New-York tribune., 1922-10-26
Mrs. Gibson
All But Names
Hall Suspect
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farm machinery fnd straw stacks. Az
her shers, squarcly-built figure disap'
peared through the cavernous openins
Of the barss, an enormous hog with
s.-s.s xuzks was p<nned jest inside the
door and he greeted her with a deep
gYunt.
Giving the hogs foot~wide Head a
pat SHE entered stall shared by a
slender -litnbed horse, that she adj
dressed as "Huster." and by small
mule. This was Jenny.
ed have ridden Buster that night II
] had wanted to go real fasx,r said
Mrs Gibson. "But what wanted
was Jenny's sagacity. Besides. Buster
is too spirited for me at night. I'm
not so. youug as ! once was Here,
Jenny
She raised her aashiight over the
twisted head Of the large-eyee, long
cared mare mule
'Isn't she pretty ?. Jenny nuzzled
the hand of her mistress and lifted her
delicate hoofs from the deep mattress
Of straw and cornshncks.
Mrs. Gibson ducked under the iron
pipe that forms one side Of the box
stall of Buster and Jenny and went out
once more into the barnyard.
.sTht Bible says Thou shalt not
kill, sfe said, "and when one takes
vengeance into ones own hands justice
must be done. No money could buy my
silence and no one could frightcn me
into saying what was not true.
Cautioned To Be Silent
SWELL, have told some things that
were not true when / denied yesterday
that | knew anything about the ease,
but that was because I was cautioned
nou l. Z,
would not be right TO let the guilty
ones know what evidence the authori-
ties have. The time will come soon
when everything about the case will be
told. Then can say more"
Mrs. Gibson was asked why she had
waited SO long to tell her story to the
authorities.
Il didn't watt" she denied 81 tried
again and again to get in touch with
the people at the courthouse, but they
were too busy to bother with me. So /
thought, well, it's no business of mine" /"
Il hen they arrested that innocent
boy, and ! knew I'd have to speak"
Mrs. Gibson made 20 attempt to-
night TO picture conditions on the night
OF the murder as being favorable for
her or any one else to distinguish the
features Of any one encountered. She
said that the stars were shining, but
that there was no other light save the
reflected glow of New Brunswick, the
outskirts of which are full half mile
from the crabapple tree beneath which
the rector and the sections wife were
laid out after the shooting The wotn-
ans statement that when she laid her
self fiat against her mules back there
was small chance OF any one seeing
her is clear explanation Of the re-
luctance of Prosecutor Beekman and
Prosecutor Stricken to cause an arrest
on the strength Of the 5o0-word affi-
davit she signed. Her story was the
basis Of County Detective George Tot
tens statement, made before Clifford
Hayes was freed, that he had been
able TO fix the time of the murder
within quarter Of an hour.
Puts Time at $3.50
''1t must have been about half past
nine" said Mrs. Gibson.
Wilbur A. Mott, the special Deputy
Attorney General, who is now in com
mand of the investigation, said last
night at Newark that he had no opin-
ion as to the imminence of an arrest.
eff ] did contemplate such an ar
rest" he said, "it would be the last
thing ! would talk about until it had
been made" He was asked to com.
ment on Mrs. Gibson's affidavit, but
would only say:
II don't think thst Mrs Gibson could
have recognized DR.. Hall that night