Evening star., 1926-11-28

| MRS. FRANCES
Carter said. "do you remember saying
| that?"
II do not"
She said that Edwin Carpenter took
Mr.. Halls clothing from the house
and went to the church to get his
| vestments at her request.
Denies Removal of Papers.
She testified that neither Edwin
nor Henry Carpenter nor 'any one
else took any papers from the Hall
home Sunday.
Did you have a scratch on your
face, Mrs. Hall?" McCarter asked.
mo"
States witnesses have testified
that Mrs. Halls face showed a
scratch as she went to her husbands
burial and that Henry Carpenter
carried away packages that seemed
to contain papers. This Henry Car
pender denied on the stand.
Mrs. Hall said she recalled visit
| to her home by George d. Totten,
Somerset County detective, soon
after the Staying, when he told her
a. night watchman stationed across
the street from the Hall home had
| seen a woman enter the house after
| midnight.
Totten had testified on the wit
ness stand that when he told Mrs.
Hall of the information given by the
watchman, she explained that the
woman he had seen was herseh.
Mrs. Hall said she never had conceal
ed or "held back from investigators
any information to aid them in solv-
| ing the crime. She told how a detec-
tive investigating the case went
| through her husbands desk. with her
permission.
when did you see your brother
Henry after the bodies were found?'
asked McCarter.
Saturday evening"" answered Mrs.
Hall. This statement agreed with that
made by Henry Stevens on the wit
ness stand, in relating how he had
gone to New Brunswick by train after
being informed of his brother.in-law's
DEATH.
Smiles for First Time.
Mr.. Florance suggested that she en-
plov some one to have charge of the
case, Mrs. Hall said, and she engaged
Pfeiffer to help clear up the Staying.
Mrs. Hall smiled for the first time
when she answered mo" to the ques-
ton did you discharge Florance"'
1t was Pfeiffer, the witness said, who
advised the employment Of investiga-
tors. and as result Felix Di Martini,
a detective, was employed.
Meantime, you were receiving
threatening letters?" asked McCarter.
'YeS.'
AS a result of these letters and on
the advice of Pfeiffer, a night watch
man was engaged to stand guard at
the Hall home.
"Now, Mrs. Hail." McCarter asked,
Ibid you kill your husband and Mrs.
Mills?"
widow in the low voice which has
marked all her answers.
did you play any part in that
dreadful tragedy"
II did not
Did you participate in it in any
way?"
II did not"
"Were you in the neighborhood of
the crabapple tree, De Russey's lane
or the Phillips farm on the night of
September IA, 1922"
II was not"
Denies Hiding Evidence.
"Did you suggest to Barbara Tough,
Louise GeiSt or the cook that they
conceal evidence from Di Martini or
Mr.. Pfeiffer?"
II did not
did you ever learn that Di Martini
had offered money to Mrs. Demarest
or to any one else?'
"I did not"
HAS your bank account been open
ed to the inspection Of the prosecuting
authorities at all times?"
II have offered it to them"
Ibid you do everything you could to
aid the authorities solve this MUIR
der?"
"I certainly did"
"Were YOU aware that one Jane
Easton, alias Jane Gibson. alias the
! Pig Woman had undertaken to
identify you at the Office of the Mid
dlesex prosecutor"
Some one came in and looked at
| us, but couldn't say who it was"
! Mrs Hall said that she had been
abroad twice since her husband s
death and that newspaper interview
| to which she had submitted in Novem-
| ber, 1922, had been suggested by her
! counsel. Mr.. Pfeiffer.
Told Truth, She Says.
Ibid you make straightforward, ac-
curate statements to the authorities
of your movements on the night Of
| the murders and at that timer
II did"
What, so far as you know, were
the relations between your husband
and your brother Henry?"
VERY friendly"
Something has been said about
, Henry Stevens not attending your
wedding; why was that?','
He was away"
"Is your brother William subject to
epilepsy"
He is not"
Two States witnesses testified that
William Stevens, suffering from cpl
lepsy, without eyeglasses, wearing a
derby hat and carrying a gold watch,
was at Plainfield the night of the kill
ings, inquiring the way to the Parker
House."
Mrs. Hall said that the description
did not fit her brother. She also said
that he Is right-handed. A card in evi.
dence, alleged to bear the fingerprints
Of William Stevens finger, shows the
print of the left index finger.
Mrs. Hall said that she had sent a
blue scarf and a brown coat to Phil
adelphia to be dyed for the funeral
Cross-examination by Simpson be-
gan Immediately.
ION the night of the murder. how
long had you been marrisd?" Simpson
aSked