The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-06
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past six in the evening.
i After approving several accounts ths
were not disputed the Judge took up th
contest over the will of Joseph Ritter
dollar, of Chatsworth. The first poir
to be settled was the execution of th
will. The witnesses were examined an
it was decided that the will had bee
properly drawn and executed and tn
contestants then asked for further tim
to determine whether they would go il
to other questions that had arisen.
| An employers liability case was mex
taken up and that consumed nearly a
day. Ernest Rhein was the contracto
who did work of dressing the streets G
Riverside with cinders. They wer
hauled by cars that ran on an elevate,
railroad from boat and were pushed b,
men. A man by the name of Wheele
was one of those employed at this worl
and his claim was that the railroad wa
so faulty and in such poor condition
that it was difficult to keep the cars OF
over and fell on Wheeler who was badly
injured and he brought suit. The de
fence was that Wheeler was not pushing
the car as he was supposed to be doing
but that he was riding on it in direct de-
fiance of orders issued for workmen moi
to ride on the cars. After hearing the
evidence Judge Lippincott said he would
hear argument in Camden. If he had
not done this he might have been in
session late in the night.
With the other matters out of the way
criminal cases were called. William
Clawson and his wife were brought in
apparently to answer a charge of threat
ening to burn the barns of Edward
Craft, of Cookstown, but it did not take
prosecutor Kelsey long to announce that
he had nothing against the woman and
she was discharged Clawson admitted
his guilt. He said Craft owed him
money and would not pay it, so he went
to the farm and seeing the latter's young
son, boy about ten years of age, he
sent him to the house with the message
that if the money was not forthcoming
the barns would be burned. Clawson
that he told the boy he did not
mean to carry out the threat, but the
little fellow, who was quite bright, told a
story and he said the
man did not say that the threat would
not be followed up.
The scare worked all right so far as
getting the owner of the property
was concerned but it went
against Clawson, who was arrested. He
was very penitent when before the court
and said he had never been in any sort
of trouble before and he did not intend
to burn the barns as he knew that
would be a serious crime. He did not
realize that the threat might get him
into trouble. Under the circumstances
Judge Lippincott put the man under
the care of the probation officer.
Walter Lloyd and Charles Thorn were
called on to answer to a charge of bur
glary at the store of James Judge in
Lloyd admitted his guilt
and said he was drunk. Thorn did not
know how to plead. He said some of
the officers told him he had part of the
stolen goods in his possession but he
had no recollection of being in the store
Or how he got near it, as he was very
much under the influence of liquor. In
this latter statement he was corroborated
oy witnesses, two of whom saw the
of the window by which LLOYD
gained entrance to the store They said
that Thorn did not appear on the scene
until after Lloyd came out with the
goods. These witnesses telephoned to
the captain of police and then went and
held the BURGLARS until the policeman
came. They said Thorn was so drunk
that he was almost down and out, -
and the policeman said the same thing.
Lloyd has been before the court more
han once. He stole bicycle and was
sent to the county Jail for three months
and he was connected with a shooting
ARRAY at Birmingham not long ago.
Judge Lippincott thought he should 90
TO the State Reformatory and sent him
10 that institution. The case of Thorn
was laid over for further investigation.
The man gave evidence of education
and is said to have respectable family
but he would not reveal
anything on that line as he did not want
his people to know he was in trouble.
Merritt Lore pleaded guilty to assault
and battery on his mother-in-law, Ger
trude Plat, at Marlton. The court asked
for evidence to show the nature of this
crime, and former Prosecutor Atkinson
conducted the case. Lore had been liv-
ing with his wife's parents. When sober
he is all right and is said to be first
class workman, but when drunk he has
a very violent temper that he is unable
to control. On the day on which the
assault was committed he went to his
home, somewhat under the influence of
liquor. From the testimony of the
Lore began to abuse his
wife and the mother-in-law took hand
in the matter, and Lore turned on her,
stabbed her with knife and bit her
finger. Then he went into the house
and got gun, threatening to shoot the
first person who attempted to enter.
Before any one did go in he fred shot
which lodged in the door. Constable
Nelson Peake was sent for and he went
to the house and went up to Lore's bed
room where he found the man sitting on
the bed with the gun across his knees.
Lore did not attempt to shoot Peake.
Lore's wife was in the courtroom and
was not called to testify but before
the matter was settled she spoke and
said: "Why don't they tell about my
mother knocking Lore off the porch
That was the beginning of the affair.
Then the court Intercepted the wife anc
she said her husband had a violen
temper when drunk, but he had neve
abused her to any extent, as she AWAY.
kept out of his way when she saw ht
had been drinking and thereby avoided
quarrel.
Judge Lippincott sent the man bacl
to Jail. He said he wanted more ligh
on the situation, especially on the out
bursts of temper on the part of Lore
He told Sheriff Stecher to have tn
prison physician examine the prisone
and report on his mental condition.
A boy named Branch, who had BEEF
in Jail for some time and who has cause,
the authorities considerable anxiety
was sent to the Railway Reformatory.
i Judge Lippincott announced tina
court would be in session on the 8th
18th and 10Th of July, after which ther
would be recess for the summer, unles