricker and
Beekman split, Stricker contending that
the tale warranted taking the case at
once to the Grand Jury and Beekman
holding that the woman is so unreliable
the Grand Jury would throw the case
out This was a week ago.
Mott sides with Stricken.
Now Mott. having examined the
woman himself. seems 10 agree With
Strjcker. but It viii be in BeelSman's
own county. where he Is very popular,
that tho case will have to be presented
and the grand Jurors win be Beekman's
neighbors.
In a telephone interview to-day. being
barricaded still In her home, with a state
trooper In the roadway TO shoot away
the pestiferous reporters and the morbid
curiosity seekers, Mrs. Gibson added still
a little more TO her ysrii
1T am willing to CONFRONT Mrs Hall
face 10 face" Mrs. Gibson said. u am
willing to challenge her face TO face to
deny my charge that she witnessed the
murders of DIR. Edward Hall and Eleanor
Mills on the night OF september IA. |
will defy her face to face to deny that
She was back at the Phillips farm at
o'clock in the morning, sobbing over the
dead bodies as they lay there under the
tree"
Religion HaIfs Her Talk.
Mrs. Gibson said she was rather averse
TO making any statements but finally
consented to talk.
"ThIs Is the Sabbath, and I am not
inclined TO discuss the case to-day, for
am woman OF God and of the church
want TO keep out OF this as much
as possible have already been threat
ened with bullet for telling my story,
and don't want any more threats An
effort to buy my silence has also been
made. While fear threats and shrink
M these attempts TO keep me quiet.
will tell the truth whatever the cost
may be to my personal safety. | don't
care how powerful the influences are
against me-"
Then Mrs. Gibson was told that sew
eral neighbors had made statements
that some OF her dealings had been laid
open to discussion and comment. and
she said MY life will stand investiga-
tlon, however hard my detractors try
to denounce my story, which Judge Mott
has told you Is entirely credible know
that the blood OF Judas runs through
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