Evening star., 1926-11-17
MRS. GIBSON HELD
ABLE TO TESTIFY
Will Go to Court in Ambulance
Tom0rr0W-Defence Out
lines Its Plans.
BY the Associated Press.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., November
1.-THE condition of Mrs. Jane Glib
son, for whom the HallMills trial
in Somerville has been adjourned un-
til tomorrow, remains good" it was
stated officially at Jersey City Hos
pital today.
Mrs. Gibson. who is to be the
States last and most important wit
ness, will be able to leave in an
ambulance early tomorrow, it was
asserted in contradiction to reports
that she could not be moved from
the hospital, where specialists are at.
tending her.
The Jersey Journal today says that
counsel for the Hall defense, headed
by ex-Attorney Gen. Robert H. Nc
Carter and Senator Clarence E. Case,
met in conference near Somerville
today and mapped out the whole line
of defense. In outlining the program
to be followed Immediately after the
prosecution rests it's case, a men,
ber of the defense counsel said that
all three defendants will testify.
Mrs. Hall to Testify.
Mrs. Hail will testify that she did
not know the extent of the intimacy
Of her husband and the choir singer.
She is expected to say that she
knew of the rector's interest in the
young singer, but she Will declare
that she believed this interest to be
the natural one Of a rector In a
woman who was active in his church,
one Of the best workers OF the par
ish, a choir singer and a leader In
all the social activities.
She will say that she believed this
pastoral interest to be purely platonic
and not a fiery passion as laid bare
in the letters the two exchanged.
Much will be made of the testimony
of Louise Geist Riehl, maid In the
Hall home, who, though called by the
state, affirmed Mrs. Halls alibi by
saving that she saw the wife of the
rector playing solitaire in the Han
home at 10 pm. September IA. 1872,
the time at which the State has in
timated the rector and his lover We're
slain.
Statement About Coat.
AS to the coat which was sent to
Philadelphia to be dyed the defense
will assert that MRS. HAL nao nttle
to do with 1t.
Mrs Anna Bearmann, friend who
went TO the Hall home to help out the
widow after the crime, is expected t.
saw that she took the coat to nave
II 1ved for mourning wear and that
she sent It to Philadelphia. where she
had had other such work done.
She will say, it is said, that there
were no spots on the coat and the
dyeing was merely to make IT sultaole
for mourning wear.
AS to the bribery charge made
against Felix di Martini, detective
IoJI of the crime
who is accused by Mrs. Mary
Demarest of Offering her $500 to
"keep her mouth closed" Mrs. Hall
will make a disavowal.
IF Di Martini made the bribe offer,
or if he hired Peter Sommer 10 nelp
him scare off witnesses. 1t was oone
without the knowledge and consent OF
the widow, it will be contended.
Did Hire Detective.
Mrs. Hall will say that she hired
Di Martini to stay at her home ana
nrotect her from the many cranks
and fanatics who pestered her IN per-
son and by mail after the crime.
The razor shown in court by SEN
ator Simpson is still left up In the
air unconnected with the Hall home
stead.
Frank Caprio, the discharged Jer.
sew City policeman, who said he got
the razor from the late AZariah Beck
man, prosecutor Of Somerset County
at the time Of the murder, as tne
weapon that slashed Mrs. Mills
throat, has not been called TO the
stand and may not be.
The defense against the fingerprint
on the calling card of Rev. Mr.. Hall
found near the body in De Russey' s
lane will be that the card was handled
so much and Travelled about the
country so much under unofficial
sponsorship that 1t Is unreliable.
The State claims the finger print
is that of Willie Stevens. The de.
fense doubts 1t.
It also will assert that the card was
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