The Washington times., 1926-08-05
WOMAN IS SEEN
BEHIND CRIME
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indict. Mrs. Hail, who had watched
with her lawyers the proceedings
very carefully. was permitted to 50
back to her palatial home In New
Brunswick.
! Nothing definite was heard ef re-
opening the case for > number Ct
months,
After 4 lapse Of four years GER
tain papers were filed iii the Count
Of Chancrey at Trenton M. u. In
which accusations were made
against Mrs. Hall, wife Qt the dead
clergyman,
] The case II reopened. Mrs, Halls
arrest follows and In given great
deal Of prominence III the papers,
Within q period Of three days the
defendant II released IN the nominal
bail OF $1b 900, although charged
with the murder Of two persons
The bail II explained by the atti-
tudo taken By Supreme Court JUS
| tice Gummere, who asked the prose,
cutor Of the pleas Of Somerset
county:
aWhat have you got connecting
this defendant. Mrs. Hall, with the
murder as charged In htese two
short affidavits?"
The prosecutor answered this by
saying: 81 am not prepared to lay
my cards on the table at this time,
but do say want to wait until
September. when the grand jury re-,
convenes, and then lay my facts
before them with = view Of securing
an Indictment against Mrs. Hall.
The court answered that lrgu-
ment by releasing the defendant on
bail.
this review. have always believed
that the skirts of Mrs. Hall were
never entirely cleared Of guilt In
this matter.
/ am not prepared To say that Mrs.
Hall did the physical act Of killing
these two persons, but from working
on the case I saw q number OF
things that did not come to the cur.
face and ] have always maintained
that Mrs. Hall was near the scene
OF the killings.
/ have established In my own
mind that Mrs. Hall was given IN.
formation over the telephone by
some member Of her household
which caused her to 20 to the Phil
lips farm or near II. Someone uKl.
questionably followed Eleanor Mills
and the Rev. Mr.. Hall to this place
of designation and was there N
the scene when the killings took
place,
Who was that person? Unques.
tionably one who had intimate
knowledge OF the Rev. Mr.. Halls
movements and the movements Of
his friend. Mrs. Mills.
Carefully Planned
There was a cunning and dar.
ing shown which clearly indicate
to my mind that the persons who
killed Mrs. Mills and the Rev. Mr..
Hall had thought things out long
before the actual murders took
place. The spirit of revenge domi.
mated the entire situation.
The careful laying out OF the
Rev. Mr.. Halls body with never .
her lawyer on Thursday before she
knew what had happened.
Odd Mrs. Hall have a serv.
ants polo coat on? I know Mrs.
Hall as . woman who would not
wear anyone's else's coat unless she
was trying to disguise hereself.
Did you know this coat belonged
to her servant?
A.-No, but the reporter found
out that 1t was q servants coat
and that 1t belonged to Louise
Geist.
Odd anyone else besides a re.
porter tell you this was the case?
A.-No.
Q.-What was another thought?
A.-Whatever happened to Mr..
Halls keys. ] do not know how
many he had, but am sure he
had one of the church and one of
the Sunday school.
Break In statement here, appar.
emily through stenographer.l
A.-On q Saturday morning after
the murder, d Mrs. Clarke came TO
my house and q Mr.. Carpenter, and