New-York tribune., 1922-11-02
Mrs. Hall Defends Dead
Husband i'm Interview

as You did think? Al can't tell you
any more than ! didn't know what to
think.
Q.---What do You think now? A
don't know what to think now.
Q.Mrs. Hall, suppose you had
known that the relations between your
husband and Mrs. Mills were very In
innate, what would you have done
course, would have spoken to him.
Q.--You had no thought of anything
except @ quiet outcome of it.? A.--Of
course not.
Q.--When your husband left the
house that night. did he ask what time
1t was, or did he consult his watch ?
A.--Not that | know OF.
Q.-Did he hold any conversation
with you before going out? A.--No;
beyond saying he was going to see
about the bill.
Q.You didn't say, "W.here are you
going ~ A. No.
G.. Did he tell you lie expected to
be back at defnise time A.-No,
] don't think he said anything about
when he was going to be back.
Q.--When did your father die, Mrs.
Hall? Ale died when was baby.
Q---Did he build the present Car
pender house? A.-No.N
Against Blank Wall
Q.--Can you tell US just exactly how
you have been feeling all during these
seven weeks This thing has been on
your mind now for nearly seven weeks.
Won't you just tell us, in your own
way, all of your reactions and all of
fnaly yy,rer nh~ ~,,A Ill "a 4
your searchings. mean your mental
searchings for 8 solutionf Al feel
as If I was up against blank wall.
have no idea what to think.
al mean your feelings. I mean
about the whole things of these
complications and the insinuations of
the people that you are guilty. You
must realize that .os of people say
so. Alt seems to me nest mysteri-
GUS that any one should think such
things. ! cannot understand it, OF
course.
Hadn't you been eager for this
opportunity to come out and tell how
You stood about it? A.-Frankly, I
have heard SO many things in the
papers that feel it is very uncertain
what goes into the newspapers at all.
Q.-Mrs. Hall, why didn't you give
US statement in the first place? A..
1t seemed wiser not to do 1t.
Q.--Wiser to you or to your I'd
visers7 A.--Well, in talking it over
with my family.
Q.--What has been your general feel
Ing with respect to publicity--not
about this case, but all your life :?
Al have all my life avoided publicity
IN every possible way. There is no one
who has led more retired life.
Q--Was that the reason you did not
called up--was that the thought? A
! don't know whether that was the
thought.
Q.--Will you go on and tell us just
exactly how you feel about publicity in
your own feeling about publicity in
general? A.-When I first went to the
prosecutors they asked me all sorts of
questions, as you Nave been doing, and
told them everything possibly could,
everything knew, and said to them
! thought it was the prosecutors place
to work this out. | have no vindictiye
spirit, and it seemed to me that it was
entirely up to the authorities to work
on subject Of this kind, so that out
side of taht thought should just
keep quiet ad do nothing.
Shrinks From Reward
Q.--Therc was suggestion, some
time past, about your offering a re-
ward. Why didn't you do it? This
suggestion came to you, believe :?
A.-Why should offer reward? 1t
would be most awful thought.
Q.-Just why? A.-Why, to offer a
reward to have someone come out and
tell of murder.
Q.-You are anxious, however, that
this whole thing should be cleared up?
A.-Why, of course.
Q.-But you are not satisfied with
what the authorities have done? A
No, it seems that they let many things
go by.
Q.--Have you any suggestion to make