Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-11-02

any OF those qettersP
A. No.
Q. Did anybody ever carry an.
tale TO you or gossip concerning you
husbands relations with Mrs. Mills
A. Absolutely nothing.
Q. Did anybody ever tell you tha
your husband was writing to Mrs
Mills or she to him7
A. Never.
Had No Suspicious
@. Did you ever have any rea
your husbands relations as far a.
Mrs. Mills was concerned?
A. Absolutely none.
Q. What is your feeling toward
your husband?
A. ] feel he Is true TO me.
Q. What is your feeling toward
Mrs. Mills?
A. l do not know what TO say.
@ Do you feel at all inimical to-
ward her in your hearth
A. I have no vindictive feeling.
@. Did you know anything. Mrs
Hall which you do not care 10 tell us
for fear you may embarrass some
body that you know-somebo dy very
near and dear TO your
A. Nothing.
Q. In other words, you are hold
Ing back nothing?
A. Absolutely nothing.
Q. Have you any idea of any kind
or any knowledge as to who might
have done this things?
"A. ! have absolutely no idea, nor
have I had as to motive.
Q. Did YOU ever have any feeling
OF enmity toward Mrs. Mills.
A None whatever.
Q. Did you ever have quarrel
with Mrs. Mills7
A. None whatever.
Q. Did you know that he had re-
ceived a letter or letters from her?
A. I knew the two that saw.
Q. Did you know what the con-
tents OF those letters were7
A. Yes, did.
Q. When you phoned the police
on Friday morning why was It as we
understood. you merely ask d
whether there had been an auto ec-
cident and did not report your hus-
band missing?
A. 1 said my husband had gone
out and had not returned. l did
not tell the police who l was. i
asked IL there had been any accident
which might account for his not re-
turning.
O. why didn't you tell the police
who you were?
A. I thought I could get the in
formation without saying more.
Q. Was there any enmity between |
Henry stevens and your husband?
A. No.
Q. Or Willie and your husband
A Never.
Mrs. Hall said she doubted the
auth enticlty of the love letters and
diary found after the murders, be-
cause II seemed to her unlikely that
Mr.. Hall. from what she knew OF
him. would have written such things.
She said she did not think she would
make any comparison of the hand
writing.
In reply to questions she said II
never occurred to her that Mr.. Hall
telephoned Mrs. Mills too often or
went to see her too often. She de-
MED the story that some of Mr..
Halls letters had been removed from
the house after the bodies were
found and explained that she had
sent some of her garments to Phila-
delphia to be dyed black namely be-
cause they do the best work know
Of"
Wrote To Charlotte Mills
Mrs. Hall. in speaking of Char
lotte Mills. daughter OF the slain wo
man, who has sold some of her moth
ers letters for publication. said she
had written the girl a comforting
etter after the murders, but did not
receive her when she came TO call.
II had seen no one but my family
and intimate friends" Mrs. Hall ex-
planned.
Il wrote her a letter at once. She
vas a girl taught in Sunday school
md this tragedy was also tragedy
10 her. SO l just tried to write her
/ word OF comfort" She said she
lad given her no financial aid.
Q. What is your opinion on Char
cites action in selling these letters7
A. l make no comment whatever.
O. Did you quarrel or have a /
discussion with Mr.. Hall about ,
the Maine vacation TO
hree Sundays7
A. No. we decided that in the be-
inning.
Q. Were you ever Jealous OF Mrs ,
fills or anyone else?
A. Absolutely never.
@. Have you ever fired a gum '
A. Never in my life. I
@. Ever used a pistol7 .
A. Never.
Q. Was It one OF Mr.. Halls {
astimes to practice shooting?
A. No.
@. Did he possess revolver that
on know Off a
A. No.
Q. Did you ever ask Barbara I
ough to keep on eye on your hus- p
and and Mrs. Mills? b
A. or course not.
Again asked why she had not o
Ientioned her name when inquir- y
g OF the police regarding her hus-
and. Mrs. Hall said she simply II
Idn't think of mentioning It, and o
lat Il did not occur to her that II =
ould aid the police to know ex- u
,tly who was missing.
Q. Did you know at that time o
lat Mrs. Mills also was missing? Ct
A No. don't think / knew II A
hen 1 telephoned. telephoned W
sfore I saw Mr.. Mills, think.
bought IL Strange.
Q. And It wasn't until you saw
n. Mills that you knew Mrs. Mills ~
ms missinR7