Evening star., 1926-11-15
MRS. MILLS LOVE
FOR HALL ALWAYS
OPEN, SAYS SISTER
Cared More for His Little
Finger Than Husband,
She Tells Jury.
AFFECTION EXPRESSED
CHILDREN, SHE AYERS
Prosecution Considers Taking Pig
Woman" Into Court Wednes-
day on Stretcher.
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COURTHOUSE, SOMERNILLE. y.
a., November 15.-Airs. Elsie Barn
lardt, sister of Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills,
slain with the Rev. Edward w. Hall,
said on the witness stand today that
her sister told her that she loved Mr..
Jiall's little finger more than her hus-
bands whole body.
TeStfy1ng as a States witness at
the trial Of Mrs Frances Stevens Hall
end her brothers, Henry and Willis
Stevens charged with Mrs. Mills
murder, Mrs. BaInhardt said that
Mrs Mills had taken her into her
confidence in telling Of her love for
the rector of the church where Mrs.
Mills was g. member Of the choir.
Repeated Before Children.
Eleanor told me she loved Mr..
Halls little finger more than jim $
whole body" the witness said. Jim
is James Mills husband Of the slain
woman.
Later Mrs. Barnhardt added that
her sister repeated the statement in
the presence of Mills and their two
children, Carlotte and Daniel.
She said it several times," Mrs.
Barnhardt testified.
Her sister met her warning that her
friendship with the minister was un-
wise with the reply: Il don't care who
knows L love Mr.. Hail." said the
witness.
The witness told of "the last bench
in Buccleugh Park" as q place her
sister told Of meeting Rev. Hall land
helping him with his sermons"
Somewhere on Easton avenue
WAS another meeting place, she said,
and another was in New York. "
Robert II. McCarter of defense
counsel said today that a conVersa-
ton he was reported as having had
with q Juror in the case was in fact
conversation the juror had with him.
At the opening of court today
there were rumors that a mistrial
might be ordered, that Charlotte
Mills had seen Mr.. McCarter talk
ing to juror and that something
would be done about it officially.
McCarter Explains Talk.
Mr.. McCarter said to the Asso-
ciated Press:
I'm the courtroom Saturday morn
ing before court opened l was sitting
at counsels table talking to Mr..
Studer, one of my associates. Mr..
Tillman, one of the jurors, with a
court official, came up to our table
and said he was the juror whose
brother had died and that ne wanted
to speak to one of the presiding
judges, and asked if we knew where
the judges were.
Both Studer and l expressed re-
gret at his trouble and l said l had
not seen Justice Parker. but that
Judge Cleary had just gone out Of
the room. This was the entire incl
dent and 1t was overheard by the
court official in charge OF the jury"
Edward S. Tillman yesterday. ac-
companied by bailiffs, attended the
funeral OF his brother, Ulysses Till
man. at Raritan.
Court StenOgrapher Testifies.
The State called to the stand as
its first witness Of the day, James
A. Mckeever, a stenographer of
Hudson County, who took down a
statement made by former Sheriff
Bogart T. Conklin of Somerset
County to officials who last Summer
were investigating the slayings.
Mckeever was called by ProSecu-
tor Simpson in an attempt to bring
out alleged discrepancies between
the testimony given by Conklin on
the witness stand Saturday and the
statement which he made before the
trial. The first question asked the
witness by Simpson was objected to
by Defense Counsel Case. resulting in
clash, during which Simpson
stated that the defense had intimated
that he was manufacturing evil
dence.'
Case replied that he made no such
1t L.,
he had made was that Simpson had
pretended surprise at Conklin's
testimony, whereas the prosecutor
knew perfectly Well what the wit
ness testimony would be.
Crowds besieged the courtroom
doors for entry this morning. as on
all other days of the trial. Mrs. Hall
and her brothers entered the court
room several minutes before the trial
resumed, sitting quietly and occasion
ally speaking a few words TO their
lawyers as preparations were made
for another day in court.
Taxi Driver Called.
Alfred Butler. New Brunswick taxi
cab driver testified that on the morn
ing Of the day the bodies We're found
he saw Henry Carpenter come from
the Hall house with a bundle under
one arm and three or four boxes un-
der the other. He said he thought
the boxes contained business papers
and that Carpenter placed them in a
large green car and drove away.
Senator Case on CroSS-eXamlnatlon
drew from the witness the admission
that he made only a very casual
inspection of what was taking place.
The taxi driver said he was busy
making change for a passenger whom
he delivered at the house. He could
not describe the car other than to
saw it was a large green machine
and admitted that he was SO busy
with his passenger that he did not
see it drive away.
The defense began hammering early
today at activities OF the Jersey City
police in the investigation which led
TO the indictment of Mrs. Hall and
her brothers.
McKeever. who preceded Butler on
the stand had been called by the
State to sustain the contention that
former Sheriff Conklin made certain
statements TO police under oath and
then refused to sign the transcript
os these statements.
Nckeeyer acted both as stenog-
rapher and as Supreme Court exam
;ner in the police investigation, in
that he administered oaths. Shown
a CODY of the statement which Sher1n
C'onklin was alleged TO have made
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