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Show MYSTERY OF DUAL MURDER SOLVED PREACHER AND I CHOIR SINGER I SHOT IN ERROR I ; Alleged Slayer Fired, Be-; Be-; lieving His Own Sweet- heart Untrue j jSUSPECT IS ONLY 19 1 Written Statement Accuses j New Jersey Lad of Dual Crime BRUNSVICK. X. J.. Oct. i. Clifford H-i. 19-year-old a.irnirer H .of Pear Bahmer who found the bodies I of the Itev. Edward Wheeler Hall and- H Mrs. Eb-anor Bernhardt Mills, choir 'singer, was arrested today and for-I for-I mall) charged with first degree mur- der for the slnyings Raymond Schneider, who was with j It he Bahmer j-'iri when the bodies were j found, was hold as a material wltpesS. I .Prosecutors Beekman and Strlckler o Middlesex and Somerset ounties say H Si hnelder si-ned n 3 0 word statement j accusing Hayes of the crime. MISTAKEN IDEAT1TV According to Schneider's statement, H , Ihe doubb- .-Living was the result of H mistaken identity. He had pone out with Haves on the night of the mur-dera mur-dera he said, trailing a man who ac-companied ac-companied the Bahmer girl. Seeing the H couple beneath a crabapple tree Hayes J opened fir.-. Formal announcement of the arresta was mado at 1145 a. m., by Prosecutor strickler. The announcement issued jointly by Prosi utor stideker of Middlesex ou- H tj and Beekman of Somerset county ''Upon information in the prosecu-tor's prosecu-tor's office, obtained from Raymond B h:. lder and oth r witnesses, we felt H obliged under the circumstance to pre-fer pre-fer 11 charge of m-irdep against one Clifford Haea Uaymontl Schneider will be held as a material witness. I irtlier developments in the H SO FURTHER ARRESTS "Process will be issued out of Som- H ounty; where it app irs the H rime was commuted. Consequently B the prisoners will bi detained at ihe H Somerset county jail." The prosecutors would not say fl wh t it -r t "i arn si of Hayes had e-lim- H inated the Hall and Mils families lot H further consideration. jr - CLAIMS IT IS LIE Hayes when confronted with Schnei- dec as the latter re-told his story, ex- H is According to Schneider, who admits H he is in love with the Bahmer girl, he H was standing on a street corner with H Hayes and .Nicholas Bahmer. He was H jealous of the step-fat her, he s.dd, and H when he told the others of his sus- H pic Ions they agreed to follow the pair. H THERE TilEY BI They searched first through Buc- H Cleuch park where Kauffnian left H .them. 8chneider and Hayes then pro- H Iceeded to the nearby Philips farm. H About 11 o'clock Schneider sulci, they H which the bodies of Mr Hall and Mi -. Mills lat.r were found, and Haycr H pointed to the two figures beneath the H free, explaining H "There they are. Now we'll fix fl th.-tii H Hayes. Schnolder declared, whipped . H out a pistol and begun to shoot. H When the Talr collapsed. St I n H said; he w.-nt forward, struck a match and then turned to Hayes, explaining: H (treat God. man; you've made n mistake!" The two then fled, accord- H Ing to the statement J THROAT CUTTING MYSTERY Schneider said lie did not know how H 1 me inroai 01 .mis. ..inu o jjpjjpjjpjj , wlio laid the bodies out under the tree, M caielully adjusting their clothing a ' had been slain He declared that neither he nor his companion had touched the bodies and th.-v saw nothing of the love letters M written by Mrs. Mills which wero H 'found s. nit. red about tho scene. Detectives continued vigorously to work on the case, clearly indicating that they did not belbve the double H slaving had been wholly cleared up by Schneider's statemenL THINKS IT FINE ; When word of the arrest was taken j to the home of Mrs. Francis Hall, wid- j ow of the slain clergyman .who ha. been repeatedly questioned about the case Miss Sally Peters, the most intl- mate friend and advjsor, said: "Isn't that fine! What has Mr Strieker got to say for himself now j for the wav he has been treating Francis Fran-cis and Willie?" fWlllle Stevens, ce- centric brother of Mrs. Hall 1 ! |