Evening journal., 1922-10-02
CHURCH NOT
COVERING UP
MURDER HUNT
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and pistol used in the killings. II
the implements Of murder are re-
covered, efforts will be made to trace
the slayers through finger prints
and the number OF the revolver.
Charlotte Mills. Is. daughter of
Mrs. Mills. was taken from her class
in high school today and question
ed for two hours by Prosecutor
Beekman. Afterward she refused to
reveal what had been asked her.
A Middlesex county detective
went to New York this afternoon to
be present at the autopsy on the
body of Hall which was placed in a
vault at Greenwood Cemetery.
Brooklyn.
Prosecutor Strickled. who has re-
iterated that he had evidence that
the minister and his choir leader
were infatuated with each other had
no comment 10 make on the Bishops
assertions.
Strickler however. said that he
could prove that the Rev. Mr.. Hall
and Mrs. Mills held frequent trysts
on the old Phillips farm where their
bodies were found side by side under
crab apple tree.
A b,oodstained butcher knife.
found in the vicinity OF the deserted
Phillips farm. was examined today
by Investigators of the murder
mystery.
The knife was found In the cot
tage of a farm worker who lives near
the scene where the Rev. Mr.. Hall
and Mrs James Mills were found
murdered.
The man, an inoffensive jndivid-
; ual. was queried by State troopers.
The farm worker insisted that the
blood on the knife was the result
of butchering a hog. The man was
not arrested. The blood on the
knife is 10 be analysed.
F. A. Davis county detective said
today that he was probing tho
Whereabouts Of prominent New
Brunswick man who had been miss
ing for a week.
The longer he stays away the
more explaining OF his whereabouts
he'll have to do" said Detective
Davis.
The country surrounding New
IpA 1iTN4Nh was GYMNASIUM b2 A1AoAR
police in an effort to find a man who
disappeared from this community
shortly after the murder. This man
was confined in sanitariums several
times but released each time when
he was pronounced harmless"
Preparations were made today for
exhuming the body of the Rev. Mr..
Hall in an effort to determine just
how many times he had been shot I
and whether or not he had been
slashed with a knife as was the case
of Mrs. Mills.
Work OF exhuming the body was /
started Saturday but was delayed |
when the Attorneys for Mrs. Hall. /
plication that she be allowed Il be
present.
It has since been made known /
that no member Of the Hail family 1
or its representatives will be allow
ed to be present.
Two men well known in the demi- I
monde section Of New Brunswick /
were sought by detectives today. /
According to investigators these men /
who had criminal records disappear /
ed from the city about the time OF |
the murder.
One OF the men. It was reported I
met an acquaintance IN Elizabeth,
N J., and told him he could not re-
turn TO New Brunswick because he
"got in a JAM"
Investigation Of the crime in and I
about the old Phillips farm was
hampered yesterday by the presence (
OF at least 1000 persons many OF
whom brought their lunches and ,
stayed all day to View the spot +
where the minister and the choir
Header were found dead.
The unoccupied house where
Prosecutor Strickler claims the Rev
Hall and Mrs. Mills held frequent
rrysts, was broken into by the Curl
Gus.
The mouthpiece of Messrs. Strick-
er and Beekman, for the present at
least Is Ferdinand David, detective
for Middlesex county. He has a new
theory, which he expounded yester-
day. This is that there Is a my
sterious man who knows all about
the murder OF Hall and Mrs. Mills.
and who left town soon after the
crime was committed. David speak
iNg for the two prosecutors. said:
/fWe know where this man IS but
have decided TO wait day or two
before bringing him to New Bruins
wick for questioning, for the longer
he remains away the more he will
have to explain. We possess infor-
nation tending to show that this
man knows a great deal about the
murder and that he will help clari-
fF- the mystery surrounding the case
when he is questioned"
Actually the mysterious man is
one of two who have been more or
less under suspicion for ten DAYS be-
cause one was in a position TO know
something Of the affairs of the Hall
family. The possibility OF their be-
ing connected with the case figured
in both the robbery and blackmail
theories. One has a criminal rec
ord.
All this has been known for days
and there has been some speculation
as to why the authorities did not
pick UP the two If only TO question
them. IT was learned by wire from
Philadelphia last night that no
alarm has been sent out for these
men nor have the police OF that city
been asked to look for Halls miss
ing watch. In fact no general alarm
or circular of any sort has been sent
out in connection with this case.
There is every reason to believe
however, that there will be develop
ments within a short time because
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