Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1895-06-06
OYSTER WARFARE.
Interesting Developements Expected
Wednesday Down on the Oyster Beds
OF Fortescue---There May be
More Shooting.

OF Fortescue---There May be
More Shooting.
There was no dredging for oysters on
Monday on the grounds off Fortescue,
claimed by Capt. Oliver Candy, although
boats were at work pretty much all day
upon the Riparian grounds claimed by
Messrs. Peter Cosier and Luther Bate
man.
1t was expected that there would be an
other outbreak in the warfare Monday,
but happily there was no trouble.
Capt. Oliver Candy, however, was at
the now historic fort erected by his
father, and supported by his two broth
ers, Harry and James, and they We're all
armed with repeating Winchesters, which
it is claimed, will kill at one thousand
yards. They remained on guard all day,
but did not shoot because the vessels did
not come upon the Candy preserves.
Candy lay at his fort all day and was
positively determined that there would
be no raids upon his grounds.
1t was reported on Sunday that heavily
armed boats would go upon the grounds
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the shore, but the war did not material
ize.
Mr.. Gandys Statement.
He says he rents from the State grounds
which he pays $56 yearly rental for. He
planted 31OO bushels of shells and 5000
bushels of oysters there, and has not mar
keted bushel of them. The oysters now
on his grounds are so scattering that it
would not pay to dredge them. He says
the pirates stole off his grounds all win
ter, day and night, and their night steal
ing was upheld by the watchman on the
watch boat. He says he takes the steps
he does by authority. If he is in the
wrong he says he is willing to throw up
the grounds; but if in the right he will
protect the grounds and his property as
long as his arms are able to hold out his
Winchester and shoot, and he means it.
While his father was on his death bed,
thieves were robbing the grounds, and
also robbed his fathers chicken coop the
night he died. MIR. Candy would not talk
of the shooting Of Captain Hilton on Mon
day last, but said that it should be a
y
grounds to steal his oysters. Any and all
caught there will have to dodge cartridges
from his Winchesters. He has lost $1,000
worth of oysters, and says if the bullets
from his rifles can stop the stealing they
will be put in use.
Two prominent oyster captains, of Port
Norris have each offered $25 if Candy
will show his head in Port Norris. The
feeling by members of the Oyster Asso-
citation is very bitter against Candy, and
rumors are afoat that his property will
be burned, and he himself be handled
roughly A committee from the Asso-
citation went to Camden yesterday to con-
suit eX-Judge Pancoast in reference to
sending an armed boat on these grounds
to protect the men who go there to
dredge.
A letter from Newport on Tuesday to
the PIONEER says: Reports are daily cir
culated here that Thomas Hern and
Henry Robbins are to have the watch
boat, State Rights come up on We'd
nesday and land the outlaws on the
marshes for battle with the owners of
the marshes and riparian lands. Sixty
land owners met on Saturday night, and
it was decided by unanimous vote that
Thomas Hern and Henry Robbins and
their committee shall not land on their
private property and take charge of it for
the present.
A PIONEER reporter met Capt Hol-
linger Monday, and he said that he
did not know when the boats would go
on the riparian grounds. He is of the
opinion that the Gandys have gone too far
in shooting Captain Hilton. The gentle
man who was shot is brother of Fish
Warden Hilton, and he and the govern
ment authorities will take hold of the
case and make it warm for the riparian
shooters.