Evening star., 1926-11-28

'You didn't hear anything?" asked
Simpson. quickly, returning again to
the telephone call made in the eve
ming.
mo"
"This marriage to DR.. Hall; It was
your first marriage?"
"Yes."
"At the time you were engaged to
him was he engaged to another
woman?"
NO"
"Your brother Henry did not at
tend your wedding. did he?"
"Didnt you tell authorities that he
was away. when as a matter OF fact
he was only in Philadelphia"
"YeS."
"As q matter Of fact he was only
in Philadelphia, wasn't he?"
Eyes"
"During all the time that DR.. Hall
was pouring out his heart to this
woman in his letters, telling her that
he loved to hear her dear voice. that
he did not know what he would do
without her, there was no change in
his affection toward your"
Absolutely not"
"He was pouring out his heart to
her, telling her how he loved to look
into her eyes, yet he never changed
in his devotion toward you?"
"He did not"
HE was always loving and affec.
tionate?"
"Yes."
Saw Mrs. Mills Letters.
''You say your husband received
two letters from Mrs. Mills while you
and he were on vacation In 1927"
Eyes"
did you read those letters?"
II saw them"
"Do you remember that you told
newspaper men in 1922 that he had
not received those letters?"
II know that he received two let
church work."
How did she address him in those
letters?"
"As Rev. Mr.. Hail."
did you see anything that he
wrote in reply?"
II did not"
"And you say all you did on the day
after the murders was to ask police If
there had been any accidents?"
"I phoned Mr.. Halls sisters"
"Why didn't you phone your brother
Henry?"
HE had no telephone"
"Why didn't you telegraph him,
when you were in trouble and this hus
come home? Did you communicate
with him?"
II did not"
"Why didn't you stop in some hos
pital and ask If he had been brought
there?"
"I thought would have been noti.
fed"
"You didn't think the accident was
such to make his Identification impos
sible?"
NO.
Explains Lack of Reward.
"And all you did was to telephone
Mr.. Halls sisters from q place out
side your home?"
Simpson stressed the fact that the
witness had not offered a reward.
what reason have you for not Of.
fering reward for the arrest of the
murderers of these people?" he
asked.
"It would have been indecent"
The prosecutor scoffed at the reply
and repeated the question to get the
same answer.
Mrs. Hall denied that she knew
anything Of firearms and said she had
not said that she could "shoot the
heads off rattlesnakes."
Just as court adjourned until Mon
day Simpson was about to question
the witness about an alleged CONVEX
sation with Prosecutor Toolan of
Middlesex County.
The morning session was occupied
with widely scattered testimony, the
defense losing a fight to get into the
record documents relating to CORE
spondence between Timothy N. Pfeif.
fer, attorney for Mrs. Hall, and the
attorney general Of New Jersey. in
1922 and 1923. Mr.. Pfeiffer was used
Mrs. Hall and her agents to help solve
the crime. The State has charged
that the defendants did not cooperate
with the authorities in the investiga.
ton.
StenOgraphers on Stand.
Mrs. Annie Bading, stenographer
for Ellis Parker. detective. testified
that in a conservation with Parker
James Mills, husband Of the slain
woman, indicated that he knew OF
Mrs. Mills affection for Mr.. Hall.
Felix d1 Martini, private detective
who was employed by Mrs. Hall as
an investigator in 1922 and 1923, was
recalled to the witness stand for brief
questioning. He was asked If he had
told a man in New York that he had
seen Mrs. Jane Gibson. He had testi
fled yesterday that he had not seen
her. He said today that he told the
New York man that he had not seen
her.
Di Martini's status will not be dis
posed of for the present. He was ad.
mitted to bail in $4,000 yesterday on
a charge Of being an accessory after
the fact Of the murder Of Mr.. Hall and
Mrs. Mills, with a possibility of a
further hearing today on q motion
Of his counsel to dismiss the complaint
An agreement was reached to permit
the case to go over until the present
trial Is concluded.