Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-04-28

Court House on Monday. The court
room was filled with Wildwood peo-
pie. ii. ii. Voorhees, and John Harris,
OF Camden, represented the defendant.
The first witness was George w Smith.
who said he was q glassblower and
WORKED last year at Court House.
Home was at Mt. Holly, on the Moores-
town pike, Went to Wildwood in July
last and boarded with Hattie Cossa.
boon. The latter was indicted last
January for keeping a disorderly house
on Rio Grande avenue at Wildw wood.
Soon after coming to Wildwood met
Chief Smith and Gus Kneller. Took
drinks with Lester at Maryland hotel
and went into the back room and
handed Chief Smith 81, saying 1t was
protection money, and that it was all
she had. The Chief said Don't rob
yourself AT another time witness
said he gave Gus Kneller So for the
Chief, which was corroborated on the
stand by kneller, the latter stating
That he handed it to the Chief. Hattie
Cossaboon was called and counsel for
the defendant demanded that the court
instruct her as to her rights. When
Pros ec Carrow asked her what kind
OF a house she kept, thu court told her
she was not obliged to answer if she
believed such answer would incriml-
nate her. She then refused to answer
and Lawyer Harris moved that the
jury be directed to return a verdict of
not guilty, which was done. This case
had a curious outcome early Thursday
morning, when shortly after midnight
Prosecutor Carrow arrested Hattie Cos
saloon, who was in an automobile
with Mike Kane going northward
from Wildwood. She was taken to jail
and was taken in Court yesterday when
she first pleaded not guilty. Subse-
quently she came into court with Sher-
if Corson and asked to plead guilty to
the charge of keeping a disorderly
house. She SO plead and was held in
81 900 bail. B all not being furnished
she was taken back to Jail to await
further developments. Chief Smith
will be tried on the other six indict-
aneTts ut an early date, aud an effort
will be made to move another indict-
ment on Friday of next week. Viola
Parsons, under indictment for larceny
and selling liquor in the styx was &C.
quilted in Court yesterday.
Bright's Express. Hauling of all
kinda, Garfield and Pacific avenues.
Storage warehouse and boarding
stables. Both phones. n
James IL. Greeley, Jr. of West Phila-
delphia, spent Easter with his aunt,
Mrs. Geo. Dare.
Miss Helen Savidge, of Haddon
Heights, spent the Easter holidays
with her friend, Miss Mildred Schellin-
ger, at her home on Poplar venue
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Ingham entertained
over the Easter holidays, Miss Sara
Allen, Mrs. c. Fl. Stsdelman and Miss
Ruth Stadelman, all of Philadelphia,
at their home on West Juniper avenue.
The population of Glenwood avenue
Is still increasing. A little nine and a
half pound girl arrived at the home of
Prof. and Mrs. tanning Myers Thurs
day morning, April q, 1916.
Seldle's barber shop will be open on
and after Easter Sunday. Atlantic
avenue. McWilliam's old stand X
Mrs. Rose Mueller and daughter,
Mrs. John Vetter and Ernest Gaupp.
of Egg Harbor City, formed an auto
mobile party on Monday, stopping at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Sch
lichting, on East Oak n Mrs.
Mueller is the wife of the Hon. George
Mueller, Mayor Of Egg Harbor City.
Notice-Two BARRIERS now at Higgins
barber shop, under Edgeton Inn. 4
Misses Ada and Eta Wentzell, of
Camden, spent the Easter holidays
with their aunt at Willard Hall.
Coney's van will be in Camden the
first Of next week. VIII make special
price on loads or parts of loads from
Philadelphia and Camden, coming this
way. Both Phones. 81
Peter Lundine, for a long time jani-
tor of the Holly Beach school house,
died Thursday morning, April q, 1916,
aged SO years. Services will be held at
the Presbyterian church on Sunday, at
one o'clock. Interment will be made
at Court House. He leaves a wife.
JOS. Scully will be married in the
Sacred Heart church In Philadelphia,
at 3 O'Clock next Saturday afternoon,
to Helen Corr. They will reside in
North Wild wood. in one ofthe groom's