Evening star., 1926-11-10
question should be answered.
no." replied TOtten.
R<nosJ = Exhibits.

FsSnosJ = Exhibits.
where did you take the exhibits
on the Monday or Tuesday after the
bodies were fOund?'
ITO New Brunswick: the two coun
ties had established a. joint headquar
ters in the prosecutors off1ce.
The calling card bearing the finger
prints identified as those of Willie ste
vens was produced from the pocket OF
Inspector Underwood, a member ol
Simpsons staff.
II understood your only means OF
identifying this card as one of those
found at the place where the bodies
Law is by flyspecks?" asked Case, as
he removed the card from its glass
protection and showed it to the detec
tive.
Yes"
do YOU know where the card case
found at the bodies is?''
No"
Case Is Overruled.
when did you last see this caro-
prior to last Summer when 1t was pro
duced at the preliminary hearing.
when I delivered 1t to New Bruns
wick in 1922"
DO you KNOW IL tLelC "CAC ""J
f1ngerprints on 1t them?
"None was visible"
Case was overruled when he at
tempted to get into the record the
witness statement that he had never
heard of any flngerprints having been
found.
Simpson argued successfully that
this would be hearsay evidence.
Totten said O. handkerchief and a
powder puff were found in the pocket
of scarf that was wrapped about
Mrs. Mills body. The handkerchief
Is still among the States evidence
but the powder puff has disappeared
Broken Glasses Stressed.
Case, in his cross-examination OF
the witness, stressed the fact that the
eyeglasses, found in their proper po
sition on Rev. Mr.. Halls face, were
in good condition, but that they now
are broken. The defense attorney, by
his questions, indicated that he was
driving this point to show that If the
eyeglasses were handled in such a
way as to be broken after being
found, the calling card alleged to bear
Willie Stevens finger print likewise
was handled much du.ing the years
after the double Staying.
Totten said there was dental ap
pointment card also among the arti
cles taken from Rev. Mr.. Halls pock
cts, but It has disappeared.
Last week, when the State intro
duced the clothing worn by the min
lister and the choir singer, at the time
they were slain, a black slOuCh hat
belonging to Willie Stevens was taken
from the box containing the other
clothing, and there had been much
speculation as to whether the State
would contend that this hat was found
at the scene of the crime.
Not Found at Crime Scene.
Case turned to this subject in cross
examining Totten, and the witness
said he believed it was taken from the
Hall home after the slayings. 1t was
not found at the scene of the crime
Totten said.
The reliability, as evidence. of the
exploded pistol shells, which the State
has produced as having been found at
the scene of the slayingS. also was at
tackled by Case in his cross -exa1nina
ton.
The witness said the last time UP
to the present trial that he saw the
shells was when the first grand jury
investigation Cf the double Staying
was held in November, 1922. He
could not say whether they had ever
been taken from the State.
Case also used Totten i'll an effort
to give a blow to the States conten.
ton that Mrs. Gibson, had ridden her
mule, Jenny, to the Phillips farms
the night Of the Staying. Totten said
the ground was hard and dry at the
scene of the crime when he visited
it two days after the minister and the
choir singer were slain. Edward
Schwartz, one of the States finger
print experts. yesterday had testified
that he saw a hoof print on the
ground when he visited the spot A
days after the Staying.
"Grilling" of Willie Stevens.
Totten told of ''grilling" Willie
Senator Case was overruled wher
he asked:
after all the grilling through th+
various phases of the investigation
the most damaging thing he said was
DO you think they suspect me?'"
He was also overruled when he
asked about a severe grilling one
midnight"
Details of one examination of Willie
were brought out by Simpson on re
direct.
You took Willie Stevens to the
courthouse at New Brunswick fol
questioning?" Simpson asked
Yes" said Totten.
What did he say?"
He didn't say much on the way
down. After having been questioned
w Sv1ey Il.
court house he asked me, DO yoI
think they suspect me?' why dc
you ask that l asked. Just then tn,
photographers rushed us, Willie pu
his hat over his face and l didn'
press the question
Stevens Grins at Remark.
At this Willie. who was listening
most intently, grinned.
Cross-examination by Senator Case
willie made no objection to goint
to the courthouse?"
NO." said Totten.
"He talked freely when in the prose
cutor's Officer"
"Yes."
"He answered questions satisfac
torily?"
Yes"
T1eT0 w llll6 SIIllIeu again.
He was also questioned at Somer
ville?"
Yes"
THAT was quite some examination
severe grilling, at midnight"
Simpson objected and was sustained
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