Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-16
FIND THE OLD WAGON
SEEN BY PIG WOMAN
At PHILLIPS FARM
Continued from page 1.


Amazing as II may seem, in view Of
this state OF affairs. there has not been
developed as far as the public and the
independent investigators know, one
single scrap OF evidence discriminating
the man against whom 1t is being said
an indictment will be found. This is
ground for the assumption that some
of the officials in bringing this man in
to the case at the eleventh hour have
deliberately drawn red herring
across the trail to divert suspicion
from the man they actually have in
mind and who Is supposed to have n
perfect alibi for the night OF Septem-
ber ID
II has been clear for some days that
officials desired the belief to become
general that n certain resident of New
Brunswick. who lives not for from Mrs
Hall. was implicated In some way
Weeks OF careful and exhaustive In
vestigation have failed TO turn up n
shred OF evidence against this man.
Yesterday 1t developed Mrs. Gibson's
story. after severe test, was found to
stand up in many important particu-
lars. Detectives chose night recently
when the light and the moon were
about tho same as on September IA.
/ They had an extended statement by
Mrs. Gibson, and they checked Off
what she had said They found that
| she could have seen the things she
| said she saw.
Mrs. Gibson had told that on her re-
turn she had cut across the fields and
tied the mule TO cedar tree at a
certain point. opposite the Fraley
/ home. The tree was found by the do
tectives. After she had tied tho Inule.
she said. she stepped backward and
fell over a half buried stump. This
stump was found by tho detectives
almost hidden in the earth.
! Proceeding from that point. she
said that she found a path OF sor,
and that also was found by tho detec-
tives. Proceeding down the path. she
said she had come TO n place that ap-
peared to have been cultivated. The
detectives found this patch. II was
the old strawberry patch OF tho farm
At the end Of fhe path she found a
road. and so did the detectives.
Proceeding exactly as Mrs Gibson
said she had gene on the night OF the
murder, when she revisited the scene
the detectives came TO tho brush before
the crab apple tree, beneath which
the bodies were found two days later
There the scene was exactly as II
had been described by Mrs, Gibson Tn,
brush formed n screen for observers
! Before them was an open field. Thirty
feet away was tho site OF the Cral
apple tree. Between them and this
spot was a cedar tree. twenty fee
from them and ten from tho cral
apple tree. The measurements tailed
II WAS while standing here. Mrs. 9Th
son said, that she saw tho woman IL
gray. whom she had previously linden
tfcd in De Russy's lane. bending owe
the Rev Halls body. moaning AN,
sobbing.
Altogether the test proved that Mrs
Gibson was either telling the exGc
truth or had gone over the ground 81
carefully 10 get substantiation for he
story that she had virtually learne
the typography Of the farm by heart
which seems highly improbable.
Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Gibson's colore
neighbor. sticks to her story. notwith
standing Mrs. Gibson's reiteratton
and Mrs. Russell remembers that Mr.:
. Gibson has a calendar on the wa
just as the latter says. But Mrs. Rus
sell says she never saw any writin
on the calendar. though Mrs. Gibso
asserts there is n record there of tn
incident OF Mrs, Russell's dog.
Mrs. Russell repeated yesterday tina
the dog incident occurred on Septenl
, Der II.
Mr. Mott took exception TO n state
, ment that he expected TO force a
e indictment. At the same timo he cor
/. tradicted a stony that came from
+, source close to him that Mrs. Hall ha
. left her house hurriedly on the nigh
Of the murder and gone TO the hous
= Of Henry Carpenter, near by. He sal
7 he had no witness to testify TO this.
After Mott has presented the wit
, nesses to the Grand Jury. has estal
}, lished the facts Of the murder and ha
: | endeavored 10 show motive by revea
;, ing the relations between Hall an
q Mrs. Mills he will seek To show ths
a Mrs. Hall knew of this affair and wi
l.. call Mrs. Elsie Barnhardt Of Patel