Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-21
ROBBERY MOTIVE GIVEN
IN DOUBLE MURDER
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/ kliiouE ilOuI IiIuESudy evening" ScSS
tioneo about her brother Henry. Mrs
Hall said he was furnishing a new
apartment in New York which ht
, had just rented and probably was
moving in today. Last Thursday
night when her husband failed tC
return home, she said, she and
Willie went to the church bui
couldn't get in. The automobile
which the rector usually used, Mrs
Hall said. had not been used by him
Thursday night, it being in the gar
age at the time he left the house and
was there the next morning.
Unable to sleep through Thurs
day night. Mrs. Hall said she de-
cided to communicate with two OF
the %rector's sisters the first thing IN
the morning, telling them of The
disappearance of Mr.. Hall. This she
did. she said. first informing Edwin
Carpenter, n of the church vesiry-
men. of the fact that her husband
was cone. The two sisters. MIS-.
and Mrs. Frank Voorhees,, of Jer-
sey City. came to New Brunswick
as soon as notified of their brothers
disappearance, Mrs. Hall said.
Al this point in the interview Miss
Peters ventured to give her person
al view of the matter, declaring that
there had been no estrangement be-
tween the rector and his wife. they
being, in her mind, ideally mar
ried." Miss Peters said Mrs. Hall
was a charity worker in New Bruns-
wick for two years before she mar
RED the rector and that Mr.. Hall
spent practically all of his time do
ing church work, doing much for the
boys and mems clubs. The doctor
had no enemies that she knew of,
Mrs. Hall said.
Mrs. Hall denied that she had en-
gagged private detectives to solve the
murder of her husband. She said
it is a matter for the state to fathom
and will not interfere. She said a
note had beer sent to Charlotte,
daughter of the murdered woman by
her, but 1t was M purely of SYM
patty. The costly casket lin which
Mrs. Mills was buried was not paid
for by the Hall family, Mrs. Hail
said, although she thought 1t pos
sihle the vestrymen of the church
had assisted in paying for it.
A further examination of Mrs. Hall
and other members of the family is
anticipated this afternoon by MEM
bers of the prosecutors staff.
A difference of opinion as to the
number of bullet holes in the head
of the slain woman has arisen be-
tween DR.. Cronk. of New Brunswick,
and DR.. William C. Long, the Som
has declared four bullets entered
the woman's head as the powder
marks could be distinctly discerned
about the holes. The latter declares
that there was only one bullet hole
Mrs. Mills head, having been
quoted as saying: "The doctors in
Somerset county know what a bullet
wound is when they see it,"
This phase of the case will be set
tied, if possible, by the prosecutors
going over the reports of the out
come of the examinations of the
bodies made by the two physicians.
DR.. Long has declared hat the
on the bodies of the two vic
would indicate that there had
been a terrific struggle between the
and Hall and also between
the murderer or some other person
and the woman. The shoulders of
Halls coat were torn and his face
badly scratched. Mrs. Mills arms and
face bore marks of deep scratches.
Little could be learned from the
prosecutors office of the gruelling to
which willie" Stevens was submit
ted for more than an hour yester-
day afternoon. His answers were
such that, taking into consideration
his eccentric disposition and the
condition of his mentality. they
would lead to the belief hat he had
been thoroughly instructed or tu-
tered in how to answer the ques-
tons put to him. Although the de-
tectives would not give any infor-
that they were convinced he had
been well schooled at the Hall
home as to what he should say and
what he should not say.
He denied emphatically having
told any of the firemen at Engine
House No. 3 that something Dig
was going to pop" or of having
given any intimation by a remark
that he knew something unusual
had happened and would soon be
heard Of. He admitted having a ~
calibre revolver home. When the
detectives took him home at the
close of the examination he pro-
duced the pistol, which 1t Is SAID
did not look as though it had peeh
recently used.
"Willie" is said to have told the
detectives that his sister woke nun
nm early Friday morning n asked
him to accompany her 10 'he
church in search of her husband.
Waterman Phillips, at the Wom-
ans College, who told of seeing a
woman enter the Hall house early
FRIDAY morning, when again cues,
toned by the detectives lnslsted
that there was no man with ner'
He said he could not recognize Mrs.
Hall as he was too far away u ne
could plainly see that the Woiha.
was alone and wore a KHAKI codl.
Mrs. Hall has admitted that sne
vas the woman Philips saw ou'
has said she was not alone.
At the conclusion of the question
ing "Willie' was taken to his mons
under a heavy guard or detectiVes
and there Mrs. Hall was asked sew
eraI pertinent questions when she
is understood to have given answers
to hut not of the kind that wouio
assist the detectives to any grea'
extent. Prosecutor Stricken was ask
| ed if willie had been placed un-
der arrest following the questionins
Yesterday afternoon, to which the
prosecutor replied NO" When
asked IL he was suspected aho
whether his arrest could be looked
forward to Prosecutor Stricken re-
piled that he was unable to answer
that question.
Detective William Fitzpatrick left
Perth Amboy this morning appar-
emily working on a new clue but his
destination could not be learned
Detective David returned today AS
L. LII diSa M rcd NeG-