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only once since the clergyman
and his choir singer were slain four
years ago has Mrs. Hall discussed
the case with newspaper men.
That was on November ri, 1922,
seven weeks after the murder. On
the afternoon OF shat day she met
% reporters by prp.arrangemelt In
the drawing room Of her New
Brunswick home. and for exactly
one hour answered their questions.
Stenographers took down the
questions and answers az they were
given and transcribed their notes
on the spot.
Mrs. Hall was asked at the OUT
set to comment on the assertion OF
Mrs.. Jane Gibson, the pig woman,
that she mad seen the rectOl''s wife
at the scene OF the murder the
night It was committed.
what comment could / maker"
she countered. tOf course, that is
not so; that is all.
"Then you weren't thereg'' she
was asked.
II certainly was not, Z {.
Mrs. HAL gave her version OF
her own movements the night DIR.
Hall left nome for the last time,
saying that he was going to call
at Mrs. Mills house concerning
some bills.
She said she haa3 noe left the
house until 2sS0 the next morning.
when she aroused her brother, VIII
lie Stevens, and went with him to
the church to look for her hus-
band.
And between the time DR.. Hall
left Thursday, might and the time
you and your brother went out y
the early morning you did not At
any time leave this house?" Mrs.
Hall was ssked.
Have you seen any OF the Lett
tiers supposed to have been written
by your husband to Mrs. Mills9
Very little"
do you believe that he wrote
II think it il very unlikely that
he would"
did anyone ever carry any tale
to you concerning your husbands
relations with Mrs. Mills?
Absolutely nothing"
did you ever have any reason
before the shooting to suspect
them?'
Absolutely none"
What Is your feeling toward
your husband"
~ feel that he was true to me. !"
What is your feeling toward
Mrs. Mills?'
II do not know what to say"
do you feel at all inimical
toward her in your hearth Mrs.
Hall was asked.
II have no vindictive feeling"
the widow responded.
Were you ever jealous Of Mrs.
Mills or anyone else?"
Absolutely never"
Have you ever fired gun, Mrs.
Hall?"
Absolutely never"
Mrs. Hall was asked II any special
significance was attached to the fact
that she sent some OF her garments
after the murder to Philadelphia to
be dyed. She said there was none.
A reporter inquired what Mrs.
Halls reactions and mental search
ings" had been during the seven
weeks that had elapsed since the
crime.
II feel as though I were up
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his ear but never BY the move OF
the mn s6les Of her face or parting
of her lips or III any manner would
she indicate that things were pleas
ing or adispleasing her.
The grand jurors were looked over
very carefully by Mrs. Hail. this
woman whose name was on the lips
and Iii the thoughts OF more people
in the United States than any other
woman Identified with q similar
crime, who remained more placid
than any one In the corridor.
The grand jury that refused TO
indict her had two women on the
jury. They were socially known TO
Mrs. Mall. Never a nod or q look
of recognition as these two women
members Of the grand jury filed
into the grand jury room came
from Mrs. Hall Repeatedly have
I watched Mrs. Hall, and I can say
again that she has way of con-
trolling her mental poise which is
simply astounding.
This Is the first Of series Of
stories on the HaII-MiIls case by
Mr.. Flynn. AnC.her insfallment
will appear tomorrow
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4 &
Miss Rice begins:
This Ii not the hand OF an
ardent, passionate lover.
But rather that 81 an inagina.
tive individual who should have
had used this hand To do fiction
he might have been aliye 4toda5,
Outlet for Emotion
''In that way he would haYe
got all that 'wonder.e4es' stuff out
Of his system without creating =
Halls handwriting shows he
placed as much value on keeping
up appearances Is his wife does.
THE emotional hand takes turn
TO right or left. It u either ba-k-
hand or decided slants forward.
Halls Is neither. IL lii not emo
tional like the key Of G in music,
1t IL nothing.
such emotion as he possessed
was lodged IN his mind and inagtra-
tion-it ran over into silly letters,
and eventually foolish conduct.
The ~ In good the r. In Fri
day. the whole word has. the use of
er-eyes'-tfle sweep IN these
things show the literary hand.
Just ''Pretendedv Love
'..The e bar shows wiIl-power. He
couldn't BE- Wild lover. He could
only pretend. He did pretty well,
considering he had no emotion.
"Of course, he must have been
swept away with the romance he
was living, meeting under the moon
on the deserted farm. The author
In him liked all that. And Mrs.
Mills tried 10 play up 10 him.
With q positive mentality he
would have produced something.
But he was placed among the con-
servatives, people without any lit
erary feeling In them, and they
pulled him down to an utter denial
of his romantic nature. The xtaid
character OF his wife, his vocation
and the very severe household In
which he lived held him back and
necessity never prodded MIN 10 pro-
duc4 anything.
$50 he turned to the first outlet
at hand, to the most beautiful ac-
cessible woman he knew, one with
the wit to play up to him. So there
you are"
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's.Al|IIG IN Va.
WOOD PR0BED

Fairfax County authorities are
investigating reports OF what is be-
iieved to he a mysterious murder in
the wood at Bel Vue, near Nc.
lean. Va.
While picking huckIeberries in
the woods near her home three
weeks ago last Friday, Mrs. Walter
Tolrnan.. 4 19-year old girl, CHANGED
upon the body of man.
The body was clothed only in
undergarnents. but the head ap.
peared to be wrapped in a white
cloth or sheet.
Frightened, the young woman ran
from the woods back to her home.
Her husband was away from home,
working in Storms general mer-
chandise store at Mclean. The
girl informed a neighbor, but botn
were afraid to enter the woods.
While waiting for her husband
to return home, and shortly before
dusk, Mrs. Tolman says she saw
four strange men enter the woods,
and, a few minutes later, come
out. They appeared to be carrying
something heavy.
When Tolman returned. his wife
told him what had occurred and he
Immediately visited q neighbor and
telephoned the sheriff.
Justice OF the Peace Clifton
Laughlin. OF Mclean, has en-
deavored to find a clue that would
lead to the identity Of the body or
Of one Of the four mysterious men
who are believed to have removed
the body from the woods The
girls story. is fully credited.
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'SLUSH ANGELS
On GRILL
~ Internatlonal News Service

FEDERAL BUILDING. CHI.
cAGo. Aug. 1.-The senate slush
fund committee today quizzed tive
Of the big angels Of the Smith
campaign samuel insult. the cleo.
trio car st the Midwest, and Ira
&c. CopIey, millionaire Downstairs
utility magnate
CopIey. who gave $4,000 20 the.
Smith fund, revealed he made the
gift because of his personal friend.
ship for Smith. NJ.
He gave the money, too, ne sid
long after he sold out hIa active
Interests In public utilities.
Questioned By Reed, be disclosed
that he stilI held underlying ee.
cuRities III the Consolidated Com.
pany, which Smith as Utilities com.
missioner approved: es
Then Insult took the stand. He
had been given 4 week u confer
with his attorneys on whether he
would reveal all his political con.
tributions ii the last campaign.
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White Flannel Pants
Are Latest Beach
Vogue For Girls

NORTH CONWAY, n. H,
Aug. 4.-The newest sartorial
sensation is white flannel
trousers for mannishly clipped
misses.
Two girls sported such pants
at Echo Lake, where the
younger set gathers for parties
and water sports.
With the trousers the girls
wore white silk shirts with col
lars turned down and sleeves
rolled up.
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TO INVESTIGATE
INSTITUTIONS IN N. C.

RALEIGH. N. c.. Aug. 1.-THE
Raleigh Division. Loyal Order OF
Moose. will meet to probe allega-
tons made by Harry Evans, OF
Des Moines. Ia. author OF THE
American Poor Farm and It's In,
mates" II. B. Wilson. secretary,
announced today.
Evans charged that immoral and
insanitary conditions existed at the
wake. Durham and Guilford county
and other poor farms over the
state. He described conditions as
"atrocious.n
Evans was said to have prepared
the bulletin on poor farms at the
request OF the Loyal Order Of
Moose and similar organizations.
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ROBBED FRIEND
Of DAUGHTER

Found guilty OF stealing $14 from
his daughters girl friend, when
she brought her home to lunch
yesterday, Peter Carragher. of 1907
f ST. N. E., was sent to jail for
20 days by Judge George II. Mac.
donald in Police Court today.
Carragher told the Judge he
thought the pocketbook lying on
the parlor table belonged to his
wife.
Margaret, 1s years old, the
daughter. testified her father hasn't
worked for two months and that
her mother supports the eight chill
dren in the family.
Lilly Miller. 10, Of TOO Sixteenth
st. N. E., who said she lost her
money, had all but 50 returned
to her when Precinct Detective Il.
M. Wilson was called and arrested
Carragher.
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TWO HELD FOR AUTO
DEATH 3 YEARS AGO

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 4.-Wasa
Davenport. IS, .<ld Leo Johnson, IS.
negroes, were spirited away by Oft.
GERS here early today for safe keep
ing following their capture by
Memphis officers.
The negroes were wanted by
Blytheville, Ark, for manslaughter
in connection with the killing Of
Mrs. Thomas James, so, and serious
injury of her husband. The negroes
ran over the Arkansas couple with
an automobile three years ago and
have been sought in three States
ever since.
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BUS LINE ASKS
FARE BO0ST

TIE washington Rapid Transit
Company today submitted q petition
for an increase in the rate, Of fare
to the Public Utilities Commission.
Elimination Of the sale OF tokens
and the charge Of 8 ten-cent cash
fare Ii requested.
The company also. asks the com
mission to consider the advisability
of establishing a service at cost
plan
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To X-Ray Pictures

AN EXPERT IN X-Ray photog-
. raphy, Alan Burroughs of the
Fogg Museum at Harvard .Univer-
sity. has sailed for Europe, 10
apply scientific tests to master
pieces Of art in Paris and Berlin.
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FLYNN STUDIES
HALL CASE
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Middlesex counties to clear up the
mystery.
There was lack OF Ego out and
finish the job" spirit. TO my
mind, as q trained detective, that
was one OF the most peculiar
phases of the entire matter.
The attitude Of former County
Detective George. Totten Of Sonler.
set county has always been 4 most
unpleasant one to me. Totten
made no effort to see Mrs. Hall or
to question any of the servants in
the household Of the Rev. Mr.. Hall
and his wife until forty.eight hours
after the double killing.
Totten's visit to the house Of
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against blank wall, she answered.
II haven't q vindictive feeling to
see any one punished. I think any
one who has committed 81 murder
is not q safe person to have at large,
but as far as q vindictiye feeling, I
have none"
Toward the close Of the interview
Mrs. Hall made her one display Of
emotion when she said
.sI had such faith In my husband.
If he were here he could explain
he could explain IL he were here.
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P neunonia. Victim

RENOWNED THE WORLD
over rs 3 Jewish scholar, author
and playwright, Israel ZangWiH
died from pneumonia at hospital
In Sussex, England, after an III
ness Of two months.
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Hall No Wild LoUer;;
Could Only Pretend
Bv MARGERY REX

NEW YORK Aug 4s-Should Dr.. Hall have published ana
not preached2 X
Should the murdered minister have gone II Tor ht Icflon
instead Of heavy sermons9
Miss Louise Rice graphoIogist thinks She explains
how the Rev. Mr. Halls handwriting shows his hand
the hand that had flair for imaginative plot than
real 4
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Mrs. Halls Only Talk
Is General Denial

SO1IEVILLE, n j., Aug Mrs. Frances Stevens sHall
reiterated today refusal submit newspaper inter
view and her personal counsel Timothy Pfeiffer stated
that the reopenng inquiry had ii wise altered her
determination not to talk for publication.
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DUCGAN AGAIN LOST ON
BUENoS AIRES FLIGHT

RIO DE JANEIRO. Aug. 4.-.-
Bernardo Duggan, who has been
many weeks in making an ad-
venturesome seaplane flight from
New York to Buenos Ayres, was
again reported missing today.
Duggan was last sighted in
southern Brazil near the Urugayan
border.
The Washington times., 1926-08-04

On August 8, next Monday,
The Washington Times will print
the first chapters Of 1.-THE Taxi
Dancer" Read them.
The Washington times., 1926-08-04

An airplane service to keep work.
ers in an arctic town in touch
with the rest of the world is main.
tined by the Swedish government.
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For mems belts an elastic buckle
that stretches under strain has been
Invented.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-02-04
Local Chapter of the
DeMOlays Represent
ed at State COnclave

John E. Herronen, Jack Bailey, N
G. Seip, David Leitch, Clarence A
Thompson, Peter Micheletto, Lester
Pomroy, Frank Sicora, Charles J
Boggs, Jr., and Richard Dell of the
local chapter of De Molays were
among the 800 DeMolays who gath
cred at Billings last week for the
Third Annual Conclave. Twenty-one
chapters in Montana and Wyoming
were represented at the sessions.
Many prominent Masons attended
the meeting and were on the program
to deliver addresses to the boys. Prin-
cipal among them were Edward G.
Day of Helena, sovereign inspector
general of Montana Scottish Rite
Masons, Roy E. Dickerson of Kansas
City, director of programs and activ-
tiles of the grand council of DeMolay,
Lew L. Galloway of Helena, Chief
Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
and Harland L. Hart of Helena.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-02-04
Picket Hotel Will
Be Taken Over By
New Management

Mrs. Anna L. Smedley, who for the
past seven years has been proprietress
of the Picket Hotel, has leased her
place for several months to A. J. Pax
ton of Billings and formerly of Sent
inal Butte, North Dakota.
Mr.. Paxton has been an old hotel
man and has been in public life for
many years. He intends to take charge
of the hotel the latter part of the
week and is planning to install COM
plete line of pool and card room fix
lures and anything that can be secur-
ed at first class hotel will be on sale
The fact that Mr.. Paxton has gained
many friends, particularly among the
travelling class, insures his success
Within the next two weeks Mrs
Smedley will move to Fromberg to
make her future home. Her children
will also make their home at From
berg.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-02-04

NJ. H. Mann was then introduced.
Mr.. Mann is one of the promoters and
owners of the cannery to be and he
spoke at length regarding the pea
canning industry. He stated that in
1925 there We're nineteen million cases
of peas canned in the United
States; that there was an average of
one and one-half tons raised to the
acre; and that in view of the different
attitudes here by starting harvest at
Roberts and coming south as the sea-
son advanced that it was probable
that the cannery would be in active
operation all the way from six weeks
to two months. He also stated that
where these different factories were
established and maintained there was
an increase in land values as 4 result.
and that he was particularly i'm
pressed with Carbon county and the
people he had met here. He stated
further that the price of seed would
be nine cents per pound and that one
vining machine would be put in to
take care of every fifty acres; that
the weighmaster would be local man
so that there would be no question as
to weights. He stated that the vines
make excellent stock feed, chat the
farmers may take care of them them
selves or that the canning company
would take care of them at SIPS per
ton. He stated further that farmers
need not purchase any machinery to
take care of their crop; that the pea
seed is not to be paid for until the
crop is marketed, and explained the
classes of peas as they are canned SO
that everyone present understood. Mr..
Mann has had years of experience
both in raising and canning peas in
other states and explained the propo-
sition so that no one could be in doubt
regarding any matter connected with
it. At the close of his address he
answered questions asked by farmers
and others in a manner that was en-
tirely satisfactory and stated that
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The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-02-04
SUFFICIENT ACREAGE FOR RAISING OF
PEAS ASSURES BUILDING OF CANkERY
Luncheon Given For Farmers Saturday After
noon is Complete Success; Splendid Enthusiasm
Shown; Large Attendance Present.

The luncheon given at the Elks'
Club Saturday afternoon for the farm
ers, at which time they were to be
informed of the proposed pea cannery
in Red Lodge, was largely attended
by both city and country people and at
its close there was complete assurance
that the new canning factory will be
opened here in ample time to take care
of the 1926 crop. Contracts are being
let and the buildings will be under con-
struction within the next couple of
weeks.
The luncheon was given under the
auspices of the Beartooth Boosters
Club and was served by the ladies of
the Methodist church. There were one
hundred forty-two meals served that
day and it is safe to say that at
least eighty or ninety were served to
farmers and their wives. The meeting
was presided by DR.. J. G. F. Seigfriedt,
chairman of the Beartooth Boosters
Club committee; the other two men,
bers being w. ]. Beans and Ed Skog-
Ian. At the close Of the luncheon DR..
Siegfriedt introduced Mayor Jeffrey,
who extended the welcome of the city
to the visiting guests, spoke of the
value Of having such an institution
here, not only to the city but to the
surrounding country as well and urged
an active cooperation that will assure
the success of the new canning fac
tory.
Attorney John G. Skinner was the
next speaker. Mr.. Skinner discussed
the finances Of the canning factory
and stated that he was the spokesman
for Mr.. Meyers who was unable to be
present and that he could give assur-
ance that the financial phase of the
matter was in every way satisfactory.
He closed by urging closer co-opera-
ton between the city and country and
gave it as his opinion that the pro-
posed canning factory was the great
est or one of the greatest projects
that had been proposed in this county
in recent years.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-02-04
Attempted Assassination

One of the boldest and most PERM
tious attempts to commit an atrocious
and diabolical crime that has been
made in this city for years occurred
Monday night when some misguided
evil minded miscreants tried to kill
the tame frog that during the past
year has made his home in Virtue
Lake, that beautiful expanse of sky
blue water which embellishes Green
ough Park on West Eleventh Street
About 1870 o'clock Monday evening
the residents of that part of the city
were awakened from their slumbers
by what appeared to be regular fusi-
llade of shots and for time it was
thought that the Central Hotel, that
up-to-date and slightly Oaks Avenue
Hosiery and one of the show places
of the city, was being held up.
Fathers came out of peaceful slum-
bers with tense nerves and blanched
faces; mothers suddenly emerged from
pleasant dreams only to press their
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-02-04
H. B. Field Elected
Superintendent of
City Grade Schools

H. B. Field has been elected to serve
as superintendent of the public grade
schools in Red Lodge for 1867, COM
mencing next September and will sue
coed R. M. Porter. This action was
taken at the regular monthly meeting
of the School Board Monday night.
Mr.. Field is now serving his fourth
year as principal of Roosevelt school
and manual training instructor. There
is a probability that Mr.. Field, in his
new capacity as superintendent, will
continue his manual training work.
Superintendent in most of Montana S
second class districts teach one or
more subjects. The fact that the man
ual training shop and the office are
both located in the same building
make this combination a convenient
one here. There is economy in the
plan since one teacher less will be
needed.
Mr.. Field is a graduate of Kansas
State Normal School, class 1911, EN-
poria, Kansas. Since graduation he
has been a student at Bradley Poly
technic Institute, Peoria, Illinois, Uni
versity of Utah, Salt Lake City and
Montana College, Bozeman, Mont. and
Mr.. Field has to his credit eleven
years of successful school experience,
all but one year Of which has been in
Montana and Wyoming schools. He
comes highly recommended by super
and board members of first
class districts in which he has been
as teacher and principal.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-02-04
Mrs. Seip of Washoe
Dies in Billings


Mrs. Annie Seip, wife of William N.
Seip of Washoe, died at st. Vincent's
hospital at Billings Monday night
from complication of diseases. She
had been in poor health for about
three years and had been taking treat
ments in Billings for the last two
weeks.
Mrs. Seip was born at Rockville,
Colo, June 20, 1885, and was married
about 20 years ago. The family has
lived at Washoe where Mr.. Seip has
been miner for the last fourteen
years and perviosuly lived at Billings
for two years while Mr.. Seip was en-
ployed by the Montana Power COM
pany.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Seip is
survived by two children, Norton Ce-
Gil, 19; and Edna May, Is. Her father
John w. Daniels of Canon City, Colo,
and six sisters also survive. Funeral
services will be conducted in Billings
today.
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children to their bosoms in fear and
apprehension and late home goers,
passing that way, fled from the scene
in abject terror.
The sheriff's office and Chief of Po-
lice were Immediately notified ard a
force of deputies and police reserves
were rushed to the scene. 1t was found
that no real harm had befallen the
frog and the entire city breathed a
sigh of relief. Just why anyone would
want to take the life of that innocent
frog is matter of conjecture. He is as
harmless as he is musical and during
the past several weeks by his sweet
song he has endeared himself to every
resident of this city who has scin-
tilla of love for the rythmical and mel
odious.
That tame frog has been the subject
of considerable wonder here during
the past several weeks. Many of our
citizens enormously thought that be-.
cause of the pleasant balmy weather
that prevails he sang because he con-
cluded that Spring was here. Far
from it. Here are the facts. Several
weeks ago cablegram was sent to the
French Academy of Arts and Sciences
asking for possible explanation Of
his apparently strange and unusual
conduct in singing here at this season
of the year. Yesterday word came
from Paris stating that after much
historical and scientific investigation
it was found that similar frog sang
in Rome during the censorship of
Appius Claudius Caecus in 313 B. G.
just before the Appian Way was built
and which is the most famous road in
the world and is in excellent condition
even to the present day.