Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1905-06-22

saiu, IorDld you going on my prop
erty. F" They went down to the pen,
but did not take all the wagons down
there. She did not hear Frank Lore
say he had come to arrest her hus-
band.
| Carl Newcomb testified that he had
1900 or 1000 terrapin in his pen, many
OF them were "counts,'' marketable
terrapin. He made from $3.50 to $500
per year clear of expenses by raising
terrapins. He said his pen of terrapin
might be worth $4, 900 to $40, 900.
1t was hard to correctly estimate
the value of the pen of terrapin. A
count terrapin is six inches long.
| DR.. Walter Glanden testified that
he saw hundred or more terrapin in
Newcomb's pen just before the raid
upon the pen. He saw them as large
as six inches long.
Juryman Willis Sites, who had been
challenged by the defence when called
as a juror, was called to the.stan
He testified that he bought terrapin
OF Newcomb just before Christmas.
1901. paying him $50 per dozen for
them.
Louis Newcomb said he had paid as
much as $65 per dozen for terrapin.
John Foster said he was at New.
combs terrapin pen the day of the
raid. Saw Lore, Hendee. Conner,
Phifer and others there Saw Lore in
the pen; he was boxing up terrapin--
had the box inside the pen. Saw
Conner inside the pen; he was boxing
up terrapin in the pen. AS fast as a
box was filled they handed it out of
the pen. Lore had his coat off and
his sleeves rolled up. Mr.. New comb
was outside the pen, counting the ter
rapin. Mr.. Phifer nailed up the boxes
on the outside the pen. Didn't see
Phifer in the pen.
When the plaintiffs case had been
rested Assistant Attorney General
Duffield moved for nonsuit, setting
forth the grounds. The motion was
refused.
Before opening the defence Congress
man Gardner was called to the witness
stand as an expert in propagating ter
rapin.
The Congressman said he had begun
the propagation of terrapin before the
Civil War, and had abandoned it in
| 1891.
He said he went from small pen of
16 feet square to bay covering 6
acres or more, trying to get as near
the natural conditions for the terrapin
as possible In his small pen he had
but little success in his experiment..
Terrapin will not mate in captivity.
They must be as near the wild state
as possible. He stopped the propaga-
tion Of terrapin because he found to
make the culture successful he would
require 'srun" of thousand acres
for them.
1t was his conclusion, he said, that
terrapin could not be successfully
aised at more than to to the acre.
On his 6 acres he propagated only 600
| terrapin.
VIM. q. French, of Camden, was
also an expert on terrapin breeding
and raising. Had been in the business
since 1883. He claims that he has
handled more terrapin than any other
man in the United States. Has
handled them all the way from Cape
God to Boloxi. Miss. Can tell the
habitat. of the terrapin coming from
any localities between.
His evidence was a troublesome
proposition, evidently. to the plain
tiff, and it looks at this juncture as if
the defence have scored successfully.
Court adjourned for the day.
| Wednesday Morning.
The trial of the "Terrapin case"
was resumed before Judge Endicott
this morning.
Congressman Gardner and VIM. q.
French had testified as experts yester-
day and left.
Mr.. Logue opened the defence this
morning. The grounds of defence are
that Newcomb had terrapin in his
possession in violation of law, both as
to the close season and as to their
size; that the terrapin Newcomb had
were in his possession, not for propa-
cation. but for sale, and that these
terrapin were caught in the waters OF
this State in violation of law; that
these terrapin were liberated by Off
GERS of the law under direction of the
Game Commission of New Jersey.
Game Warden Fred S. Conner was
called to the stand; said he had heard
complaints Of Carl. Newcomb having
terrapin illegally, and with John D.
Miller visited the place June 10, 1901.
Found a pen with about 8 dozen terra