Evening star., 1924-11-30
SHEATSLEY BELIEVES SERMON
MAY HAVE LED WIFE TO SUICIDE
Minister Used Phrase Cast in the Fire, Is Purifed
Woman Had Been WOrrying-Nysiery Bat
fes Investigators.

death of the Rev Edward w. Hall
and his choir singer, Mrs. James
Mills. whose bodies were found under
crab apple tree on a deserted farm
outside of New Brunswick, N. j., two
years ago.
Says Wife Worried.
In brief. the composite stories of
Rev Mr.. Sheatsley, Milton and Clar-
ence. the sons. and Elizabeth and
Alice, the daughters. is this:
Mr., Sheatsley had been worrying
for some time that she had not done
all she might in connection with a
bazaar being planned by the women
Of the church. So greatly had her
fancfed neglect preyed upon her mind
that her husband had demonstrated
with her. asserting that she took
little things too seriously.
Monday morning, November II, the
minister had planned to go rabbit
hunting. and as a result awoke early,
of his plans. he arose and. while in
another room, heard her moaning.
When he went to her, he found her
crying about her fancied neglect of
the bazaar and sent to her the two
daughters to console her. Then Mrs.
Sheatsley spoke of the wonderful SER
mon her husband had preached the
evening before. and also asserted
that sins never will be forgiven me-"
Elizabeth, the oldest daughter. got
into bed with her mother and sue
ceeded in quieting her, and a little
later Mrs. Sheatsley arose and went
about her household duties.
Called or Trip.
The husband, however, feeling that
his wife was not well, because of her
off hnn In frir,
and remained at home all morning.
At noon all the members of the
family gathered about the table to-
gether for what proved the last
time. Then, one by one, they took
their departure, first to go were the
two girls. Alice to the Bexley Grade
School and Elizabeth to the village
high school. Milton, the older son,
left at 1880 for a class at Capital
University. An hour later the min
lister left. bent upon business down.
town and several pastoral calls.
Last to ieave the house was Clar-
ence, the younger son, who departed
at 1:45 o'clock. He had been away
from 1890 to 1870 o'clock attending
class at Capital Academy, but had
returned to the house, intending to
stay here until his next class at 23O
O'Clock.
Lett Alone IN home.
While he was there, however. he
received a telephone call from Mrs
Karl G.. A. Busch, a neighbor, asking
whether he knew the whereabouts of
her son, who, she said, had not come
home for lunch.
Clarence, thereupon, volunteered to
look him up. and after some search,
found him in the Capital University
Library, delivered the message and
remained in the library until his class
began at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Sheatsley,
therefore, was left alone in the house
at 1:45 O'Clock. according to the
stories told by the various members
of the family. No one has been found
who saw any one approach the
Sheatsley residence between that time
and 2:l5 o'clock, when c. o. Strader,
delivery man for a local baker, stop
ped for his daily delivery of bread.
Strader says he knocked, failed to re-
ceiye a reply and at last opened the
kitchen door, which was unlocked.
placed the bread upon table and
went away.
Between 2:15 and 3 o'clock Is an
other hiatus. At the. latter hour E.
E. Brideweizer, a university student,
approached the house to return some