The New York herald., 1922-09-19
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meaning the making OF one or more ar
rests. was imminent.
Detectives OF both counties have es-
tablished tile fact that nothing impor-
tant took place in the church on the night
Of the crime. II may be said, too that,
for the present they have eliminated
from the case Mills. the husband OF the
dead woman. and perhaps the most pitt
able figure in the whole affair
The officers have heard that a gun
was kept In the Hall home by Mrs.
Halls brother. Willie stevens They
have heard that Willie had TO go to
Hall for money and that he frequently
quarreled over the allowance he re
ceived out Of the fortune OF about
siS0.0o0 left TO him by his mother.
In fact, Willie stevens and his &C.
centricities have engaged the attention
OF more than one OF the detectives, and
FOR the son OF a weil to 90 family, his
habits. to say the least, have been ex-
traordinary. and In sharp contract TO
those of his brother, Henry. noted trap
shooting expert. Willie passed the win
ter In Florida, ana part OF the summer
at Bayhead. y. }. But when in New
Brunswick he seems TO have loafed
about the poor Hungarian quarter look
ing at the little girls that played about
the streets. and making friends or the
poor of the neighborhood. who gained
his friendship because they did not laugh
at him.
Part of his spare time Willie spent
at the firerouse Of Engine 40. 5. tell
ing his troubles to Capt Michael Rcgan,
asking for sympathy occasionally and
going 10 fires when they would let
him. He appeared there on Friday
morning. the morning after the murder.
and told one OF the firenen, as has
been published. that There's going to
be trouble" He would not explain. al
though he was asked what he meant
and since the discovery of the crime, 1t
has been surmised that he meant his
brother-in-law. the clergyman, was miss
ing and the town would soon know It.
Had QuarreIed with Hall.
II now appears Willie went even fur
ther the next morning, for Capt. Regan
| said this evening:
willie came in here on Saturday
about two hours before the bodies were
found. and said to me, I've had trouble
UP at the house. ] said what's the mat
ter. is some one sick He said No, /
can't tell you what 1t is, but, Captain.
ii I'm grouchy around here to-day, don't
pay any attention to me. 1vG had trou-
BILE up at the house
HE often made that sort of remarks
TO me. When l talked TO him about 1t.
he explained that Mr.. Hall acted as
| his guardian and gave him his allowance
weekly. He complained that he did not
get enough. and told me he had asked
Mr.. Hall for more. but that he wouldn't
give it to him, and then they quar-
relied.
"He was harmless sort. but he got
49,. ~AI l. xt..s .x4d
he would say i am not coming in here
any more and the next day he would
be back just the same. ! saw him this
morning before the funeral of Mr.. Hall.
I had been reading the newspapers,
and I asked him II there was gun in
the house. He said to me There was
only one gun in the house. and that was
mine. I kept 1t locked up in my desk
This Is In agreement with information
which the Prosecutor of Somerset, Mr..
Bee kman, obtained yesterday 10 the ef-
feet that Willie had a gun in the house.
and that he understood 1t to be 3S
calibcr revolver. The cartridge found
ne ar the bodies was OF 80 caiiber.
Former Senator Florance explained
how II came that Willie, with a for
tune OF his own. was on an allowance
though he is more than forty. Florance
said Henry Stevens and Mrs. Hall as
executors OF their mothers will had a
trustee appointed for Willie. The trus-
tee was Joseph II. Porter. trust officer
of the National Bank OF New Jersey.
Porter is away. having gone on two
weeks vacation last Saturday. the day
the bodies were found.
Had Many Friends Among Poor.
Regan went on to say that Willie
frequently went over 20 the Hungarian
district near the railroad track. taking
with him rair OF opera glasses. There