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“Did you say that the card had not left” your possession at any | time?" he ‘asked. “Yes" STATE COMPLETES HALL-MILLS CASF| oot memoes fingerprint expert, have it for three o2 “Yes, T had forgotten that.” Underwood said that he gave it to Drewen on the m-rning of August Miss Barbara Tough, former mald | 17. Defense counsel conferred. in the home of Mrs. Frances Stevens| “Who had been paying expenses Hall, today was recalled to the wit- | for the services of yourself and your ness stand by the state to tell more | four assoclates?” asked McCarter. about the razor which was owned | Gets Regular Pay. by the Rev. Edward Hall, who was siain four years ago with Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills. Earlier in the trlal the prosecu- (Continued from First Page) Miss Tough Recalled. |to date for expenses incurred,” an- | swered Underwood. On re-direct ex- | amination, Simpson brought out that .tion introduced an old fashioned | Underwood was drawing his regular razor, but it has not yet been ad-|P2Y as a member of the Jersey City nitted as evidence. The throat of | Police force. Mrs. Mills was slashed after she had | When Simpson asked a question heen shot three times. In her | intended to bring out a statement by carlier testimony, Miss Tough said |the witness as to who was respon- that the razor Introduced by the./sible for the revived investigation on state was not the same length as|the four year old murders, Judge that which was owned by the Rev.|Charles W. Parker, presiding, said Mr. Hall. | there was no need of having Under- “This razor, where was it kept?” | Wood testify concerning anyone re- asked Alexander Simpson, special |sponsible for the inquiry beyond prosecutor, today. | Commissioner Beggans. “In & small medicine chest,” an- Expert On Stand swered Miss Tough. Charles H. Goddard, firearms and Is Not Positive. | bullet expert of New York city, was “Can you say positively whether | then called to testify concerning the vou saw the razor in the cabinet |bullet wounds in the heads of the after the murde | Rev. Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills. He “No, I canno brought along his satchel as though Miss Tough said she remained in |to give actual demonstrations before the Hall homs as a maid until |the jury. Goddard's partner, Charles February, f ing the murder on | Walte, was to have testified for the the night of Septcxil)f‘r 14, 1922, | state at this phase of i “Did you ever look for the razor?” | died last Sunday. asked Senator Case on cross-examin- [ The defense accepted Goddard as ation. | an expert without question but there “No," replled the maid | was a clash when Simpson attempt- Then Simpson put in: “You took ; ed to Introduce picture which God- care of the medicine closet didn’t|dard said Waite had made of the you | bullets taken from the head of Mrs, ¥ was the reply, and Case Mills. came back with an objection which | “In defense of the innocent peo- ended the testimony. | ple.’ ’said Simpson, pointing to Mrs. Fingerprints On Card. | Hall and her two brothers, “thelr Tnspector John J. Underwood, of | counsel objects to introduction of Jersey City, the seventy-eighth wit- | photopraghs of these bullets. Waite ess, testified that he was in charge | is dead and T cannot produce him, of the investigation which led to|but Detective Totten will swear that the present trials and that he receiv- | hé received the bullets from Dr. d the calling card sald to bear a |Hageman, who made the autopsy fingerprint of Willie Stevens, at the and gave them to Waite. home of Commissioner Beggans in Waite’s partner is here to testi- Jersey City on the evening of Au gust 15. He said that Philip Payne, | managing editor of the New York | Daily Mirror was present. “Has the card been in your pos- session ever since?"’ Simpson asked. “Yes,” Underwood replied. “You haven't put any fingerprints Clothes Also In Court. During the argument the paste- board box of clothes worn by the victims the night their bodies were ound beneath the crabapple tree was brought in court. Bullets Are Identified “Were these bullets fired from a .32 calibre automatic?" asked | “Yes” Goddard replied | “What kind of automa Robert McCarter, chief of defense counsel took the cross-examination, " put in “I have not recelved one cent up | case, but he NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1926. T | simpson. The witness smiled and hesitated. | Jane Gibson, the state’s star witness, “Oh, don't set out on a long dis. | testified from her sick-bed that she |saw Mrs. Hall and her brothers at sertation,” sald Simpson, ‘“answer | my question. “A Colt,” the witness replied. |again, drew from him that state- | me | “I really should quality my last statement. Markings on these bul- |lets were so distorted by impact that they were not easily studied. The summary of my tabulations links | them up as having been fired by a | colt.” | Not Too Positive | “Then your best judgment is that |it was a Colt, although you are not !too positive?” sald Justice Parker, |and the witness agreed. “The cartridges,” Goddard said, “were made by Peters and adapted for a Colt.” Fred David, Middl tective, one of the storm centers of the present investigation, was the next witness. At one time Simpson had complained to Governor Moore that David was not supporting the investigation whole-heartedly. David, however, was supported by Prosecu- tor Toolan of Middlesex. David identified Mrs. Hall’s coat | and scarf which had been sent to Philadelphia to be dyed, clothes of Willie Stevens, and bullets and shells | brought to his office. He was not questioned by Simp- on as to his other activities four | years ago when he w-s acting chief detective of Middlesex. Gave Coat Willingly David on cross-examination, said Mrs. Hall willingly gave hinr the oat and scarf. Neither her lawyer, nor the detective whom she had em- ployed at the time were in the house when he obtained the gar- ments, the witness said. Mrs. Theodore W. Bonner, of Mr. Hall, was the Jext witness. She id that she attended the mar- riage of her brother to Mrs. Hall. ‘Was Henry Stevens present?” asked Simpson. “I can't remember whether was,” answered the witness. The prosecutor then asked her practically the same question over he and over, but she could only say that | most of the members of the Stevens family were present, and could not | recall whether Henry Stevens at- tended the wedding. 1l Feeling is Charged { The state contends that ill-feeling existed between the minister and Henry Stevens long before the death | of the minister. | Mrs. Bonner {amined by the defense. | no signs of emotion during her brief !stay on the witness stand. Yesterday was not Senator Case, taking the witness | | John stillwell, ex county de- ! | the fatal shooting of the Rev. Mr. | York American, but was now | her car while it w: ster | She showed | | that Mrs. Hall had a scratch on her i face?" she s~t near Mrs. Hall while Mrs. fo: the scene of the crime the night it was committed. David D. Nagel, a youth of New York city, who describ d himself as | a painter now out of work, was re- | called by Simpson to corrohorate tie testimony given last week by who testified that, whi': driving the hearse that bore tha Rev. Mr. Hail's body to Brook- lyn, he observed a long scratch on Mrs. Hall's face. After Nagle had related that he was a passenger on the ferry boat tha. carried the funeral party from Staten Island to Brooklyn, Simpson asked him. | i saw Scratch on Face “Did you have any chance to ob- serve Mrs. Hall's face?” . answered the witness. “What did you observe?” saw a scratch on it.” The w d he could not tell whether the scratch was a fresh | one. state had repeatedly in- troduced the testimony to uphold its contention that a struggle preceded po; | pe dr a | ru to {ed | wh 'he e of |ra | th Hall and Mrs. Mills. Nagle was accompanying Alfred Scholz, a photographer for the New em- | ph ployed by the Mirror. Laughing and Joking Both Nagel and Scholz who fol- | lowed him on the stand, testifiad that relatives of Mrs. Hall stood by as crossing on the ferry from Perth Amboy to Staten Island, and that the: were “laugh- ing and joking” with her. Nagel said he was twenty or thir- ty feet from Mrs. Hall's car, which was immediately behind the h containing her husband’s body. 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Marriage Certificates “Since she is not here,” said Simpson, “I'll introduce the mar- riage certificates of Mrs. Hall and Mr. Hall” The certificate showed that the couple were married in July, 1911, and that the groom was thirty years | old. The age of the bride was not | given, but her birth-place was given Hall was|as Afken, S. C., and her father's name was Francls K. Stevens. Mrs. Hall showed no response to this reminder of her wedding day. 83rd Witness Called Frank Caprio, private detective of ‘he left cheek bons |08 Branch was the elghty-third | witness. He testified that he had been em- ployed by the late Azarlah Beek- | man, prosecutor of Somerset county, in- as it it sa. ce! how Mrs. She had a black hat and Scholz on redirect examination id that the scratch on Mrs. Hall's nning from below the mouth and that it look- “quite fresh.” He said that he was ten feet away ien she lifted her eil. | ihrear es e Under cross-examination, Scholz | 24, 1922. 14 he was unable to get a picture | Ty, days after the grand jury in | ~ Mrs. Hall because she did not | November 1922, had failed to return ise her veil when she arrived at!indictments, he visited Beckman in cemetery. He said he had a|pjs office. camera and could not| gimpson produced the razor | otograph her on the ferryboat. | which was first introduced during The name of Miss Sally Peters, a |the questioning of medical experts beginning September “n ed e that of the next witness. ilhroal may have been cut. answers seldom interfered with the rhythm of his jaws. time you saw Beekman?” Simpson fingerprints.” eame time?" sel the question was revamped to “What else did. you see in Beek- man's office?” I went into Beekman’s office and sajd—." Here McCarter interrupted | Simpsou appearing angry demand- The court could not be blamed for interrupting | Mrs. | something which it was improper | for the jury to hear. Simpson ‘had | e S S ——— —————— W ————— ) ! “She doesn’t seem to be here,” re- Expert Gum Chewer offered to have anything improper Caprio was chewing gum and his | stricken out. “What occurred?” asked Simpson. “I went in and I sald—," Again McCarter'' interrupted. “There you are agaln” 'said the court to Simpson. Caprio’s answer tinally was: “When 1 came out I had the razor with his permission.” The razor was offered in evi- dence but McCarter demanded the right to cross-examine before its ac- ceptance. | Caprio told ‘of other cases on which he had worked for Beekman. Mrs. Gibson Al Right Mrs. Gibson, who clalms to have witnessed the murder, rested com- fortably in the Jersey City hospital |today after giving from a bed in ‘the courthouse testimony which is the foundation of the state's casc. “I have told the truth, so help me God. And you know it—you know it!"” she screamed at Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, one of the three defendants, as she was being taken from the courtroom on a |stretcher. The jury had retired with [and did not hear this. and | Afrs Gibson was on the stand : | four hours yesterday and identified 2 hearing on “the constant ‘no, | \rs. Hall, and her two brothers, .’ chorus of the defense.” |Henry and Willle Stevens, who are held that McCarter |on trial with her for the murder of Eleanor Mills, as present at “Did you see that razor at the ked. “Yes" “What was with the razor?” “A photograph of the blade and was wrapped up in that sheet of “You received that and delivered to me a few months ago in the me condition in which you re- ived 1t?" “Yes “Did you see an automatic at the At the objection of defense coun- “He had a gun on his desk.” “Can you tell what make?” “It looked like a German gun.” “How did you get this razor?” 0, the witnessed paused, (Continued on Page 33) Rmericas Greaiest Ffoodwear Value John Irving Presents The “MENTONE” Smart lined in a new John Irving step- in pump. Featured in patent, satin, velvet, suede, kid and a combination black patent with cherry patent. See this striking new effect in our show windows tomorrow. 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