Evening star., 1922-10-05
SEEK EXPERT SHOT
IN MURDER PROBE:
Police Uncover Further Clues
in Deaths of Minister and
Chc;r Leader.
EL0PEMENT IS HINTED
Couple Planned Trip to Japan,
Says Woman Member OF
Church.
t:r the Associated Press.

Ey the ASSOcla tea fresS.
NEW BRUNSWICK. n. j., October o.
convinced that the person who killed
The Rev Edward Wheeler Hall. rector
nf the Episcopal Church of st. John
the Evangelist. and his choir leader,
Mrs Eleanor Reinhardt Mills. on the
night of September II. was an expert
shot, authorities today were working
M several new angles to the mystery
This conclusion has dismissed from sus-
picion also several persons who had
been the subjects of inquiry by the IN
'veStigatOrS.
Much progress has been made in the
investigation since state troopers ar
rived here to aid local and county au-
thorities The troopers have uncovered
numerous clues previously overlooked
and are continuing the inquiry without
regard to the earlier Investigations.
The decision that the shots fired into
the rectors head and that of Mrs. Mills.
we're from practiced hand followed the
,econd autopsy on the" body of Mrs.
Mills The appearance of the wounds
is now accepted as proof of unerring
craftsmanship. three of the wounds
In the head being in a row.
Saw "Mystery Car"
a mystery car with three occupants
two men and a woman-was added YES
terQdN TO tne lidHc Va Ciues
among which MiddeSeX and Somerset
county authorities are cropping in their
efforts to apprehend the slayerS of the
Rev. Hall and Mrs. Mills.
A. E. Soper. retired business man
of Highland Park. came forward with
the story of this car. Nearly three
weeks ago. on the night of the MUIR
ders. Scper told the authorities. he
passed a sedan in Derussy's lane.
close to the spot where the bodies
were found. He turned his search
light on the car. he said. and OBJ
served that it contained two men and
3 woman. Although he failed to
recognize any of the trio. he said. he
observed that the woman wore a
light coat.
Mrs. Hall is known to have worn
polo coaLof light gray on that ight
when. according to her story, she left
her home after midnight to seek her
missing husband in his study at the
church of st. John the Evangelist.
Mrs. Hall has told the investigators
she was accompanied by her brother,
Willie Stevens, an eccentric New
Brunswick character. Witnesses who
saw her re-enter her home say she
returned alone. The Halls own
sedan car. which the minister left in
the garage when he went to what
proved his death tryst.
Elopement Clue.
Three more bits of evidence sup
PORTING the theory that the minister
and Mrs. Mills We're on the point of
!" in" to the orient when they were
slain have also come to light.
One was a letter believed to have
been written by Mrs. Mills only
Authorities withheld the contents of
this letter. which it was admitted
was found in the dead clergyman's
pocket. 1t was learned. however. that
II contained the expression, "Oh, for
the time when 1 can do your mend
ing"
1t is by this that the authorities fix
the time when it was written. They
have learned. it was disclosed, that
the day before the double Staying.
Wills and Mrs. Minnie Clark had been
on picnic to Lake Hopatcong and
that an incident of the trip was that
the minister tore his trousers climb
ing a barbed wire fence, and had
Mrs. Hall mend them with a needle
anu thread she happened to have.
Sought HIndu's Advice.
eIopement plan was contained in
letter from w. G. Hinhia, a Hindu
occultist. of Miami. Fla. Hinhia wrote
that Mrs. Mills had sent him a letter
propounding these three questions:
will the minister get a divorce?"
will he go to foreign country?"
IF he gives up the other woman
and goes to the orient, shall l go
with him?"
He said that he had answered he
could give her advice which would
~ -----.'I INV his hook
On astrology, but that he had heard
the third indication of an elope-
ncnt plan was conveyed to the au-
thorities in a report of the remark
r. L,
said to have made at Mr.. Halls fu-
neral.
We'll. they are taking the minister
out Of the church." she was reported
to have said, as the funeral services
were concluded. They didn't get off