Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-04
WILDWOOD. NEW JERSEY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 1918

minister, presided as judge. After the
testimony was in the jury retired to
deliberate. During their elaboration
they called the defendant, b. q. Logger
soil, The Wild wood undertaken, before
them, and the latter admitted to the
jury that several of the charges were
true, so 1t is said. He pleaded with
the jury not TO turn him out OF the
church, aud with tears in his eyes adj
mitted that be did wrong and as sor-
ry for 1t and did not know where to 20
for a church home. Instead of the jury
conducting their deliberations In pri-
vate as is done in the civil courts OF
law Judge Gamble allowed the &C.
cused to mingle with the jury and the
jury to mingle with the spectators
while irving to come to a conclusion.
The affair, II is said, WAS turned nto a
court of arbitration instead of a trial
court. Mr.. Ingersoll SO worked upon
the feelings of the jury aud judge that
no verdict was brought in and the
judge and jury dropped the matter
upon the promise of Ingersoll to walk
uprightly, return to the church and
take as many people back as he could.
This Mr. Ingersoll promised to do.
| One man testified that three months
after the church was built in the year
1900 that Ingersoll called Harry P.
Grim, its first pastor, q liar, and that
since that time, he said, Ingersoll had
been more or less a source of trouble.
Lawyer Bleakley and District Super
intendent Neal left for home after the
testimony was all in and did not Wit
ness the queer procedure of the judge
and jury. Mr.. Ingersoll's attorney was
Lawyer Champion, of Pleasantvllle.
Eighteen of those present among the
Ingersoll Witnesses were not members
of the Wildwood M. E church. Law
yer Bleakley said the proceedings after
the case went to the jury was a farce
and that if it had been a trial in a civil
court the jury would have been in
dicted. Mr.. Ingersoll and his congre-
cation held services as usual last Sun
day in the Swedish chapel on Davis
avenue.
The Cape May County Board of
Freeholders organized at Court Houce
on New Years day by re electing the
same ofiicais ~ Ast years withthe ex-.
re; ! OF Solicitor Joseph Douglass,
who is succeeded by former Prosecutor
Ernest Lloyd. Mr.. Douglass was de-
feated by two votes. The only new
member was Otto Koeneke, who took
the 4eat from from Wildwood vac4ted
by Chas. w. Saul. After the meeting
the board left in automobiles for Wild
wood, where a dinner was given at the
Royal Inu in honor of the Mayors of
the various municipalities and chair
men Of the township committees.
Freebooter John w. Young acted as
postmaster. Other speakers were
Jos. Cham piop, Mayor of Ocean City !;
Clayton HaiDes Brick, the Ocean City
real estate man and orator; Assembly
man elect Mark Lake, of Ocean Guy;
Solicitor Lloyd, of Cape May; Mayors
f. e. Smith, James McBinden and
P. 2. Baker; J. T. Baker, Engineer
Rice, and Director Rutherford. One of
the topics of the meeting was that of
roads and it was announced the our
ty had been promised state aid for the
elimination of grade crossings. The
statement was made hat this work
would be commenced this coming
summer and that the main Toai TO
Cape May would be Strengthened from
Sallie Marshall's crossing to Cape May,
thus doing aN ay with two or more
dangerous railroad crossings. The
hoard held a regular meeting at Court
House yesterday.
Conveyancing, wills and deeds
drawn. William H. Bright. adv.
A subscriber at Washington, d. g,
informs US that the JOURNAL of D.
cember 81, 1917, reached him on De-
cember 3lst. The paper was mailed
at The Wild wood post Office on Friday,
December 2lst, and it was just ten
days going from Wild wood to Wash
ington. We can assure the gentleman
that the fault was not at the JOURNAL
office. This is an unusual delay, for
as a rule we believe the paper reachts
ils Subscribers in a reasonable time.
Ii this happens too often we will be
glad to ask the post office department
t. investigate, if subscribefs will notify
US.
The Crest Borough Council organi-
zed New YEARS. day and all the old
officers we're re-appointed.
Mrs. Helen Lundine, of Andrew ave-
nue., was married on Thursday, jan
uary Sd, 1918, at 4.30 p. No., at the