Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-06

crepancies between Mills testimony
today and that given In previous ex-
aminations. Mills testified that he
was once shoemaker and owned
a. sharp knife and Prosecutor Alex
ander Simpson declared that the de-
tense was attempting to prove that
Mills was guilty Of the double kiliing.
Mills said that he received sooo
from a newspaper for letters said 10
have been written by Mr.. Hail anu
a diary found in his house.
Adjournment of court found Mrs.
Demarest on the stand for cross-e1-
animation. Mrs. Demarest on direct
examination had pointed nnger at
Henry Stevens and said that she ga"
him on New Brunswick on the morn
ing after DR.. Hall and Mrs. Mills
were slain. Mrs. Demarest continued
that in NAV, before the Staying In
September, she had seen Ralph Gors-
line. yestryrnan who has testified in
the case, and Mrs. Minna Clark, VINO
will be called as witness, observing
the actions of Mrs. Mills and DR.. Han
In Buccleugh Park, New Brunswick.
Alexander Simpson, special prosecu-
tor, justified this line of questioning
on the ground that he proposed TO es-
tablish spying" on the part OF. Gors-
line and Mrs. Clark for the purpose OF
conveying information to Mrs. Hall.
Three other witnesses contributed
documentary evidence. A. S. Vanoer-
veer, a photographer, identif1ed more
than a score of photographs OF the
country about the scene Of the douple
crime. Warden James Major OF the
Somerset Jail and Captain j. ]. Lamb
of the New Jersey police told OF ex-
hibits procured at the spot or the
tragedy and elsewhere.
Mrs. Jane Gibson, one OF the prose
cution's chief witnesses, was holdlng
her own tonight and it seemed posi-
BILE that she will be able to take the
witness stand early next week.
DR.. A. A. Lawton, house physician
of Somerset hospital, who has dag
nosed Mrs. Gibsons Illness as pyole-
tic, conferred with Justices Parker
and Cleary and was understood to
have told the court that there was
no apparent change in the patients
condition.
Special Prosecutor Simpson precip-
itated several clashes with defense
counsel during the day and found him
self involved in others. Once he sprint
ed from the courtroom in search of
a witness.
DR.. Otto H. Schultze, who has an
nounced that he will testify that an
autopsy he performed revealed that
the tongue and larynx of Mrs. Mills
was torn from her throat, was one Of
the witnesses expectedhto make an
early appearance, possibly tomorrow.
Witnesses understood. to be ready to
take the stand tomorrow also included
Mrs. Louise Geist Riehl, Barbara
laugh and William Philips.
Mrs. Riefl, as Louise Geist, was a
maid in the Hall household. Her hus-
banl, Arthur S. Riehl, filing an afr
davit in a suit to annual their mar
riage, charged that his wife had con-
cealed information about the crime.
Barbara Tough was also maid in
the Hall home and William Philips
at the time Of the tragedy was a
night Waterman engaged opposite the
Hall home.
Mrs. Demarest will complete her
testimony tomorrow.
Another witness in waiting Is Mrs.
Salome Cerenner, rs, of Hoboken.
mother of Mrs. Jane Gibson. who, it
is understood. will appear for the de-
Tense. Asked by a reporter If she
would visit the Somerset hospital,
where her daughter is a patient, Mrs.
Cerenner replied:
mo, don't want to see her."