The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-31

man on Market street two years ago, has
written a long letter to friend in Pater-
son asking him to intercede and secure
his release, and declaring that he is inno-
cent. When sentenced Cassidy held up
his hand and shouted "Before God, am
innocent. | took no part in that rob-
berry," There are many in Paterson who
think Cassidy was unjustly convicted.
Frank W. Bird, of Paterson, who was
employed by the Erie Railroad Company,
was found dead at the east end of the Erie
tunnel, in Jersey City, at 10 A. M, Tues
day. His skull was crushed and his face
mutilated. His watch had stopped at GIL.
1t is supposed that he went to the tunnel
to flag an eastbound train. The ditch at
the side of the track and the hollows be-
tween the rails were filled with water 1t
is presumed that in picking his way over
the ties and rails to keep out of the water
he failed to hear the train.
"A blow in the solar plexus on Thurs
day night almost instantly killed Thomas
Cuneen, who was car inspector in the
employ OF the Central Railroad, at Eliza
bethport He was examining the coup
ling on a car when another car standing
on the same track short distance away
was bumped into by coal train and sent
rolling down the track to where the in
spector was standing The iron bumper
on the car struck him Just below the
heart and with gasp and moan he fell
to the ground and died in couple of
minutes.
Thomas Burk was attacked by saw
age bull near Bradevelt, Thursday after
noon, and gored so badly that he will
probably die. Burk was herding several
cows which were grazing along the road
side, when the bull, which was in a near
by field jumped the fence and rushed at
Burk. Several men working in nearby
potato field saw Burk's body thrown high
in the air They rushed to the spot and
chased the infatuated animal away from
the wounded man, who was lying in the
road in pool of blood, and carried him
to house near by. A doctor was called
in and found Burk's wounds to be serious.
One of the passengers on the steamer
Normania, which arrived at Hoboken on
Tuesday morning, was Miss Rhoda Hertz,
of New York She was one of the wit
nesses who testified against the police at
the Lexow Committee investigation.
xxJLa,, T,,e,1ac+or proxy,, sa1, La~ co,,,;.r
down the Normania's gang plank acting
in suspicious manner, he decided to de-
tain her. She was searched, and on her
was found about $4,000 worth OF
diamonds. After the inspectors had re-
lieved her of all the diamonds she tried to
snatch them, claiming that they had NO
right to take her property from her.
She was not detained after being searched
but the police took her address and the
Government will proceed against her lat
er. Mrs. Hertz says she has receipts
showing that the jewels were bought years
ago in New York.
Charles Morgan, the proprietor of a
Paterson resort, has a bird that is pushing
itself to the front in the field of dime mu-
scum freaks. 1t is such freak, in fact,
that Charley has christened it ''Klondike, y
believing it may yet prove nugget Of
gold several cubic feet square. The bird
is cross between chicken and goose,
and walks backward like a turtle. Its
legs are covered with feathers, and it has
web feet. The body and head are those OF
a chicken, with theexception that the bird
carries itself straight up and down like
the proverbial yard of pump water. Al
though of slender physique, it carries a
good pair of Tugs and can tackle a ballad,
caprice or classical music without the dis
tortive facial gymnastics in reaching for
the upper and lower pedals which is so
common to the rooster. In addition to its
vocal powers, it is a pole vaulter and
fence jumper, and Charley is teaching il
to say polly want a cracker"