Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-11-23
BAD BOY
IN JAIL
Young Fellow Is Held For
Stealing and Assault.
The HEARING.
Boy Claiming New York as His
Home, Gets in Serious
Difficulty.

Hiram Kimmelblatt, young fell
low, is in Jail in default of $500 hail
on charge of stealing chickens from
George w. Seeds, and also, in default
of $500 bail, on charge of assault
with attempt to do bodily harm to
George W. Seeds.
He pleaded guilty before Justice
VIM. c. Hemsley yesterday afternoon
! TO both charges.
The young fellow was arrested on
| Monday by Constable Peter p. Custis.
| after an all day search to locate him.
The young fellow came from New
York and had been working on a farm
in Deerfield until five weeks ago.
when he hired with Mr.. Bernstein, a
baker, in Vineland He worked for
Mr. Bernstein until last Thursday.
when he was paid off and said he was
going to New York.
The evidence produced in the JUS
tice's court yesterday showed that he
did not go towards New York.
Mr.. Seeds swore that he lost four
choice chickens, but did not know
what had become of them until given
some information by a neighbor, Mr..
Richard Romer.
Mr.. Romer was sworn and said that
the young man Kirnmelblatt came to
his house with four chickens which
he recognized as those of his neigh
Dor, Seeds. He asked Hiram if he had
purchased them from Seeds and he
said yes, but later he came back
and said he did not buy them from
Seeds, but bought them from another
person ys .h@. "..'l
Mrs. Romer, sworn, gave similar
testimony and said that Mr.. Seeds got
his stock of chickens from them, and
nobody in the neighborhood had that
breed of fowls. ssf1,a.' .ti
The evidence was considered s1ffi-
cient to-hold the fellow for the grand
jury. -'',.F ...es;i
Then Mr.. Seeds related what had
taken place at his house, as related
in yesterdays Pioneer, only that it
occurred on Friday evening. He said
the boy had been at his house Friday
morning and asked him to give him
five dollar bill for S. in change
which he did. In doing this he dis
played some" gold notes as we'll as
other notes, which seemed to attract
the boys notice.
After the boy had left Seeds said he
discovered his key was gone from his
shed door lock.
When Seeds left to go to his work
chopping wood, he secured his shed
door by locking it on the inside with
an old key which he found would fit
the lock and stuck nail in the lock
to prevent the insertion of key from
the outside; he left home by his front
door taking that door key with him.
When he came home that afternoon,
an hour before sunset, he saw the fell
low on his back portico just leaving
his shed door.
He met Seeds as he entered his
gate and asked where he was going
said he was going to Bridgeton to a
girl show, but he was cold and want
ed to go in and get warm
What followed was told by the old
man in very graphic and excited man
ner, and he said the fellows actions
with the axe-as described yesterday,
were SO threatening that he was afraid
for his life, and when he succeeded
in grasping the axe and wrenching it
from him he fled from the house him
self, leaving the house in possession
of the fellow, who soon after disap-
peared and Seeds returned to his
home.
The old man signed a complaint,
and with this testimony, the boy was
committed to Jail for the grand jury,
in dpfau1t bo c+o+od