Palisadian., 1923-07-27
BETTY newman, ACE 19, ACCUSED OF
KIDNAPPING IS YEAR old MARIE
FEHR|NC; NOW IN HACKENSACk JAIL
Fingers of the Law Close Swiftly Clside Girl Who
Takes Defiant Stand Denying Guilt Result of Two
Night Stay Hotel in Union Hill, Bail Set at IS 600.

Elizabeth, better known as Lizzie
or Betty Newman, 10 year old girl,
who up to a short time ago resided
with her father, j. Newman and elder
sister, Mrs. Agnes DePaul, at 331
Gorge road in Cliffside, was sent to
the Hackensack Jail on Tuesday night
charged with the kidnapping of Marie
Fehring, the 13 year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Fehring, Of
652 Anderson avenue, Grantwood. The
Newman girls bail was fixed at $4,000
in the prosecutors Office yesterday
morning and up to the time we go to
press no one has furnished same for
her release.
The younger girl in the case was
sent to Union Hill by her mother to
do some shopping on last Saturday
afternoon. Before taking the bus she
stopped at her aunts in Fairview to
inquire about an errand that she
wanted done and later met the New
man girl on Jersey avenue, who said
that she would accompany her to
Union Hill which she did. After COM
pleting the shopping tour according to
the girls story they went to the
movies and it being late when they
got out the older girl told her they
might as we'll stay all night at her
girl friends. She then took the Fehr-
ing girl to Nano's Hotel on Lewis
d.
man engaged a room and registered
as the Newman sisters. They state
that on Sunday they slept late and
took walk on Hudson drive when it
started to rain and they went to the
movies again. The girls also stayed
at the hotel mentioned on Sunday
night and Monday morning about
11:30 o'clock Marie Fehrings came
home voluntarily.
Mr.. Fehring, the girls father, to-
gether with her mother, stayed up
very late on Saturday night expecting
! the girl to come home on each bus
that stopped. After the last bus came
up and she did not put in appearance
her parents were frantic and the
father started his search with the aid
of friends and the police which was
kept up until the girl returned on
Monday morning. He then appealed to
the local authorities to see what could
be done to punish the elder girl and
the appearance of all parties con-
cerned in Recorders Court on Tues
day was the result
All persons save those directly in
terested in the case such as wit
nesses, etc, officials and newspaper
men were made to leave the court
room during the course of the hear
ing. Judge Kenny questioned the
father and Marie Fehring herself who
burst into tears on the stand and
later questioned the older girl who
maintained very bold attitude dur
ing the entire proceedings. However,
when informed she faced a charge Of
kidnapping she denied briefly that she
had enticed the girl away from home
or that she had any sinister motive
in mind when she accompanied her
to Union Hill. She gave an indiffer-
ent reply to Judge Kenny's question
whether or not she wanted to go to
Hackensack to Jail and short time
after was on her way. Her sister,
Mrs. DePaul was in the courtroom and
asked that more leniency be shown
but Mr.. Fehring was firm.
Both girls have been residents in
the borough all of their lives.
Elizabeth is rather tall and not bad
looking, with bobbed blond hair, but
possesses an impertinent and defiant
manner. Her mother was burned to
death when Elizabeth was but years
old, leaving three girls and one boy
which the elder sister, Mrs. DePauI
raised. AS stated she lived with her
sister at 331 Gorge road up to about
a year ago when she arrived at the
age Of IS and became "her own boss"
as she puts it. She then began work
ing different places and only stayed
at her sisters house occasionally, who
by the way, has four children of her
own to look after. She was once en-
ployed by the Hunter family in Pali-
sade and was dismissed as she was
from practically every place she ever
worked. The Fehring family who are
now her accusers, befriended her for
a time in their own home. The hotel
records show she had stopped there
number of times before.
Marie, though only 1S years old,
looks much older, but is considerably
shorter than the other girl, yet her
tresses too are of the blond, bobbed
variety, She is an inoffensive type
and apparently sensitive and timid
She has of course lived with her par
ents all of her life.
The hotelkeeper testifies that no one
visited the girls during their stay at
his establishment and from the testi-
mony up to date. the entire trip was
rather uneventful and nothing OF a
questionable nature entered into 1t.
Joseph Marini is acting counsel for
the Newman girl. The date for trial
has NOT baan ant vat