Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-25
Thieves at Toms River
Miss Lakewood Dis
triCt Box.
DOVER TOWNSHIP VOTES
AMONG THOSE MISSING
Partial Success of LOOters Not
Revealed Until This
Morning.
Especial to the Newark Star. ]

TOMS RIVER, Feb. 25.-It was
learned today that the burglars who
entered the county clerks office In the
Court House on the night of February
% OF morning of February "a actually
cut open and removed The contents of
two boxes. However, the box that was
most wanted, apparently the second
district of Lakewood. is safe, and its
have been stolen from the Dover town
ship and Toms River boxes. The first
district of Lakewood box was also
robbed.
The discovery was not made till this
morning at II o'clock when County
Clerk Holman, after consulting with
other county officials, concluded they
should be in some safer place, as he
feared still more desperate means would
be taken to get the evidence of the
crime in East Lakewood that is shown
by the box He thereupon decided to
move them to a local bank and store
them In a burglarproof vault.
The boxes had been stacked up
against the wall and wrapped with
newspapers. Knowing the box wanted
was not In the bunch after he discov-
cred his office had been broken into
Thursday morning, Mr.. Holman ex-
amined the wrappings and found them
disturbed and partially off. The boxes
under the wrappings seemed all right.
He did not take them down at the time
to examine them, however, but left
them wrapped and stacked as they
were.
J This morning, having sent for team
to transport the boxes to the vault
they were unpacked.
It was then discovered that pair
of wire-cutters had been used and the
steel wire network on several boxes
had been out all along the top of one
side, the network bent back and the
glass smashed in.
All the Dover township tickets were
gone The first district of Lakewood
box had also been cut open and the
contents partly taken. County Clerk
Holman believes that the Lakewoo
first district box was the one the bur-
glars first nipped open and they were
disappointed in finding it was the first
and not the second district box.
Then they took the Dover box and
cut it open. thinking that the Lake
wood boxes would be together, and
without waiting to see If 1t was Lake
wood second district they bolted from
the court house.
Significance of Theft.
Another explanation that more peo-
pie believe is that having asked for a
recount by the Senate, the gang would
win out in this recount if the big ma
jority for Low, the Democratic candi-
date, which was given him in the Re-
publican township of Dover. were done
away with.
Another reason advanced for the
robbery is that 1t was an attempt to
get the incriminating evidence in the
second district Lakewood box, which 1t
Is firmly believed here will yet send
two or three men to State prison. Some
of the men suspected of stuffing the
ballot-box in Lakewood were in Toms
River the night the ballots were
stolen One of them has been known
to have gone to certain men in Lake
wood and asked them If they would
advance money for his bail and pay
lawyers fese, because he, expected to
be indicted.
1t is generally believed here that
this will end the attempt of the Senate
to recount the vote of Ocean county,
though 1t is also believed that II makes
it all the more the duty Of the Senate
to get to the bottom of the deviltry.