The Washington times., 1922-11-02
IN
SOME Of
DE- 7 A|LS
ALLEGED
Visited Him Four Times, Not
Two, Day After Staying. Hus-
band Declares.
International News Service.

DdnU OeCIdIcSs
Internal tionaI News Service.
NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j., Nov.
flames Mills, husband of the
choir singer, who, with the Rev.
DR.. Edward W. Hall, rector Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church Of
ST. John the Evangelist, was shot
to death on the night of Septem-
Der IA, today declared that some
of the statements made by Mrs.
Hall, the widow, in her interview
yesterday, were not entirely
accurate.
Saw Her Four Times.
on Friday-the day after the nun
ders were ccommitted-Mills said, h.
saw Mrs. Hall four times instead
twice. as she claimed yesterday. Mrs.
Hall had said that she saw Mills first
about o'clock in the morning.
II am sure IL was about $50
o'clock in the morning, for the
children had gone to school," said
MILLS. Ildl Sdiu hCi huS-
band had not returned home over
night. 1 exclaimed:
my God! Eleanor has not
come home either. 1 think they
have eloped'."
Mills said that in response to
his exclamation, Mrs. Hall re-
lied:
NO, think there has been foul
play"
The fact that Mills spoke Of an
elopement and Mrs. Hall men.
toned foul play was taken to in
dicate that both families knew Of
the attachment between the cler.
gyman and the handsome choir
singer.
Mills commented upon the failure
of Mrs. Hall to offer a reward. say
ing that IL he had had any money,
he would have done SO himself.
Despite the evidence Of q love
match between Mrs. Mills and Or.
Hall. the woman's husband declared
that he still believed in her.
Mrs. Hall knows that my wife
was good woman and did nothing
wrong" said Mills.
Mrs. Hall had declared that she
returned to her home about $50 on
the morning OF September Is after
trying vainly to find her missing
husband.
Detective James Mason. who IL In
active charge OF the research work
under Deputy Attorney General vii.
| bur A. Mott. claims to have at least
two witnesses who said they saw
Mrs. Hall enter her home about 2:20
o o'clock.
Believes Woman the Slayer.
Mills said that he was convinced
that a woman either committed the
crime or inspired II.
II believe IL was a woman's deed"
said Mills. 1T was jealousy. and
believe that my wife's throat was cut
as spite against her singing. All
these theories about blackmail and
robbery are rot. II was Jealousy"
Mills said that w'.en he met Mrs.
Hall about $40 or the morning fol.
lowing the murder she said nothing
about having notified the police that
her husband was missing.
Although Mills said that the words
foul play" and "eloped" were used
in his conversation with Mrs. Hall
on September rs Mrs. Hall emphati.
cally denied this.
Mills said he had gone to the
Protestant Episcopal Church OF st.
John the Evangelist about 2:30 in the
morning OF September 15 TO look for
his wife, but failed to get any trace
OF her.
Mills said he saw Mrs. Hall at
the church about $40 in the morn.
ing of September is.
Called Again at Noon.
Tho first thing she asked me
was whether anyone had been sick
at my house the night before" de.
clared Mills. "She stayed there
with me only minute or two. At
noon she came to my home and
climbed the steps. ! told her that
had not heard anything and she
said she had not heard anything
either. Then she went away.
Mrs. Hall is wrong when she
SAYS she did not come to my home
about $40 in the afternoon OF that
same day. remember l had just
got a piece of ice and had just put
II in the refrigerator when Mrs.
Hall arrived. l saw her again about
Ia o'clock In the evening. l went
to her home and asked her IL she
had any news. She said she had
not. stayed upon the porch and
talked. She did not seem TO take
the thing as hard as 1 did. | had
an idea that Dr. Hall and my wire
had been together, but I did not
think there was anything wrong. !
don't know why l ever suggested
An elopement-or what made VI
come into my mind.
II mw Mrs. Hall twice on satur.
day, I went TO her house to see
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