The Monmouth inquirer., 1890-12-11
NEWS OF NEW JERSEY.
Brief but Pithy Mention of the
Happenings of a Week.
IN THE VICINITY AND ELSEWHERE
Items Which Tell the Story of Seven Days
Grimes and Casualties and Other Inn
portant Matters, Arranged Attractively
and Given in Few Words

Il portant Matters, Arranged Attractivel,
and Given in Few Words.
ENGLEwooD, Dec. 4.--Some sensational
developments have arisen in the case o
John Townsend, Jr., who was supposed Il
have committed suicide last Friday BY
jumping from the top of the Palisades, {
distance of 175 feet. A bullet wound has
been found in the mans head, and his
nephew who identified the body asserts
that ON the day he met his death he wore
| a light colored fall overcoat, and carried 8
valuable gold watch and chain. When the
body was found it had on a cheap coat, and
! the watch and chain were gone The po'
lice viii investigate.
Passaic's Big Failure.
PAssAuC, Dec. 4.-The big Bittenhouse
Misunderstanding company, operating exten-
sive woolen mills here. has failed, with
| liabilities.of about $500, 900. THE assets OF
the firm are stated to be about $4,000 less.
The failure was brought about by the em-
barrassment of other houses and the low
prices prevailing in the woolen market.
The company has been in shaky condi-
tion for several days past
| His Body Ground to Pieces
| CAMDEN, Dec 6-The signal tender
at the switch tower at the junction of the
West Jersey and Atlantic City railroad
turned switch leading into bxnd sid
ing used for dsrailing trains and to avoid
collisions at this junction, and the Salem
| freight plunged across the tracks, The
| engine turned on it's side and nearly buried
itself in the soft sand, the cars behind
piling on top of the engine and completely
| blocking the four tracks of both roads.
| At the time of the accident the conductor
was standing m the cab of the engine with
the engineer and fireman. The latter two
jumped and landed safely, but Cozdactor
Samuel Leap sprang from the opposite
side, and as he did so the car following the
engine forged past the tender and toppled
over on him. He was dragged along the
track and ground to pieces. His head was
| found in one place and parts of the body
in another.
1t is supposed the switchman was asleep,
and being suddenly awakened by the
whistle of this engine turned the wrong
lever.
Anarchists Go to Jail.
ELIZABETH, Dec. 7.-Saturday morning
Judge Mccormack sentenced Charles
Klock and Emil Vogt, the anarchists,
who were convicted of melting riot at a
picnic last August. Klock got two years
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county Jail.
Townsend Killed Himself
ENGLEwooD, Dec. 1.-THE coroners jury
In the inquiry regarding the death OF
the wealthy retired lawyer J ohm Townsend,
Jr, whose mangled body was found at the
bottom of the Palisades last Friday after
noon week, Saturday returned verdict
that Townsend came to his death by his
own hand.
Duped by Clever Forger.
RED BANK, Dec. IA number of mer
chants were duped yesterday by clever
forger, who, besides swindling them out oi
money, also secured considerable valuable
merchandise. He bought goods and paid
for them in checks signed by Joseph Hen
erickson and made payable to Charles
Williams The man was a Swede, polite
and we'll dressed. The police are on his
track.
Acquitted of Wife Murder.
i NEWARK, Dec 7-Willam w Love, wht
for two days had been on trial for killing
his wife at Livingston in September BY
, throwing her downstairs during quarrel
was acquitted yesterday. The jury was
out all night.
Burglars Busy as Bees.
: AsBURY PARK, Dec. 7.-Monmouth coun
ty is infested with well organized ganl
, Of thieves. More robberies have been per
! petrated within the last month than IL
: years. Hardly a day has passed that on
, or more robberies have not been reported
: in some of the shore towns. Last weel
, nearly dozen places of business in Bel
mar, including the postoffice, were robbed
! A few days later several houses and store
!, at Keyport were broken into. The lates
: robberies occurred last night. The tw
) railroad stations at Manasquan, the post
, office and railroad station and a numbe
of stores at Point Pleasant City and sey
eral houses at Spring Lake Beach were en-
tered. The thieves did not secure much
8 At the postoffice they took change, stamp
, and registered letters.
DIR. Campbell Dead.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. REV. DIR. viii
lam H. Campbell, the venerable ex- Pres
: dent of Rutgers college, died at his res
dence on Livingstone avenue, at 10:1
:, o'clock this morning. His death was nc
T the result of any specific form of diseass
: but-a gradual wasting away of bis vite
, powers, which has been going on for tn
: past two years.
Jewelry and Clothing Stolen.
. . PHILLIPsBURG, Dec. 7.-Burglars entere
: the clothing and gentlemen's furnishin
: house of E. D. Pursel, on Main street, las
: night, and stole over 800 worth Of jewelr
and clothing. Over $500 worth of clothin
was found in yard at the rear of I'll
store. 1t is supposed the burglars wei
z frightened away.
IL Death of ex-Judge Ogden.
JERSEY CITY, Dec. 7.-Ex-Judge Jams
: T.. Ogden died at his home, 493 Jerse
: : avenue, yesterday Mr.. Ogden was ov'
, 80 years old He was one of the fir
! | Judges of the Hudson county court I
common pleas
81 A Passaic Church Burned.
PAssAIc, Dec. "a fire in the Fir
!. Baptist church Sunday afternoon entfre
\ destroyed the edifice. The loss is $500
!: partially covered by insurance.
Convinced It's Murder.
CAMDEN, Dec. 9.--Detective Gallagh
says he has discovered the identity of Il
negro whose body was found in johnson
). cemetery, and the county authorities a
!. now convinced that the man was mu
: dered, and have. put both the county d
!, 4<.<s.~oe ~, flo no u.zfo aaarch for the mn