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SOMERVILLE, N. J., Aug.
.21.-Indictments are being
sought today against two
New York City private detec-
tives for planting = the pis-
tol found in Philadelphia, sup
posed to have been used in
the Hall-Mills murders, Special
Prosecutor Simpson announced.
Simpson Pushing Action
Simpson, exasperated BY what
he believes was deliberate at
tempt to throw him off the scent
in the strange crabapple tree
murder mystery by dragging .
false clue across the trail, viii
take speedy punitive action to
prevent any obstruction of justice.
Knows Gun Was PLANTED
II know that the gun was
planted" Simpson asserted. This
was learned definitely by detectives
working In Philadelphia. It was
planted BY operatives Of q New
York detective agency In the I'M
teresk of certain people concerned
in the case and with the object
OF throwing me of the seem"
Investigators pointed out today
that the .32-calibre bullets which
ended the lives Of the Rev. Edward
Hall and Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills,
his choir singer "soulmate." near
New Brunswick, could not fit in
the bore of the .25-calibre Spanish
automatic found in Philadelphia.
Touching on the newest angle In
the fight to indict Mrs. Frances
Stevens Hail, the rector's widow;
her brother, Willie Stevens. and her
cousin, Henry De La B. Carpenter,
for the dual murders, Senator Simp-
son said he believed that a private
detective was interested in making
it appear that gunmen murdered
DR.. Hall and Mrs. Mills.
Missing Brooch Sought
Recovery of the brooch found on
the Phillips farm near the old
crabapple tree, where DR.. Hall and
Mrs. Mills were found slain, was
sought today by Senator Simpson.
The brooch was turned over to
woman living at Highland Park
by County Detective Fred David.
four years ago. week after the
murders.
Edward fierce, owner of the Tea
Pot Inn. near New Brunswick,
found the brooch.
fierce told the special prosecutor
he found the brooch on the farm
the day after the murder and
turned it over to David.
He said it was apparently an
emblem Of an Episcopal women's
guild and contained a crucifix.
Not Mrs. Mills Pin
The brooch was found not five
feet from the door of the Phillips
And, according to
Jimmy Mills, it. was not the prop
erty Of, the murdered woman.
It was rich, perhaps an heirloom.
not the sort of thing the janitor's
wife would wear. And Special
Prosecutor Alexander Simpson to-
day instructed his investigators to
find out If it belonged to Mrs. Hall.
The fact that it is missing, he be-
lieves, is significant.
Tierce was taken into custody
ty Simpson and Chief Patrick
Hayes and Corporal Daily Of the
State Troopers yesterday and taken
to Somerville for questioning.
Entered House
81 went out to- the Phillips farm
that day with a banker friend and
his wife and son." Tierce said. Eve
went through the house. There
was a light still burning in the hail.
Probably it had been burning since
night. the night of the
murder. This house was used as
l trysting place by DR.. Hall and
Mrs. Mills. And by others, I guess.
IA Brooklyn woman was the
She must have fled
lust after the murder. At any rate,
he bankers wife found a little
heap mirror in the house and kept
t as a souvenir. The banker found
/ toy pasteboard mailbox. probably
he one in which the guilty pair
Kept their love letters. And he kept
hat.
Picked Up Brooch
"I picked up the brooch as left
he place 1t was smaller than 3
lalf-dollar and oval In shape. It
,oasted some marvellous gold fill.
gree work. And the cross.
ION Monday gave the brooch to
county Detective Ferd David, and
haiti the last ! ever heard or saw
+ it. kave David's receipt for it."
David, it is declared, never
urned in that brooch to the prose-
tutors of Middlesex or Somerset
ounties. There is no mention OF
t in the records Qf the case or In
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