New-York tribune., 1922-10-25
!, lane Gibson, Eccen-
i Pig Raiser, Believed
Have Sworn She Was
"a, Murder Witness
Name Included i'm
scream, She Heard
to Have Ridden
Mule Into Crime Scene
While Pursuing Thief
r.e~ i sses Correspondence

ww BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oct. 2A.--
.stss vsyus and shifting pattern Of
z Mills murder mystery wac in
"a new and positive element to-
8 v;th the identihcation Of Mrs.
!, Gibson, known in New Brunswick
ahe pig woman" mysterious per-
Il vigorous personality. who has
81 % affidavit. according 70 a re.
III. source Of information, that she
3 u eyewitness Of the double mur.
i 10 September IL.
FSh Wilbur A. Mott new in charre
3es isszlag investigation ss Deputy
x.rasy General. the arrest OF one or
v, pssscns may be imminent as a
rslt as the information said to have
10 supplied to the authorities by
b. Gibson.
Drives Reporters Away
hashag that she had no connection
III tho case and discouraging re-
fsas and photographers with actual
iasus from trespsssing on her
maises, Mrs. Gibson is nevertheless
kssed 10 be the much-discussed wit
III who saw the Staying Of the Rev.
!ssstd ". Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills.
Fra ndisputable sources it was
s,nsd that her affidavit is in the
lad Of the authorities. Prosecutor
Mknan, Of Somerset, and Prosecutor
+ ssktsy, of Middiesex County, are be-
Ind 10 have had this information, al
sash they took no action on it.
j tm II the authorities would discuss
! Anatter to-day.
: aa Gibson, it is now believed, was
q soran who confronted Mrs. Hall
s,h Prosecutors Office when the
Tas pf the murdered Clergyman was
apa H. put on the gray coat she wore
ssg she went to the church to look
stha on the night of the crime.
i assssly resentfrl of the ats -nt;on
igsas % her, Mrs. Gibson Was uu-
seapassutive to-day. she broke
fAsegstser's camera, threatened
a shotgun and ordered re-
eEsa of her place. She insisted
MAs knew nothing Of the Hall case
WIG not go out on the night Of the
Apostle Of Revenge
9at wish could do something to
M up the mystery" she added. ~
si widow, but if anybody stole my
sand I'd go to the ends Of the earth
EENll her"
As. Gibson Is another remarkable
|HIacter to enter a ease that is al
|aldy rare in it's assortment of unusual
|ess. She is rugged and sturdy in
|Elld. Her skin Is burned q coffee
Fssn and Is weather beaten from ex-
Nsure.
Her hair is rich chestnut. although
tss Is fifty years old and has a
ssenty-year-old son. Highly intelli-
tnt In spite of her brusaue manner,
she speaks several languages fiuently.
let she lives in q tiesoiate shack that
snce was barn and keeps mules,
dickens and pigs. She is an enigma
b her nsighbors. They know her as
: fearless, pioneering type, who rides
Asr mules as easily as another woman
Pnight ride horse.
Il ~ 10 tuIVuSa ncT Iuule@ LUdt mex
esme came to be linked with the Hall
wills case. The story she Is believed
& have told in her affidavit is this:
kos more than month before the
rf!ms was committes she was aware
Vat some one had been breaking into
ier premises and stealing corn. She
M her suspicious of a nieghboY, q
Elnmsr, living near where the bodies
ths Rev. Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills
ssfs found.
Chased Thief Suspect
asf own farps consists of about sixty
na stocked with forty-eight pigs,
q mules, one horse, some chickens
: - dogs. One of her dogs is par
Marly sensitive and detects the
A,t noise around the place. Her
sty faces on Hamilton Road, a
distance from De Russeys Lane.
ss night Of September "a the more
%ss of the dogs rushed around
x'Sly and bolted in the direction
sA eornfeld, according to the story
Nsd to have been told the au-
s',sss BY Mrs. Gibson. Investigat-
\ ne aovements of the dog, she saw
aal leaying the cornfield. Without
apcsrta hesitation she took mule
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