Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-23

In reply to . query as to whether
either Mrs. Hall. wife Of the slain
rector, or James Mills. husband Of
the murdered woman, bore any
outward marks Of having been In
an encounter, Assistant Prosecutor
John e. Toolan said he had ncticed
no scratches or bruises on eithIr
person during his talks with them.
AS far as can be learned Prose-
cutor Stricken does not contemplate
calling the Middlesex county grand
jury to act in this matter although
Prosecutor Beekman may get the
Somerset county grand jury to-
gether to bring the murder before
them. 1t is understood that the
Middlesex county authorities do not
consider they have sufficient evil
dence in the case to warrant piac-
ing the matter before the grand
jury just yet. Prosecutor Stricken
has held the opinion since the dis
covery of the murder that the crime
was committed in Somerset county
and therefore is a matter for the
Somerset county grand jury to act
in.
One report. current here, Is tnat
one of Mrs. Mills ankles was broken,
possibly the result of her jumping
from an automobile. No report oi
her having a broken ankle was made
by the physician who examined her
body prior to Its burial, but II the
body Is exhumed this phase Of the
question will no doubt be investi-
gated. There has also been a diff
ference of opinion between Midule-
sex and Somerset county physicians
as to the number of bullet wounds in
both bodies. Another autopsy
would probably decide this question
also.
According to Ralph v. NJ. Gorsline
member of the choir. one of the
vestrymen of the church, warned
Rev. Mr.. Hall about year ago about
his intimacy with Mrs. Mills, telling
him that 1t was causing considerable
gossip among the church members.
Other choir members have been
questioned in an effort to secure
further information as to who was
the vestryman that warned the pas
tor but they have refused to talk or
the subject.
Neville Tulley, a member of the
choir i'll at st. Peters Hospital. said
this morning he was certain Rev.
Mr.. Hall had his watch at 6 o'clock
on the night of the murder as the
rector had visited him at the hos
pital and took it out of his pocket
to learn the time. There has been
some question as to whether or not
Mr.. Hall had the watch with him on
Thursday.
A sudden penchant for fall vaca-
ton which has led several members
o. the flock of tho Rev. Mr.. Hall
to close up their homes and leave
New Brunswick. today intensified
the work OF the authorities investi-
eating the staying of Mr.. Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor Rhinehart Mills. to
talk to those persons.
Prosecutor Beekman prepared
sheet of grand jury subpeonaes for
persons believed to have information
that would shed light on the motive
for the staying.
The names of those to be called
were withheld.
Adhering to the theory that . jeal-
GUS woman. and she did not actually
commit the murder, the authorities,
nevertheless, were running down
clues pointing in other directions.
among them Indications that blac.--
mail might have been the motive.
Bclated discovery that Mrs. Mills
ankle had been broken and the
peculiar i!dlQIc vi OAc VI tiic WOahNS
in Mr.. Halls head, made it appear
that the pair might have bean at
tackled in an automobile.
A leap from the car may have ac-
counted for the broken ankle, and
also for scratches previously be-
ieved to have been inflicted In a
struggle with the woman preceding
the shooting.
Possibility that the bodies might
be exhumed for further investiga-
ton loomed when it was learned
that DR.. e. r. Cronk, city health
officer, had been retained by Mrs.
Hall, who 1t was said was not satis-
fed with the result of the autopsy
by Coroner's Physician Long, Of
Somerset county.
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