Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-11-03
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hunters.
Il suppose that It is where the
/, dug the dirt up to find how mucl
blood was in it from the heads,
: he said in a matter OF fact tone
pointing to the spot whore the head
of the murdered couple had laii
and slowly lighting his pipe.
DO you think your wife and Had
had planned an elopement?" he wal
asked.
NO. I don't. but would hav,
preferred a thousand Opponents Z
this. II a woman does not love D.,
man. no cannot force her to love
him. IL my wife had wanted to
elope would not nave stopped her
AT least # would have been a mil
lion times better than this 10 just
know that she was happy But !
don't believe she ever wanted 10
elope. Only a day or two before |
last saw her she was talking about
having the kitchen painted and we
/ were making plans together. Our
/ home life was always happy. My
wife used TO sing and laugh about
her work. She was always joking
with us
Il am sure she did nothing wrong.
Probably she was just engaged in
church work and, being with the
minister, thought there could be
nothing wrong. / know that her
physical condition for the past year
has been such as TO prevent any
wrong doing"
Warrants charging two persons
with the double murder have been
drawn. II was learned authorits-
lively today.
Formal signing and service OF the
complaints await only closing up OF
minor ioopholes in evidence in the
hands OF Prosecutor Mott, It was
declared.
simultaneously. however, It was
denied from Motifs office that the
arrests are probable before the
first Of the week"
Another woman witness whose
will nearly equal in i'm
portance that OF Mrs. Gibson, has
been questioned by the authorities
and is being carefully guarded. for
Mr.. Mott do.s not want her inter-
Viewed or bothered by photogra-
piers.
Who this person is only Mott, his
assistant. James A. Mason; and one
Or two others know. II Is believed
o be a woman who was near the
Phillips farm on the night OF the
She is referred 20 by the
as an eve witness but
they mean by this that she
.c,uallv saw the commission of the
rime is not known. Mr.. Mott ie I'M
erstood to have examined this wit
ess at the secret place at which he
= carrying on his inquiry. He is re-
naming away from both New
brunswick and Somerville.
with the new witness and other
violence obtained corrohorating the
tatements Of Mrs Gibson the au-
horities believe they have a case
strong not only to war
ant an indictment, but TO make
,retty certain a conviction when the
,ase comes TO trial. The work re-
naming to be done is in the line OF
strengthening the case against trial
ind would not be necessary were an
Indictment the only thing in mind.
Monday Is the day set for action
{ Is believed that unless all plans goi
.wry the Somerset county grand jury
viii be summoned 10 meet on Mon
lay morning az Somerville, will hear
,riehy from Mr. Mott and will re-
urn two indictments, possibly be-
ore noon. Arrests will follow i'm
nedlately.
There were rumors last night or
n impending arrest, it being said In
ONE quarters that the complaint
as actually been drawn and that
he warrants are ready for signature.
his story gsss further and says that
he arrests will he made before the
rand jury acts but II was learned
hat such action will not be taken.
he mode Of procedure will be as
IT. Mott outlined some days ago:
nat Is, an indictment viii be sought
efore an arrest is made. to head of
1e possibility OF habeas corpus pro-
ceilings being started.
Il is barely possible that some per
,ns will be taken in.o custody be-
IRE the indictments are found They
i'll be detained as material witnesses
they are detained at all In this
onnectlon It may be said that Mr..
lott has Witnesses that have never
cen heard OF and that the case will
irnish some startling surprises. I.
A man and a woman will be In
d.. -. "a h1u In a D II
on: the woman being the one
AIMED by Mrs Gibson. Who the
an is stil mystery. One guess
as good as another and Mott and 7
IS aides are guarding their secret y
lrefully. II may he a man who
rs figured prominently at times and a
zen examined more than once or It =
ay he some one who has not figured
the case to the present
Mrs, Gibson, in an interview yes
rday, asserted that Mrs. Hall told
4 untruth when she said she had :
81 been to the Phillips or DeRussy r.
Irm since she was a girl. Mrs. y
ibson asserted that Mrs. Hall had "
cen at the Parker Home for the
ged which Is near the farm. a few
avs before the murder. In this
Irs. Gibson appears TO be as wrong
8 she has been in some other things,
" at the Parker Home last night
lie statement was made by the SUI
erintendent in charge that Mrs.
all had not been TO the home at
ny time as far as anyone could re-
lember.
Mrs. Gibson has entangled herself
} mass Of contradictory state
tents. but only in newspaper inter-
Jews. Her statements to the pros
cutors. II s learned. do not contain