The Washington times., 1922-10-11
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DEPUTY WHO
TRA|LED HAYES
Jersey Town Aroused by Ar
rest-Stained Basket Is
Newest Clue.


Hayes is innocent.
Hayes Accounts For Movements.
Hayes has made a ltngthy state
ment to his counsel, Thomas Hag.
erty. accounting for every minute Of
his time for a week previous to the
HallMills murder. 1t was claimed
by Hayes friends that he would be
able to establish an alibf
i"Hayes denied to me that he was
on the Phillips farm at any time
on the night of the murder" said
Hagerty. II am satisfied he Is
telling the truth. l am convinced
that the boy is innocent. He said
he went to Buccleuch park early in
the evening of September IA and re-
mained there until midnight when
both he and Schneider went to their
homes. Hayes reached home at
l2:i5 o'clock. This is corroborated
by his family and contrddicts
Schneiders story that the shooting
took place about 80 o'clock Friday
morning. 1t Is well known that DIR.
Hall never went out alone sfter
1880 at night. 1t Is incredible thht
he could have been on the Philips
farm with Mrs. Mills at 1880 in the
morning"
Paid Gunman Theory Secuted.
Asked whether he thought it pos.
sible that Schneider may have been
paid to commit the murder Mr..
Hagerty replied:
Absolutely not. Clifford Hayes
had only IS cents in his pockets
when he was arrested. II. did not
have any money from any source.
I don't believe that eithe" Hayes
or Schneider was on the Phillips
farm on the night Of the murder.
believe that Schneider's story :s
pure Imagination from beginning TO
end"
Hagerty said that Hayes lis
mentally sound" but that he did
not know much about Schneider.
He said that Hayes is eating and
sleeping normally and is we'll treated
Prosecuting Attorney Beekman
has taken the name OF the aged
woman inmate Of the Parker nome
who claimed TO have seen man ana
a woman fighting against two men
and a woman on the night "t S'f.
tember "a, at De Bussey Ian" ana
Eastern avenue, near the spot Where
the bodies were found.
ouestion this witness later. but the
officials are Of the opinion that the
crime has preyed upon the aged
wornan's mind and that she may
ave been suffering from hallucina-
| tions.
The intense public interest ana
discussions of the crime have been
sufficient to affect the mind OF one
who Is infirm. The woman, how
| ever, sticks 10 her story OF seeing
the fight and later hearing shots.
Pearl Bahmer voiced no objection
as she smilingly took her quarters In
Jail. Her arrest was ordered by
Prosecutor Joseph f. Stricken.
May Hold Key to Mystery.
The charge, however. was tech.
nical, and II is understood Pearl
is really considered as a material
witness for il is believed officially
she may hold the key to the crime
It was Pearl. who with Schneider
married man, found the bodies In
q field OF golden rod. They were
hunting mushrooms, they said. when
they made the gruesome discovery.
Schneider has since asserted he
was n witness TO the killing. say
ing Clifford Hayes, his pal of five
years. actually fired the shots.
Hayes. on the strength Of the
confession, has been charged with
the crime and Schneider is held
as a material witness.
Pearls father. tall. gaunt, but
muscular man in middle life. was
on charge of moral turpitude in
- ta re
| that carries with il a possible pen
atty Of fifteen years in the State
prison.
| BANNER. who is a former saloon
keeper, has asserted that on the
night Of the murders he was out
with Pearl as lure 10 get
| Schneider because of the latter's re.
! lations with the girl. On the same
| afternoon he said he bought re-
| Volver.
Schneider's Confession Debated.
Nick's story reveals how murder
literally stalked through the streets
| of New Brunswick on the fatal night.
He was not only after Schneider,
but according to Schneider's Confes
sion, Hayes was after BANNER and
shot the pastor and Mrs. Mills by
| mistake when he came upon them
on the lonely farm.
At least two authorities today cast
doubt on Schneider's confe ssion. "Off
the record" they pointed out that II
Hayes had committed the crime he
never could have looked Schneider
in the face as he did when he said
"Ray, you an1~I have been friends
for five years. / don't understand
how you can lie about me that way
When Pearl was summoned to the
courthouse today she said:
They can arrest me IL they want
to. ] don't believe either Hayes OF
Schneider committed the murders
Ray may have stolen DR.. Halls
watch, but I don't believe he had
anything TO do with the firing Of the
shots. And as for Cliff Hayes
heavens! He had no more to dc
with II than did"
Pearls father, in admitting he was
after. Schneider on the night OF the
shooting, said:
81 bought gun and went hunting
for Schneider because Of the way he
has hung around my girl Pearl.
hoped to meet him. I took Pear
with me because figured Schneider
would find this out and follow u.s."
Nick swore he returned home be-
fore midnight without knowing