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Business men and neighbors here
believe she Is worth a million dol
lars or more.
Her cousins say "she IL well off,
but she's not that rich. We're all
comfortable, but not rolling In dol
lars. Wish we were"
Mrs. Hall has inherited houses,
antique furniture, rare bric-a-brac,
jewelry and hundreds of thousands
of dollars from her relatives.
Her aunt, Mrs. Charles p. Hart,
wife OF a retired professor at Rut-
gers University-across the street
from Mrs. Halls home-left her
an estimated 100000, and q man.
sion at the corner OF Livingston
Avenue and New Street here.
Her mother, who was Mary Noel
Carpenter, left her the NichoI Ave-
nue. home that DIR. Hall walked out
Of to his death one September eve
ming four years ago.
This mother, who, until her
death, was imperious dowager ruler
OF the many cousins, left Mrs.
Hall another fortune in money,
stocks and bonds.
Fortune in Wall Street
The mother passed on to her
daughter her mushroomed share in
Jacob Carpenters estate. There
was wealth inherited from the
grandmother, Catherine Clarkson
Crosby, Of an old New York family.
The Jacob Carpenter aforemen-
toned made his fortune on the old
New York Stock Exchange.
Most of the cousins, for that
matter, have made their money in
Wall Street. This Is unusual, for
| their ancestors were Americas
earliest pioneers, and one might
expect them to accumulate large
real estate holdings as the Astors
did.
An ancestor Of Mrs. Halls was
William Nelson, one of the first
presidents Of the Stock Exchange.
One Of her many cousins is E.
Henry Hartman Simmons, now
president OF the stock exchange.
Mr.. Simmons Is a second cousin
OF another defendant, Henry De
La B. Carpenter. who is himself
| a member of the stock exchange.
Yes. . Very Fine Family
But the foundation of Mrs. Halls
fortune-part of which she is shar-
ing now with q distinguished staff
Of defense lawyers-was laid by her
great grandfather. Ebenezer Stew
ems.
He was major general of New
York militia in the War of 1872,
and aide of Marquis de la Fayette.
He took part in the Boston Tea
Party.
The original American forefather
was Erasmus Stevens, Mrs. Halls
Observation-Disclosures, VIII O
came from England in 1864.
She inherited more than a little
from her father, Francis Kerby
Stevens, who received considerable
money from q lawn mower inVe
ton.
The mother of r. II. Hartman,
the late railroad financier, was
first cousin Of Mrs. Halls mother
Members Of the Hall household
assert that none of the HARTMAN
millions has ever gone to Mrs.
Hall.
Influential Connections
Members of the family have
married into wealth and influence
and they count on these resources
In the present Hall-MilIs murder
defense.
Sidney Capender, who often eat
for hours in the stuffy, sweaty
lSomervills- County Court House,
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Pig Woman Clues Lie
To Mrs. Halls Story

In ercEsiv integVieW John A. MOrosO, special r
Ter The Evening Journal geddatev otter Mrs Frqmcs AosI
the night HushGmd Eleanor Mills
slain Mrs Jane Gibson, ho has told the authorities she
the doV the When the murdered the lie
direct number of Halls fundamental Statements
Gibson that lied said
not left her home the night the murder until the time she said
she to the church to look for her husband.
She further asserted that He she did actual murder
Identification
De Russeys
BY JOHN A. NOROHO
AnthOr Of THE People
resplendent hanging in the sky above the 60
of Jane Gibson when entered her Of Wacul dogs
and possible shotgun barrages with snographc copy Of the
interview with Mrs. Florence Noel Stevens to ask her
what she thought of the rich woman's abb
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charges are absurd. We're going
to prove it at whatever cost Of
money and effort"
So colorful Is the Stevens-Car.
pender-Neilson family tradition
that brochures have been written
by these hundreds Of uncles, aunts
and cousins, sisters and brothers.
There was Mrs. Halls uncle,
Morris M. Mckenzie, now dead.
He was a famous rear admiral in
the United States Navy.
Sank First U-BOat
And home from the European
fleet, where he was executive Off
Ger of the u. S. S. Pittsburgh, to
attend the bail hearing is Com.
mander Arthur Schuyler Carpen.
der-brother Of Henry, cousin Of
Frances S. Hall and Willie stevens.
Commander Carpenter sank the
first German submarine, the U-5S,
and captured the crew on Novem.
Der II, 1917, when he was COM
handing the u. S. S. Tanning.
King George gave him the D. s. o.
and President Wilson the D. s. M.
This naval hero cousin visits
the Jailed Henry and Willie daily.
It's the family tradition.
1--WE stick together" he said
smiling grimly.
He married Helena Blocker Neil.
son, whose sister Ia the wife of
Henry Carpenter.
Gentle Folk All
That's typical of how closely
this strange, clannish, cultured,
rich family is knit together.
They are cultured. A family of
gentlemen and their gentle women.
The girls are spirited, slim-figured,
with amazing eyes and white skins.
The men are well s.. up. with as
sertive underlips and strong. bull
dog heads.
One reflects with the wrinkled
forehead, can these murder charges
be proyed2. -- =.
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with his first cousin, Henry Car.
pender, married into the multi
millionaire Johnson family Of New
Jersey.
Sidney's wife, Louise, was his
childhood playmate. Her father
started the great surgical goods
concern of Johnson & Johnson.
Kate Carpenter, whose brother
Henry Or Harry" as the family
calls him) faces a trial for murder,
married Franklin Duane of Will
mington, high official Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
Big Wall Paper People
William Carpenter, Henry's broth
er and Mrs. Stevens cousin, married
great wall paper mandatory
here.
You could list Mrs. Halls finan.
cial affiIia tions at length, tell how
her chief counsel, Robert II. Nc
Carter, vii tually rules New jerseys
public utilities, but this much is
sure.
Money has not been spared by
her family to protect her since the
murders in 1922. Money viii not be
spared to save her and her brother
and cousin in this present prosecu-
ton.
Her rich cousins. the Nelson's,
will show you a family emblem. 1t
In a hand with a dagger through
it. The red hand of Ulster" they
call this coat Of arms in Ireland.
Nelson was once O'Neil.
Cut Off His Left Hand
They tell a story of an O'NeiI,
VINO won a race for some feudal
lands by cutting off his left hand
and flinRing it ahead of his com.
petitors across an Irish brook so
that he should be first to touch the
soil.
mo sacrifice is too great for
members of our family in Distress"
said a red-headed cousin, Robert
P. Nelson. member of the New
York law firm Of Wicks & Nelson,
No., go Broadway. These nurdeS
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-An Photos by international
MRS. w. Z. VANDERBILT, I'D. -
AS OWNER OF the horse Sarazen,
Mrs. Vanderbilt is one Of the most i'm
portant stable owners in the country.
She inherited love for horses from her
father, the late Senator James G. Fair.
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influences more powerful than
ever before utad to rescue three
members Of family from murder
accusations are gathering today
about Mrs. Hall, her brother and
her cousin.
Detectives searching the coIn.
fryside for evidence that might in
criminate these three in the crab.
apple tree Sayings say they collide
with the Hall influence" in the
most unexpected places.
And Senator Alex Simpson, spe-
cial prosecutor, seeks to prove that
his witnesses receive mysterious
threats and unexplained warnings
''to keep their mouths shut.
But Frances Stevens Halls
cousins-hers is a family Of far
flung legions-grimly busy them.
selves with defense plans.
Cousins Flock to Support
From Wall Street and from Long
Island mansions. from great fac
tories and United States Navy war.
ship, these cousins have come to
aid the accused woman and the
two men.
Were a proud family and a big
one, the cousins say. were In
this trouble to a man. We stick
together"
That Is true. They stick to-
gether. They marry cousins, double
cousins take double cousins for
wives, as the defendant, Harry
Carpenter, did when he married
slender, olvely Mary Nelson.
Were strong, clean, healthy
old American stock" say the
cousins Of Frances Stevens Hall.
Some Of our breed date back to
Norman conquerors."
Which is why they are mobilizing
every financial. social and legal re-
source to defend Frances" ''Wil-
lie" and Harry"
The Old Family Spirit
It's the clan spirit.
Mrs. Hall. in her great tree
shielded home, has considerable
money in her own name. No one
can say how much.
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DANCE TO CLOSE.
FOOD SHOW

With a Charleston dancing. con-
test featured, the Food, Health,
Beauty Show and Carnival comes
to a close tonight in the Washing
ton Auditorium. The exposition
opens at 1 p. m. today, closing at
midnight.
Nine successful contestants who
took part in three contests will per-
form the Charleston tonight.
Three loving cups will be awarded
the winners. Selection will be made
by applause.
Another feature OF tonight's pro-
gram will be the awarding of 25
prizes to visitors at the show.
John J. Mullane, chairman Of the
committee in charge, announces
that there will be dancing tonight
from $50 o'clock to midnight with
music by the Humming Bird Or
chestra.
Fourteen civic and fraternal or
CARNATIONS. together with more
than a score of Washington bust
ness houses, are sponsoring the
show. The organizations are Of
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'OAhuA -. cNA1O4s
home OF James Mills, the widower
Of the murdered choir singer. It Is
at the end of page 2 Of the mimep.
igraphed copy given from the home
with the newspaper men.
God is with me-" said Jane Glib
son. as / was studying this answer.
And He knows that I am telling
the truth.
Stuck to His Story
/ turned to page three Of my copy
and found that in the margin was
written brief note to the effect
that Detective James A. Mason Of
Essex county, who is doing the in
tvestigation for Judge Mott, the spe-
.cial prosecutor, had been looked up
by myself as to the question and
answer at the top OF this page.
From the stenographic record:
Q.-About how long were you alb
sent from the house?
Alt was about haR.past when
/ dressed and got up and I was
back here about half,past 3. It was
about that time.
Prior to starting for the Gibson
farm I had talked with Mr.. Mason,
an elderly man, thoughtful before
speech. / asked her about the time
OF her return and whether the
Waterman, Phillip or Phillips, was
sticking by his story OF seeing Mrs.
Hall slip into the back entrance to
her home at 2:10 the morning fol-
lowing the night OF the murder.
Heard Barking Dog
He is sticking by It," said Ma
son. ''His attention was attracted
by the barking Of a dog across the
street from where he was resting
back Of the Hall house. The dog
belonged in the house just back of
the Hall house. 1t plunged through
the screen door. He saw Mrs. Hall
go in the back way. Mrs. Hall said
her brother Willie was with her.
The Waterman did not see him.
There is an arc light there. More
over, the dog awakened his master,
who came to the door and the
Waterman assured him that it was
only Mrs. Hall returning to her
residence"
Jane Gibson was reading over my
shoulder as / studied out this gap
in time and wondered whether *
might have anything to do with an
aibi-not for Mrs. Hall, but for
some one else. The dog had become
quiet. Her son entered and asked
Il it was all right. He had been
there on my arrival, but had gone
away to get some pipe for a little
detectives are housed. 1 nodded,
wanted a boy there
i,,1an1 r.nnlSoI NIL
sat down and remained silent.
We began reading again and
studying.
That's another lie," suddenly
came from the farmer woman as
something in the transcript caught
Ter eye. Then her voice changed.
1t is impossible to explain it. Per
haps the words may hint at the
difference in tone. The words We're,
"Oh. I hate to fight a woman, but
she's fighting me-"
I'm not an eyewitness Of the
actual murders" suddenly declared
Jane Gibson. 'I did not see any
bodies drop to the ground as the
pepers said I did. They seem to
twist things anyway they want.
After the bus passed saddled
my mule Jenny and started after
that rickety wagon. I followed it
up the road on Jenny. We came
to De Russey's lane, when suddenly
/ was blinded by the glare Of head
lights. A car had swung into the
lane. It stopped and backed out,
its lights swinging to one side and
showing Two people. a man and a
woman. Let me show YOU"
Saw a Woman SObbing
II heard the sobs OF a woman"
Jane Gibson reproduced sounds for
me. II went over little knoll,
ltstsning ell the time and hearing
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the sobbing. I got nearer and
could see the face of the woman in
the moonlight. It was the same
woman / had seen in the headlight
glare in De Russey's lane. I did
not see her bending over any dead
body, rs the papers said I did The
ground was q mass Of shadows. ]
could not see what was on the
ground.
But the woman sobbing there
between the crabapple tree and
the cedar was the same woman j
saw with the man In the tall
glare OF the headlights Of a car
in De Russey's lane when I was
following the rackety wagon"
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TWO Stale police troopers dartad
out as ] left the machine and went
ahead. / passed them to hear the
most thrilling murder story ever
poured into human ears and to
again, for the third time, come in
contact with one Of the strongest,
most vivid and most fearless men
talities I have met In a lifetime.
Room Was Lit
The rom was lit by q thin light,
not too thin for the clear eyes Of
the pig woman, the mule woman,
the eyewitness, for her Bible Ii an
old-fashioned family Bible type and
she reads 1t. We drew together
over the mimeographed copy OF the
stenographic interview with Mrs.
Hall.
Together we read down the first
page in the dim light, both OF us
using our spectacles.
II stayed out on the porch for u
while, read Mrs. Halls reply to b
question in the stenographic repolgt
furnished by her counsel, and them
a little girl came In and play ed
games with her for a while upk il
half past 8, q quarter Of 8, EoThe-
to bed and came down again SOL me-
where around after 3, ! should say,
and sat here in the library reading
until half past 10 and then I went
upstairs and prepared for bed"
That Is the first chronological
statement we checked up. Mrs.
Hall says she went to prepared for
bed about half past ten.
VUovnk nrh A. OsHA
when did you start from your
house that night Of September the
fourteenth" I asked Jane Gibson.
THE dogs were barking and I
went out" she replied. The bus
passed. It usually passes about,
nine fifty. It was that time. I
heard the sounds Of a rickety
wagon on the road. thought
and took after 1t, following It.
What she Mrs. HalD says about
the time Is a lie."
We read on from the anSwep of
Mrs. Hall to the question of a re-
porter. And waited for Mr.. Hall
to come In, And went to bed. but
did not go to sleep"
Lie" Cried Mrs. GibsOn
Question from the stenographic
reporD: "And, between the time
that he CMr. HalD left the house
and the time that you went out
with your brother in the early
morning, you did not at any time
leave this house?"
Answer tfrom the stenographic
report): No"
Without the slightest trace Of
her voice, Jane Gibson said to me:
That's another lie."
We read on and not very far be-
and answers:
Question: Have you ever been 20
the Phillips farm In your life that
you know of?
Answer: Never. I did not know
until later that 1t was the old D.
Russey place. AS a child / have
been there twice.
Question: But not since you
were a child?
AnsweE No.
Removes Spectacles
removed my spectacles to irest
my eyes and light, with the per-
mission Of the farm-woman, a
cigarette.
That's a lie," she said in the
same even tone. 1.-THE Sunday be-
fore the murder the people in the
Parker House saw her there" The
Parker House, q place for old pc ,
pie, Is not far away from the en-
trance to DeRussey's lane, or "Iov.
er's lane" as it Is generally called
there.
We read on, coming to Mrs
Halls story Of going out to the
church to seek her husband. This
is quite a long statement covering
. hss axesrsSa fHena tina house T. the
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fering games of skill to visitors
Business houses have deliberately
decorated booths.
Since the show opened more than
10000 persons have attended. To-
night-the closing night-more thar
5000 persons are expected to at
tend.
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HALL FAMI[Y'S Veal Til
AND POWER BLAMED
FOR HUSH THREATS
woman.

poper,
By Hail. Willie Henry Carpenter
the Ne.e York EUsrlng Post By NorntGn Klein
si the HaLMl murder Investigation since Neto
DAILY MIRROR brought it 10 pass.
SOMERYHdE, N. j., Aug 21.-"Shut your eyes, put out
your hand and you're certain touch rich cousin Of Frances
Stevens Hail."
So the wise out here in New Jersey where Mrs
Hail. Willie Stevens and Henry de la Bruyere Carpenter
charged with killing her husband the Rev Edward Wheeler
Hall and his choir singer Mrs. Eleanor r. Mills.
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MRS. R. PENN SMITH. ,JR.
SHE WAS FORMERLY Carol
Hartman, youngest daughter of E.
III. Hartman. Trained by her
father, she was said to be the only
girl in the world 'sbrought up like
a railrnadn
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MRS. ROBERT L. GERRY

Mis-. ROBERT i. GERRY
WITH HER SISTER, Mrs. r.
Penn Smith, jr., and Mrs. E. Am
brose Clark, Mrs. Gerry organized
the Syndicate Stable in 1921. Mr..
Gerry, good horseman, could give
his wife many pointers in venture.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
A. B. SWALESOF
BRITISH Tue.
IN CAUCASUS
Pledges Unity in Speech
to Workers

international Press Correspondence
MOSCOW, U. S. S. r., March 3d.
The vlce-chairman Of the general
council Of the British Trade Union
Congress, A. 3. swales, who 10 at
present in the North Caucasus for the
purpose Of eonValescenee, made a
speech In shop councils meeting In
Platigorsk upon the establishment Of
international trade union unity In
which he welcomed the unity action
Of the Russian unions and pointed to
the growing influence of the Anglo.
Russian unity committee.
"The English proletariat watched
the development of the Soviet Union
to socialism with great attention. II
would always remain true to the slo-
gan, Hands of Soviet Russia!'"
Swales declares that he was, it was
true, unofficially in the Soviet Union
but that he would report upon the
successes of the Russian working
class when he reached home. The
meeting gave Comrade Swales great
ovation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
1000 ITALIANS
JEER fascist
AT HULL HOUSE
Form Branch of Anti.
Fascist Alliance

One thousand Italians, all Of them
workers, eheered Arturo Glovannitti's
vigorous attack upon faseism at a
meeting In Hull House Friday organ
lied by a united front committee com.
posed Of Local 270 Of the AmaIea-
mated Clothing Workers and Italian
radical groups. The meeting was call
ed as demonstration against the
fascist reaction In Italy.
Giovannitti, well known working
class poet, ridiculed Mussolini and the
fascist party and compared Farinacci,
the secretary-general Of the party,
with a jackass. The chairman Of the
meeting, Romualdi, a socialist had
called Mussolini a dictator. Giovan-
nitti corrected the chairman, saying
that dlctators were sometimes chosen
by the people to serve their interests
in an emergency and referred to the
Roman example of Cincinnatus, a
peasant who was raised to the dicta-
torship by election. "Mussolini is not
a dictator. His only fit title Is
'tyrant."
Giovannitti made a strong appeal
for the formation Of powerful branch
OF the antl-fascist alliance in Chicago.
The meeting decided to send tele-
gram to President Coolidge demand
ing the expulsion Of the Italian am
bassador as the representative OF a
tyranny undeserving Of recognition.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01

AKRON, O., LAUNCHES
BIG DRIVE TO PROTECT
FOREIGN BORN LABOR

AKRON, Ohio - Intensive work
for the strengthening Of the local
council for the protection Of the
foreien-born was given great I'M
petus by the enthusiastic mass meet
ing held last Sunday at Music Hall
addressed by J. Louis EnadRhI, edI-
tor Of The DAILY WORKER.
Resolutions protesting against THE
legislation were adopted unanimous
Iy. Copies will be sent TO all the
Ohio congressman. Petitions were
also put In circulation. Thousands
of names will be collected and sent
to Washington.
In addition to EngdahI, Elmer
Boleh and WandeII Welke, several
local speakers Joined In attacking
the bills Introduced in congress by
AsweIl, Mecllntie, Johnson and
other legislative agents Of big BUSH
ness. Other mass meetings are plan
ned during the campaign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
CROWD REFUSED
RIGHT TO VOTE
ON RECOGNITION
Vote Denied by Man
Ggement at Debate
Especial to Tho Daily wOrksrS

NEW YORK, March 80 - Several
thousand workers booed the manage
ment Of the Manhattan Opera House
when It's representative refused to
allow a vote to be taken on Soviet
recognition during the course Of a
debate on that subject between Scott
Nearing and Robert }. o'5rlen, Of the
National Security League.
The house went into an uproar
when Capt. Paxton Hibben, the chair
man of the debate announced that a
vote on a resolution for recognition of
Soviet Russia by the United States
could not be taken because the man
agement would not allow it. Hibben
said after the meeting that "a little
man with a big diamond in his tie"
speaking for the management, which
happens to be the Scottish. Rite mas
ons, had prohibited the vote.
"The little man with the big dia-
mond pin in his tie" explained by say
ing that the management docs not
allow anything derogatory to Amer
lean INSTITUTIONS.
The Usual STUFF.
Turnout the debate the audience
audfbly expressed its dissatisfaction
with the Security League views held
by o'Brien. O'Brien's argument was
a repetition Of what has been said
many times before about Russian
propaganda" and the "Soviets won't
pay their obligation"
AS proof that economic recogni-
ton has already been extended to Rus
STA, Nearing observed that Standard
Oil had purchased 100000 gallons of
kerosene in Russia, the Ford interests
were selling 10000 tractors and the
Chase National Bank was financing
s45, 900 900 in cotton purchases.
"Back Russia"
HAS the time come for the work
ing class to replace the capitalist class
in control as the capitalist system
replaced the feudal system? Is
labor the next step after capitalism?
Does society change? | answer yes to
the three questions. 1t is up to the
workers Of the world to back Russia
in. every possible way" Nearing con-
cluded his rebuttal with cheers from
the crowd.
Ivy Lee Present.
poison Ivy" Lee, Standard Oil pub
licity man, who has been carrying on
a secret correspondence with financial
and industrial magnates canvassing
their views on recognition was at the
meeting because of his deep interest
in the subject" This interest is likely
provoked by Standard OILS increasing
business with the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-01
Nurses Go on Strike
as Matron Fires Two
for Bobbing Hair

WINNIPEG, Man, March 80. - The
nurses at the Holy Cross hospital at
Calgary, Alberta. packed up their
trunks and left the institution when
the matron of the hospital fred two
Of the nurses for bobbing their hair.
When the other nurses heard Of the
action Of the matron they all bobbed
their hair and went on strike. The
medical stan of the hospital is in
sympathy with the striking nurses.