New Britain herald., 1926-12-02
McCarter, in His Plea, As- serts Mills Himself Had More Opportunity and
 More of a Motive f0n Murder Than Defend. ants. l
JURY LIKELY TO
 RETIRE TOMORROW

Courthouse. Somervlle. N. J.. Dec. 2 P-Summing up for the defense In the Hall-Mills case will be con. cluded this afternoon with indicas tions that the argument for the state will not be made until tomor. low.
 If this program is followed, the judges charge will be delivered to the jury after the luncheon recess tomorrow.
 It seems certain that the case would be given to the jury early to- morrow afternoon, exactly ono month after it opened. Clarence F. Case followed Robert H. McCarter in summing up for the defense. The only Somerville at. torney in the case started his ad- dress at il o'clock after the former attorney general had completed his argument, begun yesterday, in 50 minutes.
 Criticizes Prosecution Mir. Case opened his speech by criticizing the methods of the prose- cution, terming them nasty. un- fair and vindictive." This was the note on which Mir. McCarter closed his summing ups saying If the level of the New Jer- sey bar has sunk to that then thank God. I am old" The veteran Newark attorney had just referred to what he termed an effort by Alexander Simpson, special prosecutor, to cast slurs upon the percentage of Willie Stevens, one of the defendants.
 'If his statement had been made south of the Mason and Dixon line, he would have keen knocked down." he said.
 Comments On Mills
 In closing his summing up, Nc. Carter said James Mills. husband ot Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills. who was slain with the Rev. Edward w. Hall, was in better position to know of the love affair between the minister and choir singer. than was Mrs. Hall.
 He also said that while Mrs. Half has been attacked by the state for what was characterized as inade- quate spreading of an alarm for her husband on tha day after he dis. appeared, Mills, whose wife was also missing. did absolutely nothing about 1t.
 Case after bitterly arraigning the state for its methods. described as hitting below the belt" launched into a discussion of the calling card. which the state contends bears the print of Willie Stevens finger. The Calling Card
 The defense attorney offered a sug. gestion as to how the calling card found it's way near the body of the slain minister.
 T believe Raymond Schneider rifled that body" he said, "and the cards fell from the pocketbook of MT. Hall and remained where they fell"
 "I don't know, because Schneider, who discovered the bodies has not been brought here to testify, and we could not ask him. but that Is my belief.
 "The state may say" he continued. that we could have called Schnei- der. That is a likely proposition just as 1t was likely proposition when the state said we could have called James Mills to prove by him that he committed the murd ers."
 The state launched another vig- orous but unsuccessful drive on photographers today. Justice Charles w. Parker, presiding saw a photo- grapher perched near a window of crier and the jail warden. to seize the culprit, but the latter escaped.
 I.ashes Prosecution
 Robert H. McCarter resuming his summing up before the jury this morning dashed the prosecution for bringing Mrs. Jane Gibson. states star witness, into the courtroom on a stretcher and having her testify from 8 s!ckbed.
 Explaining that Clarence E. Case, another defense attorney. would deal in detail with Mrs. Gibson's story. McCarter, after referring repeatedly
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