The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-28
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parted with any securities shortly be.
fore his death.
But when he talked of his own atti-
tude Mr.. Stricken was quite clear and
emphatic. This case will be handled
as any other case" he said. II have
gained all the political honors / want
and l am not going to run for anything
Also so far as money goes l feel that
/ could earn a good living practic,ng
law outside of this office and l will
leave 10 the people of the county my
attitude toward all criminal cases"
To Exhume Body.
Mrs Mills was buried week ago
yesterday Tomorrow or perhaps the
next day her body will be exhumed in
order that. two weeks after her death.
1t may be determined by the officials
whether one bullet or four killed her.
whether her throat was cut. whether
her ankle was broken and a score of
other things that complete autopsy
should have established within a few
hours after her body was found.
Prosecutor Beekman tried to make an
application to Justice Charles A. Parke,
VI jersey lily lot an OTuer u permit
the exhumation. He failed to find Par
ker and tonight went to the Judges
home in Morristown with every expecta-
ton of having the order signed. Beck
man admits that he and Stricken have
agreed that new autopsy must be
made. but he is not clear yet as to when
terry here. shall be disinterred.
A special effort is to be made to de-
termine whether any bullets are lodged
in the head of Mrs. Mills. The post
norton examination made by Coroner s
Physician Long at Somerville more than
a week ago did not determine this point.
Long says that but one bullet entered
the woman's head. while DR.. e. l. Cronk
OF this city. who examined the body for
Mills, the husband. contends there were
three or four. Yet it Is probable that
Long will be called upon to make Sec
ond autopsy
Mills to-day denied the story told by
Miss Opie, his next door neighbor. that
six months ago. in a quarrel with her
husband, Mrs. Mills had declared she
cared more for Halls little finger than
she did for Mills's whole body. Yester-
day Mills said he didn't remember the
incident. He says now: 1--WE had little
family quarrels just as any other mar
ried couples have. but they were never
ured in them in any way. nor did we
ever have the slightest trouble over him.
Mills says he knew of the trips his
wife made with Hall to New York. con-
tending his wife went to see dentist
and that Hall accompanied her through
kindness. There were a number of these
trips, Mills admitted. but the Prosecu-
tors office had information that only
one of them was taken for visit - the
dentist.
Ku Klux Khan Active.
Evidence of the existence of an active
Ku Klux Khan organization in New
Brunswick was unearthed tonight after
Prosecutor Stricken admitted that detec-
tives were investigating this clew In the
absence of other definite leads.
Neighbors of Mrs. Mills declared to-
night that she frequently and sympa-
thetically had discussed the khan, indi-
eating that the mystic rites had ideal
istic aims Of the organization appealed
to her. In this connection investigators
following the theory that self-appointed
moral censors committed the double
murder. called attention TO the package
of letters Mrs Mills clutched tightly
when she FASTENED to the lonely field
near the abandoned Phillips farmhouse
and to the worried actions of the clergy
man as he followed her. ~
The minister. the detectives say might
have become angry when the disguised
inquisitors. refusing to accept the proof
Of the snnocenceof the pair. insisted that
they break off their relations An alter