Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-31
Pig WOMAN'S' STORY
OF JERSEY TRAGEDY
IS SDOUBTED BY SON
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and works In New Brunswick ana
who claims his wife to be Mrs, j. Nj. |
Easton, whose address, the same as
his own. is listed on his employment
card as Box IS. II. Il. ID. No. 6, Now
Brunswick--the- address OF Mrs.
Jane Gibson. No ether woman is
known to inhabit the shack presided
over by Mrs. Gibson.
Husband Is Reticent.
Found as he was leaving his place
OF employment. where he works as
a toolmalSer. last evening. William
VI. Easton Atty six. belligerently re-
fused to discuss his family affairs,
and reporters could get from him
nothing more than the following
comment on Mrs. Glbson's astonish-
ing eyewitness story of the murders;
It's an amazing story. She has
brilliant mind"
Crashing in upon the romantic
structure of Mrs. Gibson's narrative
of the mule ride up De Ruese's Lane.
and her recognition of Mrs. Frances
Noel Stevens Hall rs the feminine
companion OF the man who fred the
shots that killed the rector and his
clandcstine sweetheart, came another
thunderbolt. hurled unwittingly by
her own son.
Son Disparages Story.
To prominent New Brunswick
\ | Inl,ncnn nf fhn n
tcrnational Motors Company, at
whose hcme William Gibson. or. TO
use his real name, William Easton,
Jr.. collects swill 10 feed his pigs,
the young man admitted last Friday
that he, never heard OF any pig
thefts or corn thcfts at the Gibson
farm, and that his mother never told
him OF any mule ride on he Thurs
day night che Gays che happened
along by the crabapple tree at the
/ time the New Brunswick clergyman
/ and his "wonder-heart" were slain.
Casting. as they do. the most dam
aging kind OF reflection upon Mrs
Chhson's value as trial witness
! and especially MS the witness upon
! whose Testimony, so far as can be
/ learned. the Commonwealth would
! lean most heavily In a prosecution
/ ycserday's discoveries were expec-
ed TO change the whole course Sc the
! investigation now being conducted by
Wilbur A. Mott. Special Deputy At
/ torney General Of New Jersey
! Mrs. Hall Accepts Challenge.
Replying to Mrs Gibsons chal-
/ lenge issued Sunday to Mrs. Hall t.
meet her face 10 face and attempt
l TO de&ly that she was the woman bend
Ing over the bodies by the crabapple
tree Timothy y. Pfeiffer. counse
for Mrs. Hail. on leaving the widows
residence yesterday said his cnen'
would be n,st willing to meet Mrs
Gibson should the authorities ooneid.
or such a meeting of assistance II
/ solving the mystery.
The discovery that Mrs. Gibson 1,
more Of n mystery woman than was a.
first supposed was made when E
search Of the list Of Rural Free Deliv.
cry Route No. s, New brunswick, wa:
made at the Post Office yesterday Il
revealed that box No. Is. the posta
address of Mrs. Gibson. also was tn,
address Of persons known TO the Post
7 Office as William H. Easton, William
Easton, Mary Easton. Arthur castor
and Jane Gibson. The telephone boob
lists the subscriber there as Miss J
Gibson"
Easton Found at Work.
William H. EaSton was founC
working as tool maker in New
~f..ly
ment. II was impossible TO see hin
until he finished working. when h
emerged. reporters asked him wher
he lived, he replied that he lived O,
Hamilton Road, outside the cit,
limits, the Gibson Farm" is ol
Hamilton Road outside the city.
When he was asked about his fam
lily. ne balked, apparently. he ha
been expecting newspaper reporters
for they have hesieged the "Gibso
. Farm" since the remarkable story c
Mrs. Gibson was uncovered. II
5 thereafter declined to answer an
) questions. except 10 make the on
+ comment on the woman's narrative,
= \ report that Mrs. Gibson. instea
i had a healthy husband working ever
Of being n destitute MINISTER'S widow
b day, reached the authorities Garlic
in the day. To one official the VIC
& man is reported to have said that sh
+ had been married 10 man. but tha
: she dropped him about six years az
J. because he drank heavily. To news
, paper men over the telephone frol
her guarded home last night. sh
n denied that Easton is her husban,
, and said that if Easton admitted sh
I was his wife. he lied.
y May Be Motifs CamoufIage.
!. Newspaper men working on III
:. case first began punching holes in II
credibility Of Mrs. Gibson two day
Il ago. and since then have frequent
! expressed belief that the evident d,
/ sire of Mr.. Mott and his associates
give an impression OF absolute fat
: in Mrs. Gibson's narrative is.
reality, a smoke screen TO conceal II
I search for a solution of the mystei
in another quarter.
William Gibson or William EastC
Jr is a well-known figure in Ne
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