The Washington times., 1926-08-04
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sion of them after they were found
beneath q pillow"
zone OF the most important things
che State must do, Mr.. Simpson
continued. is to get back the re-
volver it surrendered to Willie
Stevens, Mrs. Halls brother"
THE bullets that killed the min.
lister ana Mrs Mills, ]" he said, were
Of a. caIiber thatrwonIds fit Williess
gun. e has been proved the firing
pin on that gun was filed down so
the gun would not explode.
eft was said at the time the gun
was given the police that the pin
had been filed two years previous.
It has since been shown that it had
been filed down only two days be-
fore Il was turned over.
Mrs. Gibson has appealed to.
Simpson for protection. Somebody
threatened to kill her, she said,
and poisoned 40 OF her chickens.
State troopers were posted at her
home
incidentally, Mrs. Gibson.s story
which some perbpns are attempt
ing to dikcredit, has been sub.
Stimulated lby two others, accord
ing TO 9 telegram sent to StWps0n
by Governor Moore
The Senator believes The fact
that the love letters that had been
written to Doctor Hall by Mrs.
Mis- were sprinlSled over the
bodies is significant.
Love Notes Clue
Mrs. Gibson heard some Elan
aay Here are the - letters, or
'these letters" Simpson haid.
"And the letters were found with
the bodies. Now Doctor Hall had
come out Of his own house that
night And SO had the letters.
But he didn't carry them there.
It ii highly improbable that a mar.
rIed man and q minister Of the.
gospels would carry around with
him letters written by q woman not
his wife"
The Senator finds that the case
was hopelessly and sinisterly bung-
led in the first investigation.
IF the case had been properly
gone into" he said, "and the many
suspects had been jailed, many facts
would have been brought TO light
that have remained buried the last
four years. Some of the officials
who handled the case viii have TO
be interviewed-if we have 70 sub.
poena them to make them talk.
zone of them has boasted that we
won't get anything from certainl
woman witness because she viii talk
to nobody but him."
May Ask Change of Venue
He said it was possible there
would be a request for change or
venue il the personnel of the Sep.
tember grand jury Is mot UP to ex.
pectations.
However, he is satisfied that any
ordinary grand jury will return in
dictments against a woman and
three men-two of them have beer
positively placed at the scene Of the
murder and at the time OF the
double Staying.
1t is improbable that the bodies
will be exhumed for further exsni
nation, he said, inasmuch as DR.
Z. I. Cronk, health commissioner OF
New Brunswick, said 1t would be
impossible to make any autopsy on
them after the four years that have
elapsed since they were buried.
Mr.. Simpson will confer with
Lieutenant Schwartz, finger.print
expert of the Newark police force,
today. Lieutenant Schwartz was
asked by the Somerville authori-
ties in the previous investigation to
examine for finger prints the col.
lar worn by the minister.
However, as soon as he started
his work. eShe was dismissed-mys.
teriously. and with no good expIa-
nation.
The coIlar-w was given UP to the
authorities and seems to have van
ished.
A visiting card which was found
in the dead mans shoe has also
disappeared, 1t il said, and the
name 1t bore has never been dis
Mrs. Hall. arrested last week.
charged with the murders, and re
leased on bail OF $4,000, kept t.
her home today. spending the day
perhaps. In reading her mall. Since
the case has been revived she has
received letters from all over the
country. sometimes as many as loo
q day.
Statement by Simpson
Mr.. Simpson gave the following
statement to the press:
Amy reasonable murderer ought
10 be satisfied with four years in
which TO get away-f. in addition
the State authorities, as a. pre-
lin1inary to the lapse Of four years.
acted as follows:
L. "Took the eyeglasses OF the
murdered man, whicII were found
In position on his face after the
nlurdef-WiIere they must have
been handled by the murdererS--.