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Show MISSING PAIR SHOT TO DEATH BENEATH TREE I Tragedy Uncovered By Children Chil-dren Shocks New Jersey Community KILLING IS MYSTERY I Passionate Letters Found Near Clergyman and Wife of Sexton lb i t l ill R HI STON International "Niu Servici NEW BRUNSWICK N. J.. Sept. J6. Michael Schneider tnJ IVarl Bah-' Bah-' mer w.-nt mushroom hunting on I'hll-, I'hll-, lips farm today and unco-etcd -. tcig-i tcig-i edy that has set New Bc.inswick am' Its n Irons to .mlverln- with aston- Ishmi nt and horror tonight. Beneath an ay. pie tree the boy and i girl, neither as yot In their t"e:is kfottttd the bo 'y of tho Rev. Edward H. Hall, for ten years the honored and respected rector of the Protestai? Episcopal Church of St. John. The Divine. i; -side It lay the iouy oi Mrs James Mills, choir singer in St John's church Both had been shot to death A single bullet wound on the right side 1 of the forehead had brought dr ah I to the minister. Thre,- bullets had entered the head of Mr.i Mll'.i. one under the right eye. .cnr-Uier ill the j right temple nnd a thir l over the risrht ear A knife wo-in 1 shOwed Its ' ugl sear along the threat of Mrs. I Mills The fingers nf the Hev. Hall I were cut, presumably with the same i weapon. FLEE IN TERROR The children fbd In terror from their gruesome discovers- and rarrled ' with them to the New Brunswick po-I po-I lice a story that shook Mew Brunt-I Brunt-I wick out of. Its wonted composure. Officers o': Somerset county tonight wen notirlec b New Brunswick police po-lice and are end avorlng to unravel , t"p.- mystery of how the dcrgyman and the woman met their death As I tb" WOrJed to this nd th- storv J of the tragod was be ing told In j hushed and horrified accents beside 'countless firesides In Middlesex and ' Somerset counties. Few clues were i found to aid the authorities In their i search for a solution of the mystery. ' No weapon was found K single dis-, dis-, charged pistol cartridge was discov-ered discov-ered between the bodies BELIEVE BOTH MURDERED The authorities are convinced that both were murdered No evidence of ', a suicide pact was revealed by pro- uminary investigations, aecoraing . Qeorge Totfcn, county detective nf . yoiivrs. t countv. Th-- knife wounds ! on the Rev. Hall's hands Indicated according to Totted, that the clergy-1 clergy-1 man had grappled with some assailant assail-ant Members of the congregation of St. I John s church were dumbfounded ny I the tragedy. Few could bo foun-1 . who were willing tO .discus'; It. Prom the New Brunswick police. I however, it was learned that rumo,-s of attentions said to have been paid j to Mrs. Mills by the pastor bad been current In circles where they were known for several months LETTERS VRE HUM). Strewn In confusion about the ' bodies were a. number of cards bear-' bear-' ing the name of the Rev, Hall and si I few letters, written in lead pencil j and unsigned The authorities belli .0 j that Mrs. Mills was the uuthorcss ot j these letters ( ne of the letters said. "You are a true priest, you see In mp merely your physical lnspir-.i-I tlons." Another said Please don't luugh at this. I know I'm a crazy cat. but I can't bo : different Charlotte talks, then Dan isks questions, then he annoys, so i how can I write:" MOTHER OF TWO. I Mr. Mills, whose husband Is sexton sex-ton of St. John's church, was tho mother of two hlldren. They are Charlotte, 15. and Dan. 12 Mrs. Mills was 34 years old Hall was 45. Hail had no children Mrs Hall, widow of tho clergy-man clergy-man was prostrated at her home to- i night. 1'ntll a late hour she had rote... ro-te... I to set newspaper men or to j make any statement concerning the ' tragedy. Mills, the husband of the dead j woman, was In New Brunswick latoi this aOrnoon Detectives of Sotnnr-I Sotnnr-I set county planned to Question him I as an Important step in their lnves- j , tlgatlon. The bodies of Mrs. Mills and the Itev. Hall were taken to an undertaking under-taking establishment at Bomervllle. Plans for an inquest have not be-m nnnounced. Both the Itev Ha'.l andi Mrs. Mills had been missing slnTc j (Continued on Pnfeo Two.) MISSING PAIR SHOT TO DEATH Letters Found Near Bodies of Rector and Choir Singer (Continued From Pace One) Thursday night. Mrs. Mills, It was learned, was a passenger on a street car Thursday evening and. aftef alighting, walked away in the dl r- -tlon of DebrviHsy lnne, where " the Phillips farm is located IJOOl I'lS DECOM POSING. County Physician William K. Long, whu examined the bodies, reported that decomposition bad set in. indicating indi-cating that they had lain where they were- found at leant -In-.' Thursday. There was a marked contrast In tho relative financial status of the Mills and iiaii families The Rev. Hall llve.l with his wife, who Is Hllghtly his senior, In the most conspicuous anil attractive home in this unusually pretty little town, while the Mills family lived in the top apartment of a wooden frame structure ot the poorest sc. lion. The Rev. Hall came here ten year' ago as a poor minister, but wooed and won Francis Stevens, who was very wealthy In her own name. It was well known at tho time that Rev. ( Hall was especially popular with the ; v ig women of the town HI SBAND NEVER SUSPECTED. Despite the letters found on tho ' K. v Hall's person by detectives, Mills, I when Interviewed by reporters, was apparently disinclined tn .User--. lit r - I intion3 of undue friendliness between ; the minister and Mrs. Mills. He per-I per-I slated in his statements that he had never suspected anything of the sort, I although he Identified tho letters as his 'Aire's handwriting. Detective Totten. in charge of tho Investigation showed some of the , t-' t-' ters to newspaper men, but i oncealed the bottom of the pages so as not to I disclose the signatures, If there were any. I One of these read rEXT OC LETTER. "Dearest There Isn't a man who can make me smile. You said today our hearts are true as steel. I am not pretty. I know there are girls with shapely bodies, but 1 am not caring car-ing what they have. I have the greatest great-est of all blessings a noble man; deep, true, eternal. My heart Is his, my life Is his. all I have Is his. Poor as my body Is, scrawny as my skin may be, but I am his forcer." Another excerpt read' "I know if you love me, you will ache for my body." One. beginning with "Darling boy," reads; "I love you most when you love me as you did today not physically but prayerfully " Another one queries "Have I ever tempted you?" Detective Totten advanced the theory the-ory that robbery may have been the motive for the double slaying. In substantiation of this It was said the Rev Hall usually carried a considerable consid-erable sum of money and a watch No watch was found on his body and there was tut 61 cents In cash in his pockets rr |