New Britain herald., 1926-12-02
Mentions Raymond Schneider

Mentions Raymond Schneider
 "I'll tell you how l think that ,ard got there. don't know because he was not brought here to testify and we could not ask him, but I be- lieve Raymond Schneider rifled that body"
 Raymond Schneider and Pearl Banner found the bodies of the minister and choir singer. They were not called to testify on the case.
 Assuming that he had nothing to do with the murder, and he is not altogether out of the picture, l believe that when he found the bodies he took what was of value. The card fell from the pocket-b book of MT. Hall to the ground and re- mained there."
 Case said it was unfair" not to produce Schneider, and added that there were many novel things" about the states case. One of them, he asserted, was the failure of the prosecutor to have Mrs. Gibson point out on a map, her supposed movements on the. night of the crime. This was omitted, he said, because it would have shown the falsity of her story.
 Carpendcr Has Alibf.
 "Why are they not trying Henry Carpender?" asked Case, and then added that the prosecution knew that Carpenter had an alibi that could not be broken down.
 "Why aren't they trying these defendants at the same time for the death of the Rev. MT. Hall?" con- tinued the attorney. "The reason is that there will be in their posses sion something with which to har- ass these defendants, to hold over their heads another trial"
 After pointing out that the de- fendants do not live in Somerset county, Case asked; What was the reason for bringing in outsiders, as though Somerville is a hell hole Why should Jersey City supplant Somerville and Somerset county? Why all this insidious propaganda against Somerset county? Why this cohort of men from Jersey City?"
 Investigators Accused.
 Investigators for the prosecution were accused of stealing letters and other articles from the home or Henry Stevens at Lavalette, N. J. One of Mrs. Halls letters which was taken by the investigators was read in part to the jury by Case. He recalled that the prosecution had sought to capitalize the fact that she was reserved and quiet of man. ner.
 Because she doesn't wear her heart on her sleeve, because she doesn't wear her dress above her knees, she is called cold-h hearted" said Case. If you could see the true woman read those letters which Patrick Hayes stole."
 The manner of Simpson in intro ducing the Rev. Mir. Halls clothing in court when the prosecutor sought 10 have a way cleared in front of Mrs. Hall so she could see the clothing, was assailed by Case. He also attacked the prosecution for in- troducing what he termed the 'grue- some mannequin used by the state in illustrating the wounds that caused Mrs. Mills death. Case also accused the state investigators of bullying" witnesses.
 "The state of New Jersey Is not prosecuting this case" he declared. The state of New Jersey does not do that way"
 Lashes at Politicians.
 Case lashed furiously at the Jer- sey City police and the politicians. who he said had directed the in- quiry.
 Reverting to the attempt to intro duce a razor which Frank Caprio, a detective, who admitted having been convicted of crime, said he had received from the late Prosecutor Beekman, Case declared that the prosecution knew Caprio's record but hoped that the defense did not.
 "We may be rubes, we may be crooks" he continued, but we do not need the polished and puritani- cal prosecutor from Hudson county who takes his orders from the pol ished and puritanical man to whom he is accustomed to report, to come down here and purify our minds and our morals"
 "We are not so foolish as to be- lieye that this trained police force of Jersey City did not know Caprio's record 15 years ago when he was on their force."
 "Either that razor should have been put in evidence olr Caprio should have been arrested for per- jury the minute he left the stand" during the trial, after the defense had cross-examined Caprio IS to his record, announced that he would not attempt to introduce the razor.
 City Hall Runs Show.
 All orders for the investigation and trial had come from the city hall in Jersey City, Case declared. The city hall is running this show. Is this a Herrin county? Are we out laws? Are our public officials cor rupt? We've got along pretty well until now, but now we even have Hudson court stenographers, and