The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-10
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Investigation admitted he asked
Mrs. Hall the day before the bodies
were found if she believed Mrs.
Mills ana the rector had elopeds
Mills said. Mrs. Hall scorned the
elopement theory and declared there
must have been foul play because
the rector had never before re
manned away all night.
The statements by Mills when he
was quizzed at the investigation in
1922 and his testimony in Somer
vile yesterday viii be checked by
Simpson for discrepancies that
might throw q different light on
The case.
Fifteen witnesses. were scheduled
to be examined today. AT the
slose OF the examination, the in.
bury is expected to close.
Gorsline to Be Grilled
Ralph ". Gorsllne. vestrynan -ok
The church of st. John the Evange-
ast, DR.. Halls parish, was TO be
Questioned by Prosecutor simpson
Today. JGorsline has not been ar
tested, though the special prose.
ktor 1T one time ordered bis ar,
rest as an accused accessory after
the fact to the murders.
At the close of the examination,
| round-table conference win be
held by the investigators and off
tials and the mass of evidence
ihreshed. out. Simpson said.
Repulsed Mrs. Mills
When examined in 1922 Gorsline
said he had repulsed Mrs. Mills
He admitted. however. that he was
frequently her companion on auto
noble rides.
On the night Of the murder he
drove Miss Katherine Rastall, a
singer in the church choir, home in
HE car. Gorsline said.
The vestryrnan told newspaper
men that he had been on the Jer.
hey coast on his two weeks vaca-
lion. Today he will resume bis
guties at. the Rackitt's Blue FAC
Tory.
Private investigators have un.
earthed indications that at the
lime OF the murder a man they
believe took part In the crime acct
bentally shot himself in the left
arm during a struggle with a mem
Der OF the party who trapped the
lovers at their rendezvous.
He was treated in . nearby hos.
pital. A record of the treatment
VISA made at the time. but the
kIeuths say the entry has since
been altered. Senator Simpson is
laid to be In possession of this in.
formation.
Detectives TraiIed Hall
Senator Simpson was informed
yesterday that Mrs. Frances
stevens Hall, prior to the double
killing. had employed private de.
keetives to watch her husband and
his choir singer, Mrs. Eleanor Mills.
The information was given by
Julius Braun. head of q private de-
tective agency, who worked on the
Ease.
In his story to the Senator and
10 the State police. Braun said he
had reason to believe the detec-
tiyes who worked on the case had
been employed by the w. A. Jones
setective agency Of the same adj
dress.
The Jones agency was employed
by Mrs. Hall in the subsequent In.
eestigation, although publicly it was
stated that only Felix Di Martini,
thief OF Mrs. Halls private detec.
tive army, had been employed.
w. A. Jones is a noted pistol
expert. He has split from Di Mar
tint and now heads his own agency
hnder his own name.
Denies Work on Case
Jones, although his name ap.
pears in the files Of the case as
reported at the time of the first
investigation and although Wiz
nesses recall his presence in New
Brunswick at various times, re.
Gently assured the New York Daily
Mirror he had not worked on she
case for Mrs. Hall.
An operative formerly employed
I'm the Jones' Martini office said
the subject of the employment u
detectives by Mrs. Hall prior ID
This operative quoted one of the
principals of the firm as saying:
This shadow work was burned
beautifully"
In the lingo affected by private
detectives, this phrase means that
DIR. Edward w. Hall and Mrs.
Mills learned they were followed.
Worked Without Pay
Braun made his statement to the
Daily Mirror first and then vol
unteered to go to New Jersey TO
give his information to the ru.
Ihorities.
During the early phases OF the
kase, Braun appeared in the case to
kaanraaank Cha rlokk[ AGiIla. thu 1ea1