New Britain herald., 1926-11-18


 help me God and you know it." Jane Gibson screamed as she was being placed on a stretcher to be taken from the court room after testifying in the Hall-Mills case to- day.
 As she cried 'you know it." she waved her hand in the general di- rection of the three defendants, Mrs. Francs Stevens Hall and her two brothers, Henry and Willie Stevens, who sat without change of expression as the woman's cry sounded in the stiffness of the court room, She completed her tes- timony at 2:25 o'clock this after noon after being in the court room three hours. She was supported by her physician and nurse and raised herself on a hospital bed to point to Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers. Willie and Henry Stevens, as three persons she saw near the spot where the bodis of Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills were found.
 Comes in Ambulance
 The woman farmer, introduced by the state as an eye witness of the double killing, was brought to the court in an ambulance from a Jersey City hospital and began her testimony with 8 nurse sitting at the edge of her bed and a physi- clan at the head.
 She spoke in low voice as she started to tell her story and the court stenographers repeated her answers to the jury but as she pro- ceeded. her voice grew stronger and when she finished direct ex- animation, occupying 25 minutes, she could be clearly heard. Her story was substantially the same as that she has previously told ex- cept that she said she saw Henry Steven at the spot, after she had previously seen Mrs. Hall and Will lie Stevens in a sedan parked near De Russey's lane.
 Tells oS Voices
 She declared that she heard voices of men and women and the words explain letters" and several oaths by men. An oath preceded ihe demand let go," she testified. She then told of four shots which she described as "bang. bang. bang. bang"
 Her recital of screaming in a Woman's voice she emphasized with "Oh, my. oh, my, what terrible screaming.
 Saw Other Men Too
 T seen ma and another man." she said when she told of seeing Henry Stevens. She was not asked to identify the "other man" She had previously said that she saw Henry Carpenter at the scene but the states representative warned her not to say who the "other" man was in her testimony today. Henry Car bender is under indictment but not on trial with his three cousins.
 She said that she saw Wllie0Stev- ems in the automobile but not at the spot where the humble of voices was heard. Mrs. Hall was described as present later wringing her hands.
 Mrs. Hall was asked to remove her hat which she did as the witness was held up to make her identifica- tion.
 Willie Stevens leaned slightly for ward as Mrs. Gibson told her story. Henry Stevens rat back in his chair and Mrs. Halls expression changed only once. She smiled slightly as Special Prosecutor Alexander Simp- son asked that her hat be removed.
 Mrs, Gibson Arrives
 Mrs. Gibson arrived here shortly after eleven o'clock, ready to testi- fy for the state in the Hall Mills trial.
 A great crowd waiting for hours on the court house lawn, surged forward as the ambulance drove to the doors of the court house. Police kept the people back as 8 nurse stepped from the ambulance.
 A medicine chest was taken from the ambulance before the patient was seen, Thermos bottles, contain ing nourishment used on the journey were much in evidence.
 With her face covered, shielding her from the gaze of the on-look- CTS, Mrs. Gibson was carried by three men on a stretcher through the lines of people. into the court room lobby and thence into the court room itself.
 Photographers Busy Photographers, who perched for hours at every vantage part about the roof of the court house, used plate after plate as the witness was carried into the court room.
 The white-capped nurse accom- panied her patient into the court room and stood by as she was trans ferred from the stretcher to the bed resting directly in front of the jury
 The defendants, sitting a few feet away were interested in every detail of the transfer.
 Willie Stevens, who had appeared bored by the long wait, craned his neck first to one side and then te the other to take it all in.
 The bed was wheeled around SC that the patient would face thu | judge.
 On it lay a woman who was ap parently very i'll.
 Appears Very Weak
 She did not open her eyes and re l sponded to some word from tn, nurse with a feeble nod. The upper half of the bed wa