The Washington times., 1922-10-29

been cherished possessions Of hsr1
husband.
TWO sisters Of DR.. Hall are frs-
suent callers at the Hall home. Mrs.
Halls friend pointed put that Mrs.
Hall believes this should help prove
her innocsnce. She believes that
they would not como and see aad
comfort her n they had the slightest
suspioion Of her guilt.
Two Arrests Near.
Two arrests are Imminent in the
Hall.Mtlls murder case tonight.
This fact was admitted by q high
official. !.
Much Of the mystery that has
perplexed the authorities for six
weeks has been dispelled and the
dramatic elimination Is expected
on Monday with formal homicide
warrants issued against two promi-
nently mentioned suspects. q man
and a woman. "A
From the same source tonight
these amazing facts were de.
i. II 10 the theory Of the state
that the woman did the shooting.
.. The first shot killed Rev. Dr.
Ddwsrd Wheeler Hall.
3. Mrs. Eleanor Rheinhardt Mills,
Episcopal Rector. fed from the
gene Of the nfArder but was
brought back 70 the. crab apple
tree and brutally slain, by pistol
and knife thrust In her throat.
1. Il was q fnerciless crime mo.
tived by insane jealousy, the man
in the case participating with the
woman after the first shot was
fired at the Rev. Mr.. Hall.
5. The meeting Of the four per.
sons was prearrangsd but with no
thought on the part Of Rev. Mr..
Hall and Mrs. Mills that they were
going to their doom In the lonely
lot on the outskirts Of this town.
suspicion as to their relations had
been aroused. they might, in con.
Ference settle the matter and ex.
tricate themselves.
10 was during q talk among the
four that the woman who will
" probably be arrested on Monday
lost her temper, flew into a mad
rage and shot the rector dead. fol.
lowing this act by numbering Mrs.
. Mills, who had sought to flee from
the scene but was dragged back
by the man, y !
6. The mystery might never have
been solved had 1t not been for the
chance witnessing Of the quarrel and
crimes BY the lone farm woman, Mrs.
Jane Gibson.
Suspects Well Guarded.
This ID the skeleton Of the States
case. There ID additional evidence,
some Of It documentary, and the
authorities expect to gain possession
of more evidence. Special Deputy
Attorney General Wilbur A. Mott, in
charge of the States case, has not
thought Il wise to make arrests
precipitately. The suspects are well
guarded and are 90 much In the tolls
Of the law tonight a. II incarcerated
in the county jail. Il = said that the
detoetives are much more free to
conduct their work with the suspects
ct their respective homes, unnamed
by the law, than they would be with
them In Jail. :.
There was Q rumor today that the
suspected woman, who cannot be
named until q warrant is issued for
her arrest, was starving herself"
The report was that she had not
tasted food In two days. However.
q reporter who called at the house In
the guise Of q butcher boy, talked
with q servant who said that her
mistress was eating dinner now"
and Is bearing up wonderfully"
New Brunswick 10 something like
an armed camp tonight. The town
Is overrun with detectives. It is he
hevsd that telephones running into
centers Of interest are ''listened in"
upon by authorities. The town Is
fairly qualsins with suppressed ex.
element.
Pfeiffer Gives Views.
Timothy N. Pfeiffer, attorney for
Mrs. Hall. the widow. in an inter.
view today, said that he did not ex.
pect that his client would be ar.
rested, adding: "Of course, anyone
II liable to false arrest, II there Is
false testimony offered to O court
or grand jury. My client knows
less about this case than you news.
paper reporters. She has become
quite normal physically and men.
tally again, and came out to talk
with her today. She is all right. I
called eyewitness. We know moth.
cept as 1t has been reported in the
papers.
"It looks to me tonight very much
~ II the Hall-Mills case would never
be solved"
In answer to that, Mr.. Mott said:
although the case presents many
difficult and complex angles, It is
now no mystery"
That q special session Of the Som.
erset grand Jury would be called on
Monday was indicated tonight, al
though there was no official an.
nouncement.
Mrs. Gibson in Fear,
Tnsu,orc ~ unv,~n A.