Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-27
DETECTIVES TEST |.
MURDER STORY Of
WOMAN WITNESS
Visit Farm and Go Care.
fully Over Ground Mem
toned by Mrs. Gibson.
CERTAIN RECOGNITION
OF SUSPECT POSSIBLE
Feeling Strong in New Bruins.
wick That Arrests Are
Imminent. IA.
COUNSEL. ISSUES STATEMENT
Attorney for Mrs. Hall DcnIe- Rec
tors Wife WINS Present
NJ SInyinE.
CERTAIN RECOGNITION
OF SUSPECT POSSIBLE
COUNSEL ISSUES STATEMENT
Attorney for Mrs. Hall Denies Rec
tors Wife WINS Present
nj Sln,ing.
Try Associated Press !

NEW BRUNSWICK, y. j.. oct. 2s.-
TIL" dramatic story Of woman
farmer that she had witnessed tho
Mills-Hall murder and had identified
both the slayer and Il woman who
accompanied him today electrified
New brunswick.
About six weeks ago the bodies of
Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs.
Eleanor X, Mills, "a singer i'm his choir,
We're found under crab apple tree
on the Phillips farm.
Since then conflicting authorities
have wrcstlcd with theories and
counterthcories. arrested World
war veteran and turned him loose,
Indicated that further arrests would
he made. denied it the next. And
all the time one OF the most intricate
murder mysteries that has engaged
the interest OF the country in years
has gone unSoIved
Feeling Strong In New HrunswIck
Now. with the full story made pui,-
ne of the woman farmer--Mrs. Jane
Gihs"n--the feeling was strong in
New BrunSw ick tonight that the de-
h"nrmcnt was approaching fast
Mrs. Francis stevens Hail. widow
OF the slain rector Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church Of St John the
Evangelist, and her brother, Henry
80 '"S' arc tnt man ana wOman n
named In the sworn statement of Mrs
Jane Gibson. selt-styIcd eyewitness
OF the double Staying of Rev. Edward
wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Rein
hardt Mills on the night Of Septem-
ber II last.
This announcement was not made
ny the authorities. but became known
tonight through the issuance OF a
statement by Mrs. Halls attorney
OF Mrs. Gibson's account and declar-
ing that neither the rectnrs widow
nor her brother was on the Phillips
farm on the night of the double slay-
ing.
tiibis Arc Ready
Mrs. iibson's statements arc con-
'rarN /" the facts" MIR preiffer said.
Mrs liall was in her home all even
ing. barbara Tough. on. of the
maids, was out that night and Louisa
'rist, the other maid was on tho
nack stoop. There was no one else
hu, little I-ycar-old niece In the
house with Mrs Hall. But there may
have been one visitor.
Henry stevens Identification M
one OF the quartet seen on the farm,
i~ ais" contrary 10 fact. Henry was
AT l.aNallette, y. j., all that night -
y" hint OF when tn. climax. ruI
- 80 a. 'S'N, llllSnt ne
pc"tcd was given by Special Denutv
attorney General Wilbur y. Mott.
ri'ced in charge of the case by the
state when the county authorities had
thrown up their hands.
Admitting the inheritance OF m.
| story told by Mrs. Gibson, he pro
te"Sed 10 have other information on
which he could act independent OF
her atiidaVits
MIR. Motifs last words tonight. be-
fore leaving for his home in Newark.
We're:
The time is not quite ripe for an
arrest. in my Judgment"
seeks CorrohoratinS Evidence.
He admitted that Mrs. Gibson's
in"niihcHtion, generally speaking
would afford sufficient grounds for an
arrest. hut said that, under the pres
ont circumstances. il would be we'll
10 have corroboratinC evidence.
Sergeant Lang, of the state police;
state Detective Mason and county
detective visited the Phillips farm
again today, going carefully over the
ground mentioned in Mrs. Gibson's
story.
Mrs. Gihson--who retired from the
thrills OF ii circus ring 10 raise pigs
introduced herself unobtrusirely into
a, 't,,,ri INN a