Evening journal., 1922-10-18
From. First PaEo.)

legal right 10 do 90. Mrs. Hail. h
said, told him that she had beei
questioned for about an hour. Henr.
and Willie Stevens were questioned
for only a short time, Willie belnl
asked not over a dozen questions.
The attorney was careful to maxi
IL plain that the answers he wa
making 10 the questions put TO hin
by the newspaper men We're based
on the information that Mrs. Hal
had given him after her return tS
her home. The questions put 20 Mrs
Hall, Henry and Willie Stevens. he
said. did not indicate that the au-
thorities had run upon any grea'
amount OF new evidence.
The only material that he recog-
nized as new was that relating 70
the handkerchiefs that were said TO
have been found near the scene OF
the crime. the mysterious woman
who was brought into the room
while Mrs Han was being questioned
and the letters written by the rector.
Are the authorities satisfied with
Henry Stevens alibi2" Mr.. Pfeiffer
was asked,
Il don't know what the attitude OF
the prosecutins authorities Is" he
replied.
when Henry Stevens started for
La Vallette after the questioning,
was he under any rsstrictiens2"
None whatever"
DO you know what the purpose
was in asking Mrs. Hau 10 come
down TO the court house to be ques-
toned AGAIN."
II do not. Judging from what
Mrs. Hall told me OF the interview
the authorities went over the same
ground they had covered with her
or previous occasions, particularly as
10 her movements on the evening of
September IS and the sending OF her
coast and scarf 10 Bornot's IN Phila-
delphia 20 be dyed"
did she explain the dyeing of the
coat and scarf satisfactorily TO the
authorities?"
"Of course. cannot say how sat
isfactory il was 20 them, All know
is that Mrs. Hall told the truth"
First Query About Dyeing.
Mr.. Pfeiffer explained here that
10 the best OF his knowledge Mrs.
Hall had never before been qusy-
toned by the prosecuting autho-l-
ties as to the coat and scarf.
How about the handkerchief?
Was Henry Stevens asked about the
handkerchiefs7
Yes. They asked him regarding
the initials that he generally had
embroidered on his handkerehiefs. |
He said he thought there was an
IS on them. He pulled one out OF |
his pocket, but It had no initial on I
IT, He recollected then that this |
particular handkerchief was one he
had purchased a short time ago
when he found himself without one.
He also had another in his pocket
and IL was embroidered with the
letter s. Mr.. Stevens said he
thought Il was one his mother had
Bought as a present while she was
In France.
$50 far as ! know he was not ask
cd TO Identity the handkerchiefs
found near the scene of the crime"
Was the embroidery on Henry
stevsns's handkerehiefs similar 10
the handkerchiefs fouad2"
That I do not know"
Mr.. Pfeiffer explained that the
Prosecutors either read or showed
Henry Stevens the statement con-
cerning his, movements that he had
made at a previous occasion.
Was Mrs Hall asked concerning /
. 32 calibre revolver which her hus-
band is said to have owped?"
She was, but she knew nothing
about a."
did Mr.. Hall. according 10 Mrs.
Hall, display the revolver at Point
Pleasant"
she was not asked that ques-
ton"
Was Willie stevens asked II he
accompanied Mrs. Hall 10 the church
on the night of the murder?H
Il think not"
WAS Mrs. Hall asked n she sus-
pected any one Of the crime?'
No. Mrs. Hall suspects no one"
WAS Mrs. Hall asked about a
diary that Mrs. Mills is said 10 have
writfen?"
No"
According to Nc. Pteiffer, Willie
stevens was asked II, supposing he
had been at the Hall home on the
light of the murder, he could have
heard any one leave the house.
Willie answered. according TO the
swyer, that he could have heard any
,erson leaving the house II the door
lad been slammed, but not II IT
lad been closed softly.
Was Mrs. Hall asked concerning
Ter movements on the afternoon pre-
ieding the murder?"
Il think not"
do you know what her move
nents were on that afternoen7 We
lave not yet been able TO find out"
II shall be very glad to find that
'ut for you
Puts on Gray Coat.
Mr.. Pfeiffer said Mrs. Hall told '
lin that al one point during her
hours questioning the authorities {
lad asked her 10 take on her hat q
Ind TO put on the light gray coat
"nicH siie says cno Wofe Wnch che =
eft the house on the night OF the Y
murder in search Of her husband,
When she had thus attired herself.
| woman who was stranger TO her /
vas ushered into the room. {
The woman said nothing but sat
ilently at the further end OF the 7
oona for a considerable time and 7
vac then ushered cut. This woman.
ccording to Mrs.Hall's story TO Mr., D
>feiffer. had the appearance OF a /
WORKING woman, but further than i
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