New Lead in Double Murder Emerges in New Brunswick
Detectives probing the Rev Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs Eleanor Reinhardt Mills killings pursued a report of a prior attempt on Mills life. A tea party, hospitalization, and Mills declaring she was poisoned surfaced as investigators sought the hostess identity and motive tied to alleged enmity. Mills husband James Mills vanished amid conflicting accounts from Mrs Hall and Willie Stevens. Authorities questioned church members about gossip linking Hall and Mills, hoping to confirm a motive and identify the culprit.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills
James Mills
Ainger
Ferguson
Middleséx County Force
Mills
Hall
Willie Stevens
Res
Mender
Church of St John, the Evangelist
St. John's Church
Milla
Alent
Woman Refuses to Leave New Brunswick After Husband’s Death
Testimony shows Wall’s car near the mystery house on Philips farm, an expensively furnished site closed for a year. Mrs Hall, invited to stay elsewhere, insists she will not flee New Brunswick. She defends her husband’s fidelity and suspects Mrs Mull’s killers were robbers.
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Wall
Hall
New Brunswick
Phone pest annuls inquiries to women by unknown voice
Allegheny county detective bureau investigates a mysterious caller who quoted district attorney and asked women about their conduct. The DA, Rowland, said he never investigates by phone and urged cooperation in locating the voice, while condemning the prank as cheap and public spectacle.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Detective Bureau
Lerephone
Atorney
Rowland
Seize Booze Worth 200000 Aboard Tug I M Kehoe
In New York on September 22 the revenue cutter Newberry seized the tug I M Kehoe after odor of liquor led to the crew’s arrest. Thirteen crew members were taken into custody and 2112 cases of high grade Scotch and rye whisky valued at about 200000 were confiscated off Ambrose light ship. Federal authorities said the haul is the port’s largest since the eighteenth amendment. Customs inspectors noted the tug had met an ocean liner about eight miles offshore and loaded the liquor.
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Revenue
New York
I. M. Kehoe
Newberry
Ambrose
Thinks horse kick trivia farmer keeps on with duties
Samuel Kennedy a Plainfield farmer near Carlisle Pennsylvania was kicked by a fierce horse. He required seven stitches for a jaw wound yet returned to farm work after a Carlisle doctor treated him. Kennedy said the injury was only part of the day's work.
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Carlisle
Samuel Kennedy
Plainfield
Here
Kennedy
RAIL INJUNCTION RULING POSTPONED AS CASE PROGRESSES
Chicago judge James H Wilkerson postponed ruling on the government bid for a temporary injunction against railroad strikers, extending the current restraining order. Decision set for tomorrow at 11 AM after further evidence review. McLaughlin urged moral stakes, citing violence and a Memphis murder to press for action.
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Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
FRATF
MecLaugh
Woman fatally struck by golf club in Racine incident
A golf club swung by a game devotee struck Miss Evelyn Alman as she stood behind Allan Simpson who was bowing a driver stroke on a Racine lawn. The blow to the head behind the ear killed the schoolteacher within minutes. The incident occurred as Simpson assisted the district attorney and involved several young women witnessing the event.
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Racine
Wis
Evelyn ‘Alman
Allan Simpson
Assistat
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