Evening star., 1926-11-27

retail ASSOCIATIONS ldSl NcftI plO'Ou
to us that thousands of people liked
the idea of making their gilt pur-
chases in November or early in De
cember.
"Those employed in the stores are
particularly gratified by the new twist
in the Christmas shopping season. for
formerly it meant long hours behind
the counter; of dealing with harassed
customers whose nerves likewise were
fraZzled.
"Washington merchants, who this
year are watching with satisfaction
the demand on the part of the people
for an early opportunity to make their
Christmas selections, plan next year
to open their Christmas stocks even
earlier"
said he had written the attorney gen
eral and which were reported missing
from Trenton files. He also had
copies Of McCran's replies.
Are you going to offer these in evl-
dence?' the court asked.
yes" said Case.
Il shall oppose them as self serving
declarations" Simpson announced.
Arguing for the admission of the
letters, Case said:
Zone of the attacks made by the
State on the defendants was that they
did nothing to help the authorities
nor to apprehend the perpetrators of
this terrible crime. The State has
attempted to besmrch the characters
of the defendants by saying that they
dragged a red herring across the
trail of the investigation. We seek to
introduce these letters to show that
we sought to reopen the investigation
ourselves"
Simpson interrupted with the charge
that Case was trying to throw a
smoke screen" about the trial. and
accused the defense counsel of "mak-
ing a stump speech" Case objected
Strenuously to this. The argument
grew more heated. until finally Judge
Parker ordered the jury taken from
the courtroom.
Case then asserted that the situa
ton making it necessary for the de-
fense to prove that it sought to solve
the crime was created by the State
itself, and, therefore, the defense had
a right to introduce the letters to re
lieve itself of the 'onus' placed on 1t
by the State
1.-THE letters will be excluded" an
nounced Justice Parker.
The jury was brought back and
cross-examination begun.
Were you in the Hall home fire.
quently four years ago?' Simpson
asked.
Yes"
"You say you were trying to find
the murderers?'
That's a fact"
Ibid you offer any reWard?'
81 did not"
Questioned About Inquiry.
"Was Di Martini paid a greater
sum than $5,090?"
''He was not"
why, if you were trying to find.
| the murderer, did you advise your
clients to pay 5000 for Di Martini,
! whose work brought no results? Why
didn't you offer a reward? Did he find
the real murderers?'
HE came nearer finding the guilty
than you did
"Who did he turn up as the real
murderers?"
II decline to name them unless the
court commands me-"
The question was excluded.
Answer Stricken Out.
After Pfeiffer had declared he was
still anxious to solve the mystery,
Simpson asked him why he had not
Cooked into" Sipels letter referring
to the county doctor having heard that
Henry Stevens was in New Brunswick
on the night of the killings. Pfeiffer
said he didn't bother because he knew
Henry Stevens had a perfect alibi, y
but his answer was stricken out.
Pfeiffer said that he advised Mrs.
Hall not to talk to newspaper men
because he was averse to trying
nd cal
had refused Charlotte Mills, daugh-
ter of the slain woman, permission to
talk with Mrs Hall because she was
employed by a newspaper at the time
in 1922 that she sought to interview
Mrs. Hall.
Pfeiffer was asked if he knew that
the original grand jury investigation
was practically a trial behind closed
DOORS that jurors had been selected
to prevent an indictment being re
turned and that the "star Witness y
Mrs. Gibson, was the last witness
called Objections by defense pre-
cluded answers to these questions on
the ground that Pfeiffer was not in
the grand jury room and could not
know what transpired there.
Denies Seeing Halls Watch.
.'You never saw Dr. Halls watch
at any time?" Simpson asked.
No" Pfeiffer said.
His cuff buttons?"
mo"
These articles were never found,
although Dr. Hall was known to
have worn them when he kept his
last tryst with Mrs. Mills.
| Senator Simpson asked:
Did Mrs Hall tell you, after her
| 1922 interview with newspaper men.
that she knew her husband carried
on a correspondence with Mrs. Mills?"
Not the kind of correspondence
YOU think. Just about church affairs, "
Pfeiffer replied
Mrs Annie Bading. stenographer
for Ellis Parker. Burgen County de-
| tective, who was an investigator Of
| the case, followed Pfeiffer on the
stand. She testified that in 1928 she
| went with Parker to the Mills home
and that in an interview with Parker.
Mills said: She Mrs. Mills) said
something about jealousy, and l
made hell of a house for her, and
she was not that kind of a woman"
Mrs. Bading said Mills went to the
| vestry of DR. Halls church and that
on the pastors desk he saw clippings
+, from the New York World about a
/ divorce and that he carried these to
| his home. She also testified that
Mills had told Parker that he noticed
| three letters in Mrs. Mills pocket the
| night before the Staying. Mills, testi-
| flying for the State, gave contradictory
evidence on these Lkints.