The New York herald., 1922-09-17
Indications That Corpses
Were Dragged to Lonely
Spot in Woods.
NO WEAPONS ARE NEARBY
Love Letters of Dead Woman
Found in Pockets Of Episco-
pal Clergyman.

Special Dispatch 70 TIE NEW York HrsALp
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j.. Sept 1s.-
Side by side under an apple tree in a
sheltered corner of an otherwise open
field two miles out of town the bodies
OF the Rev. Edward w. Hall. rector OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church Of st.
John the Evangelist. and Mrs. James
Mills. leader OF the choir Of the church
and wife of the sexton, were found
early this morning. Both had been
murdered.
Tonight the New Brunswick police
and George Totten. detective of Somer-
set county, having gone over the
ground thoroughly and examined tho
evidence they have. besides question
ing the husband of the slain woman
and. indirectly. the wife of the min
lister, are in the dark as to the motive
behind the crime and the identity of
the slayer. They are not sure yet
even that the killing took place where
the bodies were found.
1t appears that the relations be-
tween the minister and the woman
were such as to occasion instantly the
belief that the probable cause of the
crime was jealousy. That this rela-
tionship had continued for a long time
is clear. It is equally clear that Mills
the husband of the woman. was in the
dark as to what had been going on
He appears TO have nad no suspicious
Of his wife. nor much control over her
Though he has been questioned a,
length by Totten. he is stll at liberty.
Children Find Bodies.
The two bodies. already decomposed
were found early to-day where they lay
by Raymond Schneider and Pearl Bah.
ner, two young people who. they said
had gone into the field to gather rnush
rooms Young Schneider as soon as he
realized what he had found ran 70 the
roadway and telephoned the police TIVE
policemen. Edward Garrigan and Jane:
Curran. we're rushed to the scene They
took charge Of the bodies. although they
realized at once that the case was not ir
their Jurisdiction. as the vacant fielc
happened to be Just over the border line
between Middlesex and Somerset coun.
ties. Hence they sent word to the
County Prosecutor at Somerville and
Totten. He with two assistants drove
over to the scene OF the crime
| What is known as the Phillips farm
extends along the southerly side o,
Easton avenue. about two miles out O,
the center of town. Turning from II a.
right angles is De Russy's lane. a mar.
row earth road. A quarter OF a mile
from the turn along the lane Is an earth
road turning at right angles toward tn,
farmhouse. This road and Eastcn ave
nue. are parallel and the road In cues.
ton lies between them, Just now a mas.
OF goldenrod.
| About three hundred feet TO the cas-,
from the land the field is bordered by a
few pine trees. some underground and 4
gully Where this row Of heavy vegeta.
ton meets the earth road IS a single
apple tree. sickly half wild tree per.
haps ten feet high.
In the heavy grass beneath this tres
the two bodies were found Brush. the
heavy grass and the slight slope OF land
almost hid this nook from passersby on
the earth road. The road leads into the
homestead Of the Phillips family, an old
farmhouse falling to decay and unoccu.
pied now, though furnished.
scene of Crime Is Lonely.
The spot Is isolated from all traffic
for even the lane is little used. II is a
lonely spot. hardly TO be reached save BY
motor car unless one walks a consider.
able distance. To some II might appeal
as an ideal place for lovers and there
ere several such places about. between
this and other fields, and at night motor
cars are to be seen frequently parked
by the side OF the road.
The bodies OF the minister and the