Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-12-22
DGTNGs IN NEW JERSEY.

Atlantic City, Dec. 1.-TWO of the
youngest prisoners arrested in several
years were caught by the police last
evening. Francis Moulton, aged 6, was
arrested, charged with general mis-
chievousness, and Annie Johnson, aged
9, upon a charge of larceny
Jersey City, Dec ia we'll dressed
man. about 40 years of age, who reg
istered at the Imperial hotel, this city,,
as A. Wall, Philadelphia, was found
dead in bed today. He had committed
suicide by swallowing half the contents
of bottle of carbolic acid The bottle
was found on the floor, near the bed.
The suicide was tall man, with a
smooth face and bald, and wore dark
suit of clothes.
Paterson, N. j., Dec 22.-Continental
Hail. an old landmark of this city, was
destroyed by fire yesterday. The build
ing, which was three stories high, was
occupied on the ground floor by store
keepers, while two families lived above
The flames, starting in the basement,
gained Roadway so rapidly that the oc-
cupants of the building, awakened by
the smoke. had narrow escapes from
suffocation and burning Loss, $75, 900.
Pennington, Dec. 17.-Burglars enter
ed the Lehigh Valley railroad station
here early this morning entrance be-
ing effected by the removal of a panel
from the door. The money drawer was
broken open and it's contents stolen.
The ticket case was also forced open
and number of tickets stolen. The
burglars broke open number of ex-
press packages, the contents of which
were found strewn about the floor. 1t
is not known how much the thieves Sc
cured from the packages.
Plainfield, N. j., Dec 17.-Six lads Of
this city were arrested yesterday
charged with a number of burglaries
that have been perpetrated here and in
adjacent towns within a few weeks.
There names are Charles Westerfield,
Thomas Casey, Alfred Springer, John
Taylor, George Kline and Abraham
Counette, and their ages range from III
to 20 years. Clothing stores, shoe
stores, groceries, bakeries and the Cen
trail Avenue railway station are among
the places entered, as supposed by the
young burglars. The goods taken were
not of great value in any case
Manasquan, N. J., Dec. ia wagon
containing eight persons was struck by
a train on the Pennsylvania railroad
last night at the Allenwood crossing.
a few miles from Manasquan, and four
were killed, two fatally injured and
two others seriously injured The dead
are Mrs. Ellen Allen, Bessie Allen. her
daughter, Mrs. Allie Alger and Jennie
Crammer. The fatally injured are
Davis S. Allen, husband of Mrs. Allen
who was killed. and Katie Alien, their
daughter. The infant child of Mrs. Alger
and Willie Allen, son of Davis S. Allen
will recover.
Newark, N. T.. Dec. 21-The plant Of
the Chrome Patent Leather company
at Avenue A and Murray streets was
destroyed by fire last night. One hun
bred girls and 300 men were at work
in the works when the flames broke
out. They had not even time to Sc
cure their street clothing. and the es-
cape became a panic. No one seems to
have been severely hurt. but several
were knocked down and badly bruised.
Some of the employees lost their heads
and wanted to jump from upper win
dows. but were restrained. Some of
the girls tainted, and had to be carried
ont.