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This program will be streamed from Somerville library in addition to our virtual option. Join us in the program room at Somerville library to watch this program.
There is a sign that stills hangs outside the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerville that reads: “The Courthouse was the location of the famous Hall-Mills murder trial in 1926.”
This program will focus on Somerville's role in this century-old murder case.
The Hall–Mills murder case involved Edward Wheeler Hall, an Episcopal priest, and Eleanor Mills, a member of his choir.
The Hall–Mills trial began on November 3, 1926, at the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerville, with Charles W. Parker and Frank Cleary presiding as judges. It lasted about thirty days and garnered huge national attention.
Author Joe Pompeo will talk about this murder case in his critically acclaimed book, "Blood and Ink: The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder that Hooked America on True Crime", focusing on Somerville‘s connection to the investigation and eventual “trial of the century” at the Somerset County Courthouse.
At the conclusion of the program please feel free to take a brief online survey here:https://www.projectoutcome.org/responses/70830
At the conclusion of the program please feel free to take a brief online survey here:
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