Bisbee daily review., 1922-10-11
PEARL BANNER JAILED
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 ----------------- she was being given chance to think over" the conflicting stories she has told An additional reason for her incarceration was said to be the fact that she was too difficult to find swhen she was wanted for ques- tioning. Nicholas Banner later was arrested as a result of charges pre- ferred by his step-daughter and held in $1O,OOO bail following his arraign- menr.
 Pearl, who was with Schneider when the bodies of MT. Hall and Mrs. Mills were found" two days after the mur- ders, on more than one occasion, has given newspapermen working on the case reason to believe she knew more than she was telling. Incidentally, she has turned against Schneider, once admittedly her sweetheart, and has sought to convey the impression that he knew more about the mur- ders than Hayes, whom he accused of the crime.
 Schneider, it was disclased today, told four different stories about his knowledge of the slayings before he reached the story of Hayes commits siCn Of the crime on which the author ities acted After he had been trap ped in prevarications in the first four said state trooper who was present throughout the long examination, Schneider would say:
 Well. let's go back and start all over again. I'll tell the truth this ! time" His final story still fails to harmonize with facts about the mur- der, brought out from other sources, notably his insistence that neither ] Hayes nor her had cut Mrs. Mills throat after the shooting although an autopsy showed the headihad been al most severed.
 There are almost as broad discrep ancies in his story of his whereabouts 1 on the night of the murders, and that told by Pearl Banner Schneider said he was with Pearl for several hours that night, before he saw Pear, going out with her stepfather. and started trailing the pair with Hayes. Pearl first said he was with hel until about o'clock. Then she saiC he was not with her at all. Detectives say they have practically established that he was not with her and they are trying to check up on his move ments between and II o'clock, tho period in which the murders arc known to have been committed. Schneider says it was about o'clock when Hayes shot the minister and the choir singer "by mistake" Al other witnesses have agreed that tho screams and shots which wrcte the finish of the Hall-Mills romance, were heard about 10:30 o'clock.
 Despite these and many other appal ent conflicts in his story, Prosecutor l Beekman, of Somerset, insisted he haC 1 evidence enough against Hayes to jus tify the charge against him and ever told newspaper men he believed h' could convict Hayes on evidence nov in his possession. He refused to dis close the nature of this evidence, how ever.
 Hayes, in the meantime, remained in the county jail at Somerville, awai ing action by the Sonierville grand jury and protesting his innocence O Schneider's charge.
 He adhered to his story that he anC Schneider had come upon the bodies of the slain pair while hunting fo
 Pearl and her step-father-that chne der had stolen the minister's watcl and that they had both decided to sa. nothing about their find.
 Detectives and state troopers con : tinued their efforts to uncover nor , evidence about the murders, many o
 them frankly expressing skepticisn as to Schneiders story and indicating
 they had leads which pointed to
 wholly different solution of the case
 Disbelief in Schneider's story appa
 ently has gripped hundreds of citizen . of New Brunswick, many of whon , have openly expressed confidence tha the authorities are on a false scent.