Evening journal., 1922-09-18
MURDERER OF
CHOIR singer,
RECTOR HIDES
Continued from First Page.

1 plerS OF tne KeV. EDWARD w. Hall
and Mrs. Dames. Mills today, in hope
Of finding a clew in the actions OF
some Of those present.
Investigation has revealed, ac-
cording to police. that the murder
OF the rector of the Episcopal
Church of ST. John the Divine, and
Mrs. Mills. choir singer and wife
Of the sexton. probably took place
in the city of New Brunswick
Thursday night.
After the man and woman had
been shot. beaten and stabbed to
death their bodies were placed in
an automobile and carried to the
grove on an abandoned farm, where
they were found Saturday.
The slayer or slayers carefully
scattered torn love letters around to
give the affair the aspect of a crime
committed through motives Of jeal-
ousy.
All these love letters may have
been forgeries in belief of police.
A rod. found near where the
bodies were discovered, is believed
to have fallen from the automobile
which conveyed the bodies there.
Detectives are examining automo-
biles of a number OF persons in ex-
pectation of finding the one with the
missing rod.
Mrs. Hall, questioned by police,
frankly admitted she was the 'wo-
man in the polo coat" seen entering
st. Johns rectory about 2.30 a. M,
Friday morning. She declared she
had been TO the church to see
whether her husband had fallen
asleep in his study.
Mills, husband of the slain woS
man, visited the church about the
same hour looking for his wife. he
told police. thinking she might have
been taken Ill while working there.
But the clergymen's wife and the |
sexton did not chance to meet while |
on this mission both insisted.
Mrs Hall, daughter OF an old and |
wealthy family who gave the rector
riches and social position when she
married him, insisted today that she
still believed in her husband.
The wife. twelve years the senior
Of Hall. sobbed that her husband
surely had done nothing wrong.
II worshipped Mr. Hail." she said.
Il believed in him and still do. He
,ould do nothing wrong. I would
rust him more than 1 would trust
myself. l will leave no stone un-
urned and will hire private detec-
ives, II necessary TO find his muir
ierer."
The woman said she thought the
murder and suicide theory was all
wrong because she knew there was
10 reason why one should want to
iill the other. She said she took no
took in the malicious gossip that
vas going the rounds"
Mills said he had no idea when
he preacher and the choir singer
disappeared or of when they had
een together.
THAT never occurred TO either
frs. Hall or myself" he said.
Mills said he and his wife were al
rays happy.
Light was thrown on the love let
,rs which were found strewn about
ne bodies. Mills said his wife had I
romantic strain in her makeup
nd was in the habit OF copying sem
mental passages from novels and
/ times of composing love letters
erself.
"Of course" he said, "she never
idressed them to any one and she !
ever mailed them. Once I asked
ar II there was anything lacking in
ir home and she replied emphat-
ally in the negative" q
Stating that his wife was a woman
education, Mills said she fire.
iently wrote sermons which she =
bmitted TO her pastor. Frequent !.
he would use them. she said. !,
william stevens. brother OF Mrs. a
all, who makes his home with her
as roaming the streets OF New Z.
runswick today. h
I'm looking for the person who /,
arted these scapdalous tales about
r. Hail" he told newspaper men. 4
According to J. b. Hubbard, the
idertaker who is preparing the
,dy. Mrs. Hall has requested that Z
e casket containing her husband
sealed.
"she told me she did not want 10
ew him In death but wanted to
member him as he was in life"
id the undertaken.
1t was disclosed at the undertake
IS parlors that their were scratches
the dead mans face. W