The New York herald., 1922-10-26
Troopers See That None
Likely to Be Locked Up
Will Get Away.
QUICK ARRESTS UNLIKELY
New Prosecutor Clears u
Loose Ends TO Be Sure of In
dictments Standing.

Special Dispatch 70 TIE NEw YonK HEuALn
New Brunswick, n. j., Oct. 25.-Be
cause woman farmer is believed, ard
with justification, to have made a
sworn statement that she saw tho
shooting of the Rev Edward ". Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor Mills on the nighe
of September II. near the Phillips
farm, the corps of sleuths went mad
to-day and there were rumors of i'm
pending arrests from early dawn To
dark
1t may be said with authority tina.
there will be no arrest tonight or to-
morrow or tomorrow night. If VIII
bur A. Mott special Deputy Attorney
General, sees fit there may be two ar
rests on Friday. but even that is noe
certain. Mr.. Mott, being a good law
yer will seek corroboration Of the
statement of Mrs. Jane or Anna Glib
son before he acts.
There, in a nutshell, is the crux OF
the situation as IT exists tonight. and
1t is the truth without elaboration. 1c
may be said further that an arres.
predicated on the statements by Mrs.
| Gibson, with whom THE NEW YoRE
HERALD obtained an interview to-day
through a woman investigator, would
almost certainly mean an acquittsl,
and that Is what Mott and his helpers
will seek TO avoid
state Troopers Watch.
There are State troopers at Lavalette
keeping an eye on Henry stevens There
are State troopers in New Brunswick
and in somervilie working on the case.
There arc no State troopers about ths
home of Mrs. Hall. on NlchoI avenue.
for the very good reason that there 4,
not the slightest likelihood in the world
that Mrs. Hall will attempt to leave
town.
If the authorities want Mrs. Hall they
can find her at any time. But they do
not want Mrs. Hall or Henry Stevens
or any one else just yet. They believe
Mrs. Gibson's story as she told It TO
them. but they realize that jury OF
4 lNflNG EOOQ anu true VIII Witt
further evidence and they will not take
any chance.
They understand Furthermore thsr
| while Prosecutor Beeknan OF Somerset
county may have a gun in his posses
/ sion. and believes he has the weapon
with which the murder OF Hall and Mrs.
/ Mills was coumtted. he cannot prove
/ either the ownership OF the gun or the
/ commission OF the crime through It's
instrumentality Nor is there any knifs
( in the possession OF Beekman or any
one else with which Mrs Mlllss throas
! is supposed 20 have been cut.
In other words. when Mr.. Mott comes
here tomorrow ne viii find confronting
him exactly the situation that existed
/ last Friday when Il was freely prophe.
sled that the case would 90 to ths
Somerset Grand Jury within q dav
/ or so.
Conditions Facing Mott.
He will know all about Mrs. Gibson
and her tale. He will know all shs
other angles Of the case as II has been
| related to the public through the news
rapers He will know absolutely moth
1 ing more because there is nothing moro
10 know He win determine whether
/ there is sufficient evidence 70 warrant
an arrest. The chances arc, as u ar
I pears here tonight. that he will bo
against making an arrest FOR at leas.
I twenty-four hours. Notwithstanding that
Mrs Gibson is understood 10 have made
/ an affidavit 20 the effect that she re-
cognized two OF the four persons who
stood beneath the crab apple tree on
the night OF Thursday. September u.
Mott to-day attended 70 his law busI-
ness which he expects 10 relinquish
temporarily while he works on tho
case. An interview with him tele
phonod here this afternoon. quoted
/ him az saying that there might be nn
arrest within an hour and caused q lot
{ Of scurrying to the financial benefit or
the local taxlcab drivers. The state
/ ment was not true and the hurrying was
needless But the sleuths In New Bruns-
wick arc getting used 70 that sort oe
thing.
Mrs. Gibson is retlcent when she talks
with reporters. She tells IN piecemeal
substantially the same story that has
/ been told for her. She took her inter-
viewers 10 the barn and displayed her
pct mule Jennie. and tho big boar whics
/ heads her herd OF hogs.
She Is farm woman now. but years
ago she used to be bareback rider iu
a circus. She does not like 10 tallc
about those times now. She would
rather talk about corn and her liYe
/ stock. and she does not want TO talk
about what she Witnessed down on th~
] Phillips farm on the night OF Septem-
ber IA She has beer told not TO talk
and is trying hard &c obey instructions.
] However indirectly she admits this
! truth Of about all that has been said
| for her She heard four shots. Her
I mule Is trained to stop az the first sir-,
I Of trouble and hates the sounds OF shots
lie was quite willing 70 turn for he
/ on that night when Mrs. Gibson cav Jus
/ enough and yet not enough She feei-'
I she holds the key TO this szystery. bu.
/ she will not say so TO tho reporters.
/ hence THE Nrv YoBK HsrALp sent =.
{ l.tscnal nend. q woman, to interview