The Washington times., 1927-10-19


in Philadelphia and one in Mills.
vile, N. J.
While the State was seeking the
new evidence against the poultry
man, Charles Phillips, attorney for
the widow, announced he has
broken down a.1other point in the
prosecution.
Claim BY Defense
'It was. reported" Mr.. Phillips
said, "that Mrs. Lilliendahl said
she and her husband on the day Of
the murder were on their way TO
Indian Mills to see the Rev. Mr..
Green and that no man Of that
name lives there.
In my belief the verbatim ~e.
port of the questioning of my client
will not bear out this assertion. But
II she did make this statement. ]
think l have cleared the point up.
''She may we'll have meant that
she and her husband were going
to Pleasant Mills. which can be
reached by the Atsion road. where
DIR. Lilliendahl was killed.
Charles A. Green, an active
member Of the Pleasant Mills
Methodist Episcopal Church, ~ lives
there. He often preached at khe
church. ~
Known As "Rey"
''He is known as the Rev, Mr..
Green though not a regularly or.
dained minister. He has written q
history of Pleasant Mills. where
during the Revolutionary War
lived Kate Ayles Ford, a Revolu.
tionary heroine, whose name is pre.
served In the Ayles Ford Chapter
of the d. A. r.
Mrs. Lilliendahl was an active
member of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution and may well
have been going with her husband
to call on Mrs. Green.''
Mrs. Lilliendahl retold her story
OF the murder OF her husband to q
woman attendant at the Jail today,
not swerving in the slightest from
her original story, told the day she
kwas taken in custody by detectives.
While she repeated the story the
wv ,idow wept continuously. The at.
teRdant said:
'tShe cried the whole time she
WIS talking. although she displayed
noA great emotion. She started with
thel time she left her hoine in Vine.
1anN on the day of the murder and
repeated everything that occurred
untilN she was taken to the State
policeSs barracks.
Describes Details
'She \ Described every detail OF
how tfA men forced her to drive
the mach ine off the road, how she
was robbA1, and then told me about
her husband being shot. It was
the same Atory she told police and
did not vaAy q bit
Phillips, uhA widows attorney
when asked. what he thought about
the threat Aof the state to deal
harshly WITH persons interfering
with state witnesses and the state
ment that il Mate evidence Is with
held prosecution win fellow OF
charges Of obsAructing justice. said
Only d Detective
Harold is only q detective.
am not taking orders from AMI
outsiders. II / find the murderers
I'll know what 10 do with then
without being told.
Prosecutor ReAetto has know
me for Is years, and If he hal
anything to say to. me he shoule
say it to my face
John j. Gregory, Hall-Mills de
tective, hired by Mas. Liiliendahl
has another bit Of Evidence in hi
possession which he regards a
important.
1t was learned that several week
ago he picked up q tin tobacc'
can at the murder sceAte, though
to have been dropped ihy one O
the two men that the widow say
killed her husband.
Detective Frank Juliano. who hat
a score Of men on a hunt through
the cranberry bog for tha murdel
gun, said he does not att1ch an!
significance to the finding of Greg
ory, and believes the tin was drop
| ped by oae of his workers.
Mrs. Lilliendahl enjoyed q l1eart!
meal in her cell last nightA con
sisting Of steak peas pctAtoeE