The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1926, Page 3

Jur RY RETURNS _ VERDICT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT: ¢ Continued ro from page one) words, covering 5,500 pages. A total of 178 witnesses testified, 102 for the state and 76 for the defense, and as high as $1,000,000. The the county is e to $300,000. When the jury was discharged and | returned to their hotel, John W.| Young, 2 juror who was openly a tacked by Senator Simpson in ais! summation, engaged in an argument with Gilbert Van Doren, propriet of the hotel, who made an affidavit! for the state charging improprieties on the part of the jurors. ers prevented a fist fight. TESTIMONY WAS BASED! ON EVENTS OF FOUR YEARS AGO Somerville, Nv J., Dec. 4—)— Most of the testimony in the Hall- Mills trial, which ended Friday after one month’s march of witnesses to and from the stand, was based on events of four years ago. Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, pretty s0- prano in the Protest church of St. John the Evangelist, who aspired to rise above her sur- roundings and_ carried on a clan- des love affair with the rector, the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, was found slain, with him, beneath a crabapple tree near Derussey’s Lanc on the outskirts of New Brunswic on September 16, 1922. Throat Cut Her throat had been cut and she| had been shot in the head in three places. There was one bullet wound he ‘head of the minister who lay | le here. Calling cards of the| minister's, and letters.in which he | had declared his affection for her,| were scattered near the bodies. They had been last seen alive on the evening of September 14, 1922, when the minister told his wife, Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, member of a wealthy and aristocratic family, that he was going out to straighten out a bill which Mrs, Mills incurred for a hospital operation. Mrs. Mills, Jeaving home, said “Follow me and find out,” when her husband, James, asked where she was going. Mrs. Hall and her brothers, Wil- liam and Henry Stevens, were que: tioned repeatedly. William, fam iarly known as Willie, made his home with her, but spent much of his time at firehouses, Henry, formerly an expert marksman, was living at La- vallette, 52 miles away, where he spent his time hunting and fishing. Three weeks after the killings, Mrs, Jane Gibson, who raised pigs on a farm two miles from the erab- apple tree, announced that she had riding her mule down Derus- “Lane that night, had heard shots and had seen Mrs. Hall there. The grand jury in November, 1922, adjourned without having returned indictments. Mrs. Hall Arrested Rumors of new evidence had be- come an old story after four years, and the arrest of Mrs. Hall, shortly before midnight on July 28, 1926, created a furore. She was charged with the murders and held in Somer- ville jail until July 30, when her re- lease in $15,000 bail was ordered. On the same day, State Senator Alex- ander Simps of Jersey City was appointed special deputy attorney general to gonduct the prosecution. Members of the Jersey City police force were brought to Somerville to carry on the investigation which had been in the hands of the state Police. Willie Stevens and his cousin, Henry De Labruyere Carpender, a Wall street broker, were arrested August 12 and @enied bail. The April grand jury was suddenly re- called on September 15 and the three in custody, together with Henry Stevens, were indicted for murder on two counts in less than 10 hours. The trial of Mrs. Hall and her brothers began on November 3. Pre- sentation of testimony was completed at noon on December 1, after the state had called 102 witnesses and the defense 76. State's Claim The state charged that Mrs. Hall knew of the clandestine love affair between her husband and the sex- ton’s wife, and that she and her rel- atives had committed the killings as much from wounded pride as from the enraged fury of a woman scorned. State's tédtimony was di- rected to show that members of the congregation carried reports to Mrs. Hall, that she communicated with her brother Henry and went to the seene with him and Willie, to con- front her husband with letters writ- ten to him by Mrs. Mills. Mrs. Gibson, who had fainted on the opening day of the trial, was found to be suffering from kidney disease and cancer. She was broyght from a Jersey City hospital to tes- tify in the court room from a cot placed near the witness stand and, with physicians and nurses in at- tendance, she told her story, placing Mrs. Hall and Henry and Willie atte Stevens at the scene. When attendants were covering| th, her face preparatory to carrying her through aisles of people to the wait- ing ambulance, she tore away the sheet, and raising on one arm, point- €d at the defendants and screamed: “L've told the truth, so help me God, and you know it.” The jury had just been taken from | Ot] the room. On December. ‘1, when all testimony had been submitted, Simpson made an unsuccessful motion for a mis- trial, He charged that the jury had decided to acquit on the second day oi the trial, that several members had been asleep during the trial ses- sions, and that they had been im-, properly guarded, i Too Late To Classify WANTED—To rent Font furnished or un- : house “about 1400; ty, star on forehead. Phone 4Fi11, Jack Payseno, & miles north of| $ucce$$tul.” Bismarck on Black Trail. Bystand- | f | i | | | h | | Episcopal | BP = | MME. | Class Volleyball to Start Monday Interelass girls’ volleyball will be started at Mandan high school Mcnday — afternoon, Miss Mary Roche, physical training pee tor, said today. Over 30 gi a on the four teams which will arte their contests, to its stantling when the competi tion is finished will be added to the totals g: from other sports t» determin t winner cf the silver loving cup, awarded each year, which the jun- iors now hold. Each gir! on the class teams is given 100 points and is thus aut matically a member cf the Girl: Athletic association. For points gained, girls are and for 1,000, a letter Playing Monday will be the freshmen aga the juniors; the} sphomores against the seniors and, the freshmen against the sopho-! mores. On Wednesday, the fresh-| men wit! phay the seniors; the’ |sophomores the juniors and the juniors the seniors. The other yet been definitely planned. Normal School Head Addresses Students; Delivering an inspirational he Education,” President 8. T. May of the Dickinson State Normal school spoke to students of the Mandan junior and senior high schools yes- terday morning during the activi- ties period. A high schoo] diploma is a nec- essary prerequisite. for students planning to enter professional schools or colleges and is now re- quired of those entering most lines of business, Mr. May said. The speaker urged the Gudentas to make the most of the wonderful opportunity they are given to im- prove themselves ‘by attending school and to work hard and con- scientiously, Social News of Mandan Vicinity | —_—_—_-e_—_—_—————se TO RETURN FROM GRAND FORKS Robert Mackin, editor, and Ells- worth Fox, advertising manager, are expected to return tomorrow from Gran Foe where they = representing tterinx,” ie Mandan high school paper, at the Northern sociation meeting. ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICE Attorney Paul O. Kretschmar will deliver the address at the an- nual memorial services cf Mandan lodge No. 1256, B. P. O. E., Sunday rnoon “ 2 o'clock. "A large pepganee. at the membership of Iks lodge is expected. ELECT OFFICERS Members cf the A. 0. U. W. ee elected T, T. Larsian master an for the ensuing year at the regular meeting Thursday eve- ning, which was largely attended, ee Personal and | her officers include foreman, ~ PAYS TUITION E. B. Thunem left. Tett a “ s100- month job to take Dakota Bu: ‘ollege actual business training (copyright- ed — unobtainable elsewhere).. This Fa: school recently sent him te Bowman Hardware Co., at a begin- ning salary of. $125 -a -month—his tuition actually paid for itself in a short while. Mrs, “Mary Alexander (D. B, ©) begins at the- Guaranty Trust Co., Detroit, at $135.00 a month. Delores Morganroth starts at Mahnomen, Minn., at $100 a month, Watch each week. “Follow the Write F, L. Watkins, Pres,, 806 Front 8t., Fargo. 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