Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-23

] on willie stevens door when the
rector's wife prepared to make her
late night trip 10 the church in her
| efforts to locate her missing hus-
| band.
Azariah Beekman paid no atten-
! ton to the Hall-Mills case yesterday,
but 1t is understood he played eX-
cellent golf at the Raritan Valley
Country Club. where he told a friend
It was reported. that there will prob
ably be no indictments found in the
case.
The belief persists in both Somer-
vile and New Brunswick that indict-
ments against three persons will be
found tomorrow This may be So
but 1t seems hardly probable in view
OF the fact that Beekman has some
easy homicide cases and other mat
tiers, that he can put before the
Grand Jury first and thereby dis
pose OF for the time being.
George Fotten, the detective, made
brief statement last night, in which
he said:
This afternoon 1 examined three
women witnesses in this case. One Of
AAAtSb was ntNtI tAdl hNARA - -
tho two others l will say nothing.
The two others were not questioned
in Somervllle, because they would
have been quizzed by reporters.
questioned them in a secret place
have for that purpose, and steno-
graphers were present.
THE new witness Is not the eye
witness. She took me to the Phillips
farm. where we went over the
ground. She called my attention to
some things there. Beyond that 1
will say nothing"
This enlightening statement is re-
gsrdcd as indicating that there Is
still something about the Phillips
farm that Totten and Beekman
have not learned. although the
place has been visited by thousands
of people the farmhouse ransacked
and the ground trampled beond
recognition. The statement in re-
gard to the new witness does not !
however, refer TO Mrs. Addison
Clarke. Mrs. Mills's friend, who had
been examined four times but her
husband said today.
Il appears now that Willie Ste
vens. who lives at the Halls. was able
on occasions not long ago to pro-
duce a rifle from somewhere. though |
the authorities after searching the
premises found only Willie's revol- |
YER. and that had the hammer filed !
down so that 1t was useless. Willie
found the rifle when the cats began |
to worry him,
Some months ago. according to his
story, a number of cats began TO /
make the Hall lawns playground
day and night. TO the annoyance OF
the family. Another annoyance was
a Negro on a motorcycle, who used
to drive along the roadway. One
day this Negro was riding by when
Willie appeared with rifle over MS
shoulder and demanded to know
what he meant by driving on the
sidewalk. The Negro stopped and
shouted half laughingly: Don't
shoot" The incident Is entirely un-
important except as it raises the
question: where did Willie get the
run and what became of 1t after
vard2"
Mills asserted again yesterday thai {
1e saws Mrs Hall four times the day
,fter the disappearance Of the rec
or and the choir singer. He now
AVS that on one of the occasions
Mrs Hall said to him. when he asked !
Ter what she thought had happened;
I don't know. but I think he must 6
,e dead" meaning Hall. 7
ON another occasion Mrs. Hall an
wered 1T think they must have met q
nth foul play" q
II will be noted that Mills stories D
ary in their details frequently. As Q
matter of fact. he has been inter- n
LEVIED so much he cannot remem-
er what he has said from one time a
, another. and frequently uses h
hrases he has heard from his inter- v
levers. e
More than ten years ago the rec p,
" and Mrs. Mills. hardly knowing N
,ch other, were brought into con- :,
Ict by the force of circumstances. :,
efore the marriage of the rector
Frances n. Stevens, the former b
we'd with his mother and two SIS ;,
RS at Commercial avenue and =
Gorge street. a short distance from :,
lie Church of St. John the Evan :,
,list. The Halls were known to be - -
moderately poor circumstances.
he rector at that time was most at
ntive TO Miss Matte Long. -
Many persons who knew the fam -
Y watched TO see who would even -
tally become the bride of the corpu- .
Mt clergyman. Il has been said
Iat the rector approached the mat
r of finances with Miss Long, ask ''
q her II her folk had any prop Il
.ty and how they stood financially. q
he announcement of the engage III
ent Of Hall to Miss Stevens as
unded many people. $
Previous to this Mrs. Mills had u
zen struggling alone with her g
,usehold duties and her husband o
Id children when Mills was sud-
,nly thrown out of work. To help OF
It until her husband could obtain 81
lother position Mrs. Mills searched 81
.e want columns of the papers here al
Id came upon an advertisement in sc
rted by the elderly Mrs. Hall II
other of the rector. asking for a NJ
fined woman TO assist in house
ork for part Of the day. This is how
RS. Mills met the rector. by be- tn
ming a maid of all work in his d.
others home.
At that time. prior to the rector's -
arriage, there was never any
or intimacy between the p
70 and Mrs. Mills gave up the work 3
hen her husband found other en-
oyment. She did. however, Join Il,
e church and become active and s