Evening star., 1926-11-29

"Was Mrs. Mills ever at a Summer
camp with your husband?"
yes"
Ibid you have a quarrel with Mr..
Hall about this camp?"
mo"
The witness was then asked about an
interview in 1922 and said there were
20 or more reporters present at the
interview, which lasted one hour.
did you communicate with your
brother. Henry Stevens, Friday after
the disappearance Of your husband?"
AS the cross-examination progressed
| Mrs. Hall asserted that even
now she was not sure there had
been anything serious in her hus.
bands relations with Mrs. Mills.
After hearing all this evidence" !"
| Mrs. Hall said, II admit there was
! some slight attachment, but am not
convinced it was anything serious"
When the questioning turned to
| Mrs. Mills stay in the hospital, Simp.
son asked the witness II she had ever
seen the prayer which her husband
| wrote for the choir singer.
Never Saw Prayer.
She said she had never seen it.
You never saw your husband alive
after he left home on the evening Of
| September IA, 1922. saying he was
| going to the Mills homer" Simpson
questioned.
II didn't say he said he was going
| to the Mills home," replied Mrs. Hall.
II said he said he was going out to
| see about Mrs. Mills BILL"
The prosecutor produced a large
envelope filled with letters which Mrs.
Hall had written her brother Henry
Stevens from Italy. During the in
| vestigation Simpson and detectives
| raided Henry Stevens home and ap.
parently these letters were conf1scated
at that time.
"You went to Italy in the February
after the killings?" Simpson asked.
"Yes," replied Mrs. Hall.
"You have said that you were bro
ken-hearted, and this tragedy had
| wiped everything out of your life.
You corresponded with your brother
Henry while you were in Italy. Did
you ever mention q single word OF re.
gret. sorrow or loneliness?"
McCarter objected on the ground
| that the question would require the
witness to read all the letters.
The court ruled that the question
could be answered, and Mrs. Hall said
she did not recall the contents Of the
| letters.
She Can't Remember.
When the letters 10 in all, were all
| marked for identification. Simpson
! continued: "Now, Mrs. Hall, you have
| said that this calamity was the most
| terrible thing in your life. that IT.
| wiped out all that made life worth
J living. Isn't it a fact that in all these
19 letters there is not one phrase OF
| husband for whom you have testified
/ you were so devoted?"
"I have no recollection" said Mrs.
Hall.
Mrs. Mills love letters to the Rev.
Mr. Hall were shown to Mrs. Hall
| She looked at them without showing
any sign Of emotion.
| you'd never seen these letters un.
| til after the crime?" asked Simpson
mo"
| "You didn't start out to De Russeys
lane because Of your finding these let.
| ters from Mrs. Mills to your husband
or that were brought to you by Mrs
(Minna) Clarke"
"You were never informed of their
contents?"
| "No."
| "You had heard in no conversation
that they were to meet?"
| "No."
! Denies She Saw Shooting.
"You didn't go there Ode Russeys
lane) with Henry Stevens and during
a quarrel between Henry Stevens and
Mr.. Hall see your husband shot
| down?'
| II did not"
| times and her throat cut, and hel
! tongue and larynx torn out?"
| NO"
| Mrs. Hall has made two trips tc
Europe since her husbands death.
! "As you were nearing the end OF
either Of these trips" asked Simpson
did you say to Mrs. Bonner, well
Mrs. Bonner. 1 hope the pig woman
is dead The only mistake l made
was in sending the coat to be dyed?
! Did you say that on either Of your
trips, while about three days out from
! New York;"
II did not" answered Mrs. Hall.
The pig woman" referred to by
Simpson was Mrs. Jane Gibson
States star witness, who said she saw
| Mrs. Hall and her brothers at the
| scene Of the crime.
The prosecutor then asked Mrs. Hal
why, If she didn't know until Satur
doy that her husband had been muir
dered, did she tell Miss Agnes Storer
organisr of the Rev. Mr.. Halls
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