Evening star., 1922-10-19
GREEN AUT0NEW
MURDER CLUE AS
SHED THEORY D|MS
Fine Car Seen at Hall Home
Morning of Crime
Discovery.
CHEMIST SAYS KILLING
WAS AT PHILLIPS FARM
Test of Bloodstained Soil Discounts
Affidavits of Two
Men.
Ely DAN RING.
Staff Correspondent of The Star,

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j., October
l9.-An expensive green automobile
was in front of the residence of Dr.
Edward Wheeler Hall on September
16. a few hours after the bodies of
DR.. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills were
found. Into 1t were loaded desk draw
ers filled with papers. letters and sim
liar documents. The machine was
the property of a member Of the Car
penter family. which Is close to that
of DR.. Hall. and one of the foremost
IN the county.
Last night Mrs. Addison Clarke, re-
ferred to as Minnie" and regarded
as one of the closest friends of Mrs
Mills, issued a statement to the local
newspaper in which she said:
An article appeared in your paper
on October II. and it has several times
been stated that / was member of
the choir of the Church of St. John
the Evangelist. This Is not true
Also the statements as to my giving
Rev. Mr.. Hall a cake and pie are un7
true; AS for my going 10 the church
on Saturday afternoon with j rela
i've OF Mrs iia!is ana ..,r - d
package, this is true. The package
contained Rev. Mr.. Halls burial vest
ments and was taken to Undertaken
Hubbards office and not to Mrs.
Halls. Hoping this will set the pub
lie right
MRS. ADDISON CLARKE"
Pictures in Hymn Book.
In one of the letters from Mrs.
Mills to the rector Minnie" is re-
ferred to:
Honey, YOU put the dear pictures
in my hymnal. Oh, you sweet, ador-
able babykins of mine. Minnie used
if she saw them, altho 1 don't care
one bit. She provokes me so at
times and tonight if her flowers are
still here I'll put them in the kitchen.
Not that / am jealous of Minnie; why,
darli ng, there isn't anything to be
jealous of. Butt hate her to do for
you what l thought of first. Oh. well,
with crumbs, isn't she, dear?"
Last night James Mills, referring
to his wife and the rector, said:
Il know now that Nora did not have
as many letters in her scarf pockets
as were found scattered around near
shawl on the night she never came
back 1 noticed two or three letters
sticking out of her pocket. When I
was called to the prosecutors office
first they showed me parts of some
letters written by my wife. There
wasn't anything in the letters they
showed me theH o make m" spic n"S
l know now my wife loved Mr.. Hall
great deal They certainly made
a sucker out of me. l am sure a
woman committed the murder out Of
jealousy"
Holds Faith in Husband.
After publication Of the love notes
written by Mrs. Mills to the rector.
Mrs Hall. the widow, said: II still
believe in my husband. He was a man
who was pure of soul and wrapped up
in doing the Lords work." She be-
rated Charlotte Mills for selling the
letters. What do you think of a girl
who would do such a thing?" she
asked. Mrs. Hall said that she was not
even sure yet that the letters were
genuine
New Brunswick is suffering from
rumoritis. Somebody starts a new
yarn about the murder and the town
gets all worked up. Last night the re-
port cropped out that two affidavits
were in the hands of the prosecutors
which told of screams of a woman
being heard on a road in the opposite
end of the town from the Phillips
farm on the night of the murder.
Continuing, the report stated that
two men had heard a yelling. Help,
policew They were returning from
Red Bank. N. j., SO goes the yarn,
and noticed two big automobiles park
ed on the roadside. They came into
town and had some supper at res
taurant, and then headed toward the
outskirts on Eastern avenue. when
two machines whizzed by them with
lights out. going toward the city. The
machines were identical.
witnesses Contradicted.
The af1davits discredit several reliable
persons.
Mrs Leo Harkins, well known here,
stated that on the night of the murder
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