The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-18
Believes That Jealous Woman
L Is Responsible for Double
4: E. '.,F Murder Mystery
CLAIMS PASTOR TRIED.
TO DEFEND MRS. MILLS
Interesting Story Of Double
Murder Given by Florence
North, w oman Attorney
g.. (By Florence M. North, attor-
ney for Charlotte Mills, written
for the United Press copyright-
ed by The u P.) s.,,...5

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New Brunswick, N. :J.=Qet. 18-
Dr. Edward Wheeler Hall was slain
by accident as he struggled to- defend
Mrs. Ellanor Mills against the insane
fury Of Jealous woman and her
confederates. i .ls -.... =,
The couple, whose bodies were
found near the Phillips farm, Sep
TENDER 10th, were either lurea sepa-
rately from their homes two nights
previous or were Kidnapped as they
made their way to the rendezvous,
and the woman was murdered after
the rector was .accidently shot. This
occurred in a vacant building not far
from where they were found dead.
This, after thorough investigation
with trained staff of operatives is
my theory of the murders. Every
thing we have: beensable to discover
concerning the crime, deep probe,
into the past lives and relations
of the principals, consisting of tales
told by, certain persons intimate with
the slain couple, all point to this one
direction, the. murder was instigated
by a jealous woman. My men have
absolutely discarded the possibility
that the crime was an accident and
place les credence in any blackmall
theory. ~ =: -. :, =:
Each clue, as. we unearth it labor
iously full month after the. finding
of the bodies, a month of shameful
inactivity on the pat Of the officers,
turns the finger Of suspicion always
towards asjea1ous woman. -i= :. s.:
We have only scratched the surface
in our search and no one has been
eliminated. We will proceed regard
less of what the authorities may do
until the murderer of Charlotte Mills
mother is brought to justice.
Poor Charlotte, pitiful little child
victim of the grim tragedy, her girl
ish dreams destroyed, her future a
blank, toward which she dances in
a mad whirl of excitement! She can
rot rest nor relax She has suddenly
become mature g. Robbed OF her
mothers love who was :moresof a. sis
ter to her, Charlotte has saged al
most overnight. No one can take
her mothers place lin her life, but,
Charlotte Mills cansbe avenged:
It may be we'll to, give hesstory; Of
the murder. After a thorough
search, into the lives Of the principals
as Charlotte Iped me to know them,
have, evolved this story. Later I
will show you how each fresh scrap
of evidence our men 5dig 1ap tits in
like part Of apicture puzzle until
the picture is nearly conplete: The
murderer we. cannot name: yet: q few
more links in our chain, nd we hope
"a. prepare the prosecutors with The
facts of = the night the Crime was
committed. 's = ''S=.ssss 80 -
Dr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills were &C
custonned to meet Tuesdays, Fridays
and Sundays. This, to me, might
etablish the fact that the meeting on
the night of the murder was .unex:
pected, but Charlotte tells me that
her mother received, through a nelgn-
Dor, Mrs. Opie, a message to call
DIR. Hall Thursday afternoon. She
refused the offer of her neighbor'ss
telephone and ran to a little con-
ner store. What she said,s no one
knows, but she left about 1880 that
evening and was never seen alive
again by members Of her family.