Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-10-12
KNIFE AND BURNED
AUTO NEW CLUES IN
HALL MILLS MURDER
Continued from page 1.

SOUlllucu 1TOfu Ddke i.
tive on the case, now assert there are
no letters In their possession from
Hall TO Mrs. Mills and that they have
seen no such letters. All the letters
they have seen, they assert, were
written by Mrs. Mills. This is direct
contradiction to information obtained
by the newspapers from az high n
source as the prosecutors themselves.
The information referred to was to the
effect that Beekman and Stricken had
seen and handled two letters from
Hall to Mrs. Mills.
Drawing herrings across the trail,
which New Brunswick believes result
ed in the arrest OF Clifford Hayes.
charged with the murder. has brought
into the case the whole family of
Nicholas BANNER. saloonkeeper. But
1t has not brought tho mystery one
step nearer solution. The belief is
growing that there are influences at
work to prevent the clearing OF the
case. The local newspaper tonight re-
prints az editorial from the Trenton
| Times, which reads in part:
| Whatever the motive behind the
strange antics of the prosecuting Of
flcials In the New Brunswick murder
case. they certainly arc bringing the
good name of New Jersey into disre-
pute all over the country. IL will in
deed be n sorry day If the latest ar
rest is merely a political gesture.
But is It all politics? Or social in
fiuence? Or is IL something more SIMS
ter? If Gov. Edwards Is honestly II
earnest about clearing up the fou
stencil he might with propricty sen'
the ATTORNEY General into Middlese,
county.
AS the matter stands now IL vii
} not be easy to keep the scandal out o
! the campaign"
/ The knife tho police have Is a SINAI
affair. There are stains on 1t that vii
he analysed. It was found not Yer,
near the place where the bodies la,
by Johnnie Lyons, who took II to hi
mother. His mother. after looking tn
knife over, so she said, threw IL away
IL was retrieved, however. and yester
: day Thomas Lyons, the father, drov
to police headquarters and turned
over to Police Chief Michael OConnel
Vcstryman Owned Car.
According TO the youngster, h
, found the knife about a quarter OF
e mile from Derussys lane, towar
! Bound Brook.
r The burned automobile may prov
\ to be more important matter, or ma
again he a coincidence. II was tn
$ property OF Ralph V. Nj. Gorsline. YES
{ tryman of Halls Church of st. job
e the Evangelist. He IS the man VIII
= said Mrs. Mills tried TO win his affcC
. tons some years ago and whose move
ments on the Thursday night OF IL
murder the prosecutors thought
s worth while 10 inquire into.
e Gorsline was called to the Coul
I House on Saturday and examined. II
: automobile was burned the next da
1t was being driven, he said, by h
chauffeur and the burning occurrt
about a milo and a half out OF tow
The car was an Apperson "Jackrabbit
in which he drove about a good des
: On the evening OF the murder Gorslii
took to her home Miss CathariI
Rastall. member OF tho choir of
Johns, according to the story he TO
/. Beekman and Stricken.
Gorsline's story was that he left Il
/, Y. NJ. c. A. at 1915 o'clock and met
= member of the choir. He took her hon
!, in his car. then.went 10 his own HON
In this story he was corroborated la
night by Miss Rastall, a very pref
girl She said she left moving pictu
: house at &c o'clock and that Gorslil
. saw and called 10 her, taking her hon
l. She arrived at about 1920 o'clock, 81
e said, and Gorsline told her he was &
e ing right home.
u Gorsline was in had luck. AT Livin
i ston Park the automobile took f
II when the chauffeur was returni
from Trenton. The fire must have be
IA a bad one, for the car was virtua
D destroyed. What remains of il. a
that is not much. is now in a lot ne
the place where the fire occurred
Pursuing the theory that Raymo
Schneider. the accuser of Hayes. II
~ known more than he has told, the pro
- cutors yesterday sent for Joe 10th.
. employee of the Eagle laundry and
one time, from all accounts. an
mirer of Pearl BANNER. 10th v
asked whether II was the custom
n Schneider to carry a gun. He repl
III that he didn't know, but that he
" heard on one occasion that Schnei
S. had threatened TO shoot him and /
81 gone up to Schneider and demanded
is know whether or not he had &
n Schneider's answer was TO turn
pockets inside out and prove he v
unarmed. IF he had had gun ] y
nd going to take il away from him. s
gu 10th.
" Lie Back on ~Honors.'
U ut But on another occasion 10th S
lf- Schneider had a gun, or at least
re- lent II to Pearl. who dropped 1t WI
Isl the three were talking. This, too, '
lg, of .22 caliber. Almost every weapon
'er authorities have got. hold of is a
rst caliber pistol. The crime was &C
~, mitted with 32 caliber.
ow While there is every disposition
rim day to dismiss as worthless the
rs. of the finding OF bloody basket n
Iy. the old Phillips farm house on the I
~. the bodies We're discovered. there
'sy some reason to believe there may
nd more to this story than appears at
,ed glance. The affair is being inye
re. gated, as it fits in nicely with a the
on which some OF the sleuths not C
. necfed with the offices OF Beekman