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Models recreate the final positions of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall (1881-1922) and choir singer Eleanor Mills (1888-1922) as they were found September 16, 1922, under a crab apple tree, at the end of a lovers lane near New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Eleanor Reinhardt was wearing a blue dress with red polka dots, black silk stockings, and brown shoes. She had worn a blue velvet hat that was on the ground next to her body. Her brown silk scarf was wrapped around her throat and was soaked in blood. Her arm was bruised and there was a tiny cut on her lip. During the 1926 autopsy it was discovered that her tongue had been cut off and removed from her mouth. Her hand was placed after death touching his right thigh.

Edward Wheeler Hall was found with his arm positioned, after death, to touch the woman's neck. His hat covered his face, which concealed the .32-calibre gun shot wound to his head. He wore a pair of glasses. There was a small bruise on the tip of his ear and abrasions were found on his hands, his left little finger and right index finger. A wound was found five inches below his kneecap on the calf of his right leg. His watch was missing and there were coins in his pocket.

The photo was taken in 1988 by author Gerald Tomlinson to illustrate the cover of his book, Fatal Tryst - Who Killed the Minister and Choir Singer, published 1999 by Home Run Press, Lake Hopatcong, N.J. ISBN 0-917125-09-6. Tomlinson had his daughter and a family friend dress in authentic clothing and assume the same position in which the bodies were found. The photo was then superimposed on an actual photo of the murder scene taken in 1922, which photo appears on page 5 of his book. There are no known photos showing the bodies at the crime scene.

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• Gerald Tomlinson
• Franklin Township Public Library archive
• http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/mills/1.html

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