Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-27
MILLS MAKES DENIAL
OF STORY TOLD BY WOMAN
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the rector seemed to feel in fine
spirits, as he was humming a tune
as he walked. Reed said he did
not think the minister stopped at
the church. The detectives have
definitely established the fact that
Mr.. Hall boarded a trolley at Red
mond street and Throop venue at
about s o'clock that Thursday night,
this doing away with the theory that
he was kidnapped a short distance
from his home.
Authorities investigating the mur-
der sought today to run down rum
ors that the rector may have been
carrying securities valued in excess
of $4,000 when he was shot. Until
this report became current investi-
gators had given little credence to
suggestions that the double killing
might have been the work of robbers
or a blackmail gang.
The bodies of the Rev. Mr.. Hill
and Mrs. Mills were found in a de-
serted field near New Brunswick.
TIN ee days after they had disappear
ed. Although the rector's watch
was missing Investigators proceeded
on the theory that jealousy and not
robbery prompted the double kill
ing,
Information since obtained tends
to strengthen the former belief but
the investigators have been unable
to pin the crime upon any one
known to have cause for jealousy.
Today's inquiry paid particular at
tention to the m that securities
inherited by the Rev. Mr.. Hall from
AhS acfnta - hit. M nj hnr-ir-1a VI Uaro
taken from his strong box prior to
the day he was killed.
The authorities expect 20 examine
Rev. Mr.. Halls bank account as a
step to ascertain whether he paid
long trip.
One report circulated here was
that he and Mrs. Mills were prepar-
ing to elope to the Orient.
Mrs. Mills husband, the church
sexton. admitted today that he knew
the minister twice went to New
York with Mrs. Mills, once to see a
dentist and on the other occasion
to see Pavlowa dance.
Mills said he did not think these
journeys undesirable and he always
regarded the minister as a friend.
ma OllS Niiiio, bItSCh SSoA Wv
daughter of the slain woman, re-
sumed school yesterday. She said
she and her father did not discuss
their tragedy at home as they diff
| fered greatly on most things in con
nection with the dual killing.
The prosecutors of Somerset and
Middlesex counties conferred today
on the ACCESSIBILITY of exhuming the
body of Mrs Mills. to settle the dis.
pute over how many bullets struck
her. Mills has said he would never
give his permission for exhumint
the body, but his wish, it Is believed
will not be regarded.
The significance of Mrs. Opie''
statement is that it contradict
Mills's repeated assertions that III
never knew of any special friend
Mills. Mrs. Opie lives next door u
the Mills and had been Yer,
friendly with Mrs. Mills.
1t was considered significant tina
about the time she made her state
ment the authorities again calle'
Mills for a grilling that lasted mos
of yesterday. When they wer
through with him Mills told report
ers that a rifle detectives took t
the court house some days ago an
concerning which there has bee
considerable mystery, belonged t
him. He said it was a 22-calibr
gun and that he had had it wrappe'
up in his home and had not fired !
since the Fourth of July. The bull
let's that killed Hall and Mrs. Mill
were supposed to be 32-calibre.
II am innocent; they can't han.
anything on me-" Mills asserted. 90.
have told my story over and owe
again, and l have not changed j
any.
The detectives questioned me II
groups. One group turned me ovel
to another and each made me &c
over my story"
II was reported about the court
house that detectives had a~scertained
Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills went to New
York together on pleasure trips, but
the authorities would neither admit
nor deny it.
All doubt of the existence Of a dis
agreement between the closest
friends of Mrs. Hall and her attor-
ney, Senator w. Z. Florance, was re-
move by Miss Sallie Peters, lifelong
friend of the rector's widow. who has
been with her constantly since the
uay the IuurueTS were
Miss Peters said:
II think the advice by Senator
Florance that We should ignore the
newspapers and decline to speak
with reporters was most unwise and
most unfortunate. 1t has led to sus-
picions which have utterly no basis
whatever. Had Mrs. Hall and her
brother not been forbidden to talk
with the press. perhaps public atten-
ton would have been directed to-
ward channels which might have
led to the perpetrators of the MUIR
der.
IN talking to reporters during the
past few days 1 have deliberately
gone over Mr.. Florance's head, and
you may say this in the paper"
The bullet that entered Mrs
J Mills's forehead was not found. DIR
William H. Long of Somerville. Som.
| erset county, medical examiner, sale
the bullet probably lodged in the
woman's spinal column. The one
that entered the right side of Mr.
Halls head came u of his neck
Both holes appeared to have beer
made by 32-calibre bullets, but
neither bullet was found,