Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-15
NEW WITNESSES MAY
PROVE IDENTITY OF
HALL MILLS SLAYER
Continued from, page I.

Mrs. Hall. according to tho new
witnesses narrative appeared TO be
either very angry or highly excited
Reaching the west entrance to the
Hall place, she Is said to have run
Il full block along Nichol Avenue. |
Dashing into the home of her cousin,
Henry Carpenter, wealthy New York |
broker and vestryman of the Church |
Of st. John.
Mr.. carpenter Is now n patient In |
Middlesex General Hospital here. re-
covering from an operation for APP
pendicitis performed Monday morning
by his brother-in-law, DIR. Laurence
Runyon.
II the story OF the unnamed wit
ness stands up i'm the Grand Jury
investigation IL would vitality affect
Mrs. Halls account of her move
ments the night of Sept. Ia, when
Mr. Mall and Mrs. Mills were slain.
When he WAS told of this witneps
Timothy Newell Pfeiffer. counsel for
Mrs. Hall. pointed out that Mt s
o'clock the night of the murders,
Mrs. Hall said she was in her home
playing with her niece. and that Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Carpender-he is
rarely called Henry--were at dinner
with ]. X. Rice In Highland Park,
across the Raritan River from New
Brunswick.
From persons in close touch with
the plaus of Attorney Mott 1t was
learned yesterday that the appear
ance of all scheduled witnesses al
Somervill, will reveal the States
case as stronger than supposed
These men. several of them officials
said Mott has been working in his
own way without regard TO what
does or does not appear in print con.
corning his activities or the opera
ton of detectives assisting him.
II was said Lieut.. Mason. his chic
investigator, has been permitted e
appear as the lone sleuth in Motifs
scheme, whereas n group of under
cover" operatives have been doinl
the investigating.
The States attorney has not We
come to a decision on the request o
Mrs. Hall that she be permitted &
} appear before the jury on waive
of immunity and an agreement 4
answer fully any and all questions.
! Authorities who yesterday yisite'
Mrs. Jane Gibson to confront her Wit
, the story of Mrs. Russell, the Negr
. woman. who said she was in Mrs
, Gibson's house at the time the muir
: der is said to have been committed
, found the woman pig-rancher pos
3 sessed of unique means of confutin
. her neighbors affidavit. II Will be rc
( called Mrs. Russell said Mrs. Gibso
came to her farm nj about 9.45 III
night of Sept IL TO return dog. MIR
Gibson accepted a dollar for return
, ing the animal. according to Mr.
Russell. and remained at the hous
talking until about lilo o'clocl
These hours cover the entire peric
Il Mrs. Gibson says she spent going
= and from the Phillips farm and NAL
Il ing her observations there.
l. In her explanation to detective
n Yesterday Mrs. Gibson said Mrs. Ru
e sells story was accurate general
s but incorrect in particulars, The
y were as to the date on which the d.
6, was returned to the colored wom'
0, and as TO Mrs. Gibson's acceptan
e OF the dollar.
e ut was not the night of Sept
hut the night of Sept. that l TOT
a the dog over to Mrs. Russell's place
p said Mrs. Gibson. She said she cou
y prove il by large calendar In h
8. house.
V On this calendar she said she h
: been accustomed to jot down su
-t,D wort hNs of nOtlf
= On the square of Sept. she point
90 TO a note concerning the return of
O dog TO Mrs Russell. The detectiN
IN saw this and are said to have TAX
q, the calendar as evidence but III
n refused TO make known the text
n the note on Sept or what appear
Is on the calendar for Sept. IA or
~ the night of and day after the murd
- Mrs. Gibson says she witnessed.
- From a reliable source 1t v
learned that the affidavit signed
>, Mrs. Russell was put forth by Att
- ney Pfeiffer to prevent indictme
- based on the so-called eye-witn
In story of Mrs. Gibson.
With respect to attempts TO
credit the affidavit of Mrs. Russo
-, he said yesterday, "all / can say
that the Grand Jury will determ
- who is telling the truth"
Mrs. Halls counsel would not
cuss the controversy raging betw
@'' Mrs. Gibson and Mr.. Russell He
remark. however, that ut SEE
strange that this calendar diary
us Mrs. Gibsons was not mentioned
e.
ng a,,a,, '.nf,,a,,ia tnforp,ation as IN
'h- what did happen the night
;, Sept. a."