New-York tribune., 1922-10-25
Farm Widow
Said to Have
Seen Hall Shot
tcontInued from pasc one)

from the barn and rode 1t bareback
in pursuit of the disappearing figure.
1T took some persuasion to get the
mule down Hamilton Road in the di-
rection of Dc Russeys Lane. She
thought she could easily catch her
suspect, but In the pursuit she was
obliged to turn the mules head In the
direction of Phillips farm.
She barely crossed the boundary line
Of Phillips farm when she saw four
figures silhouetted against the sky.
They were only a few feet from the
were found later. Two of the figures
were women; two were men. Accord
ing to Mrs. Gibson's reported story.
she was hidden from their view by the
foliage and young trees which line De
Russey's Lane. Suddenly one of the
men raised his arm and fired pistol,
the story runs. The second man fell
to the ground. Quick as a fash the
man raised his hand again and shot.
This time the woman fell.
Heard Slayer's Name Called
At this point Mrs, Gibson became ex-
cited, the story continues. She heard
the woman, who survived. call to her
companion tne iafle VI tHe man VINO
fred the shots. Turning the mules
head she started homeward.
Developments of the next few days
sre expected to hinge around this story
of Mrs. Gibson. No satisfactory ex-
planation was Forthcoming of the delay
in taking action on the strength of it
If the authorities had the facts in their
possession as long ago as October H.,
when Mrs. Hall was confronted with n
woman who Is now presumed to be
Mrs. Gibson.
Special Deputy Attorney General
Mott and shis investigator, County De-
tective James Mason, of Newark, were
in consultation the greater part of the
day at Somervllc with Prosecutors
Stricker and Beekman.
Timothy Newell Pfeiffer, New York
attorney, who represents Mrs. Hall, ar
rived this afternoon, and at 2 o'clock
notified Prosecutor Stricker's office that
his client contemplated opening her
safety deposit box in the National
Bank of New Jersey in this city. Mr..
pfeiffer suggested that if the prose
cutor cares to do so he could send an
agent of his office to be present when
the box was opened. Shortly afterward
Mrs. Hall, accompanied by William G..
Bearnan, secretary of the vestry of
nr. Halls church and president OF the
Reckitts Blueing Company, went to
the bank and opened the box. Mr.
Pfeiffer said that the purpose of the
visit was simply to withdraw some Sc
curitics Mrs. Hall kept there. The at
torney explained that these were
shares of two companies which had
recently consolidated and it was neces
sary for Mrs. Hall to send the stock
over in order to get the reissued
shares of the merged company.
May Get Two kilograms
Mr.. Pfeiffer said that he had been
advised by Joseph Egan, assistant
counsel of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, that the copies of the
two kilograms said to have been sent
by DR.. Hall, one to Henry Stevens, his
brother-in-law, the other to an un-
known woman in New York, would be
turned over to him provided he pro-
duced letters testamentary. Mr.. Pfeiffer
said that he would endeavor to pro-
duce the required papers tomorrow.
The lawyer also said that he was
anxious to get in touch with Special
Deputy Attorney Mott in order to offer
him all cooperation. "Have you recov-
cred the diary said to have. been kept
by Mrs. Mills and sent by her to DR..
Hall?" he was asked.
"No," he replied; "and if do find it
it won't be printed. 1t will be turned
over to the Prosecutor"
Further revelations of her family life