The New York herald., 1922-11-03
WOMAN EYE WITNESS BACKS
MRS. GIBSON IN HALL CASE

tnere was any talk between nerSelt
and Mr.. Mills on the possibility Of foul
play or an elopement.
did you see Mrs. Hall on Saturday."
he was asked.
Yes" he replied II saw her twice
! i went to her house about $50 Saturday
morning to see IL she had any news
She looked very much worried. At that
time young lady who was sitting on
the porch did say to me: You have a
daughter. Why don't you put her to
work?' Mrs. Hall was present"
Mrs Hall could recall no such con-
versation as this.
Mills continued: IT did not see her
again until, after the bodies had been
found. I went to tell her about it, but
she knew already. She was not crying
and was not nearly SO broken up as l
was. ! had a fainting spell while / was
there and she got me some aromatic
spirits of ammonia" He said that he
did not see her again after that.
Mills said that he had seen fac simile
of one of Halls alleged letters to Mrs.
Mills and that he was satisfied that 1t
was the rector's writing, with which he
was familiar. He said the rector had
sent him postcard during the summer,
but he had lost Il.
do you still have confidence In your
wife and Mr.. Hall?" he was asked
II certainly do" he replied. There
may have been friendship between them.
but it was friendship of the mind. The
Rev. Hall was a fine man and I know
my wife would not have done anything
wrongs Besides, she had not yet recov
cred from a very serious operation
"What do you think OF Mrs. Hall re-
plying, 1 do not care to say to a ques-
ton Of whether she considered Mrs.
Mills a 'vamp'?" he was asked.
"I can't understand why she should
say that. She knew my wife very well.
as well as anybody else. And she
knew just as / did that my wife was a
good woman"
When Mills went this evening to the
fhillps farm for the first time he be-
haved Just as any sightseer. He did not
show any emotion. but lighted his pipe
and asked a lot of questions as to where
and how the bodies lay when they were
found and things Of that sort. He said
he could not understand "how they got
out so far" In the dark. His manner
was fully as detached as was Mrs Halls
yesterday when she was discussing the
murder of her husband and the possi-
hility of an affair between him and Mrs.
Mills.
The Phillips farm had other visitors
to-day, the State troopers going there
t. make some experiments. They fired
shots by the crab apple tree that was,
but which is now a stump, and had men
posted at various spots to determine how
far the sound could be heard distinctly.
The experiments indicated that num-
ber of persons should have heard the
shots, including the Tingles. who live in
Faston avenue, and the Fraleys, whose
house is closest of all to the place where
the bodies were found but who insist
they heard nothing.
Another shell was found" to-day. 1T
was .32 automatic she'll. empty. OF the
Feters make. and the finders were VIII
tam Frier and Thomas Doyle. who assert
they picked the thing up five feet from
where the bodies were found. Their
eyesight must be remarkable. for the
SPOT referred to has been gone over
literally with fine tooth comb by
county detectives. State troopers, news
paper men and hundreds of other people,
who all overlooked this "clew."
To-day's activities as far as the starr
of Mr. Mott was concerned consisted
I'm checking up on minor details. De-
tective Mason spent most OF the day In
New Brunswick and left for Newark
late this afternoon. With Mason to-
day we're several of the state troopers.
and i'm the absence OF Mott none of
the party would make any comment
Mott said he Is "just waiting" and
that he believed that IL he waited a
bit longer he could avoid publicity
which he does not want when the time
comes for action. He believes the news
papers will gradually drop the story
and that IL he waits long enough he
can act quickly and quietly.
Mott has been known for his ability
TO hide his hand until the time arrives
for him TO go to trial. In several other
eases he has gone TO trial with APP
parently less evidence and support than
he has here and has obtained con-
victlons by springlng surprises.
| One man who knows stated positively
to-day that when Mott moves he Is 60
| ing TO unearth heretofore unsuspected
source OF evidence and witness more
| important than Mrs. Gibson. 1nforma-
tIon the authorities sought regarding
the whereabouts OF certain automo'
bile on the night OF the murder has beer
obtained and the actions of certain per-
sons have been checked up satisfactorily
TO fit into the case which Mott has pre-
pared, In this respect a surprise Is also
predicted by the authorities and can DC
looked for in connection with the motor
car story told by one OF the persons
questioned here.
A story was current to-day to the er'
feet that the authorities discovered !
bloody fingerprint on the calling caro-
of Hall which was found beside th'
body. This was reported TO be one OF
the leading clews in tho case and tht
basis for one arrest which fs reported
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