Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-29
JERSEY GOVERNOR
TAKES UP MURDER OF
HALL AND SINGER
Continued from page 1.


One thing in the conference was
Siscusscd. II wNs the refusal ~ mn
,fYer Of the services OF DIR. Otto IL.
Schutx~. former Coroner's physician
OF this city and medical assistant to
the New York District Attorneys
office, to perform complete autopsies
ON the victims which were neglected
aud which would have presented pri-
mary evidence for criminoogists to
ferret the perpetrators.
In spite OF the elaborate prccau-
lions against knowledge of the fact
becoming public. II was learned last
nisht that Mrs. Hall was put through
another lengthy examination by OH
Gals In New Brunswick.
Her Visit Kept Secret.
Her visit to the courthouse was SO
perfectly arranged none OF the re-
portcrs investigating the double muir
der were aware 1t took place until
seven hours later. Entrance to the
building was made through side
door. facing the county prison. Mrs.
Hall was accompanied by Miss Peters.
her constant companion and spokes-
man since the tragedy. No details OF
the examination were revealed. Mrs.
Han refusing To see reporters.
Following her visit To the prose-
cutor's office. Mrs. Halls fifty year-old
brother, William stevens, was put
through another long uuizzing. q.
Both Mrs. Hall and her brother were
questioned about her going to the
Mills home after n. M. the night Mr..
I.Nf 1.stt H. a.. .s,.J a
not return. Mrs. Hall said Willie"
accompanied her, and her brother told
the authorities he went with his sis
ter.
Night Waterman Disagrccs.
Samuel Phillips, night watchman nj
the New Jersey College for Women,
was positive. however. he saw a WOO
man, whom Mrs. Hail said was she
enter the grounds of the Hall home
by the side drive. alone. Phillips re-
pcated his statement TO the prosecu-
tors
Inquiry was made regarding two
suits OF clothes that Willie" Stevens
sent to have cleaned after the MUIR
der. When Mr.. Halls body was
found. "A black suit for Willie" "a
wear at the funeral was ordered from
Lyons & Parker, clothiers. of New
brunswick. William Grearis delivered
the suit to the Hall home and was
given two of "Willie's" suits 20 have
cleaned The vest OF one had several
spots ON Il. The suits were cleaned
hy The New Staten Island Cleanins
Company Of No. IL Spring street, and
the spots were said by the cleanins
company 10 have been grease or mil
dew
Mr.. Halls body will he exhumed. as
well as that OF Mrs. Mills. IL the au-
ihori,ies can get an order TO take I,
from the xrave in Greenwood GENE.
terry. Brooklyn. Assistant Prosecute,
John A. Toolan Of Middlesex went to
Brooklyn and placed the application
in the hands OF the District Attorneys
office there.
Planned Another Autopsy.
Justice Parker OF the New Jersey
Supreme Court issued the order to ex-
hume the body Of Mrs. Mills. The
autopsy, TO find the bullet that killed
her, determined Its size and the angl,
az fire, is expected to be performed TO.
day.
Strength to the theory that tn,
person or persons who did the slayins
followed Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills {,
their ,rysting place over the count,
line by automobile and that tn,
bodies Of the two were carried in :
car TO the lonely farm where the,
were laid out under tree, was eiver
when Jack White, who went out I,
the wireless station that night sal,
he saw two automobiles parked in D.
Eussey's lane. which leads TO IN
farm. about p. m,
Prosecutor STRIKERS recommenda
ton TO the Board OF Freeholders O
substantial reward for the solutio,
81 the crime resulted in the board Of
fering one Of $1,000 for the appre
hension and conviction OF the muir
derer or niurderers, but continren
upon the crime having been committe
In Middlesex county. which seeminrl
Ni,iated the usefulness of the offe,
especially as Mr.. Stricken had said n
vas morally certain the murders wer-
committed Just over the county lin,
in Somerset, where the bodies wer
found. The board recommended tina
the Somerset board offer a like re
ward.
Halls VIII Probatcd.
The Will Of Mr.. Hall was offered ia
probate in the Middlesex count
Surrogate's office. IL leaves his on
tire estate 20 his widow and appoint
her exccutrix, authorizing her I
sell, convey and disposesof all realt
in my possession at the time of m
death as she may see fit." Anothe
clause says the VIII is in force re-
gardless CT child or children that ma
he born OF this union"
The will. brief, colorless and 70,
NAL. was made on June i. 1920. an
wa witnessed by Edward NJ. Hicis
lawyer, who settled the estate {
Mrs. Stevens. mother of Mrs. Hall
and his brother. Douglas NJ. Hicks
Highland Park, suburb Of Ne
Brunswick.
Efforts TO learn the disposition {
the $4,000 in securities beaueathed h
Mrs. Stevens TO Mrs. Hall. or OF othe
moneys said TO have been possesse
by the clergyman. were unavailin,
There is excellent reason for belle,
ing that the authorities have not eve
yet investigated Mr.. Halls finance;
affairs, although Prosecutor Strick,
had admitted that TO do so would !
quite simple process.
One OF the letters that were sea,
tered where the bodies were four
was addressed to Honey" and cor
tained the line How familiar Easto
avenue has become TO US" That