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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1926. ss 5 JURY DEFENDED Dry Hall-Mills Testimony Called Enough to Make Anybody Doze. BY DOROTHY DIX. Special Diepatch to The Star. SOMERVILLE, N. J., December 2.| —An observer, probably suffering’ from insomnia and green with envy, made affidavit that when juror No. so- | and-so closed his stired old eyes for a little rest that he was slumbering and sleeping, and not paymng proper attention to the evidence in the Hall- Mills case. That any one can keep wide awake and look interested and attentive during the long dreary grind of most of the dry-as-dust testimony, espe-| clally the testimony by experts, is the final proof of the triumph of | *mind over matter. A garrulous old gentleman of 87, with his ears, like bre'r rabbit's, hung out for ne made affidavit that juror No. so-and-so had aspersed the character of Jane Gibson and spoken disrespectfully of Senator Simpson, Jane being an intimate friend of the old gentleman and Senator Simpson his particular hero Case Parts Sweethearts. Funny, how nobody can discuss the Hall-Mills c: fithout getting i acrimonious over it. It has parted sweethearts, alienated friends of a lifetime and promoted divorce be- tween husbands and wives Mrs. Mills brother-in-law and her ster and her daughter made affi- its that they had seen juror No. so-and-so speak to Mr. McCarter. Mr. McCarter had explained to the judge that the juror had merely told him of his brother's death and that, after expressing his sympathy, he haa withdrawn from such compro- mising company as soon as possible. But, wherefore and whereas, all this had happened, and, not omitting the pertinent fact that the consensus is that the defense will win out, hands down, Senator Simpson yesterday arose and asked the judge to adjudge the case a mistrial, at the same time, in a few wellchosen words that scorched where they hit, paying his compliments to Somerset County and the juries and the people thereof. Justice Parker denied the plea, and the case went on, but there were a few dark moments, as the poe , when we wondered if all of this tr would have to be gone through again, and when Mrs. Hall and her two broth- ers and the big group of relatives who have sat close behind them all this weary time looked white and stricken with the fear they might have to en- dure this ordeal once more. Prosecution Called Brilliant. Now that the evidence is all in, and both sides have rested, it is posstble to contrast the way in which it has been handled by the opposing lawyers. The prosecution has been brilliant and spectacular. It has been a sort of guerrilla warfare on _Senator Simpson’s part. He has made quick, sudden, unexpected onslaughts on the enemy. He has sprung mines under them. He has dropped bombs from | the clouds upon them. He has ar-| ranged dramatic stage settings, as when he had Mrs. Gibson brought in 1o testify an her bed. He has played | to the gallaries in his ceaseless mock- ings of the counsel for the defense and in his vitriolic asides that have never failed to win a laugh. The defense has set off no fire- | worl It h: made no attempt to make a picturesque figure of either of the defendants. It has set itself sober- Iy and conservatively, and quietl brick upon brick, fact upon fact, to build up its case until it felt that there there could be no doubt of the justice of its cause. rything has been done with dignity, perhaps with a lit- tle ponderousness. But there is no gainsaying that dignity and ponder- ousness are pretty overwhelming in their cumulative effect. Mr. McCarter began the summing up for the defense, and he was, really, the surprise of the whole trial. Sitting | at the counsel table, arising only to | interrogate a witness now and then, slowly and _hesitatingly, he ‘has seemed an old man, a gentle, placid old man who had seen too much of life to let the pin pricks of Senator | Simpson’s acid wit annoy him. e Returns to Him. | But when he arose to face the jury, the old war horse sniffed the battle from afar, and his youth and his fire descended’ upon his again, and he thundered and raged against his op- ponents. He lashed them with his | fury and scorched them with his in- vective ever in a courtroom have I heard a more bitter tongue-lashing given to A man than he administered to Schwartz, whom he accused outright of having manufactured a spurious fingerprint of Willle Stevens on the card, and not only of having peddled it to a sensational newspaper, but | after he had sold it, of coming to the | deferse and saving that he would like to be retained by it, and that he could give information that would negative the prosecution Mr. McCarter began his speech by saving, as he pointed to the Hefend- antss hese people are not thieves. They are not thugs. They are not brutes. They have no criminal record. | On the contrary, they and their for. bears have lived {n this community for generations. They have been I . honest. honorable. cultivated, | ted. God-fearing people. How | absurd for anybody to think that they ! could commit this awful, atrociou: terrible murder.” Then he weni on to deseribe the | happy home life of Henry Stevens and | his wife. and Mr. and Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Hall believing in her husband. deny- ing that she knew of his affair with | Mrs. Mills that she had Minna Clark | &Py upon the, or that she had in her | possession the love letters that her husband and his sweetheart had writ- | ten each other. | Hand of a Master. owed how the defense haa disproved each of these contentions. In masterly fashion he put witn, against witne Mrs. Demarest daushter against her. for the daugh ter had been out with the mother at the time she averred she saw Mre. | Minna Clark #nd Gorsline spying on | the Rev. Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills, and the daughter did not see them: three prominent clerzymen of the Episcopal Church and a number of Mrs. Hall's friends against the hearse ver. who said he saw scratches on Mrs. Hall's | face at the funeral. and so on and | or through the long list of witnesses who have come and gone from the wit- ness stand. And he utterly flouted the authen. ticity of the card that is claimed has “Willie” Stevens' fingerprints upon it and which was handied about New York and New Jersey for four years before it ever came into a court of law. Mr. McCarter had not finished his speech when time for adjournment came and will continue it today, after which Senator Case will speak for two or three hours. And then Senator Simpson, and after him the judge will deliver his charge, which will make this case a sort of an oratorical mara- thon. (Copyright, 1926.) A saucepan having insulated han- \les to prevent burning of the fingers has been invented. | to arrive at half past 1. LANGUAGE CHARGED TO JURY |APPEARANCE OF PIG WOMAN STARTLES COURT SPECTATORS FOR SLEEPINESS Crowd 1o Glad Court Refused Mistriat | Plea, Which They Consider Too Much of an Anti-Climax. BY FRANCES NOYES HART. Special Dispatch to The Star. DURTHOUSE, SOMERVILLE, December 2.—Alarms and excur- sions yesterday heralded the first day of the second month of the trial of the State of New Jersey against M Frances Hall, Henry Stevens and V {liam Stevens. For several harrowing hours it looked as though the whole swollen imposing fabric was about to collapse into the pricked balloon of a mistrial--stricken countenances eyed each otner forlornly and looked hastil away; it seemed too hideously anti- climax to be possible. And yet the tale that Senator Simpson unfolded seemed to make it not only possible, but probable. Within two minutes of the time that court opened he flashed on to his feet—he wished the jury to be excused while he made a motion. Mr. McCarter bounced to his feet—he did not wish the jury to be excused. The jury was excused. No sooner had the last coat-tail van- ished through the door than Simpson demanded a mistrial. Mistrial! As though it were the crack of the starter’s pistol, the press started for the exit, to be rudely checked by Judge Parker’s imperious cry of “Will the officers close those doors,” and a sharp reminder that the not going to permit any rushing while a motion was being made. Affidavits Are Read. Senator Simpson thereupon read, with emotion and dispatch, a series of affidavits, stating in no uncertain terms that the 12 good men and true who have been selected as the personal ambassadors of justice in this trial are guilty of somnolence, impatience, telephone conversaticns, pig-headedness, petulance, unchap- eroned parleyings on street corners, truly deplorable language and a pro- found dislike for Hudson (County, Jersey City, Jane Gibson, Alexander Simpson and all their works. The most imposing of the affidavits is made by Mr. Van Dorn, a’citizen of Somerville, who is not apt to en- joy its unqualified cordiality after this performance on his part. He is an elderly gentleman, owner of the hotel in which the jury is quartered, a Democrat, a large taxpayer, and, according to Mr. McCarter and some of his fellow citizens, “as cross- grained as a hickory knot.” Mr. Simpson, wasting no time on idle apologies, proceeds to read the unseemly words that Mr. Van Dorn | says he heard members of the jury | apply impartially to the special prose- cutor and his star witnesses, and the ears of the startled courtroom are as- sailed by language that some of us had fondly imagined was confined to truck drivers, the A. E. F., the more intellectual drama on Broadway and nice little dashes on the printed page. Mrs. Hall's inscrutable countenance becomes slightly more inscrutable—it is doubtful whether she has ever en- countered even the dashes hitherto, and there is a slightl more em- phatic tightening of her pale, fastid- ious lips. Willie's Eyes Pop. Willie’s eyes are literally popping— Henry looks stern — Case diverted— McCarter at once gratified and pet- rified—and Judges Cleary and Parker as imperturbable as though the de- fense were asking for another excep- tion. Mr. McCarter, Mr. Simpson having temporarily desisted, explains with great conviction that he thinks that a mistrial would be a very bad idea, indeed. He protests energetically that it is his mature opinion that all concerned are just about fed up with trials, and that he personally thinks that it would be sheer frivolity to in- dulge in another one just because a few old gentlemen have called Sen- ator Simpson names—which, he adds, he trusts are not justified. It may well be true that some of them closed their eves occasionally, but it is sheer circumstantial evi- dence to conclude that they -were therefore slumbering. Behind those closed eyes they may have been as alert and agog as the court ftself. True, they are human and therefore subject to the frailties of human hature. They may have chatted a little too loudly for entire discretion, but in the final analysis, what of it? Mr. McCarter makes it abundantly plain_ that he for one thinks that a mistrial s a simply preposterous idea and that in his far-from-humble opin- fon Senator Simpson is a poor sport suggest one. O mator Stmpson retorts that if he is a poor sport how about the people who cut Eleanor Mills' throat, a Withering but not particularly .perti- nent rejoinder. He then remarks, not Without heat, that if one or two of the jurors are human he would like some more affidavits to prove it. Simpson Prefers Trees. Personally, he would rather try to convince 12 trees of the justice of his cause, and he, for one, is all for a mistrial. However, he is willing to leave that entirely to Judge Parker, which is fortunate, as it is a little difficult to see what else he could do. He pays a_generous tribute to the fairness and ability of the judge and plunges with his usual abruptness | into silence. Judge Parker, outwardly at least, unmoved by these tributes, states | hriefly that the court will consider the matter during the noon recess, and a fever of suspense seizes on the room The morning’s Witnesses are re- garded somewhat fretfully by eves that are walting for the clock hands These are, after all, intruders upon the really vital business of the day. The clock is the only important figure for the time being—why bother about the rest? The trial proceeds, however; the naughty jury straggles back into their respective chairs. Under the reproach ful eyes of the courtroom the jurors look for the moment as though they re being consigned to a cormer. It is interesting to speculate as to how much of the storm that they -have | raised may have blown back to them. A Short Cross-Examination. Once back in their seats, their faces settie into their accustomed stolid imperturbability. and they bend solemn eves on the handful of witnesses that are paraded before them. Mr. Brown of the Daily Mirror testifies that he heard Di Martini e Demarest in an elevator. xamination by Case is the and rudest on record. you another of the Mirror hat's all.” Capt. Wals and Mr. Tremaine of | the Philadelphia Public Ledger testi- fy to the same effect—and encounter much the same treatment. Elsie Barnhart, Eleanor Mills' sister. takes the stand in a new and elaborate costume, pale blue and silver brocaded turban with rhinestone pins, gold and pearl necklace, beige dress, maroon coat trimmed with gray fur. She is| permitted to say “He did” to Simp- son’s inquiry as to whether Di Mar- Iy Mrs. Barnhart takes her finery back to the seat next to Charlotte, who is leaning back with shadows under her eyes, looking a little spent after her collapse yesterday. Senator Sfmpson stares rapidly about, jerks at his brocaded purple tie and closes his rebuttal evidence. Eldridge W. Stcin takes the stand for the defense rebuttal. A mighty shudder convulses the courtroom as it appears that the mild-looking gen- tleman in steelbowed glasses is a handwriting and photographic expert. It is all too obvious from the para- phernalia grouped about him that he is going to explain to us that the huge and maligned enlargements of thumbprints made by the defense are perfectly lovely photographs and not distorted one little bit. Senator Simp- son comes promptly to the rescue, welcome as St. George to the dis- tracted villagers staring at the dragon. ‘This kind of testimony, he remarks tith feeling, is liable to pro- long the trial into the jovial Christ- mas season. If Mr. Stein is permitted to testify that these pictures are irre- proachable, Simpson himself will promptly produce what he darkly re- fers to as a flock of photographers to testify that they are perfectly awful photographs, distorted no end. Judge Parker, possibly moved at the thought of the imminent proces- sion of photographic experts, prompt- ly overrules the testimony and Mr. McCarter, vociferating mightily, goes down for the third time to a spirited accompaniment of the gavel. Exhaustion Is Widespread. Mr. Stein is permitted to testify, however, as to the famot b.uefish entry in Henry Stevens' diary, and ex. presses himself candidly as to how very misleading and misled the State’s handwriting expert was. Mr. Stein 1s sweet reason itself and his voice exquisitely modulated; but when he gets down from the stand we know just exactly as much as we did before about entries in diaries— and care less. James H. Taylor is recalled. Simp- son objects to his testimony on the ground that “Mr. Taylor is thorough- Iy exhausted as an expert” and the exhaustion, it may be added most emphatically, is shared by the inno- cent bystander. Incredulous horror descends on these later as it becomes abundantly clear that Judge Parker is going to admit this evidence. It is, however, mercifully brief—Taylor simply testifies that what the State claims is a superimposition is nothing of the kind—and departs. Wilbur Rogers of the Brooklyn Eagle and Raymond Daniels of the New York Evening Post state hur- riedly that they were in the elevator with Di Martini and Marie Demarest, and did not hear him speak to her. They, too, are gone—and the defense closes its rebuttal. Recess and Many Voices. Recess—and the sound of many voices raised in a panic of protest and speculation. “He can't get it,” “He's going to get it.” “What else can Parker do?" “Well, believe me, he can't do that,” “The county won't stand for it,” “What's the county got to do with it—is justice to be decided by how much people want to pay in taxes?” “I'll bet you $3 he calls it a mistrial,” “I'll bet you $300 he doesn't.” Egg sandwiches and coffee are consumed perfunctorily and the occupants of the courtroom hastily resume their seats, sitting well on the edge of their seats, eyes fastened on the door through which will come Justice Parker, silk robed and eagle- eved, whom some of us have come to regard as fair-minded and as level- headed as the special prosecutor him- self claims him to be. Some one for the defense is taking up the map of the Phillips farm and De Russey's Lane—a gesture gallant as the running up of a flag over a beleaguered fortress—a gesture that says, “All is well. The fortress has not fallen. In a little while—in a very little while—you will hear once more the roar of the guns.” We eye it hopefully—and a door opens, and John Bunn, most delightful of court criers, comes in, and to our dismayed horror, calmly removes the map. This is the end, then—a mistrial it is! And just as we try to adjust our staggered minds to the fact that the greatest criminal trial of the century | is going to be a mistrial, the door | that was concealed behind the map opens and in files the jury, the per- haps innocent cause of all this con- sternation. Reprieve! The map was simply being removed to admit them. Defendants File In. Through the door to the left of the judge's chair file the accused and their counsel—chins up, smiling reso- lutely in the face of what may be disaster of the first order. Judge Cleary and Judge Parker follow them, inscrutable as brothers to the Sphinx. They settle themselves with a spa- cious and maddening air of leisure in their chairs under the flag, and the little blinded figure of Justice. Judge Parker sweeps a critical eye over the straining, eager faces, leans back in his chair and says conversationally: “The motion for a mistrial will be de- nied.” John Bunn moves forward briskly, map in hand.glances about for a ham- mer and with an_understanding smile at the judge takes the redoubtable avel itself and drives home the nails with the scepter of the law. Once more we are watching the lane down which Eleanor Mills came with her lover on that September night four years ago: we are to be permitted to follow it to the end. HARRY L. BERRY DIES. Retired Pennsylvania Railroad Employe Was Ill Long Time. Harry L. Berry, 63 years old, for vears an embloye of the Pennsylvania Railroad, died at his residence, in the Virginia Apartments, 308 Seventh street southwest, after a long illne: He retired in 1918, due to illnes after being employed as baggage master 14 vears. He first entered the service of the company in_1890. Mr. Berry was for many vears s resident of Southwest Washington. He belonged to Federal Lodge, No. 1, F. A. A. M., which will conduct Ma- sonic services at the time of burial. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Berry, and a son, Harry L. Berwy, jr. APPOINTMENT OPPOSED. Nye and Frazier Expected to Pro- test Choice of Marshal. Appointment of C. F. Mudgett by | President Coolidge as United States marshal of North Dakota has aroused the State’s two Senators, Nve and | Frazier, Republicans, and they plan I { to_protest to the White House. They hold that it is not fair to appoint their outspoken political op- ponent to one of the choice Federal offices in the State and that their pres- tini told her that he had seen Jane | tige as Senators has been impaired. Gibson before he saw her, and not one word more. The to cross-examine and rather reluctant- fense refuses pointment, they plan to If the President insists on the ap- oppose Mudgett's confirmation by the Senate, ON COT ASSAILED AS TRICK (Continued from First Page.) | the next morning, instead of arousing her out of bed. The prosecution was accused of “huddling _ witnesses” for Henry Stevens into a room at Toms River and cursing them and confusing them. “And gentle William Stevens, who never injured a bird,” continued Mc- Carter, “was kidnaped and subjected to a third degree all night, in the presence of officers and photograph- ers—and all they could get was an innocent man's ‘story Simpson’s imputation against Willie Stevens' parentage was assailed by McCarter with fiery energy. “If his statement had been made south of the Mason and Dixon line, he would have been knocked down,” declared McCarter. Says Simpson Misquoted. Nearing the end of his address, Mc- Carter read from Simpson's cross- examination of Mrs. Hall and charged that Simpson, in an attempt to con- fuse her, had told her she said things four vears ago in a statement to the authorities which the statement .did not_contain. “Put an end to this prosecution,” he demanded. ‘You are not of this motley crowd who, under the guise of ferreting out crime, are seeking to gain wealth and hoping to acquire political ascendency.” “If a newspaper published in an- other State does not hesitate to traffic in the reputations of citizens of New Jersey; if that recelves the open ap- proval of the Governor of New Jersey: if the patrimony of a family is to be wasted and they to be kept in jail, and then their deaths sought on the testimony of this riff-raff of criminals, when witnesses are bull-dozed and cursed at to get evidence, when a lady in a crowded courtroom is falsely ac- cused " here McCarter read from the records part of Simpson's cross- examination and when he resumed his argument did not finish the sentence which he had started. Senator Clarence E. Case began his address with a bitter attack on Simp- son. “I have never found the prosecution in this or any other State so vindic- tive as in this case. It has been nasty, unfair and vindictive. “‘I resent the slurs, the insinuations, the cuts and indignities that have been placed upon my senior in this case.” . Reverting again later to the methods of Simpson, Case described :'h(]‘ prosecution as hitting ‘‘under the elt.” Attacking the way in which Simp- son had presented his case as deroga- tory to justice and the rights of the defendants, “helter-skelter, upside down,” Case declared he had never seen a case thrown together in such a fashion. “If Senator Simpson had done, as is the custom in such cases, it would have been unnecessary for him to have brought Jane Gibson into this courtroom on a cot,” he said. ‘“‘She was here on the first day of the trial when he was fiddling and fooling his time away instead of proceeding in the orderly fashion.” He then questioned why neither Raymond Schneider nor Pearl Bahl- mer, who found the bodies, had been called upon to testify for the State, Case launched into a discussion of the calling card. which the State con- tends bears the print of Willie Stevens’ finger. The defense attorney offered a sug- gestion as to how the calling card found its way near the body of the slain minister. “I believe Raymond Schneider rifled that body,” he said, “and the cards fell from the pocketbook of Mr. Hall and remained where they fell.” Photographer Chased Away. “I don't know, because Schneider, who discovered the bodies, has not been brought here to testify, and we could not ask him, but that is my belief."” - “The State may say “that we could have called Schneider. That is a_likely proposition, just as it was a likely proposition when the State said we could have called James Mills to prove by him that he com- mitted the murders.” The State launched another vigor- ous but unsuccessful drive on photo- graphers today. Justice Charles W. Parker, presiding, saw a_photographer perched on the roof of the court- house and sent John Bunn, the court crier, and James Major, the jail warden, to seize the culprit. While the officers sought a ladder the photo- grapher escaped. After expressing his opinion that | Schneider, after he and Pearly Bah- | mer found the bodies of the minister and choir singer, took what was of value and that the cord found at the scene fell from the pocketbook of Mr. Hall, Case sald it was “unfair” not to produce Schneider. “Why are they not trying Henry Carpender?” asked Case, and then added that the prosecution knew Car- pender had an alibi that could not be broken down. “Why aren't they trying these de- fendants at the same time for the death of the Rev. Mr. Hall?" contin- ued the attorney. “The reason is that there will be in their possession some- thing with which to harass these de- fendants, to hold over their heads another trial.” Investigators for the prosecution were accused by the speaker of stealing letters and other articles from the home of Henry Stevens at Lavallette, N. J. One of Mrs. Hall's letters, which was taken by the in- vestigators, was read in part to the jury by Case. He recalled that the prosecution had sought to capitalize the fact that she was reserved and quiet of manner. “Because she doesn't wear ~her heart on her sleeve, because she doesn’t wear her dress above her knees, she is called cold-hearted,” said Case. “If you would see the true woman, read those letters which Patrick Hayes stole.” The manner of Simpson in intro- ducing the Rev. Dr. Hall's clothing in court, when the prosecutor sought he continued,{ to have a way cleared in front of Mrs. Hall so she could see the cloth- ing, was assailed by Case. He also attacked the prosecution for intro- ducing what he termed the “grue- some” mannikin used by the State in illustrating the wounds that caused Mrs. Mills' death. Lashes Jersey City Police. Case lashed furiously at the Jersey City police and the politicians, who, he said, had directed the inquiry. Speaking of the attempt to intro- duge a razor which Frank Caprio, a detective, who admitted having been convicted of crime, said he bad re- cefved from the late Prosecutor Beek- man, Case declared that the prosecu- tion knew Caprio's record, but hoped that the defense did not. Turning in Simpson's = direction, Case leaned far over the table and demanded: “If that razor was rele- vant to this case, why wasn't it intro- duced in evidence? “If it was not relevant, why didn’t you have Caprio arrested for perjury the minute he left the stand?” All orders for the investigation and trial had come from the city hall in Jersey City, Case declared. ““Is this a Herrin County? Are we outlaws? Are our public officials cor- rupt. We even have Hudson County court stenographers and Hudson County court envelopes used for the exhibits.” “What has all this investigation produced that was not developed four years ago?”’ “an indictment,” said Simpson, and the crowd laughed. “I'm obliged to you for the sug- gestion,” replied Case, “the indictment gave us the first opportunity to prov- ing our innocence.” The New York Daily Mirror was assailed for its activity in the case. Throat “Wounds” Explained. The Jersey City police and detec: tives, for all their “fine combing,” had produced only the following new evidence, Case sai “The story of Dr. Schultze that the nx, tongue and windpipe of Mrs. were missing. This Case ex plained by saying that the throat had been severed and distintegration had been caused by the failure of those organs to receive embalming fluid. The testimony of Mr. and Mrs. John Dixon of North Plainfield, that an epileptic who came to their house on the evening of the killing was Willie Stevens. Case met this by calling attention to testimony that the de: scription given by the Dixons did not fit Willie Stevens. That Mirror representative had seen a scratch on the face of Mrs. Hall Other witnesses, he said, testified there were no scratches. That a man had seen a door open at the rear of the Hall home in a place at which, Case said, there is no | door. Mr: search of Henr stuff,” said Case. One fingerprint, wl described as “phony.” The testimony of two ‘“conviets, named by Case as Dickman and Cap- rio. A “new version” of M son's stor n fact, two new ver- sions, story told at the preliminary hearing and that told at this trial were dif- ferent from any she had given be- fore." Moccasin Story Disputed. Mrs. Gibson's story that she saw Villle Stevens for the first time in her life at the scene of the murder in the fleeting light of an automobile and that she identified him four years later without having seen him in the intervening period was termed “too grotesque to believe” by Cas He went on to show how heavy bushes lined_both sides of the lane, which Mrs. Stevens said was between her and the group involved in the murder. Hall's letters |taken in the Stevens’ home. “Fine ich the attorney . Jane € “In this trial she says she saw | Henry Stevens in the instant flare of the flashlight,” declared Case. “Yet in August of th ar, in this court- room, she said it was Henry Carpen- der she saw, and that he was the only man she saw. “Would any jury,” asked Case, “convict any one on such a story?” The moccasin which Mrs. Gibson said she lost during the mule ride which, she said, took her to the mur- der scene, and which she claims she was searching for when she returned to the murder scene after going home, was dealt with in detail by Case. He said that Mrs. Gibson said she was so “fond” of the moccasin that, after hearing shots and a struggle, she re- turned to the scene to look for it, vet she could not say in court whether the moccasin ever had been found. Referring to Mrs. Gibson's state- ment that she had seen a white- haired, large woman kneeling in the moonlight over a body after the slay- ing, Case had Mrs. Hall stand up for the jury to judge her size. The attorney said Mrs. Hall's hair was said Case, “since both the | Farm of Sweetheart’s Fa- | ther in Wisconsin. ! By fhe Associated Press. . | ber 2.—Buried in a shallow grave, the , body of Clara Olson, missing from her home since September 9, was found near here today. Members of the American Legion searching parties, found the grave on | a farm 6% miles north of here. As soon as identification had been made, a courler was sent to Mount ! afternoon. | Cause of the girl's death had not | been determined, as the covering of dirt had not been completely removed when the courler left the party. Only a quarter mile from the Pick- Tully ‘farm, where the body was | found, is the farm of Albert Olson, whose son, Erdman, the girl's erst- while sweetheart, is sought on a war- rant charging murder. Thirty Leglonnaires were in the | searching party that set out today on | a thorough search of this part of the | county after her father had caused | the murder warrant to bhe issued on insistence that the young woman was dead. The body was discovered when one of the men caught his foot in twigs spread over loose dirt. He called to the others, and they removed the boughs and leaves. After removirg considerable dirt, they found the girl in a coffinless grave. When the young woman, who was 22, disappeared from her home the night of September 9, leaving a note saying she would be back in a few days “with a surprise,” her father surmised she had gone away to marry young Olson, who was 18 years old. The families are not related. Finding of the body was the out- come of a search started by Chris Olson, father of the girl, who swore | out the murder warrant for Erdman | Olson on November 26 and engaged detectives to seek his daughter. Be- fore leaving home the girl had dis- closed, according to her father, that she was about to hecome a mother. The father visited Erdman Olson at Gale College, Galesville, and urged him to marry his daughter, promis- ing them a home on his farm. The 18-year-old boy, according to Olson, desired to defer the marriage |and on_September 27 disappeared from school. only gray now, and that it was less | gray four years ago. | Court adjourned for the noon recess _| with Case's summation uncompleted. Attention centered today on a re- quest by Special Prosecutor Alexander | Simpson for an _investigation of the administration of justice in Somerset County. Simpson telephoned to Gov. Moore, in Trenton, from Jersey City last night after his motion for a mistrial had been denied. Simpson said regarding his talk | with the governor, “In my opinion and according to the evidence of de- | tectives, the jury in the Hall-Mills case should not be permitted to pass on the case. In view of the fact that the jury will be permitted to deliber- ate on the evidence, despite what was brought out in court, I suggested that he order an investigation.” Gov. Moore declined to comment on Simpson’s suggestion for an investi- gation or on dispatches from the | State capitol at Trenton vesterday to | the effect that high authority there had said an acquittal in the present trial would end all activity in the Hall-Mills prosecution. He said he would take Simpson's suggestion under advisement, but considered it unwise that he comment until the present trial is ended. Simpson said he would not take any steps toward further prosecutions without consult- ing the governor. 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