Editing Case File: Hall/Mills Double Murder

==Overview==

==Gallery==
* [[Hall Mills Double Murder Gallery]]

==Locations==
* 100 Sicard St: residence of Raymond Schneider, who found the bodies.
* 161 Livingston Ave: home of counselor W. Edwin Florance
* 228 Neilson St: residence of Pearl Bahner, who found the bodies
* 23 Nichol Ave - New Brunswick, New Jersey - home of Dr. Hall.
* Phillips Farm: where the bodies were discovered under a cherry tree.

==People==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!Name
!(Born-Died)
!Description
|-
| rowspan="2" |Victims
|Hall, Rev. Edward W.
|1881-1922
|Rector of the Episcopal church
|-
|Mills, Eleanor Reinhardt
|1888-1922
|housewife and singer in the church choir
|-
| rowspan="4" |Suspects
|Hall, Frances M. Stevenson
|1874-?
|wife of Rev. Hall
|-
|Mills, James Frances
|1878-1965
|husband of Eleanor Mills
|-
|Stevens, Henry Hewgill
|
|brother of Mrs. Hall
|-
|Stevens, William Carpender
|1873-?
|brother of Mrs. Hall
|-
| rowspan="13" |Witnesses
|Bahner, Pearl
|
|found the bodies
|-
|Bennett, Allan
|
|owner of dog that barked at woman Fri morning
|-
|Carpender, Charles
|
|cousin to Mrs. Hall.
|-
|Carpender, Moncure
|
|cousin to Mrs. Hall.
|-
|Gibson, Jane
|
|"The Pig-Woman", claimed to witness the murders
|-
|Mills, Charlotte E.
|1906-1952
|daughter of Eleanor Mills
|-
|Mills, Daniel
|1913-?
|son of Eleanor Mills
|-
|Phillips, William
|
|nightwatching of New Jersey Women's College
|-
|Reinhardt, Fred
|
|brother of Mrs. Mills
|-
|Schneider, Raymond
|
|found the bodies
|-
|Storer, Miss Agnes
|
|church organist
|-
|Stryker, William
|
|telephoned police upon discovery of the bodies
|-
|Tumulty
|
|gardner to the Halls, washed their cars
|-
| rowspan="11" |Officers & Investigators
|Beekman, Azariah M.
|
|
|-
|Collins, Charles
|
|Detective, Middlesex County Prosecutors
|-
|Curran, James
|
|Officer charged with watching the bodies
|-
|David, Ferd A.
|
|Detective, Middlesex County Prosecutors
|-
|Dickenson
|
|State trooper
|-
|Fitzpatrick, William
|
|Detective, Middlesex County Prosecutors
|-
|Garrigan, Edward
|
|Officer charged with watching the bodies
|-
|Hubbard, John V.
|
|Coroner, morgue on Bayard St.
|-
|Long
|
|Coroner
|-
|O'Connell
|
|Chief of Police
|-
|Totten, George D.
|
|Detective of Somerset County
|-
| rowspan="3" |Lawyers
|Beekman, Azariah M.
|
|Prosecutor of Somerset County
|-
|Florance, William Edwin
|1865-1943
|Ex-Senator, friend & counselor of Mrs. Hall
|-
|Stricker, Joseph
|
|Prosecutor of Middlesex County
|-
| rowspan="5" |Others
|Geist, Louisa
|1902-?
|maid to the Halls (1920)
|-
|McKiernan, Dr. R. L.
|
|performed operation on Mrs. Mills in February
|-
|Railly, Delia
|1868-?
|maid to the Halls (1920)
|-
|Smith, Dr. A. L.
|
|performed operation on Mrs. Mills in February
|-
|Tough, Barbara
|1890-?
|maid to the Halls (1920)
|}

==Documentation==
===Burials===
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23079/edward-wheeler-hall?_gl=1*1s2or6l*_gcl_au*NDg3MDgwNjA2LjE3MjIyNjA3NzY.*_ga*MTQxMTExNTQ4NS4xNjg5MzQyODM5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*YzM0MWUwYzYtZjgwYi00OTNkLWE0ZjQtM2Q4MzE4YzU2MjU1LjQ5NC4xLjE3MjMzMzc0MjcuNDYuMC4w*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*YzM0MWUwYzYtZjgwYi00OTNkLWE0ZjQtM2Q4MzE4YzU2MjU1LjYxOC4xLjE3MjMzMzc0MjcuMC4wLjA. Find-a-Grave]: Edward Wheeler Hall (1881-1922), Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12676666/frances_noel_hall Find-a-Grave]: Frances Noel Stevens Hall (1874-1942), Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23077/eleanor_mills Find-a-Grave]: Eleanor Reinhardt Mills (1888-1922), Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, NJ
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47642173/james_francis_mills Find-a-Grave]: James Francis Mills (1878-1965), Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, NJ
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151002135/daniel_forney_mills Find-a-Grave]: Daniel Forney Mills (1910-1992), Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, NJ
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47642186/charlotte-e.-mills?_gl=1*10a08u2*_gcl_au*NDg3MDgwNjA2LjE3MjIyNjA3NzY.*_ga*MTQxMTExNTQ4NS4xNjg5MzQyODM5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*YzM0MWUwYzYtZjgwYi00OTNkLWE0ZjQtM2Q4MzE4YzU2MjU1LjQ5NS4xLjE3MjMzNDQ1NzcuNjAuMC4w*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*YzM0MWUwYzYtZjgwYi00OTNkLWE0ZjQtM2Q4MzE4YzU2MjU1LjYxOS4xLjE3MjMzNDQ1NzcuMC4wLjA. Find-a-Grave]: Charlotte E. Mills (1906-1952), Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, NJ
===Census Records===
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/162730769:7884?tid=193423375&pid=372602522910&hid=1029453030839&_phsrc=QFx10096&_phstart=default 1920 US Federal Census]: "Edward W. Hall" 39, pastor of Episcopal church with wife, brother-in-law, and three maids.
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/111772999:6061 1920 US Federal Census]: "Eleanor Mills", 31, with husband and two children.

===Newspaper Articles===
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/314342932 16 Sep 1922 (Daily Home News, New Brunswick, NJ)]: Episcopal Rector Shot to Death, With Woman, In Loney Place near City  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/355087169/?match=1&terms=%22Eleanor%20Mills%22 17 Sep 1922 (Chicago Tribune)]: Rich Pastor, Choir Singer are Murdered
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/314343217 18 Sep 1922 (Daily Home News, New Brunswick, NJ)]: No Arrests Yet in Murder of Rector and the Wife of St. John's Church Sexton  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/221004874/?match=1&terms=%22Eleanor%20Mills%22 18 Sep 1922 (Courier-News - Bridgewater, NJ)]: Murdered Clergyman and Woman Were Summoned by Telephone Before Tragedy.  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/20425148 19 Sep 1922 (New York Times)]: New evidence found, four witnesses living near the place where the bodies were found.  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/811621608 21 Apr 1927 (Mount Vernon Argus)]: Included in a list of unsolved murders in recent years

===Vital Records===
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/194514:61253?tid=193423375&pid=372602652267&hid=1029453570536&_phsrc=QFx10164&_phstart=default 1905]: New Jersey Marriage Index: Eleanora Reinhardt to James Mills