The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-05-31
state Notes


forms on stands better chance in Africa
than he does IN Trenton. l tried in 81
places to get job, and they all turned
me down because wore United States
Navy uniform and they thought I was q
deserter." This was the statement of
John Caldwell, of Philadelphia, when he
was arraign in the Central Police Court,
at Trenton on Wednesday. Caldwell was
detained by the police because he was not
able to produce his discharge papers when
asked to do SO, but inquiry at Washington
developed the fact that he was discharged
ten days ago. He said he continued to
wear his uniform because he wanted to
wear 1t out and save his other clothes
He told Police Justice Harris that he
would never wear the uniform again when
looking for job. He was dismissed.
Edward 81. Pratt. of Jersey City,
president of the Pratt Roof and Protection
Company, petted his Office cat week
ago. The cat in its play scratched the
palm of his right hand. Mr.. Pratt paid
no attention to the slight wound. That
night in his library Mr.. Pratt crushed a
fly in the palm of his hand. The next
morning he was awakened by pain in his
hand. Within an hour the hand was
badly swollen. DIR. Gordon K Dickerson,
a consolidating surgeon of Christ Hospital,
Jersey City. found that Mr.. Pratts blood
had been poisoned by the fly or the cats
claw, and took Mr.. Pratt to ithe hospital
Despite the efforts of the hospital staff he
grew worse steadily and the hand was
amputated. Then his arm began to swell
the poison permeated his whole body and
he died Wednesday morning.
Attempting to escape into Pennsyl-
yania after being arrested on two-year-
old charge Of assault and battery, James
Squires was halted at Lambertville on
Thursday by two revolver shots fred into
the air by Deputy Sheriff George Hulit,
of Mercer county. Squires was arrested
on Goat Hill and taken to the railroad
station to be taken to Trenton, when he
suddenly broke away and ran for the
bridge over the Delaware river, and was
pursued by Hulit. After firing two shots
into the air, Hulit shouted that the next
shot he would fire at the fugitive, and
surrendered. He was handcuffed and
taken to Trenton.
William Miller, seventeen years old,
who during the past month robbed the
Jersey Central Railroad station at Ro.
selle, Mount & Decks store at Somer
vile, and who had planned and executed
other robberies, was adjudged insane by a
commission in the Somerset county jail at
Somerville on Friday and he was removed
to the state asylum at Trenton. Young
Miller's head was injured by baseball,
after which he developed mania for
robberies.
Caused by living alone; no company,
no friends, was the explanation scrubbed
upon piece of paper found beside the
body of Frank Smith, of Glassboro, when
1t was discovered in his house at Glassboro.
Smithwho was AZ years old, kept anewsstand
and paper route, living by himself. Re-
Gently he sold out and announced that he
was going to Wildwood to open a photo.
graph gallery. 1t was supposed by the
neighbors that Smith had gone to Wild
wood, as he had planned, last Saturday
week. A terrible stencil about his closed
house, however, caused an investigation
and his decomposed body was found. II
was impossible to discover the means he
took to end his life. Beside the note OF
explanation there was box, supposed to
contain the lonely mans valuables, ad-
dressed to his sister, Mrs. Harriet L. Gif.
| ford, a widow who resides here. Smith
had been in poor health for a long time
and had complained more than usua
lately.
The funeral of John Boyer, of Trenton
who died Tuesday at st. Francis hospital.
as the result of injuries received at tn,
Roebling mills at Kinkora about siz
months ago. was held Thursday afternoon
from the home of August Wittenberg
1t was attended by employees of the Roe
bling machine shop and delegates from
Germanic Chamber, No. 2, Knights O.
Friendship, and Court Clearfeld No. II,
Foresters of America.