Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-19
HALL MILLS MURDER
|. SLEUTHS FINDING
PROMISING TRAILS
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Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs.
Eleanor Mills. his choir leader. were
found slain Saturday morning, Sept
16
Weston Mills. like the Phillips
Farm. for long time has been the
rendezvous of couples who fare
forth any time from 10 o'clock in the
evening until long after midnight
and who seek. above all else. for
scClusion. In the upper reaches OF
Ncw rrrrswick the vicinity IL known
as shady"
Pleads For Her Life.
The two men who tell of hearing
the womans screams on the night
of the murder, say the cries were
so piercing and aEonized they
stopped their car and listened. out
of the night they heard the woman
pleading with some one not 20 kill
her.
Police" she screamed. Help,
Murder! For Gods sake don't Kill
me-. Help! Help, Help"
The men In the car on the roadway
saw h'hi thS rHtA lucy ettDntu
the shadowy outline OF large car.
1t was late and tho countryside was
deserted. The two men consulted
and thought discretion the better
part OF valor. They didn't know
what was happening IN the dilapi-
dated barn and they thought II
might be intrudins IL they investi-
gated. SO they started their car
again and travelled into New Bruins
wick.
Whether they paused long enough
to 1ot down the license number @!
! the large automobile they saw out
lined near the roadside IL a fact tina,
has not been disclosed.
This much is known. Thsy reach
ed New Brunswick. placed their cal
in a garage and at 12.45 o'clock were
standing on the corner OF Easton Ave
nue. and Huntington Street. when 6
large automobile. the same sort OF cal
they had observed parked of the road
way near the barn IN Weston Mills
flashed past them at terrific speed IL
the direction OF the Philips farm.
The spot where the two mon saw
the car a second time is about TIVE
blocks from the entrance OF Buc
cleuch Park. which is about half I
mile from the Phillips farm.
The lamps were light on tho car
but the two men failed TO observe
who was at the wheel and whethe
any one was seated beeide the driver
II was not untn last Friday tina
the men thought they ought to go t
the police with their story. They re
counted what they had seen an
heard and were taken before IN
. Prosecutors OF Somerset and Middle
, sex and their stories were embodie'
in affidavit form.
More Cfuex Discovered.
: Detectives started out trnmediatet
with the two men and located tn
: dilapidated barn they mentioned &
their narrative. A search OF the plac
: was made and two dstAined hand
kerchiefs, mans and a wouan'i
were found on the floor. Near ther
were a pair Of dark side combs.
The mans handkerchief was of th
finest linen and in one corner bore
large embroidered initial "s" Th
woman's handkerchief WIS nc
initiated.
Charlotte Mills. daughter OF tn
: slain choir singer. shown the won
ans handkerchief and the side comb
has identified them as having bs
e longed 10 her mother.
This is the new clue" that Prose
cutor Beekman spoke OF the other da
, when he eatd a new light was to I
[ shed on the mystery. II the story
true. and the authorities have no RET
son. they say. 20 doubt It. the taz
that confronts them will be to Ar
the murderer that. II is believed. ca,
) ried the bodies OF the rector and II