101 PERSONS TO TESTIFY IN THE HALL-MILLS CASE
One hundred and one persons have so far been subpoenaed to testify for the state at the trials opening next Wednesday of Mrs. Hall and her three male relatives, indicted for murder in the slayings of the Rev. Edward w. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, with more than a score still to be summoned. Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson again criticized Ralph Gorsline, a vestryman and choir singer in the church, saying Gorsline and his attorney failed to appear for an appointment to face a witness whose affidavit placed Gorsline in Russey's Lane on the night of the murder.
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Oct. 30 (AP) - One hundred and one persons have thus far been subpoenaed to testify for the state at the trials here next Wednesday of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her three male relatives, indicted for murder in the slayings of her husband, the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Inspector John J. Underwood, in making the announcement today, said more than a score remained yet to be summoned.
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson today again criticized Ralph V. M. Gorsline, who last month under long questioning admitted that he was at the scene of the killings, but did not see the crime committed, and the removal of the body of the minister from a Brooklyn cemetery for an autopsy.
Gorsline, who was a vestryman and a choir singer in Hall's church, was charged by the prosecutor with failure to keep an appointment at which he was to confront a man who swore that Gorsline actually saw the commission of the crime.
In a statement Simpson asserted that Gorsline and his attorney were to have faced the witness in his office last night, but that neither appeared.
"Inspector Underwood and Captain Walsh discovered a witness of unquestioned probity and standing," the prosecutor's statement read, "A man who worked on the case right after the murder. This witness made an affidavit that placed Ralph Gorsline, out of his own mouth, in Russey's Lane the night of the murder, as identifying the man who did the shooting."
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101 PERSONS TO TESTIFY IN THE HALL-MILLS CASE
One hundred and one persons have so far been subpoenaed to testify for the state at the trials opening next Wednesday of Mrs. Hall and her three male relatives, indicted for murder in the slayings of the Rev. Edward w. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, with more than a score still to be summoned. Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson again criticized Ralph Gorsline, a vestryman and choir singer in the church, saying Gorsline and his attorney failed to appear for an appointment to face a witness whose affidavit placed Gorsline in Russey's Lane on the night of the murder.
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Oct. 30 (AP) - One hundred and one persons have thus far been subpoenaed to testify for the state at the trials here next Wednesday of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her three male relatives, indicted for murder in the slayings of her husband, the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Inspector John J. Underwood, in making the announcement today, said more than a score remained yet to be summoned.
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson today again criticized Ralph V. M. Gorsline, who last month under long questioning admitted that he was at the scene of the killings, but did not see the crime committed, and the removal of the body of the minister from a Brooklyn cemetery for an autopsy.
Gorsline, who was a vestryman and a choir singer in Hall's church, was charged by the prosecutor with failure to keep an appointment at which he was to confront a man who swore that Gorsline actually saw the commission of the crime.
In a statement Simpson asserted that Gorsline and his attorney were to have faced the witness in his office last night, but that neither appeared.
"Inspector Underwood and Captain Walsh discovered a witness of unquestioned probity and standing," the prosecutor's statement read, "A man who worked on the case right after the murder. This witness made an affidavit that placed Ralph Gorsline, out of his own mouth, in Russey's Lane the night of the murder, as identifying the man who did the shooting."
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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101 PERSONS TO TESTIFY IN THE HALL-MILLS CASE
One hundred and one persons have so far been subpoenaed to testify for the state at the trials opening next Wednesday of Mrs. Hall and her three male relatives, indicted for murder in the slayings of the Rev. Edward w. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, with more than a score still to be summoned. Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson again criticized Ralph Gorsline, a vestryman and choir singer in the church, saying Gorsline and his attorney failed to appear for an appointment to face a witness whose affidavit placed Gorsline in Russey's Lane on the night of the murder.
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Oct. 30 (AP) - One hundred and one persons have thus far been subpoenaed to testify for the state at the trials here next Wednesday of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her three male relatives, indicted for murder in the slayings of her husband, the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Inspector John J. Underwood, in making the announcement today, said more than a score remained yet to be summoned.
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson today again criticized Ralph V. M. Gorsline, who last month under long questioning admitted that he was at the scene of the killings, but did not see the crime committed, and the removal of the body of the minister from a Brooklyn cemetery for an autopsy.
Gorsline, who was a vestryman and a choir singer in Hall's church, was charged by the prosecutor with failure to keep an appointment at which he was to confront a man who swore that Gorsline actually saw the commission of the crime.
In a statement Simpson asserted that Gorsline and his attorney were to have faced the witness in his office last night, but that neither appeared.
"Inspector Underwood and Captain Walsh discovered a witness of unquestioned probity and standing," the prosecutor's statement read, "A man who worked on the case right after the murder. This witness made an affidavit that placed Ralph Gorsline, out of his own mouth, in Russey's Lane the night of the murder, as identifying the man who did the shooting."
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
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101 PERSONS TO TESTIFY IN THE HALL-MILLS CASE
One hundred and one persons have so far been subpoenaed to testify for the state at the trials opening next Wednesday of Mrs. Hall and her three male relatives, indicted for murder in the slayings of the Rev. Edward w. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, with more than a score still to be summoned. Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson again criticized Ralph Gorsline, a vestryman and choir singer in the church, saying Gorsline and his attorney failed to appear for an appointment to face a witness whose affidavit placed Gorsline in Russey's Lane on the night of the murder.
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Oct. 30 (AP) - One hundred and one persons have thus far been subpoenaed to testify for the state at the trials here next Wednesday of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her three male relatives, indicted for murder in the slayings of her husband, the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Inspector John J. Underwood, in making the announcement today, said more than a score remained yet to be summoned.
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson today again criticized Ralph V. M. Gorsline, who last month under long questioning admitted that he was at the scene of the killings, but did not see the crime committed, and the removal of the body of the minister from a Brooklyn cemetery for an autopsy.
Gorsline, who was a vestryman and a choir singer in Hall's church, was charged by the prosecutor with failure to keep an appointment at which he was to confront a man who swore that Gorsline actually saw the commission of the crime.
In a statement Simpson asserted that Gorsline and his attorney were to have faced the witness in his office last night, but that neither appeared.
"Inspector Underwood and Captain Walsh discovered a witness of unquestioned probity and standing," the prosecutor's statement read, "A man who worked on the case right after the murder. This witness made an affidavit that placed Ralph Gorsline, out of his own mouth, in Russey's Lane the night of the murder, as identifying the man who did the shooting."
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
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101 PERSONS TO TESTIFY IN THE HALL-MILLS CASE
One hundred and one persons have so far been subpoenaed to testify for the state at the trials opening next Wednesday of Mrs. Hall and her three male relatives, indicted for murder in the slayings of the Rev. Edward w. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, with more than a score still to be summoned. Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson again criticized Ralph Gorsline, a vestryman and choir singer in the church, saying Gorsline and his attorney failed to appear for an appointment to face a witness whose affidavit placed Gorsline in Russey's Lane on the night of the murder.
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Oct. 30 (AP) - One hundred and one persons have thus far been subpoenaed to testify for the state at the trials here next Wednesday of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall and her three male relatives, indicted for murder in the slayings of her husband, the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Inspector John J. Underwood, in making the announcement today, said more than a score remained yet to be summoned.
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson today again criticized Ralph V. M. Gorsline, who last month under long questioning admitted that he was at the scene of the killings, but did not see the crime committed, and the removal of the body of the minister from a Brooklyn cemetery for an autopsy.
Gorsline, who was a vestryman and a choir singer in Hall's church, was charged by the prosecutor with failure to keep an appointment at which he was to confront a man who swore that Gorsline actually saw the commission of the crime.
In a statement Simpson asserted that Gorsline and his attorney were to have faced the witness in his office last night, but that neither appeared.
"Inspector Underwood and Captain Walsh discovered a witness of unquestioned probity and standing," the prosecutor's statement read, "A man who worked on the case right after the murder. This witness made an affidavit that placed Ralph Gorsline, out of his own mouth, in Russey's Lane the night of the murder, as identifying the man who did the shooting."
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Douglas Daily Dispatch, October 31, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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