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L THI; EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1 f ; T ] - i i rt. vas S ) e 2t i McCarter, lai hat he ed No.” . i INSPIRED BY PAPER, | to gk ‘...';‘n‘}.",l‘li‘fiv"n’f. ;.::.T-," -~?-°n not a fact that prior to the! drew from him a statement that he |commencement of this trial copies ot! | was present when Mre. Hall was : jarrested shortiy before midnight last {on the struck jury list whi i July 28. hung up In this courthouse>" L | The question was not allowed. % Paper's Expense Questioned. i \ } . On redirect examination. Payne said {in taking the wate: to Mrs. Hall's| “How much did the Mirror spend |the card was in his posséssion up to| S lon this investigation? MeCarter | ISt August 15. when he turned it over | . . 1 Long Robbed of Affection, ©On Wednesday Miss Tough had tes.; % Ll i cias ing fhie criae tfied that she hod seen neither Mrs. S Willie ‘Stavens, orally or by . I | Hall nor Willie Stevens in their home ! Simpson objected. writing, demanded a retraction?” ! Widow Centered Life {on the night of the siaying. although | “It is the cheory of the defense.”|the prosecutor asked the witness, re- | she did hear Mrs. Hall enter the bath- | McCarter argued, “that this matter | ferring to the connection of his name | | room about 2 o'clock in the morning | now being prosecuted”in a molemn | with the crime through a finger- | Today Miss Tough testified that, in ! trial ifr this court. was promoted and | print. | her almost seven vears of service in inspired by the Mirror for financiel| ~No answered the witness. " g | the Hail home she rareiv saw “Villie reasons and to promote circulation “fias: he had ' you. irvested or BY DOROTHY DIX. | Stevens out of the house after 6! “This triai is on an {ndictment ,h,.,f. Sied voup iacrest for liHe1S” Special Dispatch to The Star. !l o'clock in the evening. | Simpson contended, ““and any su TeNe S SOMERVILLE, N. J.. November 12. For the first time Dantel Mills, 16. “Peé’l is an ¥iack on that indict-| sjeCarter. who had walked to the | ~For more than a week we have sat vearold son of the slain woman, at- ™ back of the jurors’ chalrs, said it 'tro me ten ial today s side | [\ “Thos s ¢ come later.” in the little courtrovmn at Sow ended the trial iay He sat beside Ta 1t ihot ta Fact chiti son Feceive'n 'Those things may con o ed the drama of th - his sister. Chariotte. who has been a 'y, o5 Fe ack LI you rece AR . e — a b . Mills trial unfold as one would watch daily spectator and has twice ap- . jrup (o tnf Mirtor for gains in| TRANSFUSION PERFORMED. R 7 i J. nnlvcm. r icture in a cinema. peared on the witness stand. The [ "EEIL CUERIRCE sl e f ‘ ™\ a r after hour, as scene followed girl has been separated from her " “rpl §.8 tling that broke after| JERSEY CITY, N.J. November 12 R M scene with lightning rapidity. we have father. James Milis, by three SeAls. vy took ho'd of this case. w: od transfusion for Mrs. ] % B0k Si8 the taie of & clurcviman whe $56 elss has teatiliad a8 o WibAESs B6r [hilne srh bttt e e M | I—A GlouR tHEGeBES ; Pa o ) [y forgot his vow: God and ma q i ki Mirror of | jane (ibson. star State witness in ' got his vows to God and man, and > {an annulment suit of Arthur S, Riehl, ; 1 s of a weak and frail woman, and of M I, dressed in black, as on | s it not” the Hall-Mills case, was complete v > ; Bow they wera slain together at their every day since the trial hegan, en-| The question was overruled. but not | shortly after.noon at the City Hos < 2 #ecret rendervous. - Now, while the tered the courtrovm early, us usuai, [before MeCarter had argued *hat the | yyal After the operation the doctors | C tale goes on to its unknown ending. arill wearing the calm expression , Mirror pal attorneys' 5 E 8 aring al r paid the attornevs' fees in “ha | ! 5 let us get @ close-up of the three char- that even the most pointed thrusts |action brousht by Riehl againet hie | Anounced that the conditon of Mrs. a most involved In the tragedY. | of the State prosecutor have been un- | wife, Louise Geist, a former mald in| Gibson was satisfactory. but they 29 7 [} ” i Mrs. Hall. A woman who aple to disturh. Geeasionally she!the Hall home, Last week this -uit | would make no comment on the 4 . kno Mrs. Hall well sald to me: gheaks a word to her two brothers. | was reported withdrawn. prospects of getting Mrs. Gibson to 3 ’ Why, she was the last woman in New (h, it on either side of her, but by | A copy of the Mirror, portraying| Somerville to testify at the FallMills Jersey to quit wearing a flannel pettl ' por’ demeanor it would be difficult to [ Willie Stevens. terrified. placing a | case on Tuesday as Alexander Simp: 5 eoat.” I don't know what that will icalling card at the feet of the vic special prosecutor, hopes. . b ’ tell that she Is being tried for her ! $1ean t0 men & a certificate of char ) yire, ytims, was then marked for fdentifi- ansfusion and the tests pre- to it required nearly three acter. but to women it is a proof of - “genator Case took up the cross- | cation, liminars conventionality, of adherence to tradi- = i - e - - " & = . examination of Miss Tough. Has the Mirror made any retrac-| hours. it tion, of impeccable respectability “Tiywa " ihere anything unusual inition. " or statement regarding! After the transfusion Mrs. Gibson . o . strong enough to draw money on at R e A e e > f / r u’- x wwn bl L P o T el the house when you came in on the the bank. For every woman knows & e that 1t is the ladies who wear geor. MIERt of the killings e e ; % o gette undies who do <trange, tempera- | .you Aidnt pass the hedroom of y ? a @ a ulmf mental things, not the women who pin Hall In golng to the third floor?" ' their faith to good red flannel. o 0. | 07 T FZAN - . i SPECIAL EVENTS As Mrs. Hall sits siient, still self- # i i eontained. in 1he courtroom, her white, | LA 0C i : tired face like a tra ask, 1 think | E ut AII Hahn Stores of the story of her life and try to pic- | ? | g i P 4 /7 ture her ho r at having to listen to | i the things she is zccused of doing. It) ‘‘And the same be must seem to her like the final climax “Yes." to an existence that has been drab On cross-examination of James within, however much it has lhm’nyA\lle. husband of the =slain choir gllded without | singer, Senator Case had brought out A Mrs. Hall's father died when she|that she and her husband occupled For today’s advertisement we have picked was 2 vears old, and she was reared | separate rooms. % lished by her mother. who was austere. hard | “During the night, about 2 o'clock, out some of the outstanding values as publishe: On 11 M i Fl Ou “w > Sh o d Puritani¢ and y ) 1you hear Mrs. Hal n; o . . S g e e by us yesterday in The Evening Star. It will be the Main I'loor at r omen s dhop all change. bathroom?" Boneamie 0 tha et Aceves, but coid| “What did Willis say the next day?" well for you to,look these over again before dommg * Event 1207 F Street and “hard-one of the women who| “I sw him washing his hands in your Saturday’s shopping. We call your particu- hink vea 5 show der- 1 t! t! h . . “ - . . " . e Y etesit uhelenk elimetoUt fotin lar attention to the prices on Gold Medal flour, No.1 PECIAL Combination Offer: One pair of our regular $10 Opera Todde el B S fancy smoked hams, large picnic shoulders, pure Pumps or Strap Effects—with any pair of our regular §3 Rhinestone or Cut Steel Buckles or Strap Ornaments—and a Fran up. schooled to “You said von did not take a glass B inclination. the killings, why was that?” asked - o 5 s ¥ s £ NSl eils aire mot what we callipop: | Cane: listed below. W onian pair of our regular $1.95 “Lady Luxury™ all-silk $ 10 75 . 300 Stores—One Near Your Home Spartan self-control, taught to repress | of water to Mrs. Hall on the night of lard and there are many other attractive values for | - ular. They n have many friends. | “Thursday night was my night out. . ~y. e o e P They have few beaus. And so Frances | nnd someone slse took it then,” the Please remember that all of the lpecu,ll ;:1;‘;0“ gl?fme’cvl‘d “}C COI"}bmfd f"]‘“}\' f?l“h"ly E£tevens’ life lacked many of the pleas- | witness replied. H H e PO er urin. this ecial Anniversary ures that poorer “voung girls enjos. R e {#| canned goods vnlu;s ta'dverltl“efd in tyeatell;day s i o a;‘ g this speciz y She was literally a poor little rich girl, S . H ext week. - e very lonely. with Tittle companionship | | She described St Marye Guild of Evening Star are effective all of n except that of her austere mother. Alr. all’s churc B o a s A v/ W of “just like the mother's meeting” of “ . e et e | et s ol ||| Tomatoes L...............3 cans 25¢ At Our 7th St.—9th St.—"Arcade”—Pa. Ave. ! the members were not married. Bt B St wanyer 1 S o foent eler o || Cut Stringless Beans . . . ... . .3 cans 25¢ Event Stores—and 2nd Floor F St. Then came the new rector, Rev. Ed i-(l\,l'“fl\"l minutes rl::dll;‘p‘ ‘r*i.'::::.!:‘::?; ward Wheeler Hall. handsome, voung, | hen she was as v e | Qe oo gt o e o magnetic. SiEhe Sasl@8and’ he K“v:‘{"’v T e e A'l Peas ok i e e R .5 cans 31.00 No.2 OMEN'S fashionable $8.50 “Topsy™ Ties—one of our most Th s about him t glamo riping of 5 e < -~ . 4 < . o Sl T ind ool | e At e MM e ||| Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup, 3 cans 25¢ AT - Vg " for Tie of unusual appearance. Comes in black moire, velitia tracts women as much as does the | uniform of the soldier, and it was not | maid. A : 5 ¥ % 2 > longbefore the selfseeking young| The court insisted that she give Meadow Lark Peas ........ .2 cans 25(: | ’ Wamen cloth or satin: wine patent, with rust lizard: alligator $5 65 . clergyman found that he might marry | them. and she named N 1 ) SbervII Rt e gk anae) elier” and ahout @ dosen others Maryland Chief Spi ch 2 cans 2';(‘. calf or brown kid: patent leather or black kid. High Perhaps it wa S jage | explaining tha st na vhicl na e HONIITR P t leathe O e i i Tt witpriag® | he gave for them had since been ry! D spike, baby Spanish or Cuban heels. Regularly Rai the volcane breaking through (he| CRANEed by thelr marriaRes Del Monte Asparagus Tips, per can 1 714¢ $8.50. During this Sale at fee--a woman who was cold and re | She Fears Trouble. served giving her whole heart. the Jove of a whole lifetime. to one man.| Long pauses marked the giving of S I d T l/ .lb k 4 - diror o aiy | en o itness showed alada lea ...........7/2-ID. PKg. “ “ " T S R e : bt 97e In Qur "Man’s Shop™—"Arcade™—7th St.—9th St sense. Ha was pleasant. amfable and | uncomfortable. ~She once expressed Hershey [3 Cocoa BP—— | tm zlc d p A M - : agreeable at home, kind and affection- | her fear that this information would 4 2 E vent an a. Ave. en s Depts, ate to his wife, and he made her :cause her trouble, when she returned C t l Wbt soa 5 cakes ven happy. So that it was literally true | to New RBrunswick. rysial ite p........ C & 5 5 2 st y i No.3 T\\() thousand pairs Men's Winter Oxfords and High Shoes, when she sald that her leve for him On Wednesday .\H‘ h'l"nuzh had told Ph & ch 1 lb k was the one beautiful thing in her life. { of a man named Fisher having been e / - 20 . = % e il o Ly - = == S She had few intimates and confi- [emnployed at the Hall home after the oenix eese. . . 2-1b. pkg. c Some reduced from regular stocks, others made especially sip about her hushand. She believed { ing in the house. (ase today brought i & i itnsasth P W . = P s S b; in him with all her heart. and so her | from the witness the statement that Orlenta coflee s Lo nid lb. tin 53c grains, and patents for dress wear. Every pair an friends say it is literally true that she | this man, Fisher. was a night watch- | s. She was not the kind of woman ' double glaying. and while Felix di T is g 1 ack < calfs he st the kind of moman denbe, mar it ey voc 1 )| Maxwell House Coffee . . . . . .per Ib. 55¢ IS il e e e $ I 85 D S, 13 CO 4 had no suspicion he was untrue to her { man and not a detective. 2 until that Areadtul dav when with the | ~The fact is that after this ter Green Bag Cofiee ssis s sl PER “). 37 . extraordinary value, at this special price. . news of his m r they also brought {rible murder Mrs. Hall received all| c UL S i e 2 Swift’s Jewell Shortening . . . . per Ib. 15¢ = = e does she find it to express her emo- | No understood.” answered the . . " ;uhn"n CI'ISCO et R s s PEN lb_ 25c i At Our 7th St., 9th St., Pa. Ave. and "Arcade™ Stores tion, that even those who are nearest and dearest to her do not know | The State has contended that Mrs. | R BRSSO NS ] Sun Maid Raisins ... ... .2 pkes. 25¢ i OMEN’S $6, $7 & $8.50 Shoes she has rolled the stone upon the |in the double slaying. £rave of her dead falth | i [5G 9 ’ B e 4 S 1t syhor| Dol Bxamination Resd. | Bunny” Welsh Rarebit. . . . per can 22~ reduced—from regular stocks— rother, Wilile, Whe has never grown | Referring to Miss Tough's previous . up. He is just a2 bhoy of 10 or 11 testimony, telling ho Di Martini I e ,r:femam,\’. although e fs a :ra'\!“' d questioned her alone, case asked | COtton work Gloves' LRt 'palr lnc At 33.95 patf! halred man Hle is interested in the | the witness if the detective didn’t o . d - sy {hings that a box i- interested in. and uakc her fo “tell only the truth.” She sanltary Flllest Broom h e ST Rgc 1,000 pairs $0. $7 and $8.50 walking and sports oxfords, in tan or black calf and patent leather—all 3 . Those who know him will say he has ' ‘The Stat, g tor, taki the e T e B AT I b et e | Wiibuas Fitoe NeRIrcat KeNaminEiBIY Keystone Canned Flgs Sis ‘per can 221/7(: sizes that he has a passion for truth—iment that she had found the library Key‘tone SIiced Peaclles. ...per can 25(: i No. 4 1.500 pairs $6 and $7 “Hahn Special” novelties. never harmed a thing in his life, and | turned to the former maid's state- R el e T T TR Halves Peach All pronounced style successes—moire. velitia cloth. 5T 1 et i e e i st |- Keystone, No. 1 Tin, Cherries, per can 23¢ | depleted. : i B e Yo tamiTy tnte the spor. | when she had found a similar condi= Keystone, No. 21/2 Tin, Cherries, i All in One Great Group at Yight had Willie ever known he was!tion. contending that it had not vet not as other men are. And it has hurt | been proved that Mrs. Hall and and wounded him hevond measure to| Willic Stevens were not in the house. per can 39c h have had the knowledge forced upon | the maid only having said she had . 1 % Call early, him of his’afiotion I not seen them. \ D P I N 2/ - o . Nenry Stevens, the other brother. is| Phillip Pavne, managing sditor of Honey ew FIneappie, INo. &°/2 Tlfl, for better PY wi outdoor man. a sportsman. a fisher | the New York Daily Mirror. was the 3 san. In all of his life he has hardly | next witness. He testified that he had per can 5 service! kpent a single in the house. and received the calling card, bearing C i &0 the confinement in the jail chafés | fingerprints, claimed by the prosecu- . o Lim terribly, and especially ow. | tion to be those of Willie Stevens, H D P neaj e, 0. . 15 when guns are beginning to crack | from Fdward Schwartz of the New- oney Uew Il pple, € S pmecent pesmnt - wait up ek Pulcs Bepertient, o conen (1 MmN N . . . . . . . O<ib. bag Ne 1 e s s e U . Merstnt g G old Medal Flour. . . ... .12-1b. bag §3¢ || A Obe 7ehSt. 9tk St.. “Arcads” that he can almost fish out of window, and whera he owns a famous ! ert McCarter, chiefl of defense coun- it . Juck moint he 18 adored by his neigh. | sel. He said he met Schwartz tw ur. ... .24-1b ba $1 19 . SRR M 2 S s e | Gold Medal Flo - bag 1. Event : and Pa. Ave. Stores o was Todge in the jail in Somervile | July at the St. Francis Hiote Fancy Smoked Hams,' o b iDs 32c No.5 WO great groups Misses’ and Junior Women's Winter School rotn, "wonen and"ehidren, yiied into | Why Hotel Waa Pleked. Smoked Shoulders Ib. 17 | and Dress Shoes. Tan Laced Boots—CGoodyear Welt, Tan and r automobiles or v o “Why you meet o2 Me- la ST < < #74 splached througn e miid il (he | Carter asked. e or e rge Smoke - JC for Black Calf Oxfords: Patent Leather Dress Pumps and Oxfords. way 35 dell mira that they Stool By | *1 -aiked SREHwaEt A - e g Wy e e ana ki, O | od pked. Sovmariz wgere was -+l Pyre Lard, 1-Ib. carton...........]5¢ i, - 7 . S il Mr. Stevens ix particularly fond of | “Why didn't you meet him at his | . ehildren. and they follow him in!office at police headquarters? 5-1b C D S 2 g queque through the straats of the llu‘h' “Better ask Him (hat = arton Domino llgar- ¥ e C Sizes 111/2 A town. They sit around him on the| Payne said he first met Schwart in . bulkhead as he fishes, they write him | June and at their several meetings 2-Ib. Carton Domino sllg&l‘ 5 ; o2 letters to the jail, and one little fellow : they talked about the calling card. 1o whom' Mr. Stevens had given a| He received the card In July while v C 9 Milk Jittle turtle lugged it in a jar of water | in a taxicah. 2 an Lamp's s ae s e 1 the wav from Lavalette to Somer Was there any financial considera- sdlle to show it to him. and another | ti . MeCarter asked. Cauliflower’ per head_ gk ol Jiddie cried because he hadn’t hrought No. his kitten. along for Mr. Stevens to What did you give him ) B -1 gave him noming material” (|| Cranberries ............... ‘And when that happened it was the | Pavne continued. I said that—" enlv time that Henry Stevens has! Defense counsel stopped him there. H P 10 lb Troken down ainga his arrest. Simpaon argued that he answer be ite Potatoes ........... s. 3l ¢ And the: re the three people that{completdd. and the court ugreed. . the State accuses of having com 1 told him that he would be d«!nx‘ Cabbage, lb.’ 3(:; OIIIOIIS. e _4 lbs ‘OI' l3c 2.45 SPECIAL offering 3,000 Ibs. 25¢ S i AR for women. And sizes up to 2 for girls and boys. Mitted a bloody and atrocious murder! [a service to the State of New Jersey . [Copsright. 1926 it he helped solve this case,” said ) - Homesteads t.o Be Opened. D s RsAl sy ib e leby ’,C‘a"ts“p O ', - -per b0t' 196 7th Ee K of the Mirror staff was present at the || | Corton’s Ready_to_l.‘ry’ Cod’ 414 9th 1914-16 Pa. Ave. T A" o Thaian Teteraon o213 aengirst *: ¥ 2 pkgs e roaat P i o pkgs. C special events—watch the “W. ’s Shop” “Man’s Shop” the Interior Department announced |tody for some time, and was under | ‘ omens P . ans p today. lock and key in a steel cabinet in the | 0cean spray Cranben‘y Sallce, t v until March 8. o . 4 e T Tl W TR S e e e perdn 171 A Real O 1 S Good Shoes! vai e during he first hot el t o rrnn oo dowapeser. 15 oo | 1/3 Ib, Sunshine Hydrox... ... ..for ]5¢ eal Upportunity todave on Lo oes . Forty farm units of public land. | g g meeting between Schwartz and YWyoming. will be opened to entry | The card, Payne sald, was in his cus- papers these next 10 days! 2 Former service men have a prefer- | afi'or ofce. 1207 F 14th at G SRS, 0% i photographing was done after the The world is old enough to know |card had been taken to Middletown, pettery FRUY.. bud ehown Lo JBVph A. FAUOt, | e e ol e e e,