New Britain herald., 1926-08-16
WOMAN'S STORY
 BEING SUPPORTED
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some time after the murders. Sen- ator Simpson, shouting his state- ment, declared he wanted to know whether these detectives had been sent by Mrs. Hall. The defense de- manded that his allusion be made a part of the record to show al- leged animus on the part of sena- tor Simpson. Put it down twice!" Senator Simpson shouted.
 "Yes, you can put 1t down three times; 1 want it there!" Architect Is Called An architect who made the dia- grams of De Russey's lane, the spot where the crabapple tree stood, and physical objects that were men, toned Friday in the testimony of Jane Gibson, was the first witness called.
 His testimony fixes the distance from the sapling to which Mrs. Gib- son tied her mule to the crabapple tree. It was from a distance of 230 feet, he said, that Mrs. Gibson, polk ing her head through hedge, saw the scene she described Friday. i The promised corroboration of ! the testimony of Jane Gibson came when Henry F. Ehrling, a surprise witness, testified he was in De Rus sey's lane the night of September l IA, 1922.
 Carpenter and Stevens, showing | no effects of their stay in Somerset county jail were brought into the court room through a tunnel that l connects the jail and court. Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, charged with the murders equally with her wealthy cousin and her eccentric brother. is affected by testimony adduced, but she waited similar hearing.
 Carpenter Unfiinching 1 One by one, like characters from an old thriller, the figures en- tered the court room. Carpenter, a shrewd and gentlemanly looking man with eyes that never finch, seated himself unconcernedly beside his queer" cousin. His eyes did not flicker when Mrs. Jane Gibson, woman pig raiser, pointed him out in court Friday as a man she. saw at the crabapple tree about the time she heard four shots fired. He smiled at her.
 "Willie" Fumbles About
 Willie seated beside Carpenter fumbled with handkerchief and stared in undisguised wonder at those who testified. He is stocky and his bushy hair and mustache give him an exotic appearance.
 The court room rapidly filled. The clock was stopped. and as tipstaff wound and started it. the motley spectators stared in lethargic curiosity.
 The pig woman," as Jane Gib- son calls herself passed through the court room, evidently pleased by the interest the crowd takes in her comings and goings. The crowd was composed chiefly of reporters and camermen.
 Photos Are Taken
 The cameramen were given permis- sion to take photographs in the court room. Friday they worked industriously. They were kept from photographing the principals for many days. Now they can shoot them as often as they please: but Judge Cleary will not permit fash lights and today is dark.
 A gentle summer rain falls out side, and the court room has the musty smell of farmhouse garret. The court room is cluttered with the paraphernalia of criminologists huge charts. sketches and dia- grams, all for use in checking Jane Gibson's story.
 Old Witnesses Called
 A man once accused of the mur- der of Rev. Hall and Mrs. Mills also was on today's list of witnesses against the three persons now charged with that crime.
 Clifford Hayes, 20 years old at the time the rector and his pretty choir leader were slain, and accused by his companion. Raymond Schneider, Of the double staying. was sum- moned 10 tell what he saw when he crept up on the triating rector in the deserted Phillips farm, near New Brunswick. the night of Sep tember 14, 1922.
 Investigators said Hayes would take the stand today at the second session of the hearing of Henry De La Bruyere Carpenter, millionaire banker, and Willie Stevens. eccen- tric brother of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, the three now charged with the murders. Mrs. Hall is at liberty on bail, but evidence adduced at the hearing applies to her as well as her wealthy cousin and her brother.
 Hayes and Schneider were fol- lowing Pearl Banner and her | father, Nick Banner, the night the l murders were committed. Pearl and 1 Schneider were sweethearts. Nick 1 Banner, Hungarian saloonkeeper later sentenced for his relations with Pearl, had gone for walk with his daughter in Bucceleuch park. Hayes, Schneider and Pearl testified in 1922, carried a revolver. His ieal- ousy aroused by the sight of Pearl Schneider asked Hayes to accom- going to the park with her father Schneider asked Hayes 10 accom- pany him 10 watch Banner and his daughter.
 Miss Pearl and her father in the darkness. it was testified Schneider and Hayes traversed the park and found themselves in De Russeyy's lane, There they encountered a mon and a woman. Pearl testified that Schneider told her later he was go ing 10 start something" if they found her and her father. After hours Of grilling by detectives. Azariah Beck. man, prosecutor, emerged from the