Show I I i I S 1 t 1 S r B 1 I e t C e C s SO S S 1 r I t 1 t t e i L r r r p I t I I I m I r I r i I I II I OF SLAIN RECTOR IN JAIL C WIT WITH YING PAIR I I Se ls Murder ot of I Past Pastor r and Choir I Singer Recalled I NEW NEV DEVELOP DEVELOPMENTS Annulment Suit Against Former Maid Cause of of Revival TRENTON N x J July 29 20 Ry By lly The fhe Press I Governor tOIl otc otc- i c Ills his intention of going I to a n finish with the lie of at Mrs Florence Ilorene Ste Hall lull was arrest arrest- arrested ed Id at las last charged d with sith tile the lie of lien husband thi th lIes Hev Dr l 1 Wheeler Hall flail anti anet Mrs EI Eleanor 1 or Mills choir singer cr In 1st Ills hits church SO SOMERVILLE N J 3 July 2 29 23 I By Dy The A u Mrs Pres Press Ed ard Wheeler Hall all widow of 01 oC- oC the slain rector of St t Johns John's Epis Episcopal copal church in New X N J was in the county tan hail to- to today to today day held without ball accused of It the murder sour ur tur ago aso of o her he husband and Mrs Eleanor Mill J wife o of the and singer In the choir Mrs Ills Hallas Hall nas as late lat last li night at her home hornc She Sha spent mo m most lt t of ot the night In 11 i reception room on the first floo n n Ui rear of ot otI the jail J Mrs I rl Edward gd ward Ca Carpenter ter I her cousin U 13 Watson Wat Wat- Watt son attorney Ve vee e with hot hel Ms Hall Hail tit art I quietly but Mrs SIrs Capen Ca Ca I ten tel paced thin Jail corridor tier ner- most ot of the night Mrs Hall ia gone cona to bad b d t when hen Captain J J T Limb of the rho police arrived with v three J J City officers to tn her hr in m n war war- warrants warrants warrants rants sworn nut cut liy IJ l Prosecutor rose Francis 11 t ot Somer Somerset et county After Arter reading the warrants she sho ho hol asked to 10 he be allowed to telephone ole hone honee to te her attorney cy l al permIssion was I Ite grante granted granted- Shoo Sh it t the lioni J With ln th lie Ic lis li's until the ho arrival al of M t I Wason Vason Sh She was wase then taken to the tho jail lall CALLS IT Mrs Irs Hall hail branded her arrest as asSO ridiculous but would say noum- noum Ing more Her lieI cousin mid sud attorney refused to talk as ira forthcoming Cr from m the authorIties I I t explain cat new new- p In Inthe the UTe mystery bold bach brought broush brou about the th arrest Immediate after arter the thi T N X New York attorney attorney at- at attorney torney who represented Mrs Hall hiatt wa was s notified batons dawn a man not Mr Ir arrived at ar tho the jail saiL In in ina a I New York Yort taxi li cab and an was ink tak- inken n f-n n Into tin the lie room Mr Watson ala aril ancl aH 11 attendant refused i to give siv hl bit tip me I Two warrants charging separate separate- ly hr I the murder of o Mr Hall 1 anti and his pretty young woman n I were sworn out est r y r of the th case caso II abandoned 1 1 nearly tour four our y years ago was re- re renewed re renewed several w els ag tica aga b because cause of an aD annulment suit lII filid d b by Ar- Ar ArI Arthur Ar Arthur thur S Riehl mehl DECEIT CHARGED CIl charged 1 that his wife wire fun to- toI for formerly merly Louise Giest who had been beena I a maid In the th Hall HaIl household had deceived him as to her past reIn rela relationships with Mr Hall lIall before he be her In 1924 In an un- un un sworn statement Riehl Uehl said his hs wife had re received hed for silence In connection with the murder The bodies of o Mr rr Hall hail and Mrs Mills were ere found September 16 1922 In an abandoned orchard near New They IhlY had been beel shot with a a pistol and theIr clothes neatly arranged arrO a as they lacy lay side by side A nearby vacant house ouse was vaR found to be completely furnished turnis-hed and showed sIgns tiem of ot recent use Love LIve letters o of II the dead pall pair were found and published p Acquaintances do- do declared de declared dared that hat Mr Mu Ir Hall end and Mrs JIll'S Mills l contemplated eloping to Japan In were avene they had bad been heen itt In- embrace when shot AuthorIties I Investigated one olle on theory they hid been killed by a jealous O WOMANS WOMAN'S L L'S S 'S THROAT CUT This theory was j lUpon upon exhumation o of the lime when It was wai wn that Mra e f Mills throat had b been cn cut She Eho hid had bOnn been shot three lineS In sc liy O with one shot for or ant nn anther her face had haet been s scratched It was recalled Loat Oat hi his c e es s had been closed Attention wa was diverted by tb the arrest I ot of Clifford Hayes 1 19 who was accused by Raymond naymond Schneider Schneider der of ot having shot them In mis- mis mistake mistake take for tor Pearl Dahmer Bahmer 16 10 and her step-father step A fund was raIsed for the th defense of ot Hayes II a war veteran Schneider later hater re rc ranted his charge and In Decent i iber ber bel 1922 was WIlS sentenced to two years year In the tho reformatory for per per- per perjury pcr jury jun I I Mrs Mrs Jane Gibson a 11 farmers farmer's farmer rte e ald shoo she sh lia-I lia a seen Mrs Hall Halland halland Halland and a 0 man quarrel with Mr Mali Hall Halland Maliand Halland and Mrs Mills on the tho of or tho murder and thAt lint she he I a aw lie he h slay slay- slayIng ng lag Ing Mrs A C C Frale Fraley a D wIdoW living with her daught daughter r Ii a I mu nearby farm houar corroborated parts parIs of Mrs Gibsons Gibson's ns n's story stor Mrs Hall demanded nd t that rand IliaH-rand tile Ilie grand ranel jury hear bear he be story Her 1 brother Henry Stevens Stell named as nathe the man with h hr r I an alibi The grand jury ic or 1 wit witnesses nesses Cs and despite tho stories of nl Mr Sirs Mrs Gibson and Mrs y toi toino no action Bishop 1 aul nul ot of the Episcopal or of New Jersey pro protested ested against cruelty insInuations against M- M M r II LI tl il flue 10 I wIdow was given ghen I a a annuli annuity from Crom the Episcopal in fund Continued l on Page Pago Two Trio I WIFE IFE OF SLAIN RECTOR IN JAIL From Page 1010 One Mrs Hall ea sailed for Europe In February 1923 1922 and ond returned Inure than a 0 year later lator SOCIALLY SOCI PROMINENT rnO I IThe The slain minister and his wife occupied positions of social prom prom- promInence prominence prominence In New The Episcopal church of St SL St John the Evangelist t of which he was roe roe- rector rec rector tor Is one of or the wealthiest and most mort fashionable In NOn New wick Bruns-wick Bruna wick Mrs nail hall Is said to be bo wealthy In her own right and a 8 few year prior to the tho murder was reported to have Inherited They had no children I An 00 I |