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Mrs. Hall so she could see the cloth
ing. was assailed by Case. He also
attacked the prosecution for intro
ducing what he termed the "grue-
some" mannikin used by the State
in illustrating the wounds that
caused Mrs. Mills death.
Lashes Jersey City Police.
Case lashed furiously at the Jersey
City police and the politicians, who,
he said, had directed the inquiry.
Speaking of the attempt to intro
duce razor which Frank Caprio, a
detective, who admitted having been
convicted of crime. said he had re-
ceived from the late Prosecutor Beck
man, Case declared that the prosecu-
that the defense did not.
Turning in Simpsons direction.
Case leaned far over the table and
demanded IF that razor was rele-
want to this case, why wasn't it intro
duced in evidence?"
IF 1t was not relevant, why didn't
you have Caprio arrested for perjury
the minute he left the stand?"
All orders for the investigation and
trial had come from the city hall in
Jersey City, Case declared.
rs this a Herrin County? Are we
outlaws? Are our public officials cor
rupt. We even have Hudson County
court stenographers and Hudson
County court envelopes used for the
exhibits"
What has all this investigation
produced that was not developed four
years ago."
IAN Indictment" said Simpson, and
the crowd laughed.
I'm obliged to you for the sug-
gestion,' replied Case. "the indictment
gave us the first opportunity to prov
ing our innocence"
The New York Daily Mirror was
assailed for it's activity in the case.
Throat "WOunds" Explained.
The Jersey City police and detec-
tives, for all their fine combing,"
had produced only the following new
evidence, Case said:
''The story of DR.. Schultze that the
larynx, tongue and windpipe of Mrs.
Mills were missing. This Case eX-
planned by saying that the throat had
been severed and distintegration had
been caused by the failure of those
organs to receive embalming fluid
The testimony of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Dixon of North Plainfield. that an
epileptic who came to their house on
the evening of the killing was Willie
Stevens. Case met this by calling
attention to testimony that the de-
scription given by the DiXons did not
fit Willie Stevens.
That Mirror representative had seen
a scratch on the face Of Mrs. Hall,
Other witnesses, he said, testified
there were no scratches.
That a man had seen a door open
at the rear of the Hall home in a
place at which, Case said, there is no
door.
Mrs Halls letters taken in the
search of Henry Stevens home. Fine
stuff" said Case.
One fingerprnt, which the attorney
described as "phony."
The testimony of two "convicts,
named by Case as Dickman and Cap
rio.
A new version" of Mrs. Jane Glib
sons story. 'In fact, two new YER
sions," said Case, "since both the
story told at the preliminary hearing
and that told at this trial were diff
ferent from any she had given be-
fore"
MOccaSln Story disputed.
Mrs. Gibson's story that she saw
Willie Stevens for the first time in
her life at the scene of the murder
in the f1eeting light of an automobile
and that she identified him four years
later without having seen him in the
intervening period was termed ''tOo
grotesque to believe" by Case.
He went on to show how heavy
bushes lined both sides of the lane
which Mrs. Stevens said was between
her and the group involved in the
murder.
"In this trial she says she saw
Henry Stevens in the instant flare Of
the flashlight," declared Case. yet
in August of this year, in this court
room, she said it was Henry Carpen-
der she saw, and that he was the
only man she saw.
would any jury" asked Case,
Convict any one on such a story"
The moccasin which Mrs. Gibson
said she lost during the mule ride
which, she said, took her to the MUIR
der scene, and which she claims she
was searching for when she returned
to the murder scene after going home,
was dealt with in detail by Case. He
said that Mrs. Gibson said she was so
fond" of the moccasin that, after
hearing shots and a struggle, she re-
turned to the scene to look for it,
yet she could not say in court
whether the moccasin ever had been
found.
Referring to Mrs. Gibson's state
ment that she had seen a white
haired large woman kneeling in the
moonlight over a body after the slay
ing, Case had Mrs. Hall stand up for
the illrv TO iudge her size The
attorney said, Mrs. Halls hair was