The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-05-12
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J. indicted for breaking and entering tn
l. residence of Adm z Wilsey, of Mt. Lau
t, rel, on March 4, and stealing twelve jari
n of tomatoes, some salt pork and nine
o chickens, was placed on trial.
}, On the day in question Wilsey was In
l. Camden. and his daughter was at Moores
|, town. The following day he was told that
:, a woman had been seen to come out of his
: house 1t was then that he looked about
q to see what had been taken. He knew
0 Eva, who had been to the house with a
horse and wagon at times when he was
s home.
= Mrs. Conklin, who lives across the road,
was slightly acquainted with Eva. who
= came to her house and asked where Will
7 sey was. She knew this was on March 4
e because she had been reading the news
papers. That evening she told the daugh-
! ter that Eva had called.
: Mrs Sarah Dewitt, neighbor, was pos
tive that it was on March 10 when she
saw Eva raise window and enter the
3 house. She had white horse and spin
die wagon. Witness watched Eva be-
! cause she was stranger.
t In order to fix the exact day Prosecutor
Atkinson asked:
''What day was it I"
Thursday" came the reply.
'Aint right, Mister ?" queried witness
of Judge Horner after rejecting mo-
ment, and the court and spectators joined
in the laughter that followed.
When recalled Wilsey said that Mrs
Collins was buried on March 8, and the
robbery occurred the day after the flu
neral. The Indictment was amended to
read March 10.
Mrs. Eaver took the stand and said she
lived in Fellowship. She knew Adm
Wilsey and had visited his home several
times, being acquainted with his daugh-
ter. In March she had white horse
which had been taken for its keep. She
went to the Wilsey house on March 10 to
see his daughter As no one was home
she pounded on the door and called. Wit
ness then went to Mrs. Conklin's and ask
ed where the folks were Eva denied
raising a window or entering the house.
From there she went to Mrs. Walter Re.
delps house and then straight home
| After the case had been given to the
jury verdict of not guilty was quickly
rendered.
On Thursday morning Orphans court
business was first disposed of, after which
Harry Armstrong, of Moorestown, was
fined $50 for carrying concealed weapons.
While shooting recklessly at the Stanwick
station he accidentally wounded a boy
who did not care to press the charge.
Thomas Davis, colored, of Mount Hol-
| ly, was placed on trial for an assault com
mitted on the person Of Joseph W. Engle,
aged 10 years, son of Joseph Engle, of
Cherry street. The crime was alleged to
have been committed on or about July 80,
1907. The conduct of Davis was related
by several boys.
At the afternoon session Davis took the
stand. He said he was veteran of the
civil war and the Spanish American war
and a pensioner. He denied the assault
and pronounced untrue the testimony of
the states witnesses. He admitted that
he had served a term in state prison for
assault and battery.
By several witnesses it was proven that
Davis was at Sea Side Park on July 3d. |
Mrs. Frank Nippins said Davis played
croquet in her yard the fore part of Au-
gust
Although he put up hard fight for
his client " Claud Palmer failed to win |
out, as the jury found verdict of guilty |
Davis was Immediately placed on trial
again for similar offence committed on
Stanley Nippins, on March IA last. Stan
ley is s12 years old and son of Mr.. and |
Mrs. Frank Nippins. Of Cherry street
Further trial of the second indictment
was stopped at the opening of court on
Friday morning, and by advice of coun-
sci Davis retracted his former plea and
entered plea of non vult contendere.
A Polander, named Uzak, who had been |
in Jail in default of $500 bail, charged
with stealing blank silver spoons and
other material from the Riverside metal
works, was released under 5000 bail to
appear in court on the fourth Tuesday of
September next.
The courts attention was then engaged
with the trial of Frank Myers, whose in
dictment, by agreement of counsel, was
reduced to assault and battery on DR.. F
Allen Gauntt, of Burlington. on the night
of January II.
The physician had considerable money
with him on that occasion, and Myers,
who was trying to help him spend it, fail
ed in securing loan of some of the cash.
Myers was the last person known to have
been with Edward S. Jefferson on the
was murdered, and he was resting under
suspicion. Because of this fact Consta-
bles Mccormick and Marter Swallowed the
doctor when he went to his home on East
Union street about midnight. After the
attempted robbery Myers, it is alleged,
jumped fences and made his way to Broad
street, and from there the officers follow
ed him home and arrested him the follow
ing morning.
Reputable citizens testified they saw
Myers on the street after the hour he told
Justice Smith he had gone to bed.
The defence called only two witnesses
and Myers was not put on the stand. The
| jury rendered verdict of guilty.
William j. Noble was placed on trial
yesterday on an indictment charging him
with breaking and entering the shoe fac
tory of G.. w. Lewis & Son. at Burlington
and stealing SS pairs of shoes. The crime
was committed on March 20 last. The
shoes were sold by defendant to a pawn
broker in Trenton.
/ Hon. G. W. Lewis testified that his shoe
factory was broken into on March 20.
Entrance was made into the building by
!, prying open door. As nearly as could
be ascertained, 36 pairs of shoes were TAX
en-. Witness identified several pairs of
t shoes that were produced in court, taken
from a bundle that had been recovered
from the pawnbroker. A day or two
: after the robbery Mr.. Lewis saw the de.
D PENDANT at Trenton. Noble said he had
' received the shoes from two men in wag-
e on.
William Mathis, engineer at the factory,
2 was the first to discover that the place had
e been entered.
q John Silverstein, whose father is deal
n or In aacond-hand gnods at Trenton said