Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-13 | Page 24 | 2 New Arrests in Hall Murder

I I 2 WE ARRESTS I I I I IN HAll MURDER Cousin and Brother of Accused Wife Are Now W Being Hel Held Without Bail i SOl N. N N No J J. J Aug 13 AP A AD-A cousin and a br brother ther o ot of f Mrs E Edward Jward Wheeler Hall Hal were ini in i jail today today held without ball bail au ac- ac c- c Used w with th her hel of ot the murder tour four r years ago of or her clergyman hush hus hus- 1 hnz h cd an and J hrs his sweetheart Mrs Ele nor Mills Crazy Crazy Willie due Stevens Stevens th the theL e L brother and He Henry ry Carpender t wea wealthy thY cousin of ot the wealthy S widow were arrested last las night two weeks after alter the arrest of ot MrsHall MrsHall Mrs 1 16 Hall now at liberty In 15 ball All three have pleaded no not t l guilty guilt j. j to State Senator Simpson special 1 prosecutor teL however says We Ve Ver r r ha have ve established a case nothing ca can n d destroy ANA ANALYSIS YSIS PROOF s' s J J JA A A. chemical analysis of ot bloodied s oil loll oil he he declared declare hLis has established d y the fact tact that Dr Di Hall and Mrs Mills fills were slain under the crabapple crabapple crabapple crab- crab apple tree on a deserted farm tarm where their bodies were found It had been suggested they were killed elsewhere the bodies moved and the clothed clothe carefully s straightened z i out outLast Last L st nights night's arrests were or ordered or- or dered by Mr Mi h Simpson after atter fifty fifty- seven depositions deposition of witnesses had been taken In a reopened invest invest- Investigation ti- ti t gation gatton which resulted from the d I filing tiling of ot an annulment suit by Arl Ar- Ar Arthur l' l thui thur S S. S Richie who alleged that his Ins wife a former fonner maid in the Hall I home had bad made damaging con a confes- res- res sion sion-i to him N New w evidence was withheld when Mrs Mis Hall hail obtained bail ball after her hei arrest two weeks ago ago go but last nights aroused expectations expectations that it ft would 1 be e a revealed ina in ina a hearing today before County Judge Frank 1 rank I I. I Cleary BASIS BASIS FOR ARRESTS I I It v was as known that the arrests Sr were TV ere based largely on on the reexamination reexamination reexamination re- re examination of Mrs 1 Jane N N. Gibson Gib Gib- Gibson Ii s son n known as th the pig woman woman- f 6 whose e eyewitness story of the slaying slayIng slay slay- ing was discredited in the previous Investigation The s states state's ue ites ite's s chief witness never r was scientifically examined until J m mj my men went after aCter hei het her said Mr 11 Simpson Simp on Mrs Airs 1 Jane Gibson the pig raiser told me a straightforward story lory and I am convinced that she saw ils sha sh I was describing S Stevens vens arrested ted yesterday c at at li hs h's s sisters sister's s home Carpender r.- r. n s surrendered to tate state police in from frunt of their headquarters Carpender bare headed and wal w 11 ff l dressed was Va nervous but con contained tattled Sevens Sevens' f wearing heavy I I lei let seil eed el spectacles and chewing his I f. f mustache was disconcerted by Iy y his own hands and finally sa sat on I V them He nearly collapsed later when hen taken tal to jail after commitment commit commit- I Y went ment b by Judge Judg Cleary One other person person William Phillips Phil Ihil lips Ups formerly a night watchman has b been en arrested in the case as a f material witness and is free in f 2500 bail ball