Evening star., 1926-12-03

MlQOleSeX county a special prOSeCu'
tor was called in, but to no avail
Referring to the statements of de.
Tense counsel that James Mills, hus-
band Of the slain woman, or Mrs. Jane
Gibson. the States eyewitness, might
have committed the crime, Simpson
said he would prove that Jennie. >
Mrs. Gibson's mule, might just as
easily have been guilty.
Mrs. Gibson was a circus rider, he
said, and her mule was probably a
trick mule, which happened to be in
De Russey's lane on the night Of the
killing and shot them.
How damnably silly are their accu-
sations." said Simpson. Il wanted to
go outside this county for a foreign
jury, I have no criticism of the rank
and file of the citizens, but have of
the cheap politicians who did mot
want this investigation.
II am not impugning all Of you,
but you should not say well kick the
case out in 20 minutes.
"The most wonderful thing of all
in this case" said Simpson, 'is that
wealth is on trial, that wealth. with
all its satellites can be brought to
trial.
Simpson then told the jury that he
was receiving no money for his part
in the trial.
Referring to Charlotte and Danny
Mills. children >of Mrs. Mills, the pros
ecutor said they had been left alone
with a dumb" father.
Public conscience is going to de-
eide this case, whatever you say, for
it has got the evidence in the case"
the prosecutor told the jury.
"The time to try this case was four
years ago." said Simpson.
II asked Henry Stevens about the
paternity Of Willie Stevens to get a
fact. Criminal prosecutions are never
pleasant. I tried to discover whether
Willie Stevens had any colored blood
to get a fact, not to be nasty
He described Mrs. Mills as a woman
with an empty heart, who had hus.
band not particularly inspirational"
They intimate" he said, but they
don't dare say that she was a harlot.
They even go so far as to say the Ku
Klux Klan is in favor of an acquittal
in this case, because of that. l know
the biggest Kiansman in the State
and he told me the other day that the
Klan was never in favor of murder" )"
Displays Her Stockings.
Then he held up the stockings
which Mrs. Mills had worn on the
night of her death.
Look at them," he said, Cheap 15-
cent stockings. Look at the poor
little brown shoes, run down at the
heels. Aren't those queer clothes for
a harlot to wear?'
The prosecutor pictured Mrs. Hall
as proud, cruel" woman, who was
aroused to Jealousy, hate and rage"
because she was about to lose her hus-
band to another woman. He pointed
out that she was older than her hus-
band and that he was bought and
paid for" and that, "of course, she
listened in over the telephone when
this woman called"
This woman, look into her eyes If
you want to know the truth" said
Simpson, pointing at Mrs. Hall.
Calls Mrs. Hall jealous.
"If Mrs. Hall didn't know of the
gossip concerning her husband and
Mrs. Mills, she was the only one in
New Brunswick without that tnforma-
tfon," Simpson declared.
Mrs. Hail he described as an elderly
woman Of wealthy position. Her hus-
band, he said, was hers and she would
not tolerate Mrs. Mills taking him
from her.
He described the relations between
the minister and the slain choir singer
as "this sitting on the lap, kissing,
meeting and correspondence"
"She is 50 cold-blooded that she
stops talking about the murder of her
husband to have photographers put
out Of the courtroom"
He referred to the occasion when
Mrs. Hail, while on the witness stand,
observed a. photographer in the court.
room and spoke to Judge Parker. re-
sulting in the photographer being
elected.
Believes They Confronted Pair.
The prosecutor maintained that Mrs.
Hall and her brothers went to con.
front Rev. Mr.. Hall and Mrs. Mills
without any intention Of committing
murder, but that quarrel resulted
from Mrs. Halls demand for an ex.
PLANTATION of the letters. and in the
ensuing struggle the couple were shot.
Simpson claimed that the telephone
minister in the evening, a few hours
before the murder. referred to letter
which Mrs. Mills had written to him
and which he had not received. The
prosecutor voiced the opinion that this
letter had fallen into the hands of
Mrs. Hall
He stressed the fact that when Mrs.
Hall and Willie Stevens were out the
night of the staying looking for Rev.
Mr.. Hall they never knocked at the
door Of the Mills home.
"This woman. mad for her husband,
doesn't make the slightest effort to
fnd him." said Simpson.
''She doesn't know the next morning
that the rector Is dead with the choir
singer beside him; yet she calls police
and asks what amounted to any dead
bodies been found
This referred to the argument over
the word Casualties Simpson, on
cross-examination of Mrs. Hall, insist.
ed that Mrs. Hall, in asking IL any
had been reported, was in
herself.
He then reviewed Mrs. Halls ac-
count Of her movements from the
time her husband disappeared to the
finding OF tha bOdiaa dacIarin1 Mrs