New-York tribune., 1922-10-10
Arrest Increases Mystery
In Hall and Mills Murder
tcsntiausd from paso sns)

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| In Buccleugh Park they wandered cut
Easton Avenue to Derrusy's Lane,
which skirts the farm. Following this
they came upon couple seated be-
meath crab apple tree Believing, ac-
the man was Behmer and the girl was
Pearl, they crept up to within a yard
of the unsuspecting couple. Then, ac-
cording to the same report of Schneid-
er's story, they opened fire, killing
both, the man first. 1t was dark night
and Schneider lighted match, accord
ing to this unverifed statement, and
gazed on the features Of the victims.
Discovering that they were not tha
pair they had been stalking, according
to the report of the statement.
Schneider fed after crying out to
Hayes:
mistake!"
According to this same version,
Schneider says Hayes followed hun
quickly.
Good Drama, But That's All
AS drama it would be wonderful,
but as evidence upon which to convict
a twenty ty-one-year-old resident Of New
Brunswick who possesses an honorable
discharge from the United States Navy
and q fairly good reputation, it Is i'm
possible
Those hypotheses seem vulnerable in
several places. Where did Schneider
and Hayes get the packages of love
notes from Mrs. Mills to Hall and
from him to her that were scattered
over their forms when the newly ar
ranged bodies were found by Schneider
and Pearl? Who slashed Mrs. Mills's
throat so that decapitation was pre-
vented only by her spinal column
Who placed the minister's visiting card
against his boot heel, as if to advertise
to the world the shameiulness Of the
situation in which he may have been
when death came to him?
Those are questions that are being
asked on street corners in New Pruns-
wick tonight; questions that were
echoed to-day by Mills. husband Of the
murdered woman and by persons anx-
ious for the welfare of the Clergyman
widow, Mrs. Frances Noel Stevens
lies of this city Of thirty thousand
people.
They are questions that neither
Prosecutor Strickler nor Prosecutor
Beekman would or could answer. Sur
rounded by the group Of reporters
whose investigation disclosed that
Beekman had never required autopsies
tc be performed on the bodies, the
Prosecutor of Somerset County showed
himself either unable or indisposed 10
explain these strange Inconsistencies.
Plan No More Arrests
Have the authorities the gun and
knife with which the murder was
committed?" MIR. Beekman was asked.
IL refuse to answer" he replied.
"The morning newspapers carried
stories that the knife and gun were
recovered by the authorities"
mo such statement was authorized
by either myself-or Mr.. Stricken" re-
piled Prosecutor Beekman.
HAS Hayes made confession of
the murder?"
please don't ask that question:"
"Will there be more arrests in the
case?"
"None are in contemplation at the
present time"
"Will ysu tell US if Hayes has really
confessed to the murder 7"
II refuse to answer. You will have
to guess at it."
Does Schneider accuse Hayes o1
the murder of the minister and choi,
singer?"
81 repeat that l cannot answer this
question, but Schneider gave us in.
formation which prompts the charge
of murder against Hayes" said Mr.
Beekman.
Refuses to Name Motive
Have you traced the movements of
Schneider and Hayes on the night of
the crime 2"
Owe have done that. They were to-
gether at the time of the crime" re-
piled Mr.. Beekman.
"Was it case Of mistaken identity 2?
Il cannot answer that question:" said
Mr.. Beekman.
What was the motive for the muir
der?"
II refuse to answer that question at
the present time
gave the authorities any information
which led to the arrest on his trip
to Somerville?"
II cannot answer that question"
This much was volunteered by Beck
man at that interview: Upon infor-
nation in the prosecutors Office OBJ
tanned from Schneider and other wit
nesses, we feel obliged under the sit
uation to prefer charge of murder
against one Clifford Hayes.
Raymond Schneider will be held as
a material witness awaiting further
developments in the case. Process will
be served out of Somerset County
where it appears the crime was com
mitted, and consequently they will be
taken to the Somerset County iail this
afternoon"
Tonight Beekman supplemented that
statement with an announcement that
he planned to take Raymond Schneider
to Somerville tonight to be locked up
in the jail there. He said that it prob
ably would be several days before
Hayes would be taken before a grand