Evening star., 1926-10-03
CARPENDER BR|BED
HIM TODROP PROBE,
D|CKMAN SWEARS
Affidavit Reported Declaring
He Was Paid So 500 by
Mrs. Halls Cousin.
BELIEVED HE HAD FOUND
SOLUTION OF MYSTERY
Separate Trial of Widow and Two
Brothers Set for November 8,
Di Martini Arrested.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 1.-The New
York Times will say tomorrow 1t
learns authoritatively that Henry l.,
Dickman. former New Jersey state
trooper. has made an affidavit aver
ring he was paid s. 500 hy Henry
De La Bruyere Carpenter to drop his
tnvestiga ton of the Hall-MillE mur-
der case early in 1923. Carpenter
is one of four persons indicted for
the murder Of the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills.
The affida Wit. the Times will say,
was obtained by the State from Dick
man at Governors Island last We'd
nesday, after he had been brought
from California. where he was an
Army prisoner.
Carpenter is cousin of Mrs.
Frances Stevens Hall widow OF DR..
Hall She and her brothers. Henry
and Willie Stevens, are also under in
dictment.
Believed Mystery Solved.
Dickman Is said to have conducted
q lone investigation of the murder
mystery during the Fall of 1922 and
the Spring of 1923. He has told
present investigators that he thought
he had solved the mystery. Inc
Times will say, he asserts in his al
fdavit that he laid his findings before
Fred A. David. Middlesex County de-
tective. but that David received MS
disclosures with skepticism.
At a hearing marked by the dra-
matte defeat of defense lawyers on
FIVE important counts Supreme Court
Justice Parker TODAY set November s
for the beginning of the trials OF the
four persons charged with the mur-
ders of the Rev. Hall and Mrs. Mllls.
Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall. widow,
and her brothers, Henry and Wine
Stevens. will be tried at one time.
Carpender their cousin, will be tried
separately, later.
Special Jury to BE Picked.
A special jury. one composed of
men or women selected on the basis
of unbiased fairness and mental bal
snce. will be picked for the trials.
In addition to it's defeat in opposi-
ton to these three points. the defense
was denied two applications. Justice
Parker refused them permission TO
examine the grand jury minutes
taken in 1922 after the first investiga
ton and denied the APPLICATION for a
"
according to the State. was marked
by the finger prints of Willie Stevens
and another person, vet unnamed
The card was found at the feet of the
slain rector.
Soon after the proceedings war
rant charging accessory after the
fact" was issued for the arrest Of
Felix nj Martini of New York. pri-
vate detective employed by Mrs. Hall
early in the investigation.
hi Martini later was arrested in
Brooklyn tonight by two State troop
ers from New Jersey,
Robert H. McCarter. chief of the
defense counsel in the present investi-
cation, previously had refused to pro
duce Di Martini
Di Martinis s arrest is the fifth since
the reopening of the investigation
into the slaying under State Senator
Alexander Simpson of New Jersey,
special prosecutor appointed by Gov.
Moore.
Gets Hearing Tomorrow.
nj Martini was charged with being
an accessory after the fact by intimi
dation of witnesses and attempted
bribery of witness after the discovery
Of the bodies in September 1a2@,
He was taken TO Brooklyn police
headquarters where he will he given
a hearing tomorrow. Capt. Harry
Walsh and Sergt. Richard Burke of
the Jersey City police, who made the
arrest presented a warrant signed
by Judge Frank l.. Cleary in Somer-
VILE today and an affidavit signed by
inspector John Underwood OF the
Jersey City police.