New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1926, Page 14

o S — M i RS. MILLS TOLD (Continued From First Page) " the jury views ot the place where the double murder occurred, includ- ing De Russey’'s lane and Easton avenue, two thoroughways that have figured frequently in the testimony. He made this move after Judge Charles W. Parker, presiding at the trial, had refused to permit the jury to be taken to the scene. Objects To Movies. Robert H. McCarter, of defense counsel, objetced to the use of the projecting machine, without the defense having an opportunity to | observe it work. It was agreed that a demonstration would be given durlng the noon recess. Simpson explained it was not a motion pic- ture machine but shows only sta- | tionary scenes, E Mrs. Marfe M. Lee, of Paterson, N. J, younger sister of M Mill . was the first witness of da, Another sister of t s| Mrs. Elsie Barnhardt had testified yesterday concerning the love tions between Mrs. Mills and t Rev. Mr. Hall. Mrs. Lec learned that her er w cleaned some fish at the rear of my garage for about thirty minutes then went to the boardwalk to hear I re- []F HER PLAN | turned to my home and went to bed ‘An incident that T remember that cvening is that about 7:30 p. m., it anyone was catching fish. about eleven thirty met a man with a blue fish. it for him and it ounds. I went to round eleven o'clock and arose next rise. welghed Men He Saw. “I remember that Arthur Apple- | gate of Lavallette, was cl se to while I was fishing and it was him that that aw George and I William McGonigle and Mayor Mrs, Enoch Titus Van Camp on same evening.” Walsh testifie that he “Did bile 2" “I owned a Ford station wagon.” s car on the n “Where was t of the killings “In the garage at the rear of my house “Did you or an own another car?” “My wife he ere was this car on the night 1 took | out my pocket scales and welghed | bed sometime morning an hour before sun- 1 weighed the blue W. John- am almost ddeus Mellinger, asked Stevens the following questions: you ever own an automo- one in your family a seven-passenger | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, employed by Mrs. the murders. No explanation was given of Mrs, | Clark’s failure to appear. Previous testimony had pictured her as | “spying” on the Rev. Mr. Hall and | and 1| she carried stories of their love re- lations to Mrs. Hall. Henry Mills, brother-in-law of six new of the relations between lleanor and the Rev. Mr. Hall. He said they were frequently talked about by members of the church and that even Mrs. Mills' mother knew ‘of their intimacies. Silzer Finally Appears. Anthony Silzer appeared when his name was called again. He told or the me for Mrs. Hall and Willie Stevens, identified a statement of Henry Stevens as o the | Scribed. These statements, he sald, | had been taken over by Azariah | Beekman, now dead but who was prosecutor of Somerset county at the time. | When the | Stevens the ed and statement of Henry reached the hands of Case, other defense attorneys gather- bout him to read it. ns seemed unconcerned during | the several minutes of delay caused | by the r counsel, ight zer on cross examination said he could not state whether Henry Stevens was shown the 1022 state- Hall soon after Mrs. Mills, and the state avows that | Mills, was called to tell what | taking in shorthand statements by | and | wding of the statement by | getting information. During an ar- | sument between*Case and Simpson as to the admissibility of a ques- tion, Simpson charged that Mrs Hall hired DI Martinl not to solve | the murder but to find out what people were saying. | No Movies Allowed During the luncheon recess a ma- chine for showing still | the scene of the crime was set up in the courtroom | for use at the afternoon Justice | " *The court understands,” he { nounced at the opening of the after- noon session, “that the defense ob- jeets to the use machine and it removed.” Evidence Suppressed session. will therefore be state Hall, | tive once employed by Mrs. in | tricd to suppress evidence case. | Mrs. Mary Demarest ot New | Brunswick, who earlier in the trial ! | had testified that she saw Henry| Stever |ing after the s she | ving, recalled, had offered her $2,500 or a little | more,” if she would keep her mouth shut. Ordered Sleuth Out The witness sald she ordered the detective out of had told him that she wanted *“none pictures of Parker ordered it removed. an- | of this projecting | the house after she | Witnesses were put forward by the | this afternoon to attempt to | he also had tran- | prove that Felix Di Martini, detec- | | heara the | | | | | in New Brunswick the morn-‘ Henry |Said that four years ago Di Martini | 't UD | iz of her husband’s eftusive letters. and in readiness | on Saturday, had referred to their love as “mountains in strength and oceans in depth.” He had called her a “gay Gypsy” while she called him her “Lambkin” and “P Mrs. Hall Unmoved | Mrs. Hall, during the reading of the other woman's love letters to her husband showed the same calm- ness with which she heard the read- Her pale face lost none of its com- posure, and her hands lay quietly folded in her lap. It is the state's contention that jealousy and hate, aroused in Mrs. Hall by the couple's love affair, prompted the double slaying. James Mills, husband of the dead woman, has heard all the details of his wife’s love affair, and likewlse | was unmoved. During yesterday's session, he Mrs. Elsie Barnhardt, sister of Mrs. Mills, testify that his wife once said in his presence: “I care more for Mr. Hall's little finger, | than 1 do for Jim's whole body.” | Mills sold to a newspaper for $500 the letters written by the minister | to his wife. The letters of Mrs. Mills to Rev. Mr. Hall were found strewn between their bodies. How they reached the scene of the crime has not yet been brought out at the trial. The state contends, however, that they were taken there by Mrs. Hall, to confront | contests. |o'clock this evening at the NOVEMBER 16, 1526. of the pleasant relations which had always existed between his school and the local high school and of the good sportsmanship so clearly evident in all of the inter-school Vital Statistics During the month of October there were fifty-nine births, nine- teen marriages and nincteen deaths | received for record in the office of City Clerk Thomas B. Steele. Red Men's Meeting The regular meeting of Com- | pounce tribe, I 0. R. M, will be | held at 8 o'clock this evening in ! Red Men's hall on-Prospect street. St. Joseph’s Church Devotions in honor of St. Anne | will be held at 7:30 o'clock this | cvening in St. Joseph’s Catholic church. Neighborhood Prayer Meeting The weekly Neighborhood Pr: er meeting will be held at 9:30 | o'clock tomorrow morning at the home of Mrs. Edgar Soule of 71 Woodland street. Water Board To Meet A meeting of the board of water commissioners will be held at 8 ‘water department office on Riverside ave- nue. A hearing will be granted at the same time to property owners | on Farmington avenue as far east as Brool street to show cause why water mains should not be extend- LADIE-E-E-ES and GENT-LE-MEN! The Tremendous, Consistent Increase in Our Volume For the Past Two Years, Proves Beyond a Doubt that DESCO 1S DRY CLEANING with the minister in 1919, Mrs. Mills told her she Ic Hall, but that their re been “quite proper.” Planned To FElope. i )wr husband. v. Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills ain on the night of Septem- BRISTIL WS (Continued From Page of Dr. Hall's blool money.” On | cross examination the defense brought out from the witness a state- ment e 'd not know Di Mar- | tini’s name, until he had made his offer, and been ordered from the wouse, when he told her who he was. Peter Sommer, who testified that eptember 14, “In house.” ment after making it. The statement was read by Fran- | cis Bergen, prosecutor of Somerset | county who yesterday read aloud the love notes which Mrs. Mills sent the rector. In general the 1922 statemen contained much the same informa- ; was employed by Di Martini, said tion as that made last August. In ;¢ he was instructed to visit cigar the four-year old narrative, Stevens | [ stores and pool rooms in New Bruns- el oy Bl Sold s bl to get information, including | need not on her account stay inl,umes and addresses if possible of | Now Senewicl, aieriti el persons who were saying “offensive” | o | things about Mrs. Hall. | This testimony admitted over ob- pection of the defense, continned, | the witness saving that he was told | to get a job at a motor car company | where “Ireddie” Heinhardt and “a I man named Gibson” were employed. | 1t t out that Reinhardt s, Mills and | ton,” husband of Mrs. | Sommer said that he | B ed in front of their property. American Leglon Meeting Seicheprey Post, No. 2, American Leglon, will hold a meeting at 8:15 | o'clock this evening in Legion hall in the city bullding. The winter ac- ities of the organization will be scussed and plans will be made for a billiard and pool tournament in which all members will be elig- The members of the swimming |ible for entry. A suggestion has team of the school who recetves |2150 been made that a Saturday numerals were Donald Day, William | i8ht club be organized and this | 0'Connor, Roland Booth a’nd Wes- recommendation will also be acted | ley Percival. upon. An address was also gven by Clarence Quimby, principal of the South Manchester high school and president of the Central Connecticut Athletic league. Mr. Quimby told AT ITS BEST And Desco Costs No More Than Ordinary Dry Cleaning DESCO CLEANS CLEAN— IT CLEANS BETTER AND LASTS LONGER 904 Is Our Number Drove Only A Mrs, Lee testified that in “Can you drive a g 1922, Mrs. Mills spoke openly of her T never drove any plans to go away with the rec Ford.” “She told me fn her hushand's| “When was the las presence,” sald Mrs. Lee. “That she | in New Brunswick prior to Septem- planned to go away with Mr. Hall| ber 14, 19 but that she would not d “Several mon husband's name, and that w en got ready to go she would t in New hushand that she was going.” “Where did she going?” Prosecutor § “She said they might go to C and that he would take up some business there,” the witness repl “Did she say that Mr. Hall inherited $40,000 from the Steven family and that they would live on | that “1 didn’t hear her say that. “Did she say anvthing w ence to Mrs. Hall?” “She sa ask Mrs. Hall to relo: : “Did you ever see your sister kiss Ford. Seven) ths the Bruns first time you ick after that he | wic n g of was Hall. e told me there was absolute- nothing to he done” said Stev. ens in the statement, “and so Mrs, | Stevens and T went to our New York wpartment to pack furniture wm»h‘ were taking to my home Lavallette. On Thursday Necor| {leaving New York, I tclephoned Mrs. Hall and asked her if she needed me, but she replied that she did not.” was to get any information he could Four years ago, Stevens was ask- | from Gibson to break down the story B ed ahout the difference in the force | of Mrs, Jane Gibson of having been 11 both you and Mrs Stevens|Of bullets from ordinary revolvers un cye-witness of the killing. inister attend his funeral |and automatic pistols. | Unfolding Romance B iuie wnen Twas | “Din van own “T never fired an automatic fn my | ST Ty i Seay et Yr:\?n(:‘:odhlr:»; }‘:un;r where T lived r i life,” was Stevens’ reply, accor: a + the Rev. Edward W. ;’,i rmt time, I saw her sitting on his | =« have several shotguns, no re- ;’0 the statement read toda and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, choir lap. When she jumped up, . {shown shells taken from Mrs. church, is being re- at my approach, she kissed him vou what is called a good |head, the statement records vealed chapter by chapter between Robert McCarter, chief of defense | gave it as his opinion that | dull stretches of testimony by un- counsel, began the cross-examina- | Good With Shotgun. automatic re- | ortaker. crprint experts and tion. | “T am considered a crack shot \ | detectives, love letters which the | “Did your sister tell you that one | ith a shotgun but I haven't fired a | Others Also Missing coupls wrote to each other have of the reasons she was fond of Mr. | reiolver in 25 years." | en _another mis ing “mvT. | added an i lous note to the Hall was becanse he was her intel- | gonator ¢ of defense counsel | Cedric Paulus, of New Brunswick. | (.a] with their poetic ph ases and lectual equal?” he asked. in questioning Walsh before the in- | was called and failed to respond. | Nila ot Ihve L Crnaoms “Yes,” the W replied. troduction of th atement brought | Fred David. detective of Middlesex | g, court of 'hfl wounds, “DId she say her husband was not | out that Hen d spoken | county, aftacked by Simpson in the | wnich caused the lovers' deaths have her equal?” eely, that he had not asked for a |recent investigation unwilling 10 ¢o115wed fast upon the introduction | R “She didn't refer to him at that| 1oLl ‘hut only for permission to |aid the state, also failed to respond. | oe (po Jotters and the reading of | time."” consult his diary and that he had | There was no reply when Samuel P. ir florid phrases. A prayer which | offered to show his to V Suthpen, Somerville undertaker, Was | 0" ivieee ™ Coote "o the cholr | Anthony Silzer, a brother of the |re.called to finish his testin siger, when shs went to 4 hosnital ner governor, and a stenogra Totten, former detective nf‘ for an oporation, caused a squabble | Middlesex pro as not on R lled next. He . Otto H. Schult o8 le's romance, which once | i This man is a state employu | York, who performed ent ¢ was only the subject of tittering and and there is no excuse for him not bodies of Mr. Hall and | oo iy women who founded their Mrs. Lee, referring to the having been here at 10 a. m,” Simp- by responding to his; BN P L N 1S being re- talk she had with her sister in ‘1”“'.=m\ told the court. “His failure to be | call, raised the state’s average of | . .j 4 all its intimacy, while 3% costined: Lets dgliyn, 10y Gase |itnesses presant 2 .| spectators in a crowded court room ‘Women Not Friendly. | Barnhardt On Stand. | " Schultze gave it as his opinion el “Mrs. Hall and Eleanor were \nk Barnhardt a brother-in- | tnat there would have been no need 3 friendly and she suspected Minna of the slain choir singer, hus- | leged haste in the burlal of | o (00 inen & des Clark of telling MMrs. Hall things 1 of the woman who yesterday | \rs. Hall. the ovtskiris of New Brunswick, has et feel that| testified as to Mrs. Mills' love for | Case on cross-examination brousht | o0 o%ho"conter of extensive real | way." minister, was put on the stand | out that the witness did not know | GERRE 08 P CE i A queston which might the condition of the bodies when | SState cerelopmen's, | brought out testimony as to whether | "y o hq that most of Mrs. found nor the kind of weather dur- I Nove. Tabians oF Mex. Mills: 16 . there was a struggle between Mrs. | p oo apout Mr. Hall. |ing the days in which they lay be-| "0 o o4 yesterday atter- | 3Miils and Mrs. Hall for the minis- | py 0y onns berore Mrs. Mill's | el A on, read yesterday aftr- ter's love, was over-ruled. It was: | death, the testified discussed Peter Sommer app: ‘-“ -m‘l R a R y “Did Mrs, Mills at any time say in || ‘friendship” with her. No one clse | yig name was called ”‘»_ arked his letters to her, but | effect that she had what Mrs. Hall| 0 [T ey were crammied with Honeyed | never had, and that was the love of | " asked Stmp- | (oS00 TS rmaion oftensive ao | Words and ph : carment. | Mr. Hall? ’ | | My dreams big as the : Mrs. Hall” He said world,” she wrote in one letter while | Anthony Sitzer firzzrgg“r;r“f}r:i\gv;l‘“ oS amohs. atiier niuces \e wrote in one letter while | Governor Silzer and stenograp i he, in one of his letters introduced | the Middlesex county prosecutor’s | ! office. was to have been the next | witness but he failed to appear when | Snubbed By Mrs, Hall. Lis name was called. | \e mentioned Mrs. Hall and Captain Harry Walsh, !":)“":nffr‘ | sald that she once tnought the min. | sey City police and one of the inves- | L0, 0 e T T iend but that | P L e o on en | T e 8 b e r ehon the present case is based, was r"\l\\‘l er she could,” said Barnk i mstcod to tall of'a wistt he madef *VIL SN GONL L e eay? to Lavallette, N. J., last August 10| g " iq that she see Henry Stevens and question hin 1 o0 ooy ont - Mrs. Hall. in connection with the double mur- said she had what Mrs. Ha der. have—the love of Mr. Hall.” Mrs. Clark Absent. Mrs. Minna Clark failed to appear when her Mills. , 1 re ec cousin, Edwin of Mr. Hall's Never Heard of Mrs, '.\W;'r\n“‘.v‘r 16, 19 rom my r, telling me Choral Club Rehearsal ! A rehearsal of the Women's | Choral club will be held at 7:45 | o'clock this evening in the vestry | of Trinity Episcopal church. 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