Evening star., 1926-11-28

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This was between and 7:3o o'clock.
she said.
"Was there anything peculiar about
the way he stood there?"
mo"
Mrs. Halls voice was calm as she
described the circumstances under
which she last saw her husband alive.
After he had gone, she said. she
took Frances Voorhees, and put her
to bed. about 9 o'clock. Then. Mrs.
Hall said, she went back downstairs
and sat in the library.
Mrs. Hall said one Of the maids al
ways closed the shutters in her home
about 10 o'clock at night.
Heard Maid Come I'm.
She said she could not recall the
closing of the shutters that particu'
lar night, but that she seemed to re-
member that either Barbara Tough or
Louise Geist had closed the shutters.
Mrs. Hall said she heard Barbara
Tough when she came in the back
door, after her day or.
A milkman testified for the State
that on the morning after the crime
he had to close a door blocking the
driveway back Of the Hall home. Mrs.
Hall said there was no door opening
into the driveway.
where was Willie that EVENING""
asked McCarter. ,
HE went to his room after sup
per, then came down again and said
good might before going to bed"
did you communicate by telephone
or in any other manner with Henry
Carpender that EVENING""
mo"
did you communicate with Henry
Stevens?"
mo"
Mrs. Hall said she hadn't seen Henry
Stevens later than in the Summer of
1922.
"What time did you retire that eve-
ning?" asked McCarter, referring to
the night of the murder.
about 10 o'clock"
Lights Left Burning.
Mrs. Hall said she left the lights
in the hall on, as was the custom
when some member Of the family was
still out.
..Rsa "Pia you go to oed'"
Ibid you sleep?"
'No; read for while. I couldn't
sleep. was worried about my hus.
band"
Mrs. Hall related that when her
husband had failed to come home,
after hours, she went to the room of
Willie Stevens about 2:30 am.
II told him Mr.. Hall had not come
home, and I didn't know where he
could be. asked him to go to the
church with me to see If he had pos
sibly fallen asleep there"
Mrs. Hall said she wore long gray
coat on the trip to the church with
Willie. This coat, she explained, was
not the one that was subsequently
dyed in Philadelphia. The gray coat,
McCarter brought out, had been taken
by the investigators of the crime.
II tried the door Of the church, but
it was locked. I thought there might
be some possible chance that he was
at the Mills house. I went there, but
saw no light and came back"
"How long did it take you to make
the trip?"
LESS than a half hour"
"Was Willie with you?"
"He was"
Cali the time?"
eyes"
Ibid you go into your house by the
front door?"
eyes"
"What did you do them"
II went to my room; I did not sleep
all night"
The witness lip quivered and it
seemed that she might not be able to
hold back her tears.
"Was Willie in his room all night?"
HE was"
Telephones to Police.
On the next morning Mrs. Hall said
she telephoned the police at about
7:30, asking if there had been any ac-
cidents. and was informed to the
contrary. She said she did not think
it necessary to give her name and
was not asked for it.
"I thought my husband might have
been injured in some way and was
unable to communicate with me-" she
said.
Later. I don't remember whether
it was before breakfast or after, I
drove past the church, the door was
open, and I can't remember whether
saw James Mills before stopped the
car or not. He came out and I asked
him If any one was i'll at his house.
He said there was not.
"Then I asked him if Mr.. Hail said
where he was going when he left the
Mills house the night before. He said
he did not know that Mr.. Hall had
been there"
"t'He hasn't been home all night I
said. My wife hasn't been home
either he replied; maybe they've
gone to Coney Island"
did he say anything about their
having eloped?" McCarter asked.
NO" she replied.
Continuing her story of events on
the day after her husbands disappear
ance, Mrs. Hall said she telephoned
Mr.. Halls sister, Mrs. Voorhees,, in
Jersey City, and met both Mrs. Voor
hees and another sister, Mrs. Bonner
of New Brunswick, at the railroad sta
ton in time to bring them home for
lunch.
Sees Mills Again.
On the way to her house, she said,
she told them what had happened.
asked him if he had heard anything
and he said that he had not.
McCarter attempted to get into the
record that Mrs. Hall and the rec
tors sisters, on looking over his
checkbook that afternoon, had discOv..
cred that a large sum Of money had
been withdrawn.
Mrs. Hall said that the checkbook
had been taken from her home by
some of the investigators four years
ago and had not been returned.
Have you seen it since?" McCar-
ter asked
II have not" she replied.
did you telephone Senator Flor
ance?"
II did"
For what purpose?'
Simpson objected and McCarter as.
serted that the State had brought in
testimony to the effect that this lady
lay supinely by" and made no effort
to learn what had become of her hus-
band.