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Show COT SIMOER TRIED TO RUN AWAY, CLAIM But She Was Dragged Back and Then Shot to Death NOT MYSTERY NOW Special Investigator Says Case Is Complex But Not Puzzle NEW BRUNSWIOK, X J.. Oct. 28. tu'horltiea Investigating the Haii-Mllls Haii-Mllls murder mystery have evidence, it was s.iid. that Mrs JSleanor Mills, tho choir leader, was not killed at the same time as thc rector, having run away when th- quarrel started. But she was dragged bark after be-In-: overtaken and was then shot at I the place where t!i rector's body lay. i ONGER Ml sii :: . 'The Ilall-MIIN case Is complex, but It It not a mystery." This was the statement Friday of Spey'al Deputy Attorney General j Wilbur A. Mott, who has taken over" fur the state the Investigation of the I double murder of Rev Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Rein-I htrdt Mills choir singer. on the' Phillips farm six weeks ago. With an assertion by Mr. Mott that he had found a witness o corroborate at least part of the story told by Mi. Jflnc- OHmnn farmer. w'm olnfms to have witnessed the double shooting and Identified two men of thc death party, this cryptic statement constituted consti-tuted tho chief development of thei day. PRETTY GIRL WITNESS In eennection with this mention of a corroborating witness, a flurry of' ex' it'-ment was caused by the apiiear-1 ance in the case or a mysterious witness wit-ness a girl of 21 und pretty, who in! company with ftate troopers spent an1 hour near the scene of the murder j Whence this girl came and whither rhe departed remained unknown. The troopers admitted that they had taken her to De Russey lane, leading to the Phillips farm, at the direction of Mr Mott. but they declined to state tho purpose of the journey. They wandered up and down tho lane. Which played so big a part in Mrs Gibson's graphic story of the shooting, never getting out of sight, of the crabapple tree under Which the bodies were found. Later the! troopers brought the unidentified girl back to town and she dlaap-l pea red. Mr Mott received newspapermen and answered a series of questions III H S ( Alt N I MBKi:. Tn eonnection with a report that state troopers had been ordered to search for an antique motor car slii h Mrs. Gibson, riding on a mule, in Search of corn thieves, said she had1 seen in the lane the nicht of the shoot-i Ing. Mr. Mott was asked by news-1 papermcn if he had the number ofl the car. "I have a combination of figures, but I don't know whether It is right," ho replied. "Have you anv description of the car "" Yes but it is not very definite." Ilnve you any one watching any car in any garage In this eity?" 'If I answer that, I will be telling too much.' 'Have you any information on both the ears which Mrs. Gibson says she: saw "" BEFORE GRAND .1 CRY. ; "Yes." Asked If he Intended to make an J arrest or first go before the grand Jury. Mr. Mott replied "If my judgment prevails, the case J will go before the grand Jury " When'."' the newpsapermen asked! him. "I won't say." he replied, "and I hope that when It docs, you won't know it." "Could this case be taken before th grand Jury now"" "It could be, yes " 'Could you get an Indictment?" ' I think so.' 'Then, what rfre you waiting for?" It Is my Judgdment to wait." 'Are you following any other lead besides that furnished by Mrs. Gibson?" Gib-son?" the questions continued. "I nm following evrey lead." "When In your Judgment, the time comes for decisive action, will you order an arrest or go before the grand Jury ?" "I don't know, but I should be In-' clined to po before the grand jury unless something extraordinary d -, velops." In New Jersey, with an eye w Illness Il-lness story called creditable vha! corroborating cor-roborating evidence Is nTcded "None legally, but It is a good thing to have." In connection with his statement that he hnd found a wltnefcj subsl m-i m-i tinting part of Mrs Gibson's story, Mr Mott was asked If he had learned of another eyewitness being present at the murder. "So." he replied "In your Judgment," tho reporters asked, "does the unsuspected statement state-ment of a person most Interested eon-stltute. eon-stltute. an alibi"" ' That Is a matter for a Jury to decide de-cide ." Asked if he had any corroborating statement as to Mrs. Hall's actions on (Continued ou Pncc Two) CHOIR SINGER I TRIED 1 W But She Was Overtaken, Dragged Back and Then Shot (Continued from Pace Onel tho night of the murder, Mr. Mott said : " have evidence describing Mrs Hall's w her -abouts for a considerable I period of time before 2 a. m. on the alght of the murder." PIG RAISi R QUI STIONED. Mr. Mott questioned Mrs. Gibson for a long time today. Introduction Into the case of this sturdy farmer womnn. who retired as a bareback rider to raise pigs, has EUiSed a crowd of ourioflity seekers to descend on her humble farm, to catch a glimpse of her To protect her from the curious a state trooper was sent to her place, blocking efforts of newspapermen to Interview her. New Urunswlck Is strangelv Ignorant Ignor-ant of the family history of the new witness known to them chiefly as "the pig woman." She Is believed to li ve resumed her maiden nnme after her husband's d?ath and claims to bo II nitlvt of Gibson, Kentucky, and related re-lated to the Gibson family, formerly in the distilling business. It 19 tinder-BtOOd tinder-BtOOd that her father was an officer In the Confederate army 81 ES Wi M N U EEPING. Detective George Tottin of Somerset Somer-set county said that in Mrs. Gibson's statement to tho prosecutor, sho admitted ad-mitted having returned to the vicinity of the shooting after galloping home on her mulo. to search for a moccasin she had lost In the frightened rlJe, and that she saw a woman bending over the bodies and weeping bitterly. This woman, she Is alleged to have said, was th one flie had seen earlier with the man who killed tho rector and his choir singer Efforts to obtain Verification from Mrs Gibson of her second visit to the tragic scene was unsuccessful, an Mr Mott had placed a guard at the farm, and on his Instructions, sho refused to answer questions |