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father. James Mills, by three seats.
He also has testified as a witness for
tho State.
Mrs. Hail. dressed in black, as on
every day since the trial began. en-
tered the courtroom early as usual,
still wearing the calm expression
that even the most pointed thruSts
of the State prosecutor have been un-
able to disturb. Occasionally she
speaks a word TO her two brothers.
who sit on either side of her. but by
her demeanor it would be difficult to
tell that she Is being tried for her
life.
Senator Case took up the cross
examination of Miss Tough.
Was there anything unusual in
the house when you came in on the
night Of the killings" asked Case.
Nothing at ALL" she replied.
| You didn't pass the bedroom OF
Mrs. Hall In going to the third t1oor?'
| NO"
You couldn't see it?"
mo"
Occupied Same Room.
Ibid MIR. and Mrs. Hall occupy the
same room?"
| Yes
And the same bed?"
Yes
| On cross examination of James
Mills, husband Of the slain choir
singer. Senator Case had brought out
that she and her husband occupied
separate rooms.
During the night. about 2 o'clock
you heard Mrs. Hall going to the
| bathroom?'
Yes"
What did Willie say the next day."
| II saw him washing his hands in
the bathroom during the noon hour
and he said she woke me out Of a
sound sleep"
you said You did not take a glass
Of water to Mrs. Hall on the night of
the killings, why was that?" asked
Case.
"Thursday night was my night out.
and someone else took it them" the
witness replied.
Describes Church Guild.
She described st Mary's Guild Of
| Mr. Halls church as an orga niZation
| ''just like the mothers meeting OF
| the Presbyterian Church. only that
| the members were not married.
| Miss Tough spent several uncom-
Portable minutes on the witness stand.
when she was asked by Case to name
, the women who she had heard gos-
p, sipine OF the love affair between the
Rev. Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills.
"1'd rather not" said the former
maid.
The court insisted that she give
| them. and she named Mabel and
/ Nellie" and about a dozen others.
explaining that the last names which
she gave for them had since been
changed by their marriages.
She Fears Trouble.
! Long pauses marked the giving Of
| the names, and the witness showed
| by her reluctance that she was most
/ uncomfortable. She once expressed
her fear that this information would
cause her trouble. when she returned
to New Brunswick.
On Wednesday Miss Tough had told
of a man named Fisher having been
employed at the Hall home after the
double staying. and while Felix di
Martini. a detective. already was lv-
ing in the house. Case today brought
from the witness the statement that
this man. Fisher. was a night watch
man and not a detective.
'The fact is that after this ter
srible murder Mrs. Hall received all
kinds Of threatening letters. didn't
so | understood, answered the
witness.
The state has contended that Mrs.
Hall employed detectives to prevent
her becoming involved as suspect
In the double Staying
Direct Examination Resumed.
Referring to Miss Tough's previous
testimony, telling how D Martini
had questioned her alone. Case asked
the witness il the detective didn't
ask her TO tell only the truth" She
said he had.
The State prosecutor. taking the
witness for redirect examination.
turned 10 the former maids state
ment that she had found the library
lights on in the Hall home when she
returned there about 10 o'clock the
night Of the Staying.
She said there was nothing unusual
in the lights being on without any
members of the Hall family being
seen in the house. The defense OBJ
jected when the witness was asked
to name any other Thursday night
when she had found a similar condi-
ton. contending that II had not vet
been proved that Mrs. Hall and
Willie Stevens We're not in the house.
the maid only having said she had
not seen them.
Phillip Payne: managing editor of
the New York Daily Mirror. was the
next witness. He testified that he had
received the calling card, bearing
fingerprints, claimed by the prosecu-
ton to be those OF Willie Stevens.
from Edward Schwartz of the New
ark Police Department.
1T was in exactly lhe same Condi-
tion as now he said. He paid moth
ing for II. he said.
Payne was cross-examined by Rob
ert McCarter. chief OF defense coun-
sci. He said he met Schwartz two or
three times in Newark In June and
July at the st. Francis Hotel
Why Hotel Was Picked.
Why did YOU meet there?' Nc
II asked Schwartz where was a
good place" Payne replied
Why didn't You meet him at his
Office at police headquarters"
Better ask him that
Payne said he first met Schwartz in
June and at their several meetings
they talked about the calling card.
He received the card in July while
in a taxicab
was there any financial considera-
tions?' McCarter asked.
No"
What did you give him?"
II gave him nothing material"
PAYNE continued. Il said that
Defense counsel stopped him there.
Simpson argued that the answer be
completed. and the court agreed.
II told him that he would be doing
a service TO the State OF New Jersey
If he helped solve this case" said
PAYNE.
II was testified that another member
Of the Mirror staff was present at the