Welcome to Ghost Hunt, a series of caches that bring you to scenes from the unsolved Hall-Mills double homicide of 1922.
Warning: the area close to the river is prone to flash flooding.
You can listen to a radio play about this cache at the following link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1109147/9794927-s03-e04-pretty-pearl
On the morning of September 16th, 1922, Raymond Schneider pressured Pearl to go to DeRussey's lane, a so-called lover's lane (now called Landing Lane). The details of what happened next are disputed, but what is known is that they saw the maimed corpses of the reverend Edward Hall, and the choir singer Eleanor Mills. At Pearl's insistence, they reported the bodies to the police in New Brunswick. The political and criminal circus that became known as the Hall-Mills investigation had begun, and Pearl was at the center of it. As more and more details came to light, Pearl began to receive death threats from Schneider's ex-wife, his friends, and his family. Her father was arrested, and the newspapers tore apart every part of her tragic life. She then threw herself in the Raritan river, close to the location of this cache. The police got her out, and incarcerated her in a reform school.
Good luck, and keep an eye out for our other Ghost Hunt geocaches at places like Green-wood Cemetery, DeRussey's Lane, Church of Saint John the Evangelist, and the Seminary.