The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-11-01
CLIMAX hfAR IN
HklL-MiLlS> Grille
{ aekman Says Indictment Will
Soon Be Found.
HRS. GIBSON BEllGERFA1
Fires on Persistent Reporters and De-
MES CASTOR is Her Husband-Says
Her Past Has Nothing to Do with
Crime.

New Brunswick, y. J., Nov. l.
"There will be an indictment in the
Hall-Mills murder case within the
rext three days." declared Prosecutor
Beekman, of Somerset county. he
declined to amplify his statement.
however
Mr.. Beekman's positive statement
came at the close of day OF meio-
drama which gave little indication
that the denoument was approaching
in the investigation of the double STAY
ing of Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs.
Eleanor r. Mills.
Mrs. Jane Gibson, former circus
rider, pursuer Of corn thieves ana
self-styled eyewitness to the murders,
. who has been absorbing public inter-
est in the drama the hast few days,
became irritated at the repeated eff
forts of reporters to interview her
and shooed them of her farm by the
simple expedient Of firing charge OF
birdshOt over their heads. There
after interviews were conducted by
telephone, whenever Mrs. Gibson could
lie induced to answer the bell.
Mrs. Gibson insisted that William
EaSton. New Brunswick mechanic who
has been appearing al her farm where
she lives with her son Willie, is not
Ter husband, but 'Only a relative
Detective TOtten, who has been check.
irg mp her story of the shooting, in
Witch she claimed to- have identified
The SLAYER and his companion. said,
however, that EastOn is her husband
and that the couple were in Trenton,
running flu litlre business, until
Mrs. Gibson pulled up stakes and
turned farmer. Since then, Totten
said Easton has occasionally reap
peared at the farm.
A safety deposit box key made by
a machine company in Providence, K.
l., found by Peter Remsing, an auto
mobile man IF New Brunswick, near
the murder scene several days after
the tragedy, has been given to Deputy
Attorney General Mott. On he side
the key bears the numerals "S132"
and the other 't27 c X 35'' Officials
of local banks declared that the key
would not open any Of their boxes.
Remsing said the reason he had not
given the key to the investigators
earlier was because he didn't think
they would value it as Il clue, and
that he didn't want to he made 4
laughing stock.
Mrs. Gibson, who suddenly became
reticent after simplifying her story of
the killing, became lrritated when an
army of newspaper men showed up
at her door and fired q load of shot
after warning them off. The report
ers returned to town and addressed
their questions to her over the tele-
phone. She admitted that 1t was she
who had welded the shotgun.
Mr.. Mott was asked if he had found
any reason TO doubt the eyewitness
story told by Mrs. Gibson. 1T stands
as it u.s." he said Il see no reason
to doubt it,
Asked If he had obtained any cor
roboration Of vital parts in tie story,
he replied, II have"
Detectives said they We're working
on q theory that Mr. Hall had been
killed with his own pistol. 1t was
reported. but not confirmed. that the
weapon had been found Detectives
also said they were progre; sing in
their search for the automobile in
which the slayer or slayers were be-
lieved to have driven to the scene of
the murder. Investigators are seeking
couple believed to have been on the
Phillips farm the night the rector
and choir singer were slain. Detec-
tives said the description given OF
the slayers by Mrs. Gibson would fit
at least three local persons.