The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-06-10
]. 5. TAXES Up
HALL-M|LLS
STORY
BY HERMAN GIEsKE

On HkbNNAfAN uANsFgRR
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j.. June
10 fu.S.l.- Kenneth Gladeau's dra.
matte narrative related In Detroit
OF having actually seen the famous
Hall.Mills murders on the night ~
September IA. 1922. IL being closely
scrutinized here to determine
whether or not 1t is one Of the
innumerable hoaXes perpetratet in,
,.f,ya ~, tt3t5s4,s ~
An outstan ding development was
the revelation by Deputy sheriff
Robert e. Moore, OF Wayne county,
Mich, that Gladeau's prison record
has been deliberately falgified" to
make It appear he was in a cell In
Nebraska on the fateful night,
Convinced IT Story
Deputy S. eriff Moore. who has
had ciladean under personal ohser.
walton for MANY weeks. declared
himself convinced that the 81 year.
old vagabond and ex.convict IL tell.
ing the TRUTH" Moore declared:
II am satisfied that he Is tell
Ing the exact truth as far as he
recalls 1t, and that there 10 album
dant justification for reopening the
investigation on the strength OF
what he says. Our investigation
has demonstrated that certain por.
lions of Gladeau's prison record have
been purposefully omitted"
Deputy Sheriff Moore also dis
closes that Federal authorities, for
the first time In the many years
OF mystification, are taking hand
in the case. and that as a result
Department of Justice men may be
assigned. This is due to the fact
that Gladeau Is held on two Federal
charges--violation Of the Mann act
and the Dyer act. which forbids
Interstate transportation OF stolen
motor cars
Story Is PrOhed
At the same time Capt. Harry
Walsh. of the Jersey City police
who was called into the case at the
trials In 1926, said that Gladeau's
story was investigated by detec.
tive, who learned that Gladeau was
imprisoned on the day he claimed
to be in New Brunswick. Cap.
tain Walsh said:
I'VE are of the opinion that
Gladeau has just trumped up this
story with the idea of getting a
trip to New Jersey and to satisfy
his egotism by being drawn into
such a famous case. His story
was investigated and we were con-
WINGED that he could not possibly
have been in New Brunswick at the
time he says he was. for the
simple reason that he was In prison.
There have been so many stories
published about the murders, and
in such profusion of detail. that
almost anyone could memorize the
dates, places, and names and pre-
tend to have been at the scene"
A similar attitude was taken
by County Detective Joseph Han
lon. of Somerset county. N. J..
Hanlon said: &
.'Gladeaus story has been known
for two months. At no time has
It been taken seriously. We're al
ways getting such confessions. We
get them by the dozens. They come
from eranxs. There's nothing TN.
usual about this one as far as /
can See"
However, the county prosecutor.
Francis l.. Bergen. was not available
today and his official attitude could
not be learned, The Detroit author
tiles say that Prosecutor Bergen has
inforQed them he desires to question
Gladean.
The various ways in which Gla-
deau's story could be checked are
now being pursued by a number of
Investigators. For example, Gladeau
says that after the murders, he fol.
lowed the murderer to a street\ in
New Brunswick. He says a milk.
man told him the name of the street
was Carmen" It Is possible that
all OF the mi1kmen who delivered
milk on the fateful day could he
rounded up and that one of them
would recall being accosted by Ola.
deau. James Mills, widower Of the
slain Eleanor Mills, lives on Carmen
street. =
Tells of Bride
Gladstone says he was paid So, 900
hush money" near the New Bruins.
witch National Bank" and that he
went to nearby store and counted
it. Would any storekeeper in the
vicinity of the bank recall such an
incident after seven years?t
Then there is the knife with
which Gladeau says he was at.
tackled by the slayer of DR.. Edward
H. Hall and Mrs. Mills. Gladeau
insists that when the murderer
stabbed him with the knife, he
struck the murderer and that the
knife fell to the ground. Gla6eau
says he has carefully preserved
this knife through all his years OF
wandering, and 1t Is curious side.
light, according to Detroit police,
that Gladeau would insist on the
knife being recovered from his
trunk after he had been arrested
at Plymouth, a small town about
% miles fran nnfrnif