The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-12
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l. Cline, of Shamong township. Henry v
q Savage defended the prisoner.
! In telling her story of the assault Mr.
y Cline, who has every appearance of bein
a respectable woman, said Krusen was 8
q her home on the morning of Septembt
I 49, He came there only occasionally {
: buy truck. He tried to ravist her Will
e her husband lay helplessly drunk on tn
floor. The woman was struck in tn
+ breastlseveral times. Krusen said: 'Yo
!, have $50 belonging to me, and if 20
don't hand 1t over I'll kill you If it take
, twenty years." when my husband trie'
J to get up" said the witness, "Kruse
, would push him back. Krusen said whe
he was dope with me he would leave m
for the undertaken in the morning. RAJ
to the home of Charles Bozarth and re
NAMED there all night. This was the frs
he ever threatened me. have only know
Krusen since he lived in our neighbor
. hood, about six months. He is baske
maker"
Charles Bozarth said that when Mrs
Cline reached his house she was in an ex
cited condition. Krusen came there late
and said he had gotten into trouble a
Cline's- that he had been running with thu
woman for several months, and that sh,
had $50 belonging to him. This he would
get or kill her.
Mrs. Charles Bozarth testified that Mrs
4 Cline was frightened and in distress wher
she sought shelter in her house.
Walter Cline, husband of the com
plainant, went out with Krusen that day
to purchase some basket wood, but aftel
drinking one quart of rum and buyini
another quart, the men felt too rich tt
work and they returned to the house. q
! h nd 81 h.
floor. Krusen made some bad threats tC
my wife and told him not to talk thai
way to her. I tried to get up and he
pushed me down, saying: Don't you in
terfere, / am boss here now
William 81. Wells, Jr., saw Krusen al
Bozarth's that night. He said be had q
| fight over at "Salty's." He whipped them
all and wanted to get away.
The state then rested.
| From statements made by the defend
ant while on the stand 1t was evidently
his intention to blacken Mrs. Cline's char
acter as much as possible, which caused
| Prosecutor Atkinson to make an investi-
CATION, the result of which was announced
when sentence was passed on the prison
er.
| Krusen was then sworn, and he was the
only witness for the defence. He said:
81 went to the house frequently. Didn't
miss day or night in four months. Played
cards with Mrs. Cline. / knew her well.
We were intimate friends. Have known
her for five years. On September %
did not make any threats or lay my hands
on her. Her husband knew what was
going on. have served time in jail and
also in state prison for stealing"
The jury rendered verdict of guilty.
no 40 of q m Of
erside, indicted for assaulting Mrs. Maggie
Stevens on the night off September 10,
was taken up shortly before noon, We'd
nesday morning, and by extending the
session the case was completed and
given to the jury about 10 o'clock.
An oversight came near upsetting the
trial, a continuance of which rested with
one of the defendants With the exclu-
sion of all witnesses Charles Stockton,
one of the defendants, passed to an adj
Joining room. He had made confession
to Justice Zeigler and had concluded to
testify for the state.
When the confession was about to be
read v. Claude Palmer objected, which
led to the holding of private confer
ence. As Stockton had a legal right to
hear all the evidence offered against him,
the young man was addressed by the
the situation, it was privately explained
to him by Lawyer Davis. Entering court
again Stockton said he did not care to
testify further, and as he waived all rights
in the matter the case proceeded The
confession was not admitted in its entire
ty, Judge Horner marking such matters
as were not to be read aloud.
John Winkelspecht was discharged for
lack of evidence As Ralph Pensinger
ran away. the following defendants stood
trial: Howard Bush, Oliver Loveland,
Charles Nelson, Edward Leon, Fred Van
amburg, Joseph H. Ulmer, Charles Stock
ton and Harry Vansciver.
The nude body of the unconscious
woman was found the next morning by
Miss Alice Stewart, night telephone ope-
rator at Riverside, while she was on her
way home Mrs. Joseph MANI took Mag
gle into her house, where she was cared
for and given food. The complainant had
barely enough strength left to walk when
she left the house.
Important testimony was given by Con-
stable Borton, who arrested most of the
defendants and they told him about all
that happened. While he knew of the
crime he did not make any complaint, be-
lieving that duty de volved on the woman
During the day it developed that Mrs
Stevens is several times bigamist. By
several witnesses she was shown to be a
woman of bad character.
The jury found Vansciver, Vanamburg
and Nelson guilty of fornication.
On Thursday Judge Joline, of Cam
den, sat in the Orphans court, when the
caveat filed against the will of Daniel
Danley, deceased, of Colum bus, came up
for further hearing. The case had not
proceeded far when it was announced that
a settlement had been reached, and the
will was ordered probated.
In the Criminal court Judge Horner had
plenty to keep him busy.
V. Claude Palmer asked for a nominal
fine for those convicted in the Riverside
case.
After the defendants had been summon
ed before the bar Judge Horner addressed
them as follows: Boys, have no doubt
of your guilt. You have brought dis
grace upon yourselves and parents. l
don't think there is much evidence to war
rant severe punishment You should now
start in to be men Show people that you
have made a mistake and that you can do
better. Let liquor alone as it has dis
graced you. You have no occasion to be
prowling around town at all hours of the
night / feel sorry for your folks. The
only way you can atone for your bitter
lesson is to start on the road to manhood
on this 7th day of January. This case
was disgrace to Riverside and the most
filthy thing ever heard in a court room.
You are each sentenced to pay fine Of
$50"
John Veris and William Most charged
with the illegal sale of liquor in Florence
township, changed their pleas of not
guilty to nonsvult contendere. The men
were employed by George Schumacher,
of Trenton, who was also indicted for the
same offence. Eckard P. Budd spoke for
the defendants. He said that as soon as
Schumacher learned that the law was
being violated he told the men to stop
that sort of business. The wagon had
been to Roebling only four times to de
liver beer on orders, and after the trouble
| it did not go to Florence again.
Prosecutor Atkinson said that nearly all
the trouble of this kind came from the
beer arks, which are not fair to those who
sell under licens e. The state was will
| ing to drop the case against Schumacher
as he knew nothing of the transaction.
| Under orders from the Prosecutor money
had been given to certain people to buy
from this wagon, and the beer so pur-
chased was in his office, showing that the
men did not care how they disposed of it.
! Through some misunderstanding the
defendants failed to appear at court at the
proper time and their bail was declared
| forfeited, but this was RENTED by Judge
Horner who imposed a fine of 800 on