Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09

peated stolidly the story he first had
told of the finding of the bodies. Then
he weakened little and first broke"
only TO the extent of admitting that he
had been nearby when the murders
were committed and had found the
bodies then with Hayes accompanying
him. and had robbed that Of the min
lister. Later he denied robbing the body
of Mr.. Hall.
The detectives kept increasingly at
their task Of wearing him down. The
others were sent for. At 2 o'clock
Kaufman was brought in; at 3 o'clock
they sent out and got Hayes; at {
o'clock last evening they went for
Pearl All three were locked UP in diff
ferent rooms. and questioned in turn
by the various men working out the
puzzle of the crime.
Hayes, when confronted with
Schneider, as the latter retold his
story, explained: He is n liar
According TO Schneider. who admits
he is in love with the Bahmer girl, he
was standing on street corner with
Hayes and Leo kaufman. when they
saw the girl pass with her stepfather,
Nicholas BANNER. He was jealous Of
the stepfather. he said, and when he
told the others Of his suspicious they
agreed To follow the pair.
They searched first through Buc-
cleuch Park. where Kaufman left
them. Schneider and Hayes then pro-
| ceeded To the Phillips farm. About ii
IA -.
ed the crabapple tree under which the
! bodies Of Mr.. Hail and Mrs. Mills later
were found. and Hayes pointed 10 the
two figures beneath the tree, eXclaim-
! ing:
There they are; Now well Ak
them"
! Hayes. Schneider declared. whipped
| out a pistol and began to shoot.
When the pair collapsed, Schneider
said, he went forward. struck match
and then turned 20 Hayes exclaiming:
Great God, man. you've made a
mistake"
The two then fed, according TO the
statement.
Schneider declared he did not know
how the throat of Mrs. Mills was cut
or who had laid the bodies out under
| the tree. carefully adjusting their
| clothing after they had been slain.
! lie declared that neither he nor his
compa Mons had touched the bodies
letters written by Mrs. Mills, which
were found scattered about the scene
Detectives continue vigorously &c
work on the case. clearly indicating
! that they did not believe the double
staying had been wholly cleared ur
by Schneider's statement.
When word of the arrest was taker
TO the home of Mrs. Frances Hall
widow of the slain clergyman, who has
case, Miss Sally Peters. her almost
intimate friend and adviser. said:
Isn't that fine, What has Mr.
Stricken got TO say for himself now fcl
the way he has been treating France.
and Willie" willie Stevens, eccen.
trio brother Of Mrs. Hall).
James Mills, husband OF the slair
woman. was more bitter when told o.
the arrest.
~ iiA@sNs1hf- NrisNd -liiis. MY trOu
what a mistake. Now / will have I,
stand for the funeral expenses, ant
what have ] left? My family is broker
up. and while Mrs. Hall has servants
] am alone. j am forced 10 get m,
own meals and do my own washing
And / am left with my daughter il
her last year of school"
Schneider. the Bahmer girl, Have
and Kaufman were called TO the couf'
house yesterday for questioning. TIL,
girl told her story and was allowed
10 20. Kaufman alse was excuse,
after lengthy examination.
Hayes and Schneider. however. wer
held al the court house all through
the night. and subjected TO repeate,
grillings.
j was Schneider and Pearl BANNER
who first told the authorities OF tn
presence of the two bodies on the Phil
lips farm. They told policeman the,
had discovered the bodies while hunt
ing mushrooms. This was two day
after the slayings occurred, on tn
night Of September IA
Schneider in his statement today
said he had gone back TO the seen
with the Bahmer girl partly out o
curiosity and partly because he wante,
10 show her how near she had com
to death because of her walk with he
stepfather.
The pistol With which Mrs. Mills an,
the Rev. Edward w. Hall were sho
and the gold watch which was missin
from the rector's body have bee
found. Somerset county authoritie
said last night. They declined TO sa.
whore they had found them.
The police admitted that after fou
young people. including the coupl
who had reported the finding of tn
bodies of the rector and the sexton
wife in the Somerset county orchar
three weeks ago had been questione
for hours. they had searched thei
homes from cellar TO roof for possibl
clues"
Young Raymond Schneider was ser
for early in the day and questione
again. first as 10 the finding Of tn
bodies on Saturday, September 16. an
then as to his own movements on tn
Thursday before. the day of the Grim,
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