The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
BURLINGTON
MAN BEATS
OFF THUGS
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heavy set man in light, shor o~vercoat
and a light fedora hat, sprang ct his
throat.
The victim of the attack Is a skilled
mechanic at the Devlin Iron Foundry
n his strength came to his aid in
fighting off his assailants. Finally he
broke away. but not before deft hands
had ripped to shreds the front of his
heavy overcoat and torn out pockets
of his clothes In a search for coin,
which was safely hidden in an inner
vest pocket.
His inflamed eyeballs and scratches
about his cheek bones made it appear
that the assailant sought to torture
Zwahalen as they did Jefferson. by
gouging Out his eyes with their fin-
gers.
Efforts were made by officials to pro-
cure bioodhounds in tracing the high
waymen, but 1t was found hat two
~bloodhounds which the Board of Free
in such emergencies, were a Great Dane
and a pet dog OF a county official, use
less for trailing criminals.
Another sensational hoid-up and rob-
| berry was added today to the wave of
crime which has. swept over the county.
Shortly after midnight four men
armed with corr knives waylaid, near
Riverside, an automobile carrying a
party of three, hacked the tires of the
car to shreds and robbed one man in
h party of S25 and a woman of a gold
watch.
The names of the automobilists are
not known, but they are supposed to
have been Ph~iladelphians. 1t is learned
that an obstacle had been placed in
the road TO halt the automobile. When
1t came to a stop the men cut the tires
with the knives, the blades of which
were two feet long. The approach of
another automobile frightened the
highwaymen and they ran off.
Detective Shinn led a posse that
searched one house near the scene of
the Zwahalen holdup last evening. The
police Jay there were but three men in
the house, all of whom were known to
the authorities to e good reputa-
tions.
Despite the fact that the police pro-
fess ignorance of the facts. it developed
last night that twice since Sunday
shots have been fired through the
houses of two well-known residents in
the southea stern section of the city.
The most recent of these shooting af-
fairs occurred at l o'clock yesterday
morning. when an unknown person
biazed away at the home of Frederick
Chase, al Linden avenue and Mitchell
street. The shot went through a win
dow, struck a wall and glanced, hitting
Mrs. Chase, who was asleep in bed. AS
the bullet had spent its force 1t in
licted only a bruise.
Mrs. Chase is resting easily" said
a sister-in-law, Mrs. e. Chase, at hel
home last night, hut she is in a ter
ribly nervous state"
1t was also learned from a relative Of
Elijah Anderson. a liveryman, that
bullet was fred through his homI
shortly after midnight Monday evening
Every one in the house was in bed ant
no one was hit.
An italian was arrested by the police
charged with shooting a hole through
a trim, little batteau belonging to Johr
Dabney.
Another murder was added to thu
city's list of homicides yesterday. This
however, was the result of a f1gh
over the possession Of q revolver
Richard Brooks, a negro. was fatal!
shot at. the Kinkora brick yards b.
, Harry Richardson, also a negro. Rich
/ ardson was exonerated by his Victim
before he died, the latter declaring tn
weapon was accidentally discharged
Richardson will be held to await tn
: action of the coroner.
: Failures on the part of the police t
solve the mystery surrounding tn
murder of Groceryman Edward S. JET
ferson has caused the people OF Bur
) lington to advocate the offering of
t larger reward for the arrest and con
r viction OF the murderers.