New Britain herald., 1926-11-24

defendants by tending to prove that Mrs. Mills took the letters to the trysting place, and that Mrs. Hall did not take them there from the Hall home. The letters found at the scene of the staying were those writ ten by Mrs. Mills to the Rev. MT. Hall.
 Case Suspended
 Pleading surprise" at the testi- mony of the witness under cross examination, that she wasn't certain it was package she saw under Mrs. Mills arm. MT. Case obtained per- mission to read Mrs. Blust's testi- mony at the preliminary hearing, at winch she had testified she was cer- tain it was "a small parcel" After hearing the excerpts from her previ- ous testimony. the witness said she still thought it was package.
 Denies Mothers Story
 Mrs Mabel Plickiner, the next witness, contradicted the testimony given for the state by her own moth- er Mrs. Mary Demarest, who said 
 and Mrs. Mills sitting on bench in Buccleugh park, and that Mrs. M. Clark and Ralph V. M. Gorsine, members of the clergyman's church, were spying on them. The state has contended that Mrs. Clark carried to Mrs. Hall stories of her husbands affair with the other woman. and that knowledge of this affair by Mrs. Hall prompted the murder.
 Case asked Mrs Plickner: Were you, in May or June, 1922, in an au- tomobile, in which your mother also was a passenger. and in the vicinity of Buccleugh park and see Mir. Hall and Mrs. Mills sitting on a bench, and Mrs Clark and MT Gorsline standing by the roadside?"
 T did not,' answered the witness.
 George Hubner, a New Brunswick policeman who patrolled Buccleugh park at the time of the staying. was called as witness also to assail the story of Mrs. Demarest. He said he had never seen the Rev. Mir. Hall and Mrs. Mills sitting on a bench in the park.
 1 No Spots on Coat
 Two persons who saw the coat which Mrs. Hall had dyed, testified there were no spots on it before 1t went to the cleaners.
 ! Two ministers swore they spoke to Mrs. Hall. one on the Sunday after | the killings, and the other on the day of the funeral. and both were positive there was no scratch on her face. They were supported by a neighbor who went to condole with ! Mrs. Hall shortly after the bodies were found
 l Mrs. Anna K. Bearman, a relative, testified that she could not have 1 helped remove papers from the Hall home on the day after the bodies 1 were found. since she did not leave 1 Scituate. Mass. her summer home, until a. m. of that day and did not arrive in New Brunswick until the next day.
 There was little cross examina- tion of these witnesses. Denies Seeing Mrs. Gibson
 Then came Mrs. Jennie Waller, a shy bashful little person, whose name Robert Erling, state witness, had attempted to keep out of the case, when he testified to having seen Mrs. Jane Gibson in De Rus sey's lane on the night of the kill ings. She was married in 1923. She said that with Erling she left her house about 9:30 p. m.. drove through the lane without stopping, saw no woman on a mule, went to Bound Bro k for a soda and return cd to her home, passing through the lane again and arriving at her home about 1l:S0 p. m.
 Prosecutor Bergen took up the | cross examination. 1
 His questioning was directed to | the point that it should not have { taken the girl and her companion i two hour, for the short ride.
 Bergen asked the witness If any one from the defense had talked to |! her and she replied, Mir. Watson. one of the defense counsel. She de- | ried that Watson suggested 10 her | that she was married now and it | would look bad for her to say that 1 she stopped with Erling in De Rus sey's lane.
 Assailing Mrs. Gibson's Story
 Willard Stout, testified that last August Erling said to him: Stout, ! if you will say that you were in De | Russey's Ian the night of Septeln- Der 14, 1922, you can get some money"
 On cross-eXamination Stout said he was in De Russey's lane the night of September IS, but denied ever telling police he was there on the night of September II.
 Fred David, now head of the de- tective bureau of the Middlesey county prosecutors office and one of the chief investigators of the crime soon after it was committed was called by the defense 10 make fur ther assault on the story told by Mrs. Gibson, and also to help the defense ill it's attempt 10 discredit the calling card introduced by the state as having been found at the scene of the crime and as bearing the fingerprint of Willie Stevens.
 David said the exhibits in the case had been turned over to him in the MiddleseX county prosecutors office, after they had been found at the scene of the crime.
 Among them was there a visit ing card of the Rev Mr. Hall?" asked Case.
 There were several" answered the witness.
 When they were turned over to you, did you examine them for fin gerprints?"
 "I did"
 With magnifying glass;"
 "Yes" !i
 SimpSOn objected that tho wifi