Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-11
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I I'll luluulknlt dllcf WHICH ne al
Schneider returned to their homes.
This contra diets Schneider
statement that tho shooting too
place at 1880 a. m. 1t is know
that DR.. Hall was never out afte
1880 p. m. 1t Is incredible tina
the rector and Mrs. Mills could hav
been in the neighborhood Of tn
farm at 1890 I'm the morning"
or the four persons now detaine
only Hayes. the boy possessor OF
.22 caliber single shot pistol, is tn
only person charged with the muir
der. His accuser, Schneider. is fl
the same jail-that at Somerville-
held as a material witness. The tw
newcomers into Beekman's fold ar
Pearl BANNER. the sixteen-year-olC
girl Schneider was in love with, an'
her father. Nick BANNER. saloon
keeper.
It is interesting TO note that in thii
case OF murder one OF the prisoners
Pearl. is held as an incorriglble and
another, Nick. has been arrested
with incest.
For some reason as yet as In
scrutable, as many OF the moves OF
Beekman. Stricken ct al. 1t is be-
lieved that BANNER and his daughter
may be able to answer the question
that every one in New Jersey from
Governor Edwards down Is asking:
who killed the Rev. Edward w.
Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills"
Nothing in the stories so far told
by BANNER and his daughter war
rants what appears to be the belief
OF Beekman and Stricken. The man
and the girl say they were not near
the scene OF the crime on the night
Of the murder. BANNER admits that
he had borrowed a AS caliber gun
on the night. looking for Schneider
Ills daughters story, on which her
father was arrested, is as sordld a
bit OF news as could we'll be connect
ed with a crime involving a clergy
man and a choir singer.
But while on the surface OF deten-
ton OF Pearl and the arrest OF Bah
mer seem 90 indicate an attempt 10
take sldetrall. as was believed TO
be the case when Hayes was arrest
ed. Il Is TO be noted that the State
troopers are working with the coun-
iy authorities in all these moves and
that, as a body they are under d.
rections from the Governor TO clear
up tho crime. The State troopers
are not in the habit OF going off at
a tangent.
Coincident with the newest arrests
here has arisen talk OF persons
higher up. Even the local news
paper is demanding knowledge as to /
II Hayes IL guilty OF this !
,rime there were others OF higher |
social standing behind him. There |
IS, too, a Nat declaration by Assist /,
ant Prosecutor ToOlan to the effect
hat the Hall and Mills families have
lot been eliminated This Ia getting
% be favorite remark OF Toolan's
however, and Is not 20 be taken tool
He and Beekman delight
n mystifylng the public through the
newspapers.
The one rather startling bit OF
Information that appeared 10 have
a direct bearing on the murder mys-
.ery came quite casually from Pearl
BANNER in an interview in the Jail.
II was TO the effect that Mrs. Ray
noDd Schneider, whom she replaced
N the affections OF the youth who
accuses Hayes possessed key TO the
Nd Phillips farmhouse and entered
{ in the dark the night OF the day
IN which the bodies OF Hall and |
Hrs Mills were found by Pearl and |
Apparently. even when coming in /
he dusk from a place in which the |
Iodies OF two murdered persons had |
cen found, the mysterious old farm !
Iouse had no terrors for Mrs. !
chneider. This is what the BANNER
irl says as to her visit there.
II showed her the spot at which
raymond and found the two
odies. 1t was nearly dark. Mrs
chnelder said: Let's go TO the
otse. / had not known there was
house there, though Raymond and
had been in the fields there many
mes. We walked to the back door
Z the house and Mrs. Schneider ]
led the door. 1t was locked. She
cached into her bag and took out
key and opened the door. Then
ne turned TO me and said II was
ne key 10 her house in South River.
was afraid TO go in. 1t was very
ark.
she went in as though she knew
he place. She stayed about ten
ilnutes. don't know how many
ooms she went into. Then she
anne out. No. she didn't bring
nythlng with her except some mag
zines she had been carrying"
The pertinence OF this lies in the
act that the house fully furnished
$ Il IL and clean as though the oc-
upants had just gone out. has been
egarded from the first as in some
-ay connected with the crime. a
core OF ,clews have led to It. but a
borough search Of the place has
evealed nothing except small evil
ences OF recent occupancy.
Formally charged with tho muir
err as Hayes was today IN Somer-
lille, he was as confident last night
5 ever. that his complete innocence
.ould be established. There are in
ieatlons, too. that the very men
-ho had him put in Jail, do not be-
eve him guilty. Hayes had a talk /
Z more, than four hours with his
ounsel, Thomas Hagerty, who call
4 in on the case Thomas Brown,
,rmerly a state Senator. The two {
myers took the lad over every
owe he had made, as far as he {
ould remember, in the ten days
receding the murder. IL
Last night Mr.. Brown in q state
ent said:
This is the first time I have seer q
lis boy. As l listened to his story s
,aiize that when It is told II wi c