The Hall-Mills Murder
“‘Not Guilty’ is verdict in hall case: plan to free prisoners on ball today and probably quash all other charges” (New York Times). The Hall-Mills case was a case in 1922 about the murder of an Episcopal priest and a member of his choir, who he was having an affair with at the time. They were murder on September 14, 1922, in Brunswick, New Jersey. The first people to be suspected of committing the murder was the priest’s wife and her brothers. But with lack of evidence they were never fully convicted nor anyone else, so to this day the case has never been solved. The mystery of who was behind the Hall-Mills Murder a jealous wife or an unknown jealous ex-lover.
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Ultimately, the victim’s spouses were the first suspected, both claimed to have stayed home till their spouses failed to return home then both went out to search for them (MacGown). Notably, the affair was no secret though, when questioned Frances Hall and James Mills, the spouses, each claimed they had no idea about the affair (Katz). Many believed that Hall’s wife, Frances Hall, was the killer with the help of her brothers, William and Henry Steven. They two were the heirs to a fortune, which was believed to be two million dollars (“The Hall-Mills Murder Case”). Henry Steven was currently a firearm expert, he was also once an exhibit marksman. He lived around 50 miles from the murder site (Katz). While William was disabled, he had an explosive temper. William admitted to own a .32 caliber revolver but later police learned that it could not fire and was returned to William (Newton 157). With so little proof Frances and her brothers could not be put under arrest, mainly because of the lack of verification. “Some felt that Mrs.Hall and her brothers had committed the killing, but had gone free due to flimsy prosecution” (MacGown). Many people still believe that Mrs.Hall did carry out the killing but with such poor evidence, the killers could never be fully
“‘Not Guilty’ is verdict in hall case: plan to free prisoners on ball today and probably quash all other charges” (New York Times). The Hall-Mills case was a case in 1922 about the murder of an Episcopal priest and a member of his choir, who he was having an affair with at the time. They were murder on September 14, 1922, in Brunswick, New Jersey. The first people to be suspected of committing the murder was the priest’s wife and her brothers. But with lack of evidence they were never fully convicted nor anyone else, so to this day the case has never been solved. The mystery of who was behind the Hall-Mills Murder a jealous wife or an unknown jealous ex-lover.
As long as time shows the mystery murder of Reverend Edward …show more content…
Ultimately, the victim’s spouses were the first suspected, both claimed to have stayed home till their spouses failed to return home then both went out to search for them (MacGown). Notably, the affair was no secret though, when questioned Frances Hall and James Mills, the spouses, each claimed they had no idea about the affair (Katz). Many believed that Hall’s wife, Frances Hall, was the killer with the help of her brothers, William and Henry Steven. They two were the heirs to a fortune, which was believed to be two million dollars (“The Hall-Mills Murder Case”). Henry Steven was currently a firearm expert, he was also once an exhibit marksman. He lived around 50 miles from the murder site (Katz). While William was disabled, he had an explosive temper. William admitted to own a .32 caliber revolver but later police learned that it could not fire and was returned to William (Newton 157). With so little proof Frances and her brothers could not be put under arrest, mainly because of the lack of verification. “Some felt that Mrs.Hall and her brothers had committed the killing, but had gone free due to flimsy prosecution” (MacGown). Many people still believe that Mrs.Hall did carry out the killing but with such poor evidence, the killers could never be fully