New Britain herald., 1926-11-08
DEFENSE SCORES IN TRIAL TODAY
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story of today and his recital las AuguSt

1 August.
 Had To Name Girl. 1 Ehrling. who changed his jot l from the drivers seat on truck tc a machine shop ill New Brunswick where he Is now a millwright, was embarrassed in the early stages ot tes testimony but a successful insist ence that he give the name of his companion in De Russey's lane, whom he referred to as "a girl He had to give her name of Jennie Lenfort," but was sustained in a refusal to disclose her married l name.
 | Cross examination of Frederick Dre%en, fingerprint expert, develop | ed that the card now offered in evi- | dence as showing Willie Stevens fingerprints, was taken by him to the office of a New York newspaper , where it was photographed. Efforts to introduce burial statis- 1 tics of the slain rector and choir singer were abandoned temporarily while Walter R. Scott, assistant register of vital statistics, was on the stand. Saw Couple In N. Y. c. Russell Gildersleeve, of Jersey City, N. J.. first witness called to- day, testified that he saw the late Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, pastor of one of New Brunswick's leading churches, in New York city in 1921, I, with Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, choir singer in his church. The witness said this was more than a year before the minister and Mrs. Mills were found slain on the Philips farm near New Brunswick. Gildersleeve. once lay reader in the Rev. MT. Halls churck was called immediately after the trial, now in it's second week, was resum- cd this morning.
 Did you see the Rev. Mir Hall and Mrs. Mills in New York?" asked Alexander Simpson. special prosecu- tor conducting the trial for the state.
 "Yes," answered the witness.
 "When?"
 Tn the summer of 1921"
 "Where?"
 "At Broadway and Forty-Ninth street" "
 The states purpose in calling Gil- dersleeve was to reinforce its prevl- ous testimony to show that the love affair between the Rev. MT. Hall and his choir singer was generally known long before the double slay- ing, and that Mrs. Hall knew of the affair.
 Saw Mrs. Gibson.
 Robert E. Ehrling of New Bruns- wick, second witness today and the 25th in the case testified he saw Mrs. Gibson in DeRussey's lane on the night of the killings.
 "Astride her mule, she pulled up beside my car, which was parked in the lane. puased for minute and then went on towards her home,' he said.
 He testified that he had known the woman pig raiser for several years through delivering laundry work to a woman who lives on her place.
 The state was overruled when 1t to defend Ehrling's re- fusal to give the name of woman who was with him in the lane on that night. .....-
 "Who was with you asked Robert | McCarter. chief of defense counsel. !
 "A woman"
 "Who was with you?"
 "A girl"; was Ehrlings second 1 answer to the question, as he un- easily attempted to fence with the questioner.
 "Who was with yon?' came the question a third time while Simpson was on his feet objecting that the witness had twice answered the question. .....-
 Shields Woman's Name.
 "What was her name?" continued McCarter.
 "I refuse to give her name," re- piled Ehrling.
 "You'll have to give It," interposed Justice Parker.
 Twill you please give her name, the court has instructed you 10 give it." continued McCarter.
 Wait a minute" said Simpson, "I ask that the court hear the wit ness's reason for refusing. It may be a valid one"
 She's married now and has two children and husband" put in Ehrling hopefully.
 Justice Parker conferred with Judge Cleary sitting with him.
 "Was she married at that time?" asked the bench.
 "No," responded the witness.
 Are you married?'
 "No."
 "were you married at that time.'
 "No."
 "The court feels that you must give the name" ruled Justice Park er.
 "You'll have to give it, now that the court has ruled,' added Simp- son.
 Finally Gives Name.
 After attempts to understand what was mumbling, defense con- cluded that the name of the woman who was his companion in DeRu-- ,eys lane on the night of the killings vas Jennie Lenfort." Ehrling did not know the spelling of the name. Defense was overruled in an at empt to learn the girls married name.
 Ehrlng testified that he and the girl were in the lane from about s:3o to ! ?. m. on the night of the murders,
 Heard ON Noises.
 "Did you hear any shots?" askt | IcCarter.
 "No" answered the witness.
 "Did you hear any screams"
 "No"
 "Then you saw nothing unusual xcept the mule?"
 "rhe only unusllal thing I saw"