'A new sensation has been created by the announcersent that the bother of Mrs. Edward Hall, the wealthy widow of the rector of a fashionable church at. St. John: New Brunswick, Mr. Willie Stevens, and his brother-in-law, Mr. Henry Carpenter, are being held for trial by a grand jury on a charge of murder.
The charge is the sequel to a ree suit by the husband of former maid of Mrs. Hall, who alleged that his wife had deceived him and concealed her relations with the dead rector. He also alleged that she had received $5,000 for her! silence in connexion with the murder.
Mrs. Hall was arrested on July 29 on a charge of the murder of her husband and Mrs. Elesnor Mills, 'a beautiful choir singer, in September, 1922. She was released on bail! of $15,000 by Chief Justice Summer on the ground that there was no} great presumption of guilt"—Res-
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