Evening star., 1926-11-18
Recognized Henry and An
other Man at Murder
Scene, She Says, Telling of
Screams and Pistol Shots.
AYERS SHE SAW WIDOW
WRINGING HER HANDS
Describes Conversation About
Letters" and An Order to LET
Co." and Also Declares That She
Saw Willie in Car Parked Near
De Russeys Lane.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
COURTHOUSE, Somervile. n. j.,
November l8-"I told the truth, so
help me God, and you know it" Jane
Gibson screamed as she was being
placed on a strctcher TO be taken
from the courtroom. after teStifying
in the Hall Mills case today.
AS she cried You know it. she
waved her hand III the general dlrec-
ton OF the three defendants, Mrs.
Frances Stevens Hall and her two
brothers, Henry and William Stew
ems, who sat without change of ex
preston as the woman's cry sounded
i'll the stiffness of the courtroom.
Justice Parker had ordered that a
passageway be cleared to the door
to permit the woman to be taken to
the courtroom.
The jury had moved from its seats
to leave an exit open Tor the
Strctcher bearers, but some OF the
members were crowded about an
antcroom door.
No word came from the bench, and
the defense said nothing as Mrs.
Gibson was taken away. Court then
recessed until 8 80 o'clock.
The woman farmer, introduced by
the State as an eyewitness of the
double killing, was brought to the
court in an ambulance from a Jersey
City hospital, and began her testi-
mony with a nurse sitting at the
edge of her bed and a physician at
the head.
She spoke in a low voice as she
started to tell her story, and the
court stenographers repeated her an
swcrs to the jury, but as She pro-
oceded her voice grew stronger, and
when she finished direct examination,
occupying 25 minutes, she could be
clearly heard.
Her story was substantially the
same as that she has previously told,
except that she said she saw Henry
Stevens at the spot after she had
previously seen Mrs. Hall and Willie
Stevens in sedan parked in De Rus
scys lane.
Tells Of Screams.
She declared that she heard voices
Of men and women and the words.
explain letters and several oaths
by men. An oath preceded the de-
mand. Let 60" she testified. She
then told OF four shots, which she de-
scribed as Bang. bang, bang"
Her recital Of screaming in woTn-
ans voice she emphasized with "Oh,
my: oh, my, what terrible screaming
Il seen a man and another man."
she said when she told of seeing
Henry Stevens. She was not asked
10 identify the Other man" She had
cJx S-ot6 hot Sh. GO n
,srpender at the scene. but the States
representative warned her not to say
who the other man was in her teS-
,jmony today. Henry Carpenter is
under indictment. but is not on trial
with his three cousins.
She said that she saw Willie
Stevens i'll the automobile, but not
at the spot where the humble OF
voices was heard. Mrs. Hall was
described as present later wringing
her hands.
Mrs Hall was asked to remove her
hat, which she did as the witness
was held up to make her identified
ticn.
Carried in on Stretcher.
With her face covered. shielding
her from the gaze of the onlookers,
Mrs Gibson was carried by three men
on a Stretcher through the lines Of
people into the courtroom lobby and
thence into the courtroom proper.
The white-capped nurse accom-
panied her patient into the courtroom
and stood by as she was transferred
from the stretcher to bed, resting di-
rectIy in front of the jury.
Willie Stevens, who had appeared
bored by the long wait. craned his
neck first to one side and then the
other.
The bed was wheeled around so that
the patient would face the judge. On
II Law a woman who was apparently
very i'll. She did not open her eyes
and responded to some word from the
nurse with a feeble nod.
The upper half of the bed was
raised so that Mrs. Gibson would be
almost in a sitting position. 1t was
lowered almost Immediately. as II TO
give her time TO regain strength for
The ordeal just ahead.
Jury Is Brought In.
The fury was brought in at 11:20
and court opened at 1l:23.
.tThe State produces the witness.
lane Easton, and asks to have her
sworn" Prosecutor Simpson an
nounced. A Bible was carried to her
COT, the COfCLS dAuo IA ooNTA AZ eA@As SHNS
might touch II.
DO you solemnly swear" began
the court attendant, and Mrs. Gibson
replied: II do very feebly.
Jane Gibson" the court crier
announced.
Jane Easton," Simpson corrected.
where were you on the night of
Sentember "a, 1922" Simpson asked.
AT home" she replied.
Mrs. Gibson told how she had been
robbed of corn and when she heard
her dog barking the night of Septem-
her II, 1922. she went outside her
house. She then heard a wagon stop
in the middle of her corn field, she
said. and suspecting it as being the
wagon Of the thieves. she saddled her
mule, Jenny, and went to follow the
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