The New York herald., 1922-10-01
NEW MURDER SLANT
IN TELLTALE NOTES
/. OF THE DEAD RECTOR
Admissions by N. j. Au-
thOrities Back Theory of
Jealous Grudge.
PLANT IS SUSPECTED
Bodies Laid Together With
Damning Letters as Warn
ing, Is Belief
INQUIRY STARTED ANEW
Caretaker of Farm Quizzed
With Wife-Gov. Edwards's
Statement Acts as Prod.
INQUIRY STARTED ANEW

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoHK HERALD.
New BRUNSWICK, n. j., Sept. 30.--
More than two weeks after the dis
covery of the dead bodies of DIR. Ed
ward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills,
rector and choir leader respectively of
the Church of st. John the Evangelist,
on the abandoned Phillips farm, near
here, the county detectives began to-
day to question persons who live near
the scene. Matthew Sulitz. caretaker
of the Phillips place, and who lives
half a mile south of the old farm
house, was taken TO the Middlesex
Court House by Middlesex detectives,
though Sulitz lives in Somerset county.
He was questioned for five hours. At
the same time other detectives raided
his little story and a half house and
questioned his wife.
Sulitz was released at s o'clock this
evening without so far as could be
learned having thrown any light upon
the crime.
It was learned to-day also that the
prosecuting authorities of Somerset
have had, ever since the discovery OF
the bodies. letters in addition to those
found on the ground near the bodies
showing that the relations between DR..
Hall and Mrs. Mills were intimate and
that they had been in the habit of
meeting clandestinely.
Letters Tell of Meetings.
The letters are said 10 have been
found in the pocket of the rector and
are in the handwriting OF Mrs. Mills.
They refer in endearing terms to al
legged previous meetings and mention
addresses at which such meetings had
taken place.
A. NJ. Beekman. prosecutor of Somer-
set, and Joseph Stricken, prosecutor, of
Middlesex, withheld publication of the
letters on the ground that such revela-
tion would have damaged the investiga-
ton. II is understood now. however.
that all clews found in the letters have
been run down without shedding any
further light upon the identity of the
murderer.
No theory has been advanced as to
why letters we're found scattered about
upon the ground near the carefully ar
ranged bodies while others were found
in the rector's pocket, unless the letters
OH the ground accidentally fell from
the dead mans pocket and were not
designedly placed on the ground, as has
heretofore been contended.
Nor has any one been able 10 explain
why the rector should have carried
such letters in his pockets. These
strange circumstances have led TO the
speculat tion that the letters may have
been placed in the rector's pocket after
he was killed.
New Backing for Old Theory.
This supposition fits into the theory
that the couple were killed elsewhere
than where the bodies were found and
that the person or persons who placed
their bodies in carefully arranged posi-
tions at the lonely farmhouse did 30
with the idea that the discovery of
the bodies would depict In theatrical
fashion the story of their relationship
In life.
The belated questioning of the care
taker of the Phillips farm was as sur
prising as any move the detectives
have made. Sultz is mild hammered
little Hungarian with wispy. sandy
hair and mustache and soft blue eyes.
His main business is taking care of
COW and the deserted farm. His mild
ness betokens his fitness for this oc-
cupatlon. His remuneration for look
ing after the Phillips place, which in
wolves nothing more than keeping
casual eye on the house and acres
surrounding It. Is permission to Craze
his COW OH the fields Of the Phillips
property
Taking the COW to pasture has led him
every, day down path winding through
the woods and across brook. then up
n steep bank to the Phillips place. His
trips have continued daily since the dis
covery of the bodies there as before.
No explanation OF why II was thought
we'll fortnight after the crimo TO ex-
anime Sulitz, though the raid upon his
house was taken to mean that a search
was made for some weapon from which
might have been fred the bullets recov-
cred yesterday from the mead of Mrs.
Mills Not only the downstairs part Of
the house was searched. but ladder
was used to search the half story attic
Hazy About His Quixzing.
Sulitz was unable TO give a clear idea
of the line of questions presented TO him
after his return TO his home.
things" he said.
ibid they accuse you of the MURDER"
he was asked.
He shrugged his shoulders.
Mrs. Sulitz had been away during the
afternoon. She was questioned after
having finished her work al a cigar fac
tory. She protested to her questioncrs
that she knew nothing Of the murder.
The sudden squirt of activity Is taken
here TO mean that Gov Edwards. fol
lowing the appeal of Charlotte Mills.
young daughter OF the dead woman, has
told the county authorities that they
must bend every energy to produce
something that will solve the murder
az the earliest possible moment.
Meanwhile there continues the cor
troversy concerning who Ia responsible
for tho fact that no autopsy was made
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