Show 1 LETTERS TELL OF I FIERY LOVE fOR fORI I CHUR U i i Widow of Hall Hears I Reading of Alleged Messages to Mrs Mills MilI MY GYPSY QUEEN Writer Not Wild or Fierce but Alludes t to Burning Burning Burning Burn Burn- ing Kisses' Kisses o of Angel Ang so SOMERVILLE N. N J J. Nov 13 AP AP l Mrs Frances Prances Stevens Hall hail sat sat sat-in in a little courthouse se here today to today to- to day and heard Jetters letters telling of the professed love of 01 her dead husband d dor for or another woman also dead rc read d to a jury which seem seemed d less I interested inter inter- r- r ested than the curious throng in the courtroom The widow of the slain rector sat between her her brother brothel and codefendant codefendants codefendants co- co defendants defendant Willie and Henry Stevens Stevens Stevens Ste Ste- vens as extravagant phrases represent represented represented rep rep- resent resented d as those those- of her hel husband addressed to Mrs Eleanor R R- Mills singer in his church choir were Continued on page 10 LETTERS TELL Ull OF Dr FIERY LOVE lOV fOR C SINGER I Continued from front page 1 1 I r read ad Into the record by the state which charges the trio with the murder of Mrs Mills A A- slight quiver o of the lips as the reading f l was started Wa-started started and the woman de- de was calm again a verrl very verr l pos possessed but sorrowful figure I he letters dwarfed all else oft of t of the trial today I Su Submitted as evidence in the morning morno morn- morn o ing after they previously had been t t identified they were admitted butS but S j no not until the defense had vainly urged urge d their exclusion 0 Mj i st t of the letters were written from Maine where the Rev Edw Edv Ed- Ed v w yd rd W. W Hall was on vacation In ini i A Christmas card sent In X D December cc 1921 was yas among the let- let n e Only two references to Mrs of Mrs appeared One told f i H Halls Hall's 1 wondering why y I am taking on Sunda Sundays s 's off The other f said ai i t I 1 cant can't talk to you ou any more moreIn In inthe the the presence of Mrs Hall or Jin Tint t FOUND WITH DIARY Iv The T e letters were introduced by i lion as ha having ving been found nd with a diary said to have f been that of Mr 1 Hall found in Mills Mills' home after her death t e were printed Jn n part in 1022 1922 Jan Janies 3 Mills the husband of the I. I woman and the Jim of bf the letteri etter having testified that he was by a l New w York newspaper news- news paper paper- for r the publication rights Thes rie letters were svere signed for the 1 most part D DL L L. T T. but some were as bearing the name of the minister r. r The use of the Initials f T was not explained J Queen was often used Gypsy Gyps Queen be being ng a favorite expression r t aid once Royal Queen Dear Dear Angel Sweetheart was a aI aaI I sal salutation aI tation as were My Iy Own Dear onder Heart and Dear Dear DearHeart Heart of Mine 1 p The rhe impatience of the lover was t reflected in an expression Darling Dar ling hug only seven more days re referring referring referring re- re ferring to a separation and a suggestion sug sug- r for a meeting was alluded t i V to td toas s seeing you ou on our road I f r. r BURNING KISSES I One letter spoke of burning i kisses and another of holding I I you r u for Ih the peace that nothing else I I am not wild nor fierce said the writer el in another letter but peaceful and exalted I I want to feel the wonder of the universe with you ou hold you ou close with my left hand and stroke your dear face with my was sas one sentence read to the jur jury I am storing up UI health and andi i- i strength to be your our gypsy king f V Was was a a. a declaration and later Oh O L did want to get away with t t i you ol to dreamland We Ve f Jn i I J can an have next Friday Friday- afternoon to toils to- to ils- ils f. ether Once the writer said ur letters are a. a a blessing blessin to me me an an I I am a lonel lonely boy loy t Jut but ut i 10 J 3 know there are letters 1 i me me- meThe r The he be da day closed with th the most 1 L' L t he heated ted verbal exchange of a tury tur- tur y bu bulent en t trial for counsel During 1 the testimony of Bogart T. T Conklin t Jit f former sheriff of Somerset county I I who told of the position in which s t th the bodies of the slain couple were r Ji fo found nd Alexander Simpson special prosecutor pleaded surprise at th the testimony of the witness de- de I f Ii cl during ring it was not exactly in accordance accordance ac- ac with t testimony of the II 0 same witness at a gr grand nd Jury investigation in- in ye in 1922 4 During a discussion of the question ques- ques tion flon Clarence E. E Case of defense k 7 counsel was referred to as a boss It b Simpson The Somerville law law- ye In ln turn spoke Ke ot of Simpson j yer as t. t from a. a county of bosses I The The court finally intervened c- c There must be no talk taUt of ot bosses he here re e said Judge Charles W. W P Par Par- r- r jeer presiding i y UNFRIENDLY The prosecutor had alluded durin during during dur dur- I in ing the of Miss Agnes W W. I organist of the church where Mr Hall was rector to witnesses witnesses witnesses wit nesses who are not hostile but certainly not friendly to the state since they are friends of one of the defendants Miss Storer who has been or organist organist organist or- or of the church for more than twenty years year testified that on Friday night after Mr Hall hail had left home Thursday night and had failed to return Mrs Hall had telephoned her that the minister would not be bc at the choir rehearsal as he was out of town The st state te elicited the information from the witness that she accompanied accompanied accompanied Mrs 1 Hall BalI to Italy as her guest after the slaying William Villiam J. J Grealis told of spots on clothing of Willie Stevens carried carried car car- ried ned by the witness to a tailor the day after the bodies were found Another automobile was located by William S. S Randall a rural mail carrier near De Russey's lane about midnight on the night of the slayings He described it as a I Dodge se sedan an with lights out out and curtains up Cross examined I briefly the mall mail carrier said he lle might have passed other automobiles automo biles but did not remember them Peter who filled the dual role of chauffeur and gardener gardener gardener gar gar- dener among the hall servants s told of banking celery in the rear of the Hall HaIl home the day after the discovery discover of the bodies but was positive that he did not wash the sedan He did however wash a touring car owned by With nearly fifty witnesses ex examined examined ex- ex the state was understood to tobe tobe tobe be nearing the end of Its list with the stage fully set for the appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance of Mrs Jane Gibson reported e eyewitness who Is ill In a Jersey City hospital Although reports from her bedside bedside bedside bed bed- side none too reassuring the special prosecutor hoped to have her appear early next week He left on adjournment of court to today today to- to day for a conference with physicians phy- phy attending her |