The New York herald., 1922-11-22
show MOTIVE TODAY
in HALL-MILLS CASE
Witnesses to Include Rec
tors Servants and Hus-
band Of Choir Singer.
Il BEFORE GRAND JURY
Detective Said to Represent
Prospective Defendant
Ousted.
WOMEN DEFEND WIDOW
Issue Statement Praising Her
Unfaltering Devotion
to Truth.
WOMEN DEFEND WIDOW

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SoMERvILLE. n. j., Nov. 21.-Pursu-
ing the same leisurely tactics that
have characterized the Hall-Mills mur-
der case investigation from the begin
ming, Wilbur A. Mott, Special Deputy
Attorney General, presented further
facts to the Somerset Grand Jury to-
DAY, virtually concluding In two days
one phase Of his case. The Grand Jury
now knows officially that Hall and
Mrs. Mills are dead and buried and
lence.
Tomorrow, IL fo follows the sched-
ule he outlined last week, Mr.. Mott
will present evidence to show the re-
iations that existed between Hall and
Mrs. Mills, and may start to prove
that Mrs. Hall had no knowledge of
these relations. Then in the afternoon
the Grand Jury, Mr.. Mott and the
others will go home for the week end
to convene again on Monday. with the
prospect Of closing the case on Thanks
giving eve. That the close of the
case will be gratefully regarded by the
citizens here is indicated in the edi-
torial In the New Brunswick paper to-
night
This editorial reads In part:
Protests Against Adjournment.
'sThe Hall-Mills murder case has
dragged out so long already that the
public is becoming tired of the delay
and 1t Is 70 be hoped that the Somerset
county Grand Jury will not take the
proposed action of adjournment on
Wednesday to meet again next week
and resume consideration OF the evil
dence in the case.
with three days of the investiga-
ton accomplished, there should not be
a great deal longer to go after Wednes-
day. and IT would seem better for the
members of the Grand Jury themselves
to finish the case at one sitting instead
CT dragging 1t out further.
THE sooner the case Is completed one
way or the other the better It will be
for all concerned. Suspicion has been
directed by the authorities into certain
quarters. If that suspicion is not justi-
fled it is their duty to see that II Is
removed as soon as possible. On the
ether hand II there Is any foundation
for 1t. there should be an indictment at
once."
Seventeen witnesses. almost all of
minor Importance, were before the
Grand Jury to-day. They testified to
rcthing that has not already been told.
The two policemen who guarded the
bodies for an hour or two, Curran and
Garrigan. headed the list, and Squibhs
Ia boratory doctor. Armstrong. who an
alyzed the ground and determined the
amount OF blood that had poured from
Mrs. Mills throat, testified a little after
three o'clock this afternoon.
Physicians Also on stand.
In between were four doctors who took
part In the second autopsies. Hagerman,
Cronk. Lahey and Smith two under
takers, Sutphen and Hubbard an under
takers assistant, Walter Dahl. and two
motormen, Coyne and Meeney. both OF
whom were on the trolley car on which
Mrs. Mills rode to her death. Coyne, off
duty. riding inside the car. recognized
Mrs. Mills, whom he knew.
Mrs. Leo Harkins and Mrs Henry
Blust who saw both Mrs. Mills and Hall
walking toward the Phillips farm be-
yond the end OF the trolley line. were
other witnesses and so were Edward
Striker. who visited the scene after the
bodies were discovered, and John Lath-
rop, one OF the many who heard shots
on the night OF the crime.
The only really important witness Of
the day was Raymond Schneider, who
with Pearl Bahmer found the bodies on
the morning Of Saturday. September Is.
Schneider was before the Grand Jury
an hour and a half and told the story
he has told so many times and with
10 many variations As far as could be
learned. ne disclosed to the Grand Jury
nothing beyond what he mas given twen-
~ other persons in tie last nine weeks
Mott has now shown how the mur-
dered pair reached the. scene, how their
bodies were discovered and what the
sutopsies revealed. He has, therefore,
established the crime itself. According
20 his own statement no will next at
tempt TO establish a motive and then the
actual killing.
witnesses TO Appear To-day.
Tomorrow he will call as witnesses
two Of the Hall servants. Louise Geist
and Barbara Tough. James Mills hus-
band of the dead choir singer. is also
10 testify. There is report that Mrs.
Gibson. the woman farmer. who tells
of having seen a woman In gray at tho
scene OF the crime. is to testify to-rnor-
row. but Il Is probable that she will not
appear until Monday IL the Grand Jury
insists on taking the rest of the week to
itself
George Sipel who Figured yesterday
as a star witness. faded. perhaps only
temporarily. into comparative insignifi-
canoe to-day. though II is reported he
will be called as witness tomorrow.
Now. Il appears that the car he was
driving had no lights and that he did
not turn into De Russys lane. as was
first reported from official sources
The officials all seem In the dark as
10 what Sipel knows and their guesses
are all turning out wrong. but that Is