New Britain herald., 1926-11-16
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1e 1926

employed by Mrs. Hall soon after the murders.
 No explanation was given of Mrs. Clark's failure to appear. Previous testimony had pictured her as spying on the Rev. MT. Hall and Mrs. Mills and the state avows that she carried stories of their love re- lations to Mrs. Hall.
 Henry Mills, brother-in-law of Mrs. Mills, was called to tell what he knew of the relations between Eleanor and the Rev. MT. Hall. He said they were frequently talked about by members of the church and that even Mrs. Mills mother knew of their intimacies.
 Silzcr Finally Appears.
 Anthony Silzer appeared when his name was called again. He told or taking in shorthand statements by Mrs. Hall and Willie Stevens, and identified a statement of Henry Stevens as one he also had tram scribed. These statements. he said, had been taken over by Azariah Beekman, now dead but who was prosecutor of Somerset county at the time. .....
 When the statement of Henry Stevens reached the hands of Case the other defense attorneys gather ed about him to read it. Henry
  the several minutes of delay caused by the reading of the statement by his counsel.
 Silzer on cross examination said he could not state whether Henry Stevens was shown the 1922 state ment after making it.
 The statement was read by Fran cis Bergen. prosecutor of Somerset county who yesterday read aloud the love notes which Mrs. Mills sent the rector.
 In general the 1922 statement contained much the same informa- tion as that made last August. In the four-year old narrative, Stevens said that Mrs. Hall told him he need not on her account stay In New Brunswick, after the killing of MT. Hall.
 "She told me there was absolute ly nothing to be done" said Stew ems in the statement, land so Mrs. Stevens and I went to our New York apartment to pack furniture which we were taking to my home in On Thursday before leaving New York, I telephoned Mrs. Hall and asked her if she needed me, but she replied that she did not"
 Four years ago. Stevens was ask ed about the difference in the force of bullets from ordinary revolvers and automatic pistols.
 T never fired an automatic in my life.'' was Stevens reply, according to the statement read today. When shown shells taken from Mrs. Mills head, the statement records that he gave it as his opinion that all had l been fired from an automatic re- volver.
 Others Also Missing
 Then another missing witness, | Cedric Paulus, of New Brunswick. | was called and failed to respond. | Fred David. detective of MiddleseX | county, attacked by Simpson in the | recent investigation as unwilling to | aid the state, also failed to respond. ! There was no reply when Samuel P. ! Suthpen. Somerville undertaken, was | recalled to finish his testimony. | George Totten. former detective of . Somerset county was not on hand.
 pr. Otto II. Schultze, of New York. who performed recent autop- sies on the bodies of Mir. Hall and Mrs. Mills. by responding to his ,au raised the states average Of witnesses present.
 Schultze gave it as his opinion hat there would have been no need ,or alleged haste in the burial of Mrs. Hall.
 Case on ross-examination brought put that the witness did not know he condition of the bodies when 'ound nor the kind of weather dur ng the days in which they lay De- heath the crabapple tree.
 Peter Sommer appeared when his name was called again, and testified he was hired by Di Martini 10 get "any information offensive ao Mrs. Hall" He said he Vlslteo bedrooms among other places, in