New-York tribune., 1922-10-18
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could have obtained through his exam
lnation of Mrs. Hall and her friends,
Mrs. Hall, he said, hadybegn ques-
toned closely as toehersmo4ements on
the night of the murder.aa3Ha, himself,
he said, had not been present during
the entire time but had arrived when
the examination was half over. What
ne knew of the proceedings he said he
mad obtained from Mrs,aHall.
He said also that MrssNa had been
shown the letters which were found
carefully spread oreys the body Of the
dead man. She had been asked to
examine the handwriting and had
cone so. Her comment, her attorney
saia, was that the handwriting seemed
20 De similar to that of her husband.
out That she was convinced that he
would never have written such Iatters
She maintained firmly Mr.. Pfeiffer said
her BELIEF In her husbands intepritv
Mr.. Pfeiffer said that Henry Stevans
nad not been placed Under restraint
out that he had come from sLayalette
az Ihe request Of the prosecutor, and
nag nag returned there Immediately after
ehe examination. He added that he
aa uaiueNstooa Shat Henry contemplated a
Journey to South America soon bv wa1 -
OF a vacation. Wy :
Otner questions which Mrs. Hall an
sWered to the satisfaction of the nrose-
cutor, Mr. Pfeiffer said, had to do with
an alleged telephone call which the
aead clergyman is supposed to have
received on the night Of the murder
and to which he is said to have re.
piied: That's had; can't we make Il
little later. Say about 8:16.os Mrs.
nan knew nothing of such O conyerga.
tlon, the lawyer said.
one SENSATIONAL incident in the ex-
an,inatlon nrl:n came to light during Mr..
PtelHer,s talk with the reporters a
woman was brought into the roon, and
MIS-. Hall was asked to take off her
nat and put on the gray coat which
sa1 ghe wore on the night Of the killing.
Ihe stranger was then told to look at
her closely, and the two women faced
each ) other for the space of severai
minutes. NJ" word was spoken and no
Indication was given by. any one as to
the significance of this maneuver.. It
IS recalled, however, that woman who
lives near the Phillips farm has re-
ported TO the police that she saw
woman IN a.gray coat near the farm
on the evening" In question. She has
not said, however, that this woman
was Mrs. Hail. seess 'ts rs ~
Inree letters were handed to news
paper reporters this evening by Prose
cutor Beekman. They were selected
from those which were found scat
tered around the bodies of the dead
rector and Mrs. Mills when the murder
was discovered. The three were writ
ten by the choir singer None Of the
notes DR.. Hall wrote to her has been
given out by the prosecutor.
prosecutor Beekman TO-DAY an.
nounced that he had instructed Flor
ence North, a woman lawyer of New
York, who is supposed to be working
in the interests of the Mills family. to
turn over. to him all the letters which
she is alleged to have found in the
Mills home and which she sold to a
Newly ork newspaper. The price is said
to shave been $1,000.
3 Miss North defended her action to.
day by-sayirg that she was going to
turn the money over to the Mills fam
lily to be used for Charlotte's education.
She, said that sshe would, turn the let
ters over to the prosecutor to-day
The matter of the publication Of his
wife's love letters to the rector was
placed before James Mills yesterday by
a group of reporters who asked him If
he had any comment to offer. The
sexton, who Isl a. colerless, Unconditional
man, showed no great atsconcern over the
incident. He did remark, however, that
he would not permit his daughter to
take for her own use any money she
might get from the sale Of the. letters.
THAT would help to pay those fu-
neral expenses" was his reaction to
the happening.