Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-28
HALL MILLS SLAYER
WAS A bRAWNY NEGRO,
MRS. GIBSON THINKS
"Pig Woman" Declares She Be-
ieyes Actual Murderer Was
Black, Hired Cunman.
WIDOW REVISITED SCENE

BY Associate Prcss % Every Evening
New Brunswick. y. J., Oct "a
-Four hours after she mad Witnessed
the shooting Of Rev Edward Wheeler
Hall. rector ~ the Episcopal Church
of ST. John the Evangelist. and bs
choir leader. Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt
Mills on thc night ~ September -.
Mrs Jane Gibson returned 70 ne
scene. and saw thc woman she says
was present when the two were slain.
bending low over me body of the rec
tor. Weeping bitterly. Neither 10
man VINO Mrs. Gibson has told ,hs
authorities shot Ir Hall and Mrs
NILS. nor me automobile parked
nearby ~ the ,iIue of ne murder. vas
in sight when she made the second
visit. 9he believes INC actual murder
vas committed by a huge Negro. a
hired gunman. Al she puts it. but =
not entirely positive on me point -
the Ugh. Was nOt sufficiently strong
20 make clear this impression.
Mrs. Mills Escaped But Dragged Back
These and the statement ma, Mrs.
Mills escaped srDm her assallan.s
after tho rector VAS killed and nd
1 behind bushes nearby only 70 re re-
captured and dragged back 70 the spot
/ under the crabapple tree. were an0sz-
! ing details IN the eye witness, story
! as retOld yesterday by Mrs. Gibson -
/ Special Deputy Attorney Wilbur A.
Mot
Confident that he has solved no
murder. which ne says IS "coropIex
bu, not a mystery" Prosecutor Mott
assembling corrobora tive evidence H4
indicated % newspa pernen that 70
arrests viii he made until ne has pre-
sented the case to the Somerset coun-
- grand jury
The pig farm of Mrs. Gibson rss
again under guard today TO prevent
newspap permen from talking further
With her.
Autopsy yerifes Dragging Story.
Her statement that Mrs Mills ran
away after DR.. Hall mad been shot and
MD in the bushes between the sppis
tree and the old Phillips house. where
. the man and woman murderers found
her with the aid of flashlights and
dragged her 30 or 40 yards over the
rough ground. = borne out by ths
gave evidence OF rough treatment.
Mrs. Mills fought desperately, Mrs.
= Gibson is said 70 have told the authorf-
: ties, but the nurderers overpowered
4 her and dragged her back TO the spot
4 Under the tree, where she was SHOT
y three times.
5 Although townsfolk displayed con.
= siderable amazement in the amphf-
= cation of Mrs. Gibson's story. Detective
= Mason. picked by Mr.. Mott 20 assist
him in the investigation today ex.
= pressed himself as considerably i'm
. pressed by the farm-womans tale.
- Detective Impressed With Story.
= He said that he had been present
- when she was subjected to a stiff
o Cross-examination. Sometimes. he said
- Mr.. Mott would question her abou
!. points she mad not mentioned. but in
= variably she came back with the re
tort that she had not said any sucl
g thing as ne attributed 70 her.
d Toward noon, the Whereabouts o
Z Mrs. Gibson developed into somewha
q Of a mystery. state troopers statione'
at her home We're Withdrawn and vii
iaH4 FiDsoH, leE son, SdlO Sle Wa
q not at home. \ tour OF the house b.
n reporters with the permission Of IN
II son. confirmed this. Asked where hi
& mother was. Gibson said he had beel
Il instructed not 10 talk.
Mrs. Gibson vas under cross-ex
animation FOR an hour yesterday an,
repeated her eye witness account Of tn,
= double murder in more detail thai
previously and making some correc
. lions n the story as originally told.
Il Continued on page >.