Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03

! front Of me. asking me when I was
going to marry her.
Here is =. little story that chisf a.
County Detectives Fred Weiner kant
quiet until after the death in the elec-
trie chair this week of William over
ton, negro. who murdered his wife
ana lnrant child by hanging them a
year ago this month. Following his
trial and conviction for murder in the
nrsf degree, OVerton was Sentenced
TO death by Judge Osborne on MAJ 20
last
On May p q female relative of
Overton's visited MIR. Weimer at the
Court House and producing the will
OF Oyerton asked to have il probated
The will left Overton's household fur
nishings and some trinkets to the
person who brought Il to Weirner.
We have nothing TO do with that
IN this office" Weimer told the part
ANYWAY 1t Is no good until Over
ton Is dead
The relative was rather Indignant
and remarked We'll. amt he lust
as good as dead. Hasn't the iudea
said he has got to die?"
Weimer promptly elected the heart
less relative from the Office with the
warning that il she came back before
oYerton had been legally executed he
would throw her out of the wif.dnu
Overton IL dead now and Weirner has
peen expecting second visit from the
female relative every day this week
Al that Oyerton came near escaping
the electric chair. as there were ser
ious doubts as to his sanity when
he committed the murder.
county Supervisor Edward shick-
haus has been much puzzled lately By
rENaINf44GF co go =.
framed about as follows: Pretty soff
for you when the county furnishes Won
Dig Limousine to ride around in
some car the county has given YOU.
I'd, and 7 did not know the county
had bought you a car,
The last greeting was about the
only one that was ineligible 10
en1ekhaus, for he could trutffullv re-
ply to that, Il did not know IT. Ell
tner But Jokes and jibes about the
car continued without solution. until
one day last week Mr.. shickhaus ran
across James r. O'Mealia. county sn-
perVisor of Hudson county.
Inen ne understood. for Mr.. o'Mea
ia rides around In a big. roonnv
LIMOUSINE furnished him bv Hudson
county and labelled on the car is sim
ply the words County Supervisor.
OMealia's business frequently
brings him TO this city and Shick
naus.s friends had seen O'Meaiia and
not Schickhaus riding around in fbe
big car labelled County Supervisor.
Everyone who has had dealings
with Assistant Prosecutor Wilbur A.
Mott knows of the habit he has n
taking pieces of silver money from
his pocket and clinking them together
while talking. The other day Recor-
der Francis A. Mott. jr.. of East Or.
ange. was in the Court House trans
acting some business with Criminal
Court, Clerk Thomas McLelland
When he had finished he went to the
opposite side of the room and corn
menced to talk with a friend, at the
same time taking some silver money
from his pocket and elinking il TO
gether
Mr.. MeLelland pricked up his ears
and remarked to his fellow clerk, Ar
thur Tench: Mott is around some
place I thought he was out of town.
That's not Mott. That's Mott
said Tench. pointing to the East Or
ange recorder. z--~-
There were some wild, wierd noises
heard coming from one of the court
rooms at the Court House after
court hours one afternoon just be-
fore New Years. Opinion WAS divid
ed as to whether IL was the walls
of a lost soul or whether q dog fight
was in progress, until committee
investigated.
Then IT. was found that duffy
Kunz had unearthed a "Schnitzel-
bank" singing card some Mace and
was engaged in rehearsingt Jimmy
Reid. Carl Schneider. big Philp Nc
Manus and other court attendants
In singing the famous German classic.