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Eleanor planned to "go away to
Japan with DIR. Hall"
This trip was to have been made
as soon as Charlotte Mills finished
school, the witness said.
Together in Church
Mrs. Bernhard told of once
having gone to look for her sister
at the church. She said she saw DIR.
Hall leave his study and found he
had left Mrs. Mills very flushed"
How was her clothing-arranged
or disarranged?" asked Simpson.
well, she looked as though she
had put her hat on in a hurry" said
the witness.
1t was at this time Mrs. Mills told
her sister of her love for DIR. Hall,
said Mrs. Barnhardt.
Then the picture Of a love idyll
was sketched by Mrs. Barnhardt.
Trips to Buccleuch Park, where the
couple went over DIR, Halls sermons,
were outlined by the witness.
DIR. Hall loved her so much, he
got up from a sick bed to visit her
in a hospital" went on Mrs. Barn
hardt.
what word did she use when she
described the state Of her affection
for DIR. Hall?" Simpson asked.
"She said she loved him." was
the unhesitating answer.
What did Mrs. Mills say to you
about the holiness of the romanceT'
asked Simpson.
well, she said she didn't care
who knew it,"
when did she say that?"
about seven months before she
was killed"
Mrs. Barnhardt said Mrs Hall was not
friendly toward Mrs. Mills, but this
line of testimony was stricken from
the record upon objection from de-
Tense counsel.
The witness told Of an automobile
trip in which Mrs. Hall would not
enter a car driven by her husband
when she saw Mrs. Mills and Mrs
Barnhardt already were seated.
did you ever see Mrs. Hall mani
fest any jealousy toward Mrs. Mills?'
asked Simpson.
Eyes, the time I just mentioned
and at a halloween party at the
Sunday school before that" said
Mrs. Barnhardt.
On that occasion the witness ex
planned Mrs. Hall sort of stayed
away. from everybody"
Simpson then offered in evidence
a copy Of a prayer written by DR.
Hall for Mrs. Mills.
Mrs. Barnhardt said she had re-
ceived the original from Charlotte
Mills, had turned it over to her hus'
band, who gave it to a New York
newspaper.
Defense counsel objected to intro
duction of the prayer, since 1t had
not been proved the original. The
point was sustained.
what did ID. T. L. mean?" asked
Simpson. These were initials signed
by DR.. Hall on love letters to Mrs.
Mills.
They were foreign words "dein
true lieber' meaning thy true
lover -" said the witness.
What was the relationship be-
tween your sister and Mrs. Minna
Clarke"
"They were friendly at one time,
but Mrs. Clark stopped being SO
friendly" said Mrs. Barnhardt.
Eleanor told me that Minna liked
DR.. Hall too and was jealous of her."
Simpson then asked if Mrs. Mills
had benefited financially from her
affair with DIR. Hall. Mrs, Barn
hardt said her sister had made her
own clothes and had not received
any large sums from the rector.
Declares Face Scratched
Two major bits of circumstantial
evidence were added to the States
case few minutes after Court
opened today.
Alfred Butler, a taxi-driver told of
having seen Henry Carpenter, cous-
in Of Mrs. Hall, leave the Hall house
with a bundle and some boxess
thirty-six hours after the murder.
Carpenter Is awaiting trial for al
legged completely in the murder.
Edward Stillwell. an undertaker's
assistant testified that he saw Mrs.
Hall at the funeral Of her husband
and that her face showed scratches.
The State contends the scratches
formed evidence that she had been
in struggle.
Stillwell said Mrs. Hall wore veil
but that at one time she raised the
veil to dry her. eyes with a handker-
chief, and that the scratch was plain
ly visible.
He said had noticed Mrs. Halls
face while the funeral party was on
ferry boat en- route to Brooklyn
where DIR. Hall was buried.
Mrs. Jane Gibson will appear in
court to tell her story Of the killing