New Britain herald., 1926-11-15
Admitted Her Love.

Why the difficulty in saying that word Ioved'?" the prosecutor re- marked.
 He had Mrs Barnhardt continue | her recital when she discovered the feeling her sister had for the min ister.
 T suspected her for some time. ; the witness said. She did not tell me In these exact words until after I had confronted her in the Sunday school room a year. or a year and q half before the killings.
 T came to New Brunswick to visit her and her husband told me she was at the church.
 T went into the Sunday school room and called Eleanor while walking toward the study.
 MT. Hall came out and said She's not in here, maybe she's in the | church."
 He went into the church with me to look for her. 1 When we returned. she came out ! of the study from which MT. Hall l had come a few minutes before. Her face was flushed and she said 1 Hello. She looked as If she had pulled her hat down over her head | hastily.
 We went into the study and MT. Hall went out after a couple of bot | ties of soda and some eclairs, and we l had lunch"
 After that she took me into her confidence. She told me she loved | him and that she used to meet him In Buccleuch park and that he would write letters to her"
 What did they do in the park ?'' Simpson demanded. Gave Him Sermon Ideas.
 "she used to give him ideas for sermons" the witness replied.
 Well did they do anything else but compose sermons on a park bench in broad daylight?' the prose- cutor asked.
 The witness did not know.
 Have you any reason for not wanting to testify?" was Simpsons next question.
 The witness said she had not.
 How did you know that she loved him ?" Simpson continued. T knew about the prayer he wrote for her." Mrs. Barnhardt re- piled
 When she was in the hospital he got up out of sick bed to go to her." the witness continued.
 Did you ever say anything to her about the wisdom or unwisdom of being so bold in a place the size of New Brunswick
 About a year before she was killed. told her it was unwise."
 What did she say?" "She replied that she didn't care who knew she loved Mir. Hall; she wasn't going to hide it from any one"
 When did she tell you that?"
 Seven or eight months before her death."
 Did she ever visit you in Pater- son?"
 She came to my house right after her operation, stayed all night and went to New York the next day to meet MT. Hall who was taking her to a show"
 Mrs. Hall UnfriendIy.
 'Did she ever say anything about Mrs. Hall?"
 She said Mrs. Hall was unfriend- ly."
 This answer was stricken out by agreement of the court and counsel for both sides.
 Did you ever sec Mrs Hall and Mrs. Mills together?"
 Tn a crowd, yes"
 How did Mrs. Hall act?"
 They were friendly at one time about three years before the mur- ders."
 When did you last see them to- gether?"
 About year and half before the murders. The guild was going to Bound Brook to hold services at d home for the aged. I was visiting Eleanor. When we arrived at the church several people who had fur nished cars to take us to the home were standing around. Mr. Hall put Eleanor and me in his car. Mrs. Hall walked up to the car, saw us there, walked back and forth and then rode in another car"
 She was very angry at MT. Hall for having placed us in the car,' the witness asserted several times.
 Mrs. Barnhardt's testimony as 10 conversations with Mrs. Mills was given over continued objection of counsel for the defense.
 Signs of Jealousy.
 Asked if she had ever again seen Mrs. Hall show signs of jealousy, Mrs. Bernhardt said she recalled an other occasion, during a Halloween party at the minister's church, when Mrs. Hall showed signs of jealou- sy."
 "She stayed away from the others explained the witness when asked to describe Mrs. Halls ac- tions.
 The prayer, which the minister wrote for Mrs. Mills while she was in a hospital several months before the murders, was introduced in tho form of a photostatic copy. but the court ruled that it could not be pre- scented, after defense counsel had contended the state had made no proper search for the original. Ii was brought out that the original copy of the prayer was gotten from Mrs. Barnhardt by New York newspaper.
 Over objection Of the defense, Mrs. Barnhardt was allowed to ex- plain that the letters ID. T. L.", which the Rev. MT. Hall signed to his notes 10 Mrs. Mills, were the German words meaning Thy true love"
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