The Washington times., 1922-10-06
AL|B|S IN HALL
SLAY|NGFISHY,
OFFICIALS SAY
Detectives Assert Stories Told
Them Sound Like
Pack of Lies"
BY Universal Service.

NE" bRc4No " iNfN' 49, 80 wv "
II love you so much / could kiss
you"
Mrs. Eleanor Mills, slain choir
singer. 40 wrote to the Rev. Edward
w. Hall shortly before they We're
murdered three weeks ago, authori-
ties revealed today In saying that
they had several letters that had
passed between them.
Another phrase said by investiga'
tors to have been expressed by Mrs.
Mills TO a friend is:
Edward is only waiting word
from me before we go away to-
Sether."
The notes written by Mrs. Mills
were invariably signed ID. T. L.,'
standing for Thy True Love- in
German-Deine Irene Liebe.
Little additional light was thrown
on the mystery by the autopsy per
formed in Brooklyn yesterday over
the exhumed body Of Mr.. Hall.
The autopsy confirmed the original
medical examination which showed
that a bullet had entered the right
temple, ranged down through The
brain, and gone out through the
back Of the neck Of the left side.
The most interesting development
in the case was the statement Of
James Mills, widower of the slai'
woman. that on Friday, the day foI
lowing the murders, he had met anG
talked with Mrs. Hall, widow ot
the rector. four times.
Mills to BE Questioned.
This statement is in marked con
tradiction TO his previous statemcu'
It is probable that Mills will l.,
questioned further on this matt
today.
An anonymous letter, postmarke(
New Brunswick. has been receivet
by Mills. 1t reads:
Let your conscience be you
guide. Unless you tell all you know
you will be sorry"
According to dispatch from
Miami, Fla. DR.. w. F. Himihia
Hindu occultist, was consulted b,
Mrs. Mills last February regardin.
papers stolen from Mr.. Halls study
The Hindu said that he did not pre-
tend to advise Mrs. Mills.
DIR. Himihia is also said to hav'
had correspondence with one OF tn
principals in the Los Angelo
Hammer murder" and the Soutl
Bend, Ind, paternity case.
Authorities today claimed to ha:''
discovered the secret "postoffic"'
used by the couple in exchangin'
love notes. This proved to be an o.
packing box, musty and dirty, in III
cellar Of the Church Of St. John Il
Evangelist.
The cellar is little used. Tw
weeks ago Mills. sexton and husl,Ln'
nj Nla
have the only key to il. He said h,
went there only to tend the furnace
A trapdoor to the left of the aitai
opens into the cellar. but there are
no stairs leading down and the only
entrance Is from the outside, thrOuGl
a door below the window OF the pas
tors study.
Minister Reciprocated Love.
Finding OF the box came almOs
simultaneously with discovery Of
letters written by Hall TO Mrs
Mills. County Detective David
pointed out that these letters were
the first which showed the minister
had replied to love notes from the
woman. and proved that he tecip.
rocated her affections.
Besides the secret "postofftce,
detectives today announced NneN
had discovered an elopement fund
which investigators believe the min
lister intended to use to finance .
trip to the Orient with Mrs. Mills.
The detectives said thev had
found untrue reports that the pas
tors private safe deposit vault con.
tanned only $4,000, inherited from
his mOther-in. law, and a 81 900 in
surance policy, naming his mother
as beneficiary. Cached away in the
vault. the investigators said. was
100000 in securities, convertible at
short notice.
Detectives working on local clues
waxed enthusiastic over their prog
ress and indicated that one or moro
arrests might be expected within
forty-eight hours. They called re-
porters into Prosecutor Strikers Of
fice-a room hitherto barred to news
paper men-and read extracts from
one letter written by Mrs. Mills ard
found in Halls pocket.
Detectives who admitted that until
now they had spared the feelings Of
many witnesses, indicated that they
intended to be more severe. Some
alibis proffered. the investigators
said. sounded like "a pack OF lies"