The Washington times., 1922-10-25
AND MRS. MILLS SLAIN WHERE FOUND, SAYS EYEWITNESS
BEHAVIOR Of
MRS. NALL IS .
PUZZLE T0HER
Daughter of Slain Mrs. Mills
Finds Rector's Wife Ter
ribIy Changed.

Finds Rector's Wife Ter
ribIy Changed.
Copyright. 1859. by International
News seryice.)
"Hape hope, faith, and love,"
Was the< only message Mrs. Ed
Ward w. Hall, wife of the slain
rector of the Episcopal Church
of st. John the Evangelist at
New Brunstoick, N. j., sent TO
Charlotte Mills, pretty si1teen-
year-od daughter of Mrs. James
Mills, choir singer, iDho .tcds
murdered ,0ith DR.. Hall. This
message Was sent Just after the
t,oo bodies Vere discovered.
What this child, oho became
yon,an over night by the shock
ing tragedy that disrupted her
life, feels about this lone mes
sage from her former Sunday
school teacher Is here told IN On
exclusive statement Uyitten by
her for International Nelcs SerVN
ice. She also comments upon
uhat she terms the "bunglink
work" of the officials at scork
on the mysterious case.
By CHARLOTTE MILLS.
copyright. 1924. by International
News service.)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct.
25.-I do not understand Mrs. Hall
and her peculiar habits formed since
my mothers body was found.
murdered and mutilated by some un-
known person or persons.
She used to be SO kind and gentle
to me before this terrible tragedy.
Yet now she refuses even to see
me, although I called at her home,
hungering for q word Of understand
ing and sympathy from her.
Note Causes Her to Weep.
I read q note she sent to me and
my tears come.
can't help but cry.
But her words do not agree with
her actions: and / am puzzled and
pained.
The note was short and was sent
after the bodies were found. 1t said:
Dear ChayfQtte-Always remem-
her what MIR. Hall said In his talk
Sunday. God loves us. We know
so little Of the world; Il Ia full Of loss.
Have hope. Have love. Have faith.
ABOVE ALL HAVE LOVE.
"Affectionately yours,
(SignedD Frances Noel Hail."
remember that sermon and how
beautiful II was, and only a few
days later. he, with my mother. was
murdered.
think of his words. and i think
of her note. 1t Is easy for her to
tell me to have faith and to have
love. But how can /, with this
terrible murder unsolved and five
long weeks passed?
My mother. my dear mother, what
ever anyone may say about her, Ia
gone. I shall never see her again.
Yet I am told to have faith and
love, while Mrs. Hall locks herself
up in her great silent house, re.
fusing to see anyone, to say nothing.
to help anyone at all who may be
able to shed some light upon this
mystery that blasted both her life
and mine.
Gets Indirect Word.
Occasionally. since that note, !
receive indirect word from my
former Sunday school teacher, who
now acts SO strangely to me and
who is closeted in that mansion,
guarded by private detectives and
her attorney. TheI word from her
carries a message Of sympathy,
AnlN S.vtNA L.. "a
ment. telling me that she feels
for me because l am young and
have no friends.
81 don't understand II at all.
I don't understand why she hired
privated detectives to guard her
and hired a lawyer to protect her.
And that lawyer! More than once
he suggested to me that Il would
be a good idea IL l were to GO
away and did not speak about this
terrible unsolved and unavenged
| crime.
1--WE will send you away he
said to me. / don't know what
he meant by we but I do know
that will not be sent away by
anyone until l know who killed
my mother. shall never rest un'
til the murderer or murderers are
found and punished.
Doesn't Want Sympathy.
People give me sympathy. Every
one tells me how sorry they are
for me. But I don't cry any more
and / won't cry any more even
though I am so lonesome without
my mother. I am afraid to think
of her lying under the ground
alone. and that shall never see
her walking around the houses gain
or talking to me or caressing me.
It is SO hard to talk about this
yet I must, for I don't want this
horrible murder to grow cold and to
go unsolved. I don't want to see
influence brought 10 bear. upon any
one. that will interfere with bringing
the guilty person or persons to
justice.
Yet I must sit by and see that in
stead of working together to solve
this terrible affair the officials spend
a great deal Of time wranglinp
among themselves. The Somerset
county officials put II up to the
Middlesex county officials and SO on
indefinitely. don't understand why
they bungled the investigation from