THE MINISTER AND THE CHOIR SINGER The Hall-Mills Murder Case

Paperback. The murder, in 1922, of the Rev. Edward Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, a member of his choir and the wife of the church sexton, was one of the most astonishing causes celebres in the annals of crime. The trial 4-yrs. later of Hall's wife and her 2 brothers was a tremendous battle; it lasted 5 weeks, 178 witnesses were called and the testimony filled 5088 pages. Since the acquittal of the accused, a verdict with which the author agreed, the crime has remained one of the great unsolved mysteries. With Dramatis Personae. 284pp. mass market p/back. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name and date rubber stamp inside back cover. Browned pp., sunned covers o/w Vg. with minimal creasing.