New Britain herald., 1926-07-29
WIFE ARRESTED
 IN HALL MURDER
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sworn out yesterday. They resulted from renewal of investigation. abandoned nearly four years ago. set in motion by an annulment suit filed in New York by Arthur s. Riehl.
 Riehl charged that his wife, for merly Louise Geist, who had been q maid in the Hall household. had ! deceived him as 10 her past rela- -tionship with MT. Hall, before he married her in 1924. In an unsworn statement Riehl said his wife had Z received s5.000 for silence in con- nection with the murder.
 Murder Was In 1922.
 The bodies of Mir. Hall and Mrs Mills were found September 1G. 1922. in an abandoned orchard near New Brunswick. They had been shot wis S2 ealiber automatic pistol an heir clothes neatly arranged as they lay side by side.
 A nearby vacant house was found to be completely furnished and showed signs of recent use. Love letters of the dead pair were found and published. Acquaintances de- clared that Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills contemplated eloping to Japan. h. dications were they had been in close embrace when shot. Authori- ties investigated on theory they had been killed by a jealous woman.
 Womans Throat Cut.
 This theory was strengthened up- on exhuming Of the bodies for more evidence, when 1t was found that Mrs Mills throat had been cut, she had been shot three times in con- trast with one shot for the clergy man, and her face had been scratched. It was recalled that his eyes had been closed, while Mrs. Mills had not.
 Attention was diverted by the ar rest of Clifford Hayes, 19, who was accused by Raymond Schneider of having shot them in mistake for Pearl Banner, 16, and her stepfath- CT. A fund was raised for the de- fense Of Hayes, a war veteran, and q detective who got the Schneider statement was attacked by 50 citi- xens.
 Schneider later retracted his charge and in December, 1922, was sentenced to two years in the re- formatory for perjury.
 Tells of Quarrel.
 Mrs. Jane Gibson, a farmers wife, said she had seen Mrs. Hall and a man quarrel with Mir. Hall and Mrs. Mills on the night of the murder. and that she saw the staying, Mrs. A. c. F'raley, a widow living with her daughter ill nearby farm house, corroborated parts of Mrs. Gibson's story.
 Mrs. Hall demanded that the grand jury hear her story. Her brother, Henry Stevens, named as the man with her, claimed an alibi. The grand jury examined 50 wit nesses and, despite the stories of Mrs. Gibson and Mrs. Fraley, took no action.
 Gets Church Fund.
 Bishop Paul Mathews of the Epis- COpdl ulUCtSS OL ANtN oSi9SJ' PtS tested against cruelty unjust insin- nations against Mrs Hall" The wealthy widow was given $500 an- nuity from the Episcopal pension fund.
 Mrs. Hall sailed for Europe in February, 1923. and returned more than year later.
 Upon her return Mrs. Hall lived quietly in her New Brunswick home until her arrest.
 Case is Reopened
 Riehls statement two weeks ago caused reopening of the investiga- tion said ''she (Louise Geist) was in the confidence of Dr. Hall and re- ferred to him as my old buddy She said that in 1922 Mir. and Mrs. Hall were not on good terms and re- spondent carried messages between them and that MT. Hall used to en- certain friends at the house known as Phillips farm, and that she her self had visited this house with pr. Hall alone.
 Details of Story "She said that Sept. 14, 1922, Dr. Hall left his home, taking large sum of money with him, and telling her to say to Mrs. Hall he would be