The Washington times., 1926-09-13

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Both Must Give Bail
One of the Shings Gorsline thre
ems to reveal is "the truth abo ,
the love letters" The letters wer,
found at the murder scene. Gors-
line is said to have known Of the
intimacy OF Rev. Hall and his choir
singer. No one yet has been able
able to explain the presence OF the
letters at the scene of the crime.
Gorsline and Miss Rastall, against
whom warrants as material wit
nesses were issued Saturday but
withheld, were to be asked today
5 to furnish $4,000 and $4,000. re
spectively, to insure their appear
anee before the grand jury Sep
tember q.
One of the things that Senator
Alexander Simpson, who is con-
Quoting the investigation, wants
Gorsline to clear up is a statement
the vestryman is alleged 10 have
made to a friend the morning after
the murder.
Gorsline is charged with saying
he recognized person e1ming from
the scene of the crime just a few
minutes after the shots, and had
exclaimed:
Hello, what are you doing here?"
Another point about Gorsline
which the authorities are investi-
eating is what happened to his
car-the automobile IN which he
took Miss RastalI for a ride and
parked in De Russey's lane, rear
the murder scene.
'1ago" Of Tragedy
Gorslfne, who has been called the
iIago' of the Hall-Mills case, In
credited with having admitted hay
ing had possession for a time Of tie
letters which were found near the
bodies of DR.. Hall and Mrs. Mills.
The letters are believed to haze
been the spark which set off the
train of events which eliminates
in the murders at the Phillips farn.
As told at the time OF the start
Of the stories which brought on
the present investigation, Gorsli1s
has often been accused of handling
these letters.
wilbur A. Mott, Newark attorney
In charge Of the first investigation.
asked James Mills while the latter
was q witness:
We have information-I am sorry
TO say II Is not in the nature 1f
legal eyidenee-that Gorsline and
Minnie Clarke got some of yoIl
wife's letters to DR. Hall and took
them to Mrs. Hall.
Must Face Mills
Mott never asked either Gorsline
or Mrs. Clarke about this accusa-
tion, o4t Senator Alexander
Simpson, special deputy attorney
general. said today be intended
to go into this phase Of the prpbe
deeply.
: GorsIine will be confronted with
Mills at Someryille. Senator Clar-
ence Case, one of the attorneys of
the Hall ''BiIlion dollar defense"
will be asked to be present. Mott
also may be asked to attend. Mrs
Clarke, who has been questioned
previously, probably will be re-
called.
During the proceedings before
the grand jury. Mills is said to
have named both Gorsline and Mrs.
Clarke as the persons who prob
ably turned his wife's letters over
to Mrs. Hall 1t was said at that
time this question was asked Mills
by Mott:
Both Gorsline and Mrs. Clarke
have an equal interest in the mat.
ter, he to break Up relations be
tween your wife and Mr.. Hall and
she to break up relation on her
own account. You don't know that,
do your"
Mills is said to have replied:
1T sounds logical all right
haven't any doubt of it now
Both Gorsline and Mrs. Clarke
admitted having had keys to the
church.
Lawyer Denies Story
The story that Gorsline had ad-
mitted turning over. the letters TO
Mrs. Hall was told yesterday after an
attorney associated with the Hall
'billion-dollar defense" had been
quoted as saying that Gorsline had
told him he had given the letters to
Mills. The attorney, named as Sen.
ator Case, subsequently denied he
had made such a statement.
The reported statement in respect
to Mills was regarded as an attempt
to fix upon Mills. and probably Gors-
line. responsibility for the murders
Those familiar with the investiga-
ton believed a similar attempt to
fasten the crime upon Mills might
be looked for at any time during
the present inquiry. Mills himself
made 1t clear that he relieved such
an event entirely probable and he
recalled the grilling and nvestiRa-
tions he received from Azariah Beck
man, now deceased. then prosecutor
or Somerset county.
Gorsline at the time Of the in.
quiry was openly accused Of having
attempted TO win the affections Of
Mrs. Mills from DR.. Hall He de.
MED this, saying she had attempted
ito Vanp" him.
May Have Spurned Him
His startling admission that he
and Miss Catherine Rastall were .n
De Russey's Lane the night Of tho
killing and that he and MissA Ras.
tall had been friendly. tended to fix
the truth OF the assertion that he
was interested in Mrs. Mills himself
and that she had spurned him.
Only upon some such hypothesis
It was pointed out, could Gorsline's
action as a moral censor toward
DIR. Hail be explained. One of the
points which will be taken up with
Gorsline today win be his action IN
respect TO both Mrs. Mills and DR.
Hall.
Gorsline's admissions and those
of Miss RastaIl threw something
like panic into the ranks of the
defense. A conference of all de
tense attorneys was held last night IL