The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Automobile Owned by Rela-
tive of Slain Rector's
Widow Examined.
NEW PROD BY GOVERNOR
Mystery Must Be Cleared and
Arrest Made Soon, AS
Serts Edwards.

Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HERALD
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j. Oct. T.
Using methods diametrically opposed
to those heretofore used in their in
quiry into the mystery surrounding
the murder of the Rev. Edward Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, the officials
of Mddlesex and Somerset counties
known as willie" Stevens. through a
third degree that has brought down on
their heads the wrath of Timothy ~
Pfeiffer, a lawyer of New York and
at the same time has apparently
eliminated Willie from the case.
In addition the officials examined
the brother of James Mills. sexton of
Halls church and husband OF the MUIR
dered choir singer, and have also
taken testimony that is believed to be
important from Ralph v. NJ. Gorsline.
vestryman of the church, not only
as to prevalence of gossip about Hall
and Mrs. Mills but also as to his own
movements on the night of the mur-
der.
A thorough examination has been
made of the automobile owned by Ed
win r. Carpenter, cousin of Mrs. Hall,
who lives not far from the Hall home
and between that residence and the
church. Neither of the last two moves
has as yet developed anything of i'm
portance.
Governor Demands Action.
These signs Of increased activity. and
the adoption of an aggressive policy
came to-day incident with the issuance
by Gov. Edwards of statement to the
effect that the mystery must be cleared
up and the murderer apprehended. He
! has not only sent Col. Swartzkopf the
head of the State police. here to direct
the investigation. but referring to that
fact said to-day:
Il expect the next time / see him will
! be when he has the murderer under
arrest"
The examination of Willie Stevens.
| and It's failure to develop anything new
of great importance for the reason that
| Stevens supports absolutely the stat,
| ct the murder she went in search of
her husband. at about o'clock In the
morning. taking her brother with her
| and visiting the church and then the
F, Mills home and returning at once. IN
! part 1t refutes the testimony of the
| watchman, Phillips. who has said time
| and again that he saw woman onter
the Hall home at the time Mrs Hall
says she returned and that the woman
was alone.
Detective David and State troopers
took Willie from the Hall home about
o'clock He went willingly. even
eagerly. as though. being a confirmed
buff " he were going to a threa alarm
| fire He did not know what was IN
| store for him. lie was driven in an
| automobile, not to the courthouse here
but 10 the Jail in Somerville. fourteen
| miles away. There in little Isolated
Dom In the tower he was questioned
until about . o'clock in the morning..
Four Question stevens.
| The questioning was done by Prose
cutor Beekman OF Somerset. Assistant
Prosecutor Allen of MiddleseX. Detec-
tive David and the state trooper. and
thev grilled stevens diligently and
energetically in an effort to ascertain
whether he would. under pressure.
Il
change the story he had told last week
and the week before when the exam
iners were much more mild.
While stevens Is charged with being
mentally deficient It may be said that
the examiners. despite their best en-
deavors. failed utterly to shake the
story he had told. He did not deviate
even In a detail from his previous
statements. lie did get angry. In a
somewhat mild way. once or twice,
and shout back at his examiners:
Don't you call me liar. you can't
| call me q liar.
! In the main. considering the ferocity
with which some OF those present went
at him. he retained his good nature
| remarkably. He appeared most con-
cerned over the fact that his clothes
| had been sent TO a chemist for exam
| ination Of certain stains on them. and
] he Is therefore OF necessity wearing ono
| suit. a new black one, all the time. He
| broke In on the very serious examina-
ton more THAI once TO inquire feelingly
when he wound get his clothes back
To every trick of the investigators,
Do