Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-25
IN Lean CIYESLECAL STORM.
TESTIMONY INDELAYS HALL
TRIAL OF FALL MILLS TRIAL.

SOMERVILLE, y. J., Nov. "a CR-
Clouds of argument hanging over
the Hall-Mlls case during the after
noon today came to head just be-
fore adjournment and sent the trial
into eclipse over Thanksgiving in 4
legal storm.
Efforts by tho defense to use Henry
De La Bruyere Carpendor as a wit
ness to discreGn Mrs. Jane Glbson's
story, told as a states witness, pre-
cipitated clash between lawyers
tha. was not decided when court ad
journed for the holiday, Carpenter,
n New York broker, is cousin of
the three defendants on trial, and is
unde indictment with them for the
murder Of Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills. lie
is awaiting separate trial.
The defense plan to place in the
record and before the jury his state
ment that he was not on the Phil
lips farm, or near DeRussey's Lane,
on the night of September IA, 1922.
when Mrs. Mills and the Rev. Ed
ward w. Hall were slain, drew en-
phatic protest from the state.
Justice Charles w. Parker, prcsid-
ing, took the problem of the com
petencO of the testimony under ad
visement, a decision being expected
Friday, when court reeonvenes.
The afternoon session was started
with an exchange between the state
and defense counsel over cross ex-
animation Of finger print experts
who testified yesterday for the de-
Tense.
The result was postponement Of
the cross examination scheduled for
this afternoon of J. Fl. Taylor, Fred
erick Sandberg and Gearhard Kuhne,
defense finger print experts, until
Friday morning, when Simpson said
they will be cross examined or not
at all.
The defense sent % witnesses 90
/ the stand during the day, exclusive
of Willie Stevens, who began testify
ing yesterday, and completed his tes-
timony in seven minutes today.
Carpenter, looking like the Wall
Street broker he is went to the stand
to find objections hating his answers
before the testimony had proceeded
many minutes.
He was permitted by the court, over
objection by the state, to say that
he is under Indictment. as are the
defendants on trial, and stated his
relationship, cousin, to them.
He said, in reply to a question as
to when he had been in the home of
Mrs. Hall, prior to September a.
1922, that his last visit was in the
spring of that, year, but added that
Il l,o a.
time and had not returned to New
Brunswick until Labor day.
The next question was the last
"Were you on the Phillips farm,
or in DeRussey Lane, on the night of
September IA, 1922, when Mrs. Glib
son has testified she saw you there?"
asked Clarence f. Case, of defense
counsel.
sI was not" the witness replied
before the argument got under way.
The jury was then excused and the
rest of the session was taken up
with debate as to the admissibility
of the testimony.
The witnesses used today to attack
the prosecutions case included sew
eral clergymen, who said that Mrs
Hall had no scratch on her face at
the time of her husbands funeral,
as testified by hearse driver and
newspaper pho ographer. The state
has contended that struggle pre-
ceded the Staying.
A daughter in disagreement with
the testimony of her mother devel-
oped when Mrs. Mabel D. ClicknAr
said she was riding in an automo-
bile with her mother, Mrs. Mary De-
n1arest, at time when Mrs. Demar-
. est had testified she saw Ralph ".
NJ Gorsline and Mrs. Mnna Clark
Spying on Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills,
The state contends that Mrs. Clark
carried to Mrs. Hall stories of her
I husbands affairs with Mrs. Mills, and
that Mrs. Halls Jealousy and hate"
prompted the Staying.
Robert Erling, who won name
for chivalry during the presentation
of the states case when he gave the
/ name OF girl companion on ride
through DeRussey's Lane on the
night of the killing only when forced
, to do so by the court, was disputed
today. Mrs. Jennie Waller, who. as
an unmarried woman rode with him,
said they drove through the lane,
but did not stop.
Erlings testimony was that The
automobile in which they were rid
ing was at q standstill when Mrs.
Jane Gibson rode by on her mule.
Mrs Waller sa.d she did not witness
! 10 81 nf Gibson