The Hall-Mills Murder Case

by Kunstler, William M.

• ISBN13: 9780813509129
• ISBN10: 0813509122
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1980-09-01
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Summary

On Saturday, September 16, 1922, the bodies of Edward Hall, a handsome Episcopal rector, and Eleanor Mills, his choir singer and lover, were found near a lovers' lane in New Jersey. Four years later, the minister's widow and her brothers were tried for the murders and acquitted. Renowned criminal lawyer William M. Kunstler tells the tale.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
PART I
The Discovery	3	(6)
The Living and the Dead	9	(4)
The Funerals	13	(3)
The Missing Hours	16	(14)
First Days	30	(9)
The Autopsies	39	(6)
An Arrest At Last	45	(11)
Old Clues And New Leads	56	(11)
The State Takes Over	67	(10)
Mr. Mott Builds His Case	77	(9)
Mr. Pfeiffer Strikes Back	86	(8)
The Grand Jury	94	(10)
The Aftermath	104	(3)
Hiatus	107	(8)
PART II
The Case Comes Back To Life	115	(11)
Simpson In Command	126	(7)
The Preliminary Hearing	133	(11)
The Bail Hearing	144	(9)
The Ordeals of Henry Stevens and Ralph Gorsline	153	(5)
The Indictments	158	(9)
Simpson's Ups And Downs	167	(9)
Last-Minute Preparations	176	(9)
PART III
The Trial---First Week	185	(24)
The Trial---Second Week	209	(25)
The Trial---Third Week	234	(22)
The Trial---Fourth Week	256	(27)
The Trial---Final Week	283	(24)
Odds And Ends	307	(10)
PART IV
One Man's Solution	317	(18)
Dramatis Personae	335