Evening star., 1926-11-08

Inc state purpose IN calling ILL
dersleeve was to reinforce it's previous
hand, and that for him all other
women are mere shadows.
But for all her gallant effort to
save her husbands reputation, and
to hide her own chagrin at being for
saken for another woman, Mrs. Hall
deceived no one.
She did not even deceive herself, for
the dullest woman alive knows when
the man she loves has ceased to love
her and found another affinity, no
matter how she may deny it to her
self. And Mrs. Hall is keen eyed,
highly intelligent, the last woman in
the world who could be fooled.
What was kitchen gossip in the
small town was bound to have reached
her ears. And to this was added
undoubtedly indisputable proof of her
husbands infidelity in the letters that
were written by the guilty couple, and
that fell into her hands.
Certainly 1t wrings the heart with
pity to think of this proud woman
STOPPING to countenance her hus-
bands mistress, associating with her
because in that way only could she
silence the tongue Of gossip and
throw the mantle of her protection
about her husband. Seen in the light
of this great loyalty, how paltry the
lies with which she strove to keep
from admitting that she was an un-
loved wife, who had been forsaken
for "a younger and fairer woman.
Trial Tells Upon Her.
Saturday told heavily upon Mrs.
Hall Tha Sfr In iS ho0 ~
upon her, and before the long court
session was over she looked weary
unto death. Every drop Of color had
drained out of her face, and it was
only at intervals that she could sum
mon up the brave, pathetic little
smile with which she greets her
friends and counsel.
1t was no wonder that she looked
exhausted, because she had had to go
through the narrowing experience of
seeing all the CHASTITY exhibits brought
out, and wrangled over, and tagged
for identification. There was the blue
suit Of clothes which Dr. Hall wore
when he was murdered, the broken
eyeglasses. a blood d-stained tie and col
lar. And there was the dress that
Mrs. Mills had had on-a blue voile
with red dots and trimmed with red
Scallops, and the shoes that had
tripped so gaily to meet death.
Strange how CHASTITY commonplace
garments can become when they have
been part of SUCH a tragedy. Mr..
Pfeiffer tried to shield Mrs. Hall from
the sight as much as he could, stand
ing between her and the gruesome ex-
hibits. but he could not keep from her
the knowledge of what was there, and
she wept silently as the various arti-
1-n1 H. L. T..
box.
But Willie looked on with the un-
disguised frank curiosity Of a child,
bending forward to get a better view,
even when a black felt hat was
brought out that the prosecution
claims belongs to him. This. however,
was returned to it's cache, and was not
offered in evidence, as were a lot of
letters that were found scattered be.
tween the dead man and woman, and
the contents of DR.. Halls pockets.
Ex-TroOper Star Witness.
The star witness of the day was
Henry l.. Dickman, eX-State trooper,
who admitted that he joined the Navy
and deserted from it. and served a
term of Imprisonment for that, and
then had deserted from the Army. and
ment for that.
He declared that at the time of the
Hall-Mills murder he had made many
extending over a period
of some months, and that in the end
Azariah Beekman, then prosecutor for
this county, had paid him $4,000 to go
away and keep silent.
That, if the jury believes the story
of a man who says he was bought and
didn't stay bought, and the positive
identification of the fingerprint on the
card that was found at Dr. Halls feet
as that of Willie Stevens, by Deputy
Commissioner Faurot. were the first
two real points that have been scored
against Mrs. Hall and her brothers
The rest of the day was taken up
with piff1ing testimony Of the kind
that led a cynic to declare that the
law is an ass. One good lady, a
perfect type of the woman who cuts
the cake at the church supper. testi-
fed that she saw Henry Stevens In an
automobile on the streets of New
Brunswick. although she hadn't seen
him for 25 years. not since they picked
yiolets together in their early youth
the point being that Henry has said
that at that time he was somewhere
else.
Saw Lovers on Bench.
Also, she had once seen DR.. Hall
and Mrs Mills sitting on bench in
. park near the Parker Home for In
urables. with something that looked
ike a hymn book in their hands.
Also at the same time she had seen
Ralph Gorsline and Mrs. Minna Clark,
but what these revelations had to do
with solving the mystery of who killed
DR.. Hall and Mrs. Mills, no human
being could tell.
Also, another woman told about
sending a cloak and scarf to be dyed
for Mrs Hall. after her husbands
death, when she went into mourning.
Senator Simpson read deep-dyed guilt
into that. but to all the women in the
every one of whom had
done the same thing at a similar time,
il was about as significant as Mr..
Pickwicks lamb chops and tomato
sauce.
And so ends the fourth chapter of
the Halls Mills mystery story.
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