The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-27
MRS. GIBSON'S STORY
is C0RROBORATED BY
ANOTHER EYEWITNESS
BULLETIN

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oc. 81
Special Deputy Attorney General Mott
stated today that he had found per-
son who corroborated the story told
by the farmer woman, Mrs Jane Glib
son, who witnessed the Staying the
night of Sept. IA, of Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Rein
hard Mills. This case" said Mr.. Mott
is complex, but it is rbt a mystery" j"
He said that he could take his evi-
dence to the grand jury Immediately,
but that the complexity of the case
made it necessary for him to proceed
slowly. He would not name the wit
ness who had corroborated Mrs. Glib
sons statement
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oct. 81.
The story G. fTs. Jane Gibson, pig
raiser, that shC identified a man
and woman present when the Rev.
Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Elean-
or Reinhard Mills were slain on Phil
lips farm last month, today was be-
ing tested by Deputy Attorney General
Mott.
Mrs. Gibson, accompanied by a coun-
ty detective, arrived at the courthouse
and it was understood that Mr.. Mott
intended to go over her tale with her
point by point. At the same time it
became known that Mr. Mott had or
dered seizure of an antique automobile
which Mrs. Gibson asserts, stood in
the lane the night of the shooting.
According to Mrs. Gibson the wom-
an in grey, whom she identified as
having been present with the slayer
was standing by the car when another
machine turned into the lane and
threw its headlights upon it. Mr. Mott
said today that he was not ready to ac-
cept without careful re-checking the
alibi established by the man named by
Mrs. Gibson as having been present
when the double shooting occurred
This alibi, county investigators had in
dicated had previously been regarded
as copper-riveted.
Questions Churchman
Mr.. Mott expected to interview a
prominent churchman today in an eff
fort to corroborate statements of Mrs.
Jane Gibson, eyewitness Of the double
Staying.
Mott indicated that he intended to
cause the churchman's arrest unless
he agreed to become a witness for the
prosecution.
Failure of the man, said to have
been near the scene of the murder, to
acquaint the authorities with his al
legged knowledge of the affair has
laid him liable to arrest, Prosecutor
Mott believes.
Mott is said to be in possession of
data showing that this same man had
discovered the letters of Mrs. Eleanor
Reinhardt Mills, slain choir leader, to
the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, who
was killed with her and that he showed
them to Mrs. Francis Stevens Hall, the
clergyman's wife.
His car is said TO have been parked.
near the crabapple tree on the old
Phillips place, and its headlights made
it possible for Mrs Gibson to see the
battle that ended in the death of DR..
Hall and Mrs. Mills.
Accusations Denied
Attorney Timothy N Pfeiffer, repre-
senting Mrs. Hall, denied last night
that either Mrs. Hall or her brother.
Henry Stevens, were present when the
clergyman and his choir singer were
killed. He reiterated that Mrs. Hal
did not leave her home that night be-
tween s p. m. and a. m, and that
Henry Stevens was finishing in the
ocean at Lavalette, n. J.
Mr.. Pfeiffer's statement followed the
disclosure that Mrs. Hall and Mr.. Stew
ems were the persons named in the
sworn statement of Mrs. Gibson.
Prosecutor Mott indicated that ar
rests were imminent but that he pre-
ferred to wait until he had an 'iron-
clad" case. Persons under suspicion
are being watched closely.