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Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-28 | Page 1 | Mrs. Hall Denies Killing Husband

Type issue
Date 1926-11-28
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Mrs. Hall Denies Killing Husband
Type article
Date 1926-11-28
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 1
OCR Text MRS HAll DENIES H Defendant Smiles as She Takes Stand KNEW MRS MILLS MILLS' Declares Husband Was Was' Always Devoted By PAUL W. W WHITE United Press Staff Correspondent COURTHOUSE N. N J J. Nov 27 Cool 27 Cool and self contained s Frances Stev Stevens ns Hall went on the witness sta stand d Saturday to deny that at she had assisted In the murder of her husband the Rev Re Edward Edwald W. W Hall and and- Irs Eleanor 11 1 Mills 11 s the choir singer Binger who was found hot tOC to dt with him hin jn a a. tre tree tl r te t t t- t ne fe i r NeW I Brunsw four years ala ago Did pia you you kill your husband or Mrs 1 Mills she Vs asked n I 1 did not Did Dl you play anY anY- any part whatever in n that h hd d dreadful fUI tragedy I 1 did d not Mrs 1 Hall tall even smiled faintly y yas as she left her chair at the call of her hel name and moved with even steps to the witness stand from which in the last few weeks wit witnesses witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses have passed one b by byone one to accuse her and her br brothers Henry and nd Willie Stevens of ot shooting down the lovers to end the scandal their affair had caused Mrs Hall dressed In black looked straight at the Jurors who will d de decide dedde de- de cide her fate She seemed even more composed than Robert nobert McCarter McCar- McCar ter tel chief of or her defense counsel who questioned her hel She wore wore a ablack ablack black coat trimmed with black fox fur Ut Her hat was black relieved only by two small pearl mother ornaments Her lIer voice was level low pitched but audible as she told McCarter 1 her name and ana that she was born in Aiken S. S C. C on June 13 13 1874 McCarter immediately swung into questions locations about her her dead husban hus hus- ban band The inflections of her voice changed not the slightest as she said she had taught Sunday school in iii his church of ot St. St John the Evangelist Evangelist Evan Evan- gelist for fOl several years Was Vas your husband older or younger than you He was younger younger seven seven years younger During your husbands husband's life was he a devoted husband He was Did you notice any chan change e in his conduct towards you O a at athe the Close lose No OWN OWNED TWO AUTOS What automobiles did you OU own at the time of of your husbands husband's death A Dodge sed sedan n and a Case I dont don't suppose you know much about pistols N No Nci Wl What at did your our husband husband do to the pistol Willie Stevens h had d He lIe riled filed the firing pin from It Did you ever see Willie fire that pistol No Did you you know Eleanor Mills I 1 did 1 I saw her frequently in connection with her work wont In the on page 7 i. I HAll DENIES KilliNG HUSBAND Continued from page 1 1 class church J and In the Sunday school I Mrs Hall was then asked It if she remembered attending a Halloween party of ot church workers at which her husband danced with Mrs Mills all evening I dont don't recall it Then ter McCarter asked her her ab about ut a summer vacation In 1922 the year of or the murder spent in Maine We spent spent- our time climbing mountains and walking about she said Was Vas he as devoted as ever everZ Yes Had Bad he been beena a a devoted husband hus husband hus- hus rus- rus band f fOh Oh yes yes es Did you know then of of your our husband hus hus- husband us- us band receiving any letters I from Mrs Mills Yes Did he show them to 0 you Yes When did you last see see those letters letters letters let let- 1 At Isles de Ford Me Me I WENT THROUGH DESK Had you ou been through your husbands husband's husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's desk to see what papers he left Yes Did you know anything of the letters introduced here i 1 dont don't know Had anything occurred red up to the time of your husbands husband's nd's death was there any diminution l. l n of affection affection affection tion Cert Certainly not H Had d you any idea that a clandestine clandestine clan clan- destine correspondence w was s being c carried on between Mrs Mills and your husband f No idea whatever The rhe whole trend of or the questioning question question- ing about the was directed at showing that Hall and Mrs Mills took pains to keep any I Inkling pf their affair from Mrs Hall and th that dirt t she was shown their innocent letters letters let let- to allay any she she might have What hat did those letters refer reter to McCarter asked at one point Oh church meetings evening services and things like that Earlier in the trial the prosecution prosecution prosecution tion tad had introduced letters between the two lovers couched in the mast amorous terms
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