Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-12-12

When Berault came out he called
the Sheriff one side and warned him
not to allow any but his counsel and
family to see Knox, as II don't expect
to allow these reporters to drag the
life out of him." The Sheriff smile d
and looked knowingly toward Pic
NEER reporter standing near by.
KNox's GENERAL CHARACTER.
John Knox is we'll known here, hav;
ing been employed by Getsinger &
Son. He was addicted to the drink
habit, and when with liquor he was a.
ways troublesome. He has been be-
fore Mayor Dubois several times, and
has been in the jail on five or six oc-
casions. The police report him as full
of fight when drunk, and it is charged
that he narrowly escaped killing his
father-in-law while living in Bridgeton.
During an incarceration in the Jail,
Knox was visited by his wife, and the
latter after coming OUT, said to eX-Jail
Warden Lore, 1T would be a good
thing if John could be kept here. He
will kill somebody some time and be
hung" A Areporter talking among the
glass blowers and others who have
worked with him, finds that he has
few friends, as he was always mole or
less troublesome with his companions.
In Millville it is said that ever since
Wheaton's factory was burned, Knox
has been drinking. Last Sunday, it is
said, that Knox's wife and mother-in-
law pleaded with him to stop the habit,
and he made them the promise. Had
he kept it, he would not now be in the
Jail charged with such a heinious Of
fence.
WHO is THE WOMAN?
The name of the murdered woman
as first given to the newspapers is en-
tirely wrong, for instead of Borden,
her last name is Biard. A PIONEER
reporter learned this fact through
Steward Eb. Whitaker of the County
Aims House. The woman with her
husband and several children came to
the Aims House about six years ago
and were in sadly destitute condition.
The husband was a very black man,
while Annie was a mullatto. The pair
were slaves and natives of Virginia,
and made their escape North just be-
| fore the close of the war. The family
remained at the County House during
the winter, and then left. A year or
| two afterward Mr.. Baird died leaving
Annie with three children, Frank,
Lewis and William, the latter being
bound out and is still living in this
county. William who is now twenty
one, is still at the County House. Mrs.
Biard left the County House about
two years since, and her son William
has never heard from her. When she
left the County House she wanted
William to go with her, but he refused,
saying he did not want to starve, as
she would if she left the house. Some
time since William went to Millville to
see his mother, but she had gone to
Vineland, and he returned without
having met her.
The first that was learned of the
identity of the murdered woman at
the Alms House, was Monday morning
when colored woman came and told
Mrs. Whitaker the victim was Willis
mother. The young man was greatly
overcome and dispatched Mr.. Whita-
ker to Bridgeton to learn of the mat
ter. What a PIONEER reporter told
him convinced Mr.. Whitaker, and he
went immediately to the Aims House
to inform the son. The women lived
in the most abject squalor, the only
furniture in the room being an old
chair. The windows of the house were
boarded up, and it was necessary to
have light in the house all the time.
The woman did not even possess a
stove.
WEDNESDAY. Dec. 11th.
In this issue will be found the pic.
lures OF the nome In Wnlcn Annie
Biard lived and died, and the situation
of the property.
THE SITUATION.
The situation of the property is very
plainly indicated by the following out
line:
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