The Nome nugget., 1926-12-04
JURY ACQuITS MRS. HALL
 AND HER TWO BROTHER

unsigned petition filed by Arthur s. Riehl for annul- of his marriage Louise Gest. who had been q maid in the Hall household the time of the der and who he asserted. had given him the informa ,ion on which his allegations were based.
 Mrs. Hall was bed the night of July 2s. arrested for murder. and locked up in the Somerset county jail Two days later Supreme Court Justice Gnmmere permitted her release in s15.oo0 bail after hearing at which Francis l. Der gen prosecutor of Somerset county. declined to reveal the nature of his evidence. On the same day State Senator Alexander Simpson. of Hudson county, fiery criminal lawyer of considerable fame. made cial prosecutor. superseding Bergen.
 The next arrests August 12 while a terrifying electrical storm its height Willie Stevens. eccentric brother of the widow and Carpen der her cousin. and member of the New York Stock Exchange. charged with the murders at that time.
 A hearing into the nature of the charges against the ordered before County Judge Frank L. Cleary. At this hearing. Mrs. Jane Gibson pointed Stevehs and Carpenter persons she had of the murders adding the name of Mrs. Haf the third.
 Judge Ceary denied bail. Justice Gummers de clined to entertain application behalf of the and referred counsel Supreme Court Justice Charles w. Parker who in Somerset county, The latter also denied bail.
 On the fifteenth of September. when prepara- tions had been completed for submission of the to the September grand jury, the April jnry sud- denly recalled It indicted not only the three cnsed but also Henry Stevens, of Lavallette, another brother of Mrs Ials The prosecutor later made il known that witness had placed him on the scene of the murder with the others,
 Two days later the four arraigned before Justice Parker and pleaded not guilty The bail of Mrs Hall increased to Slo,ooo and the three returned to jail.
 Simpson then moved, and lost. application for trial jury from county other than Somerset. Deny ing the application, two of three Supreme Court Jus tices ruled thai allegations of hostility to the ed nvesig igation had been proved.
 During all this time Simpsons investigators. der direction of of Inspector Underwood questioned person after person, wrnging admissions from who had been silent for four years Among these witnesses Ralph V, M. Gorsline. vcsryman and choir singer of the church of John The Evangelist and Miss Catherine Rasall. member of the choir After 21 hours of quizzng. they admitted they in DeRusseys lane and heard shots and sroans.
 Dickman found serving deserer in a military prison San Francisco. He brought East, and according Simpson, became the States most important witness when he signed statement alleging that he had been bribed to leave the State.
 On October 2. the prosecution announced that il had practically completed it's and would devote it's attention to investigation of alleged attempts to bribe State witnesses. influence their testimony and obstruct justice. Felix DMartini of New York, chief of Mrs Halls detectives four years who had refused to to New Jersey for questioning. was arrested accessory after the fact and leased pending exradition proceedings.