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structed to visit the scene of the
crime. He said that counsel should
not be permitted to accompany the
jury, but it was assumed that the
defendants and the necessary court
attendants would be with the Jurors.
The court agreed to consider the
request.
Mrs. Jane Gibson. who claims to
have been an witness to the muir
ders. will go on the stand Friday. If
she has recovered sufficiently from
an Illness which caused her confine-
ment in Jersey City hospital, Simp-
son said.
DIR. Hegeman also discussed
he thought 1t was a bullet wound,
but later decided differently.
He testified he was dubious as to
the condition of the organs. because
he had no notes to refresh his mem
DRY.
Where are the notes." Simpson
asked.
Il turned them over to the prose
cutor."
And kept no office copy?"
mo-!
Opened Abdomen
DR.. Cront said he opened the alb
domen of Mrs. Mills to determine her
condition.
Did anybody ask you to 20 to
an undertaking parlor and open up
Mrs. Mills body" asked Simpson.
No"
why did you do it. them"
THE undertaken asked me to
Identify the body"
You weren't told by an attorney
for Mrs. Hall to open Mrs. Mills and
see If there was life in her body?"
mo"
We'll why did you cut her open?"
Il didn't. She had already been
slit open. l merely removed the
| stitches"
Looking for Evidence
DR.. Crank said that he had found
concealed evidence such as bullets in
the head when he examined it and
looked in the abdomen for that
! reason.
Were there any organs missing?"
asked Simpson.
mo"
"EIad you been told an autopsy
had been held?'
Eyes
| "Did you believe ito"
NO"
DR.. Cronk then said he had exam
inted the body of Mrs. Mills because
he realized no autopsy had been
held and decided the prosecutor
should be told of the woman's con-
dition.
lie examined Mrs. Mills on Sun
day and told Prosecutor Strykes on
Monday the witness said.
Let me get this straight" said
Simpson. You opened the wound
in Mrs. Mills abdomen without any
one telling you to do so?"
Yes" said the witness.
Yes" said the witness, and added
that her condition was not abnormal.
mo"
Were you health officer of New
Brunswick at the timer"
YES"
"And your position probably had
something to do with your examina-
ton of the bodies?"
1T did"
DR.. Cronk was still on the stand
when court adjourned for lunch
George u. Totten, Somerset
County detective. previously exam
ined by the State, was called for
cross-examination as the days first
witness.
Totten was one Of the first men
on the scene after the bodies Of the
Rev. Hall and Mrs. Mills were seen.
did you say that there were
bloodstains on DR. Halls visiting
card found near the body?" asked
! Senator Case for the defense.
mo. said there were fly specks."
"Were other cards scattered
around the bodies?"
YES"
II suppose that the crowd at the
/ PHILIPS ldTHl pdSSeu dTOuilu eeiCH oD-
! ject as 1t was found"
Yes. that's about it,"
Senator Case asked Totten to de-
scribe once more the manner in
which the bodies lay under a crab
apple tree and what was done with
the clews collected at the time.
Saw No Finger Prints
Totten said no fingerprints were
visible when he first saw the card
or when, a few days after the
murder, he turned it over to the
authorities in New Brunswick.
There was a handkerchief and
powder puff found in the pocket of
scarf on Mrs. Mills body, Totten
said. The handkerchief has been