New-York tribune., 1922-11-07
Mott Will Ask
.Illtlictrr1ent of 2
enandW oman
Nrs. Hall Said TO Expec.
Che Will BE Held; First
Evidence Likely To Be
Given jury on Friday
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Mis-. Fraley Is Questioned
Es;ghbor TO Murder Farm,
Declared to Have Backed
Tp Mrs. Gibson i'm Part
By Boyden Sparkes

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Kmw BRUNSWICK, N. J., Nov. g.
tial Deputy Attorney General Will
N Mott is planning to ask the Somer-
III County Grand Jury TO indict a
sHe Rev. Edward w. Hall and Mrs.
&;,snor Mills, according to g reliable
g4ouree Of information. II was indicated
sh.n;sat that the first evidence would
NJ presented to the grand jury in Som
Xwville on Friday. 1t is understood that
%n. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of
sshe murdered clergyman, is mentally
hsrsaared to discover that she is the
sswnusn whose indictment Prosecutor
yMott will seek, but there is only specu-
systiou as to the identity OF the two
gSasn. although at least one, it is be-
sSeved. viii be a kinsman of Mrs. Hall.
yy The officials insist they are confident
sxxhss Mrs. Jane Gibson was telling the
Afuth in the affidavit telling what she
sssys she saw from the back of her
ssals on the night of the murder, and
Nat she also told the truth when she
e8nfronted Mrs. Hall at the courthouse
isre and said that the rector's widow
vas the woman she had seen that night
n De Russys Lane. II they have other
ssidence besides Mrs. Gibson's dra-
sssie story they have not disclosed It,
lieutenant James Mason, chief in
rsstigator for Prosecutor Mott, ex-
ahmed three witnesses at the Court
Rouse to-day, and one Of them was
bsen expected to give him valuable
isiormation, as Mr.. Mason said she
id. This was Mrs. A. c. Fraley, q
,snder, wrinkled woman. who spat
md struck at persons who sought to
.terrogate her as she emerged from
M Court House. The other witnesses
vsrs Louise Geist and Barbara Tough,
,tryants in Mrs. Halls house.
Lives Opposite Phillips Farm
Mrs. Fraley lives on small farm
xross De Russy's Lane from the un-
hhsbited Phillips place. She some
tines has boarders, but j1st now she
! I'd but one, Sigourney Smith, sharp
sstured, loud voiced grave digger. He
4 ss interrogated early in the investi-
alton. when Prosecutors Beekman and
syicker still were in charge, regard
as remarks attributed to him the
dsy after the double crime and twenty
iour hours before the bodies were
discovered. that there was murder
CO my way last night"
Recently state troopers and Mr.. Ma
son had talk with him at the scene
Of the crime. The officialss also havo
had other talks with Mrs. Fraley, but
they always said that they had been
unable 10 extract from her an admis-
sion that she heard or saw anything
unusual On the night OF the murder.
To-day, after she had with elbows and
sharp tongue opened up a path
through reporters, photographers and
otaen in front of the courthouse Mr..
Mason was asked:
-Hss Mrs. Fralsy supplied any valu-
able Information ?"
"Shs is an important Witness" he re-
Piled.
1Dd she witness the murdersf"
Says She Heard Soenthing
aNo, but she heard something"
"Tas it something that would COR
rsborate Mrs. Gibson's story7"
aNow, now. you're asking too much"
Nr Mason would not discuss Mrs. Fra
ley any more.
Mrs. Fraley's house is the nearest
hhsbited building to the spot where
lie bodies Of Dr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills
vsre found. From the upper windows
d the Fraly house 1t Is easily possible
" see the spot where the bodies lay,