The Washington times., 1922-10-24

DAUGHTER OF
MRS. MILLS IS
!. GIVEN REBUFF

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Mrs. Hall Refuses to See Her
When She Calls for
Interview.
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I wanted to know Mrs. Halls
belief as to how nay poor mother
was killed.
Wanted To Ask About MOther.
! wanted to ask the minister's
widow IL she thought my mother
was good.
wanted to ask IL she knew any
one who was Jealous Of. or who
disliked my mother or Rev. Hall.
wanted to ask what she thought
was the motive for the murders
jealousy, or what? -, .-s-,
wanted to ask her how she
had felt through all the cloud Of
suspicion. and how she had spent
her time In that big house.
was determined to ask II she
would have given up Rev. Hall
IL she had known he loved mother
or any other woman. -
wished to know II she thought
there was another man In the
mystery.
Intended to ask her II she ever
quarrelled with Rev. Hall over my
mother or any other woman.
But--as ! have said--1 was re.
n AA t.Al
Barbara Tough. the seamstress who
answered the door. Barbara smiled
at me.
"oh, it's Charlotte" she said. "rve
father, too. Tell James Mills said
had been thinking OF him.
Mrs. Hall? She is In the sarden,
I think. I'll call her at once"
Mrs. Han Falls to Come.
with which she closed the door
and I sat on the stoop. Some min.
utes passed. expected the elderly
widow to come out and speak kindly
to me. She was my Sunday school
teacher before all this happened.
Neither OF US has been to church
since the tragedy. hear all the girls
in my class have stopped going to
Sunday school.
But instead Of my former Sunday
school teacher coming out. I heard q
heavy step and looked around to see
Timothy N. Pfeiffer. who, am told,
70 a famous criminal lawyer and her
attorney. He looked at me a great
deal and didn't say much.
Wont Mrs. Hall see me?"
pleaded.
No" he said definitely. mo.
With the present suspicion she is
under. IL would be unwise for her
to see you. ] am sure she would
like TO SEQ you--but, no. II would be
unw.se."
Though I sat on the porch a half
hour or 50 longer. no word Of greet.
ing came from the widow. The At
torney seemed agitsted for fear
would take II all wrong, but Just the
same his client couldn't see me.
1T seems strange" I told him.
MY mothers two best friends. Mrs.
Hall and Mrs Minnie Clark. have
refused to see me. have no friends
now-my mother was my best friend
and pal"
HtouhEs
Mrs. Hall realizes that YOU are
young. She Is older and has made
steadfast friends" he said uncon.
solingly.
I got the impression from Mr..
Pfeiffer that the Halls would like
to see me 20 into q home-aoms
place where could be out Of the
way and couldn't talk. He didn't
say "a home" but he kept asking
me how would like to be taken
away-some place where newspa:
pers wouldn't bother me. He said
he could fix It up with Bishop
Paul Matthews. The bishop has
been to our house twice when we
weren't at home. guess he want.
s,.,t,.,. ed to take Rs away. @ w. Well; ! told
Attorney Pfeiffer. the criminal
lawyer. said there wasn't anything
to the reports that one woman
and two men would be indicted In
the near future. He acted as
though he didn't hear some OF my
questions. so Of course. I couldn't
ask him the questions had ex.
pected to ask Mrs, Hall.
Mr.. Pfeiffer said I could see
Mrs. Hall after It's all over" I
told him that wasn't when want.
ed to see her.
Now. I will tell some things:
My mother never was understood
at home. My father isn't "the
kind" my mother was. She as
pired to something better. be.
lieve she would have run away
from home long ago II II hadn't
been for Danny and me. She used
to say to me:
kid. we have to fight 1t to-
gether."
Made Best Of Things.
She knew II she left II would be
all the harder for me. And now
that she's gone, It is--oh, 50 hard.
My mother was so bright. so tai.
ented, so clever. I think she woke
up to her misplaced life after Dan.
ny's birth. But she was the kind
TO make the best Of things.
1t is untrue to say ! knew Of her
correspondence with Mr.. Hall.
did not. But do remember re-
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