The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-10-20

AehhS1ts dPPShohts ouuu M hlSS, I1oWdA
- Is. Samuel B. Hullngs and William An
Ii derson, trading Hullings Anderson, ap
pellees vs.. Clifford H. Shinn, appellant.
p A. Atkinson. Ernest Watts. No answer.
III l6 Peter Norton, appellee vs.. Mary
e. est Watts. No answer.
- IT. Frederick Ehman, appellee VS.. August
T. Muench, appellant. John G. Horner, G. M
Is. Home Pattern Co, appellee VS.. Samuel
K Stern, appellant " Claude Palmer. John G.
ID 10. Harry o. Pullen. appellee vs. Harry B.
ID Woodward, appellant Harold B. Wells, John
Of 20. New Jersey Society for the Prevention
10 OF Cruelty to Animals. appellee vs.. Harry B.
l. 81 New Jersey Society for the Prevention
woodward, appellant HaIsted Vi H. navy VAIN D.
II wright John 1, Msirs; Ready:
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
n David Henson on vs.: Marion II P Chase Extrx.
re Davis Davis, v C Palmer e1 Readv deceased
q 2. Albert Matthias VS.. Edward T. Haines.
C Bleakly StOckwell, v. C. Palmer. No ans
g. Dram Griffith VS.. Charles Sack, William
Sack and Herman Sack Francis j. Smith.
A. Alfonso Fusco VS.. John Genovese Rob
ert Peacock, Francis j. Smith. Ready.
IN very short time the grand jury
came into court with true bills against
Edgar c. Murphy and Griffin ]. John
son, for murder. Judge Kalisch wished
to receive the pleas of these two men as
he was DESTROYS of getting away soon
The indicted men were brought into
court and arraigned. Both pleaded not
guilty. Murphy was represented by
Francis L. Tobin, of Philadelphia, who
entered the plea for his client and was
granted the privilege of Withdrawing it
later if he so desired. The reason for
this motion was not given, but Mr..
Tobin evidently has several ideas in his
head which may cause surprise before
the case is concluded.
Judge Kalisch set the ninth day of
November as the time to try the murder
cases, and then went to his home in
Newark.
The grand jury had a busy time of it
and did not get through until afternoon
on Thursday. They had 20 complaints
before them and found 81 bills. The
list follows:
Watson Buck, Willngboro township, assault
with intent to kill James Tomnson and AL
| fred Sexton, attacking them with a gun
Thomas Nelson Snowden, stealing $2325
from Ella B. Scales, of Mount Holly. at the
| fair grounds last week.
Robert Schaffer. Medford, assault on John
| SchaHer, fourteen years old.
| Fred VanAmburg Riverside and Albert
| Schneider, Beverly township, assault and bat
| terry on George A. Linton of Mount Holly,
during ing base ball game at Delanco.
al. albert Cooper; Palmyra. stealing bicycle
Timothy Digs. alias Timothy Higgs, rob-
Maynt u Le1uenee ..; OF grover ii. Aaronson' at
Mount Holly, getting jewelry and money ag-
| gregating $5l.
| eious assault and battery Frank Poole.
/ John Fizil, Burlington township stealing
fifty pumpkins valued at $40 from Alfred G.
| Smith.
Luther S. Baylor, Moorestown, assault and
battery on Georgiana Baylor, breaking furni-
ture at house Of Charles H. Evans and
| saut on Mary E. Evans.
Thomas Call and Frank Goodwin, Moores-
town. setting fire to buildings of Rogers Terra
| Gotta Company at Stanwick March 2, 1918,
and to residence of Abigail Wallace on March
James s. Robinson. cinnaminson, defraud-
| ing Colista Murray and Julia Fisher of board
amounting to $s7.75
Silas Babbitt Chester tawnship, assault and
battery on John w. Lowden, policeman while
on duty.
Roy Forman, North Hanover stealing three
4 chickens and duck from Harvey Horner.
| Louis Monchieo, Edward Kussski. Joseph |
Cammisca and Henry Pacific, Riverside, steal
ing small articles valued at $3.50 from River
| side Milling and Coal Company and latter
| three for stealing sc cents from the Childs
| store at Riverside.
| Winfield s. Templeton, Burlington embez-
element of $112.l9 while agent for the Met |
| ropolitan Life Insurance Company.
James Mcdonald, Chester township, lar
ceny of bicycle from Walter v. Inman.
There were several indictments withheld |
from publication because the accused have not
yet been apprehended-
| There was some surprise expressed that |
bill was not found for the killing of |
boy by being run over by an automobile. I
After the special reference to the matter
by Judge Kalisch and the testimony |
brought out at the coroner's investiga- |
| ton it was thought there certainly would |
be some presentment by the grand jury, |
but that body evidently got more of the
real facts than the public is in possession
of.
On Thursday Judge Lippincott heard |
testimony and argument in the case of
the administrator of Herman Minister |
against the Keystone Watch Case Com
pany, of Riverside. Samuel G. French,
of Camden, represented the Minister es-
tate, Judge Horner appearing for the |
Watch Case Company.
The facts set forth blythe plaintiff were
that Herman Minister was employed in
the watch case factory at Riverside. On
September 6, 1918, after the whistle had
| blown for the employees to cease work,
Minister, with others, started to leave the |
building. He was employed on the sixth
| floor of the factory. On his way down
stairs he was pushed or fell over the stair |
railing all the way to the ground floor,
where he was picked up in an uncon-
scious condition and hurried to hospi- |
tai where he died. The contention was
that the young man aided in the sup
port of his father, mother and crippled |
brother, that he was in no way response
BILE for the accident which resulted fatal |
| ly, and that the watch case company
was liable, under the employers liability
act, for damages.
For the defence Judge Horner said he
would show that the accident was the
result of desire of Minister to get from
the factory in quick way, and that, in
usual orderly manner he attempted to
slide down the railing and lost his bal
ance. Judge Horner contended that the
moment the whistle blew the young
man ceased to be in the employ of the
company. On the point of his support
ing the family it would be shown that
the father and brother referred to worked
and made ample to sustain themselves.
The accident was due entirely to the
carelessness of the young man who lost
his life.
Testimony was then taken on the part
of the plaintiff to show that Minister re-
ceived $l2 per week which he handed to
his mother, who gave him small por-
ton for spending money. She testified
that she used the money to keep the
house and pay expenses incurred by her
husband and her crippled son. She ad-
mitted, however, that the husband
worked all the time Herman was en-
ployed and that the other son worked
portion of the time. She said Herman
received $12 per week.
For the defence it was shown that the
stairway in question was perfectly safe
if used in a proper manner. At least 100
persons were employed on the sixth floor
OF the factory, where Minister worked
and at the time he was going down
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