The New York herald., 1922-12-05
HALL inquiry GOES
TO EDWARDS AGAIN
Governor Expected to De-
eide To-day Who Will
Continue in Charge.
MOTT MAY BE RETIRED
Prosecutor Beekman Said
to Be Preparing Addition
al Evidence for Jury.
EDGE REPLIES TO MILLS
Wagon Mentioned by Mrs.
Gibson Again Traced After
Denial by Owner.
EDGE REPLIES TO MILLS

sy.eidl Dispatch 70 THE, NEW YORK HznALp.
New BRUNSWICK. Dec. s.-Whether
the State or Somerset. and Middlesex
counties are to handle the investiga-
ton of the murder OF the Rev. Edward
". Hall and Mrs. Elenor Il. Mills IS
to be determined in Trenton to-mor-
row morning. Reports current to-
night are that the State will continue,
but will be represented by some one
other than Wilbur A. Mott, who as
Special Deputy Attorney-General.p pre-
sented the case to tho Somerset County
Grand Jury
Attorney General McCran was asked
to-day: Does the State plan to drop
or to continue its investigation Of the
EIan-Mills murder?r He replied: IT
cannot discuss that.
"Will Mr.. Mott be superseded by
some one else as prosecutor, as has
been reported?"
"I cannot discuss that either.
would like TO tell you something but /
cannot talk about this case now
Mott is to 20 to Trenton foi - con-
ference about 10 80. It is expected tha,
Mr. Mott will offer to withdraw and viii
present his bin for the approva, OF the
Attorney General The bill has To be
met out OF the resources OF Somerset
county. The decision whether some one
else is to take up the work probably
will rest with Gov Edwards, with whom
Mr.. McCran is expected 10 confer.
Says Beekman Has New Facts.
In Sonervilie. the sentiment is against
probable expense to the county being
the governing factor. There also is OBJ
lection to paying Mr.. Mott for doing
exactly what the county's own prosecu-
tor, Azariah Eeekman, said no would
do. Mr. Beekman Is still at work on
the case by direction of tho Grand Jury,
which urged that the matter be not
dropped. Beekman's chief assistant
county detective. George Totten. made II
clear that work is really being done
and that Developments are expected
He said:
Prosecutor Asarisb Beekrnan is
charged with the enforcement OF law
in this county ard even II everybody
else quits. the investigation will! be con-
tinued here. We have developed several
important facts since the Grand Jury
adjourned last week, and we expect to
develop more. This case IL far from
closed. II is not unlikely that additional
evidence Will be presented to the Grand
Jury In short time"
Presumably Mr.. Totten referred 20
the present Grand Jur,, which has con-
sidered all the evidence Mr.. Mott had
and win be available until December 10
IL the new evidence does not 30 to that
body then all tho evidence, new and old
Will have to be presented to the new
Grand Jury. In some 'official quarters
the presentation Of the whole case TO
the new body is strongly favored
Wagon Again Traced
Now, according to SINE of the de-
tectives. the driver Of the farm wason
that Mrs. Jarc Gibson fays she fol-
lowed on the nisht of TIE murder. 4.
understood TO havo been found The
wagon was located some time ago but
little attention was paid to the scrap
of evidence and Il was not taken TO the
Grand Jury because the owner Of the
wagon made good his assertion thet he
had not driven the vehicle on the night
IN question. II appears now, however,
that some one else may have driven the
wagon. The evidence has been hard
70 obtain because Of the other activities.
decidedly not OF an agricultural nature
in which the persons implicated are
concerned.
James Mills has received an answer to
his letter to Senator Edge At Washing
ton, the Senator's secretary promising
that the Senator would look into the
matter. Mills expects Ieetter from
tho Senator himself soon. The incident
may be important because OF the poiiti-
cal complexion of the two counties con-
cerned IN the case. Both are demo-
prosecutor Of Middlesex county. are
strong organization Democrats.
schnetdey Trist Tomorrow.
rhe trial o. Raymond Schneider for
PERJURY begins tomorrow morning be-
fore Judge Peter p. Dsi-. Judge Daily
announced that he will give the fur
strikers trial precedence over that OF
Schneider
This Is cntirei, pleasing too Walter
c. Suydam, schneider's counsel, who has
another case Tomorrow. The probabili-
ties are that tho Schneider case will be
called on Thursday. II IL possible that
the boy that Schneider accused OF the
murder. Clifford Hayes. will be Wit
ness for the defense. Hayes was put
through the same sort cf third degree
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