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forth between New YORK anu wv"
Brunswick, attending tho funeral OF
his brother -in-law here. He SAID ne
would have remained hero II thore hnd
been anything he could DO put lne'e
wnsn't fle continued;
AS for my silence I can only say IL
was on advice Of our lawyer. lie Tor
bado us talking 10 newspaper report
ers"
stevens said he is n RHO marks
man and has never owned PISTOL iiis
wife was present during the interVie"
and also Miss Sallle Peters. who mas
been the constant companion or Mrs'
Hall since tho funeral OF Hall.
Miss Peters explained that Mrs. Han
had ut first considered hiring private
detectives TO unravcl the mystery OF
Hall's killing, but rejected the Idea as
she feared such move might be CON
sidered as an attempt at personal
vengeance. In all his life, Mrs. Hall
had told her friend. she had never
known Hall to resent personal In
fury To the extent OF wishing TO avenge
IT. said Miss Peters.
Mrs. Hall TO Depend on Law.
She felt and still feels that the en-
ployment Ct money or effort 10 brinB
pain 10 any one. even 10 murderer
would have been to Edward an un-
christian act She decided 10 let the
agencies Of the law handle the matter.
Miss Peters spoke Mt length, too. OF
the relations existing between the
Halls. asserting that the affection Oh
vlouely existing between the pair was
a subject of tender testing on tho part
Of their intimate friends and that they
were really like couple OF young
lovers after seven years Of married
life.
At the scene of the crime. II II was
committed where the bodies were
found, the crowd yesterday was onor-
nous. The old deserted Phillips farm
house was surrounded all day by
crowd. while twenty TO fifty persons
stood all the time about the apple tree
beneath which the two bodies lay
when discovered by Schneider. The
reads leading to the place were block
ed by automobiles. some OF which
came from New York city. while
others came from Trenton. Esbury
Park. Patterson and other distant
points.
Ellis Parker. detective. OF Burlington
county, visited the place, but Official
". He had been TO South Anboy to
sec his sister and stopped ut New
brunswick on his way home He went
over the ground with great interest
and asked n lot of questions, but
would make no statement beyond say
Ing that he came here wholly out 81
curiosity. He did suggest that in time
the authorities Of Middlesex and
Somerset counties viii solve th'
mystery.
More was learned yesterday con
corning the gossip that evidently ha'
been rife In church circles although
= the talk of Il has seemed TO come q
] the surface only slowly since the com
+, mission of the crime. There was
! summer camp at Asburg to whic'
some of the women of the church an
( Mr. Hall went. He drove one automo
y bile and Mrs. Hall another.
. Mrs. Mills in Halls Car.
! In Halls car Mrs Mills rode. II be
! came necessary for Mrs. Carrie Geipe
3 an elderly woman and head OF tn
4 | Mothers Guild. to return home, an
E Mr.. Hall drove her back here. II
< said that when Mrs. Mills learned tina
the rector had departed from the cam
= she threw herself on a camp cot an
Y cried. At the camp Hall occupied
tent to himself.
2 ALSO. it is now said. Mrs. Mills be
q came involved in An argument wit
, another member OF the choir. Whe
the argument waved hot, so it g sail
the other choir singer said sharply
IF you don't keep your nose out {
:, my business I'll tell Mrs. Hall on you
: At the service IN the church yet
terday morning Archbishop James y
Lopez Of Oriente. Cuba, officiated. 3,
tween eighty and a hundred person
: were present.
n Mills was there attending to his d,
= ties as sexton, but Mrs. Hall did n,
, attend services. II CHANGED that u
4 scripture reading included the Thirt,
. seventh Psalm in which occurs II
line THE Way Of the Transgreesor
a Hard"