Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-11-19
Pig Woman, in Court on Bed,
Swears She Saw Mrs. Hall and
Brothers al Scene Of Murder

| SOMERVILLE, n. j., Nov 18 H0-
Brought into court on hospital beu
9 fter 3O-mile trip in an ambulance,
Mrs Jane Gibson, i'll with kidney
disease, testified at the Hall-Milis
trial today for taroe hours and at
the end of her testimony partly
raised herself and screamec:
81 told the truth, so help. me God
and you know it," with a wave o.
her hand toward the three defenc-
ants.
The three on trial for murder re-
main unruffled as the now famous
raiser Of pigs testified that she hao
seen Mrs. Francis, Stevens Hall and
Iher brothers, Henry and Willie
Stevens at and near the place the
bodies of the Rev. edward w. Hall
and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills were found
on the night they were slain, more
than four years ago.
From her bed, Mrs. Gibson sale
that she saw Mrs. Hail and Willie
Stevens standing in front or an
automobile, in De Russeys Lane near
Brunswick, before she heard shots
fired! later saw Henry S-evens just
before she heard shots and still later
place where the witness had heard
voices uttering oaths.
She pointed to the defendants IN
the court room and asserted they
are the persons she saw
The dramatic appearance of the
witness in the court room followed a
ride in an ambulance from Jersey
City, where she has been patient In
hospital for ten days. she appar-
emily suffered no i'll effects from her
journey and court appearance.
Mrs Gibson's story was in many
particulars the recital she has given
over. a period of four years, but there
were some additional details today
and some changes. In previous testi-
Fmony she had not identified Henry
Stevens as person she saw at the
scene. She had before identified
Hnry Carpenter. cousin OF the three
defendants in the case on trial, which
charges the murder of Mrs. Mills.
Carpenter, a New York broker, is
in Jail here under Indictment on the
same charges mis- cousins face. He
came to the court room today to nave
Mrs. Gibson say she had previously
pointed him out as person present
| The direct examination was brief,
less than 20 minutes, while the cross
examination required two hours and
! a half. The trend of the questioning
by defense attorneys after the w.t.
ness had been led to repeat her story
of what she saw on the night of the
double killing was to draw informa-
tion as to her past life. She was
vague as to many details and denied
| that she has had more than one hus-
band. William Easton, she said, is
her only husband.
! She was called as a witness under
the name of "Jane Gibson" but sworn
as "Jane Easton," her explanation or
the discrepancy being she took the
name Gibson, when she purchased
the "Gibson farm on which she
raises pigs
| The defense clearly indicated in its
cross examination that it's effort to
discount the Identification of the de-
Pendants will be an attack on the
3credibility of the witness. She was
asked at length as to whether sne
had been divorced and if she had
known men, whose names were given
her. Her reply to these questions
was mo" She could not give the
name of the town or city in which
her marriage to Easton took place.
Il don't remember" was an answer
appearing frequently in the testimony.
During cross examination, Mrs. Glib
son was shown photographs and ask
ed if they were likenesses of the
lWitness. She said that they We're
not and that she did not know VINO
q II.
to conversations with detectives and
investigators and asked if she had
made statement that she could not
identify any one she saw the night of
the murder. She denied making such
Statements.
Mrs. Gibson's story or her opserva-
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