The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19

shortness of the course As result, the
Nab went over the finish line three min
utes ahead of the Crab, but the latter had
made better time over the course, and
won by twenty nine seconds. 1t now
looks as though the Grab will win the cup,
for she has won two races in the series of
three, and has twenty points out of a
possible thirty to her credit. The next
race will be sailed Thursday.
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Waiter Creates Terror.
There was intense excitement at the
Berkeley Arms hotel, at Berkeley, near
Sea Side Park, on Thursday evening.
Harry Gleason, the head waiter, caused
| all the trouble, and had to be shot down
to prevent murder The shooting was
done by Bernard Hertzel, the head stew
ard, just as Gleason was about to kill the
proprietress Mrs. E. Garner, with chair.
The shooting took place in the presence
of about fifty guests of the hotel, all of
whom were terrorized by Gleason. One
bullet entered Gleasons breast below the
Ieft shoulder and second struck his sus-
pender buckle just below the heart, pass
ing around the ribs and making flesh
wound
After the shooting Gleason, who was
crazed with drink, started in to finish
Hertzel and kept the guests in terror
mhiIa ha otoIlod around tba bofal for he IL
an hour looking for him, leaving trail of
blood behind him. Gleason is a white
man, about thirty five years of age, and is
six feet tall, His powerful physique over
awed the guests, and it was not until the
arrival of constable from Sea Side Park
that he was subdued.
Meanwhile dinner was kept waiting and
the whole hotel was in turmoil. The
shooting took place at $50 o'clock, and
dinner was served two hours later, by
which time Gleason was on his way to
Toms River, the county seat, under arrest
on warrant issued by Mayor Franklin
Harris, charging him with assault on Mrs.
Elizabeth Garner with intent to kill, using
chair to carry out his intentions Hert-
eel was allowed to go free.
Gleason was employed by Mrs Garner
as head waiter about a week ago in As
bury Park. The day after his arrival he
shocked the guests and Mrs Garner by
appearing in the dining room under the
influence of liquor and fighting two
rounds with one of the underwriters
Water bottles were used as weapons.
Mrs. Garner overlooked this exhibition
and discharged the underwater. This so
affected Gleason that he fell in love with
the proprietress From that moment up
to the time he was shot he followed her
about continually.
Mrs. Gamers husband was away, so she
tried to keep matters as quiet as possible
until his return. Gleason, however, led
her a life of terror, waylaying her when
ever possible and going into a passion
whenever any of the male guests spoke to
her. AS she repealed his advances he be-
came more insulting and delayed meals
from one-quarter to three quarters of an
hour to cause the guests annoyance.
He appeared in the dining room at the
dinner hour Thursday night much intoxi-
Gated, and Mrs. Garner, being afraid of
him, suggested that he return to his room.
Gleason flew into a violent passion in
which he had a fist fight In the dining
room with a new waiter who had just ar
rived. 1t took nearly all the male guests
to separate the combatants. Gleason then
| addressed the guests as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen, in the real thing
this woman" pointing to Mrs. Garner,
''has never had a master before. l am
her master" Then, turning to Mrs. Gar
ner, he said ''You go behind that desk;
I'll make you do as want"
| Mrs. Garner was so terrified that she
jumped over the desk and ran out of the
Office into the reception hall with Gleason
after her. Then began a race around
table, and the strange part Of it all is that
none of the guests interfered to protect the
woman. Finally she was becoming ex
hausted, when Gleason, realizing his in
ability to catch her, seized a heavy arm
chair and swung it around his head.
By this time Bernard Hertzel, the head
steward, had armed himself with a revol-
yer and appeared upon the scene. Seeing
the pistol, Mrs Garner called out to Hert-
eel, eff he strikes me, shoot" Simultan
eously the chair came down and the re-
volver rang out two shots in rapid sue
cession.
the chair, breaking its force. Neverthe-
less it struck Mrs. Garner on the shoulder,
telling her to the floor
Several guests cried out to Hertzel
'Give him another, he's not dead yet. {"
Another one shouted to Hertzel, IF you
don't kill him you ought to get five years
| Imprisonment"
Mrs. Garner fled Immediately after the
shooting and locked herself in room
Gleason did not seem to mind his wounds
in the least and swore to kill Hertzel, who
had also disappeared, having exhausted all
his ammunition.
| For nearly an hour he held the fort,
running all over the hotel. The guests
all took to cover until the arrival of the
constable and mighty sigh of relief went
up as he slipped the hand cuffs on Glea-
son and led him away to the boat, which
conveyed him to Toms River, where he
was given hearing Friday morning and
held for trial on the charge of assault
with the intent to kill.