New Britain herald., 1926-11-04
G0RSuNE TELLS
 STORY ID JURY
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haN1ng been m the lane. lie ad- mitted being there after his con- panion had told investigators that she was with him and that they had heard shots fired. An indict- ment charging Gorsline with being an accessory after the fact was sought by Senator Simpson.
 Miss Rastall Called
 Miss Rastall followed Gorsline as a witness. She told virtually the same story of what took place in the lane, but when asked what she heard before the shots she said:
 "I heard mumbling voices in back of the car"
 Miss Rastall was calm and smiled now and then at counsel for de- fense and prosecution. She first told her story to her minister. who in- formed investigators.
 George Totten, former Somerset county detective, was on the stand when the recess for lunch was taken.
 Totten testified in direct examina- ton that the visiting card on which the state alleges Willie Stevens fin- serprlnts were found wasSpot lean- ing against Dr. Halls leN foot as was testified yesterday by Edward Garrigan.
 "Willie's" Case Strengthened 'It was standing up a few inches away" Totten said. "I think 1t was supported by a tuft of grass or a weed"
 The differences in the testimony of state witnesses on this point do not buttress the prosecutions con- tention that the card was placed here by Willie" Stevens so that Dr. Hall would be identified. Chart Intrduced
 A chart of the Church of St. John the Evangelist. of which the Rev. Mir. Hall was pastor. was the first evidence offered by the state.
 The chart was Identified by w. J. Berryman, map maker. as one he made after q study of the church.
 Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, widow of the slain pastor. and her broth CTS, Willie and Henry Stevens, who are on trial for the murder of Mrs Eleanor R. Mills, choir leader in Dr. Halls church. looked at the chart with evident interest. I. Irving Petit, present pastor of the church, described conditions in Dr. Halls study as he found them when he assumed the pastorate. The state then changed the course of the prosecution and put on the stand Mrs. Anna L. Hoag. Of East Orange, N. J.
 Heard Pistol Shots On September 14. 1922. the night of the murders. Mrs Hoag lived about 200 yards from the crabapple tree where the bodies of Dr. Hall and Mrs. Mills were found About ten o'clock that night, she said, she heard four pistol shots fired.
 Mrs. Hoag then testified that about \ year after the murders, and after she had moved to the Phillips farmhouse. where Rev. Dr, Hall and Mrs. Mills are said to have met, Henry Stevens came upon the porch and asked to be directed to Raritan. nearby town.
 T told him didn't know where Raritan was. but directed him to Easton avenue" Mrs Hoag said.
 Henry Was Hiking
 "He told me he was hiking, and didn't want to go on a street car. But he was immediately dressed and I could see that he had not been hiking. I never saw a man so excited He was very nervous.
 "I had my dog and I knew I was safe. He told me he had been in Florida and then suddenly he said: There was tragedy here. wasn't there?'
 T then jumped up and ran in the house and as he was walking down the road. he almost col lapsed.
 Under cross examination defense counsel brought out that 1t was not one. but two years after the mur- der that Henry Stevens came to Mrs. Hoag's home. When asked how she came to learn prior to see- ing Henry Stevens that he was the man who came to her house Mrs. Hoag replied that she had seen his picture in newspapers and thought they resembled the man.
 There were hundreds of curious coming to the Phillips farm, Mrs Hoag said, and all of them except this man were chased away by dogs.
 State Opens Case
 The state opened it's case yester- day with two surprise witnesses, whose testimony was intended to break down the alibi of Willie Stew ems. They were followed by a pho- tographer and Charlotte Mills, the daughter of the murdered woman.
 Investigators said Mrs. Gibson. q pig raiser who claims to have been nearby when the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Mills were slain in an abandoned orchard, would be the first witness to take the stand today. Alexander Simpson, special prosecutor, said however. that Mrs. Gibson became Ill last night and 1t was doubtful whether she could tell her story right away.
 Girl Identifies Letters
 Mrs. Gibson sat near Charlotte Mills during most of the session. When on the stand the girl identified a package of letters her mother had written to Dr. Hall. She also de- clared that Ellis Parker, a Burling- ton county detective, had attempted to get her to say r father was not at home on the night of the murder.
 The father. James Mills, sexton of Dr. Halls church. sat placidly chew ing gum while she testified. MT. n1 <A Io<