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Show BLOOD-STAINED KNIFE WILL BE FULLraiEtt New Jersey Authorities Are Still Hunting Tangible Clue to Double Slaying of Rector and Wife of Sexton DEFENDANT DECLARES GIRL SHOT HERSELF William Creasy Admits on Cross Examination That He had Never Told Her He j Didn't Mean to Marry Her NEW BWNSWICK, V. J., Oct. I (By L P.) A blood atalned butcher knife, found In the vicinity of the deserted de-serted Phillips farm, waa examined today to-day by Inveailgatora uf tha Mills-Hall murder myatery. The knife waa found In tha cottage of a farm worker who Uvea nenr the eveue where-the Met. Mwnril Tr.-Tfair.' millionaire pastor, and Mre. Jamea Mllia, mualcal wife of the church lanl- tor, were found murdered more than two weeks ago. . The farm worker, an Inoffenalve Individual, In-dividual, was queried by atate troopers. He insisted that the blood on the knife waa ihe result of butchering a hog and waa not arrested. Tha blood will be analysed. K. A. Davis, county detective, stated today that I waa probing the where-abouta where-abouta of a prominent New Brunswick man who has been mtseing for a week. The country eurrogndlng New Brunswick waa canvassed by state police po-lice In an effort to find a moron who disappeared from this community shortly after the murder. Thla man waa confined In aanltariuma aevera! times, but released each time when he waa pronounced "harmless." I. i "reputations were made today for exhuming the body of the Kev. Hall In an effort to determine juat how many ' times he had been shot and whether or not he had been alaahed with a knife, aa waa Mrs. Mills. Creasy Declares Woman Killed Self MINKOLA, N. T, Oct. i "Kdlth ' Lavoy killed herself becsuse she loved me so and I would not marry her," William Creeury declared today aa he was cross exsmlned In his trial on a charge of murdering the girl. However, under the merciless questioning ques-tioning of District Attorney Weeks, he admitted that he never told her he would not marry her and never told her he had ceased to love her. "I didn't tell her right out. point-blank," point-blank," he explained. "But In Mar 12I. L told her 1 had decided not to marry her during that month. I told her that perhapa In another year I - might feel differently. I do not remember remem-ber that I ever said I did not love her." Miss Lavoy waa killed In June, dying from a revolves bullet fired Into her brain while ahe waa lying on a sofa with Creasy. He says she committed suicide, - |