Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-04
MURDER PROBERS
FIND AUTO DRIVER
SEEN BY MRS. GIBSON
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When tho case Is presented the wit
nosses will be few. Mrs. Jane Gibson
tho woman farmer, who has said that
she saw Mrs. Hall on the Phillips farm
on the night OF the murder, September
II, will be called. II In possible. too,
that Barbara Tough and Louise Gcist,
servants in the Hall home, will be
brought up. With these witnesses
and possibly with Mrs. Gibson alone.
Wilbur A. Mott. Special Deputy Attor-
ney- General. will ask for An indict-
msnt, and Il may be said that he fully
expects TO get what he asks.
| Following the finding of an indict-
ment, or two indictments. arrests Will
DO made. There Will he no arrests be-
fore the indictments are found.
Finds New Eye Witness.
Working in n secret place. Mr.. Mott
has achieved what Prosecutor Stricken
OF Middlesex county sought to accom-
plish, the examination Of witnesses
without interference. He has ques-
toned many persons who know some
thing about the case. among them a
business man and another man. men
toned frequently in connection with
The case, who had conflded that he,
with II girl or woman. was in tho
nelghborhood OF tho Phillips farm at
the time OF the murder.
IL Is learned. though not from OIL
cial sources. that the woman saw a
part Of the tragedy. 1t Is understood
the man did not. The two were to-
gether, but curiosity moved the woman
to leave their secret meeting place TO
learn what the noise wns all about.
Thus, the woman is able In part. it is
understood, to corroborato the story
told by Mrs. Gibson. Necessa rily. then,
the names Of the woman and man are
being withheld. for Mr. Motifs method
is TO hold back everything that he can.
To Examine Mrs. Hall Again.
Mr.. Motifs chief assistant. James
II. Mason, Essex county detective, Will
call the witnesses for n brief re-eSam-
nation. within n day or 40, OF some
of the witnesses in the case. including
the Tough woman and Louise Geist
He will not seek 10 examine Mrs. Hall
again. Everything that she could have
given 10 him In the way Of additional
statements she made public in the
newspaper interview she granted on
Wednesday.
Newark yesterday Charlotte Mills and
Mrs. Gibson also rode and the trio mot
at the Newark station, giving rise 10 a
report that the two women had been
taken To Mott for further examination
1t was stated later, and on good au-
thoritY, that this was not the case
and that Charlotte was merely paying
her usual week end visit To her sister
in Paterson. while Mrs. Gibson went
/ to Newark to meet her mother and re
| turned to this town in few hours
! There Is much speculation as t.
whom Mott will charge with the actua
commission OF the crime, that Is, th'
actual killing Of Hall and Mrs. Mills
| There was a report last night that tn,
authorities have eliminated from thei
list the names OF two brothers VIII
have figured from time TO time. Their
is no justification for the elimination
he said. despite alibis and other obsta
Giles are not eliminating any one. Il
this respect. the situation Is exactl
what it was three weeks ago, befor
some OF the alibis were ahsolutel
proved. as they have been since.
Can't Find Driver.
The car Of mystery has been located
II appears. and can be produced at an
time. but there Is n new mystery {
; n minor sort in that the detectives an
others have been unable 10 determin
UP 10 the present who Il was tina
drove the particular car on the nigh
of the murder.
The corroboration eye witness RI
ferred 10 on Thursday was one OF tw
, persons close 10 the scene OF the shoe
ing. This man, accompanied by b
. woman companion. was first notice
IN the vicinity Of the old farm nous
Y and later was seen driving into III
= lane. The authorities learned Of tn
- fact when one Of the persons told Il
e Istory OF the nights experience TO
T business friend in Newark. The idel
Y tity of this friend is known and !
has been questioned by the Sta
6 troopers as TO the details OF the stol
= told TO him.
= The man and girl were both relu
= tant 10 tell their stories to the autho
o tiles because OF the attendant publicit
q 1t is inevitable now, however. that tn
81 will both be brought into the case b
! fore Mott concludes his work. II is n
l. known what connection there may
n between the visit of these two perso
y 10 the scene and the story told by NJ
e Gibson of the arrival of the automoln
that threw its headlights on the couI
she saw beside the old fashioned aut
. mobile. but the two ends OF the sto
fit in very well together.
:, Mason Interviews Troopers.
n Mason arrived in here shortly befc
Of noon yesterday and went into conf,
IL cnce with several of the State troope
p He would make no statement as
d. what progress was being made
l. either him or Mott and refused TO co
lie ment on the statements that n arr.
lg WGs impending. merely smiling at 4
rumor.