Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-20
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into the car with his wife.
According to Miss North all sem
biance OF friendship between Mrs
Hall and Mrs. Mills was shattere
shortly before the murder on Sep
tember IA.
"They spoke 10 each other durinl
that time but that was ALL she said
Their old friendship had EVIDENT.
been broken"
A. X. Soper came forward toda,
and told the prosecutors about see
ing motor car of an old model neal
the Phillips farm on the night OF the
murder.
He said there was woman dress
ed in gray and two men in the car
So accurate was his description OF
the auto that authorities started
a search all over town for It. Soper
was sure, he said, that the car was
still In New Brunswick.
The automobile described by So
per was believed by some connect
ed with the mystery probe, 10 be
the same one mentioned in the story
OF Mrs. Charles Miller, of Weston
Mills.
Mrs. Miller and her sister. Mrs.
Charles Wilcox. told of hearing an
auto pass the Miller candy store at
Weston Mills at terrific rate OF
speed on the night of the murder.
The woman said they heard
scream as the automobile passed,
hut did not see the car as II was
gone when they reached the door
At midnight. according TO the
stories of Mrs. Miller and Mrs. VIII
cox. they were awakened by pistol
shot In tho vicinity OF Weston Mills.
Inevitably politics was injected
into the case yesterday by the ar
rival hers. on his campaigning tour.
OF Governor Edwards. II will be
recalled that Edwards was appealed
to by Charlotte Mills, daughter OF
the dead woman and that he put the
stats troopers on the Job in answer
TO hsr appeal.
Governor Edwards, after evRding
luncheon engagement, scheduled
for noon, appeared at the Roosevelt
Junior High School last night TO adj
dress a political meeting, accom-
panied by George 8. Silzer. guber-
Material nominee. He arrived at the
school about $50. As the party
drove up in several machines the re-
porters working on the murder case
attempted 10 get an interview with
the Executive. but were held back
by a Gordon OF police, who took the
Governor in charge until he had
been escorted into the auditorium of
the high school. The reporters were
then permitted to attend the meet
Ing, but any attempt at interviewing
failed.
Despite the fact that consider
lble significance had been attached
o the visit Of the Governor, the au-
litorium OF the school was less than
ialf filed.
Not more than three hundred per-
ons were present. and a small burst
y moderate applause greeted the ar
-ival OF the Governor and his party.
There was none Of the music. noise
,r cheering incident TO the usual
POLITICAL meetings. neither was there
any hecklIng OF the Governor. His
hort political speech made no ref
srence to the murder case. either di-
asctly or indirectly. At the close OF
the speech he was again taken in
charge by the Gordon OF police and
escorted from the hall TO his ma
chine and started for his home IN
Jersey City.
All day the political henchmen OF
,, q n Low
md gayly decorated automobiles
TODD at the railroad station. All
afternoon passed and the Governor
md his party did not arrive, and the
was finally made OF
he evening meeting.
At the close Of the meeting at the
nigh school James p. Baker. acting
'or the Governor. gave out the fol-
owing statement on the authority OF
Governor Edwards:
II have been campaigning In
southern New Jersey for a week and
have had no opportunity TO speak
o Prosecutors Stricken and Beck
nan on the case. and, therefore,
an say nothing to you at this time.
don't think Il Is proper to connect
Ip a political meeting with so seri-
us a matter as the Mills-Hall case. {
will be at my Office in Jersey City ,
II day tomorrow and will then see
ny newspaper men and answer any
uestions about the matter they ,
ray care 10 put to me-"
AS a matter OF fact the events OF
esterday indicate clearly that the
Tcff I
rapidly approaching a conclusion
nd a solution: that the crisis has
zen passed and that all that re-
aims is the clearing of the stage
IT the enactment of a minor drama,
le trials of the person or persons
no may be charged with the crime. I
Regardless of what may be called
Ia developments Of the day. such
the discrediting Of the weird tale
Wednesday night OF murder cries
card miles from the Phillips farm,
lie visit of Governor Edwards and
lie apparent discrepancies discover Y
/ In this story or In that. the out
anding fact is that a line Of posi-
We endeavor has been hit upon
y Stricken and Beekman, co-prose-
itors, and is being followed to the
I'd. n
Stricken and Beekman. especially
ie latter. have come In for severe ~
'iticism in the inquiry. They, and F
peciaily Beekman. are now retail O,
ting. The status has changed. .,
trough Detectives Totten and Fer
isor and the unwilling admissions 81
Schneider and Hayes. who were N
It in jail last week, the authorities o
I'VE real clew. They not only =,
e following it, but are guarding ',
with such care that what they =
e driving at will probably not be y