The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-04
TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1899.

ONE OF the most just sentences ever pro-
nounced by a court was that imposed upon
Mrs. George B. Barrow, who pleaded guilty
in the New York criminal court to charge
Of having kidnapped baby Marion Clarke.
She was sentenced to twelve years and ten
months in state prison, and she deserved
every day of it. A woman who would
help to steal another woman's baby, and
then laugh while reading the newspaper
accounts of the distress and agony of the
mother she had robbed, shows greater de-
pravity and heartlessness than that of a
man guilty Of the same crime, and such a
woman deserves no mercy on account of
her sex
As A result of a political deal Jacob c.
Hendrickson has been given a place on the
Board of Election officers for this county.
The term of Howard Mathis expired, but
he had quite time in securing retention
as game warden and needed all the help
he could get, so Jake turned in and lent
his assistance. Howard was continued
and stepped out of the other Office. There
will be one point gained in this change.
There will not be any double charges for
services rendered. Jacob is not Free
holder, hence he will not put in a bill for
attending a bridge and attending the
Board of Election the same day The ed
itor Of the Democrat, who is warm per
sonal friend of the new appointee. is said
to be highly pleased over the selection and
the next issue of that paper will doubtless
contain a congratulatory article on Jacobs
elevation
THE RRsIGNATIoN of Charles A. Shriner,
State Fish Warden and Game Protector,
has been rendered and will take effect this
month. During his incumbency Mr..
Shriner has incurred the displeasure OF
many gentlemen throughout the state,
and during the last Gubernatorial cam
paign was Extensively partisan Shriner
blames Gov. Voorhees, for his removal,
and charges that official with being an en-
envy of the fish and game cause The
Governor does not need any defence, but
he says:
My first acquaintance with Mr.. Shriner
dates from the time he attempted to have
passed by the Legislature bill author.
izing an expenditure of "a, 900 for book
which he had compiled. There seemed tc
be no reason to my mind why the state
should spend $4,000 for som ething that
was already state nronartv
Then there were number of matters
connected with the internal affairs of the
commission which did not suit altogether
A boy was arrested in Middlesex county
for spearing black bass and fined It
was clear that there was no willful viola
ton Of the law Then letter of mine to
Senator Foster regarding the shooting of
rabbits by farmers in cases where the
rabbits were destructive to fruit trees
caused some adverse comment / also re-
fused to approve certain proposed fish and
game laws. was accused of being hos
tile to the fish and game laws.
Mr. Shriner took occasion to abuse me
in every way imaginable, but that was his
privilege. The straw that broke the
cameps back was the slurring comments
he made regarding the members of the
State Tax Board, whose duty required
them to act in Passaic county. 1t seemed
to me that it ill-became state officer to
make such personal comments about the
members of State Board y