The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-09
new JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS

hundreda of shacks and homes in
search OF a big dark man" who she
said had attacked her and cut on her
hair, elenen-year-old Helen Peterson,
OF No. 1853 Liberty avenue, JerseJ
City, finally confessed that the whole
story wal a hoax and that she had
moi been attacked, but had cut her
own hair.
William Charlton Rex, fifty, animal
trainer an former proprietor OF ami
NAL shows which toured the country,
died in Sumerville Hospital from a
broken back received when a Jack
gave way beneath an automobile I'M
der which he was working in his gar
age several days ago.
Fire believed started by a spark
from a locomotive and which ignited
the roof, destroyed the Atlantic Brick
Manufacturing Company's plant at
Mays Landing. The loss is estimated
at 5000, 900. The entire Mays Land
ing fire department was fighting a
forest fire and apparatus had to be
summoned from Egg Harbor City,
eight miles away. When the engines
arrived ths flames were beyond con-
troll.
The ties rimony of John Phillips.
butler, thai Mrs. Mary Halsey Atha,
who Is being sued for divorce in
Newark by Albert H. Atha. wealthy
and socially prominent. INDUCED in
kiss throwing and catching with DR..
Lawrence Dias, Newark physician. Is
causing wide comment in Jersey City
society circles.
Directors of the Camden Chamber
of Commerce have revived plans for
building a big hotel, which they be-
lieve can DE locally financed. They
believe such a hotel should be COM
pleted and in operation In time to
meet the demands, which will con-
stantly increase between now and
the time of the completion OF the
bridge and before the sesquicenten-
NAL exposition opens.
Mrs. Bertha Zaher, Of Woodbridge,
has engaged counsel to investigate
the death Of her husband, John
Zeher, who while a Middlesex county
%workhouse prisoner. died in the Mid
dlesex County Hospital, at New
Brunswick. According TO Mrs. Zeher,
his death was due to a cerebral hem
orrhage resulting from alb low by a
policeman at Woodbridge police head
quarters. She has instructed her
counsel to sue the township of Wood
bridge if the investigation warrants.
The New Jersey fence" for the
gang of forty. of which Teddy Grant,
of New York City, is alleged to have
been the ringleader, was arrested, ac-
cording to the police Of Nutley. fol-
lowing a tip from the New York au-
thorities. In his possession, the po-
lice say, they found a list and dia-
grams of scores Of homes Of the
wealthy, and another list of presents
given to "newlyweds."
An application by Charles Aceto,
trading as the Aceto Bus Company,
for approval of municipal consent to
operate two additional buses OF the
Fairview route, Camden, was denied
by the Public Utility Commission.
The Public Service Railway Company
objected to approval of the applica-
ton and offered evidence In the form
of statistics form the official records
of the city indicating that the bus
company is carrying approximately
the same number Of passengers as
were carried during the two previous
years.
believed to have been superinduced by
a fall downstairs some time ago..
Leon Bennett of Millyille is suffer
ing with sleeping sickness, which is
Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey announced a l cen reduction in
the price of gasoline.
Women of St. Paul's NJ. E. church,
P~ennsgrove, cleared more than 500
from their fist shad supper of the
season.
The combined efforts of the Palmy-
ra and Riverton fire companies We're
required to extinguish a blaze in a FIVE
acre grass field in the southern end of
the borough.
Barney Dunn, colored, with a prison
record in nearly every state, was COM
mitted to Monmouth county Jail with
out bail after he had threatened sew
eral Asbury Park policemen with a re-
volver when they arrested him.
Members of Christ NJ. P. church.
Haddonheld, are Planning erection Of
a new Sunday school building, plans
for which have been approved. Will
liam Watson is chairman of the build
ing committee.
The committee Of the Collingswood
fire company, preparing for housing
the new $4,000 hook and ladder truck
on June 9, has sent out over 80 invita-
tons TO companies within a radius Of
100 miles.
William H. Hendricks, a farmer Iiv-
fng neal Bound Brook, died Of suffoca-
ton while attempting to %extinguish a
brush fire on his farm. Physicians
say that Hendricks suffered a heart
attack and fell into Tire flames, suffo-
eating before aid could reach him.
Thieves entered the Culver gram
mar school, Melville, ransacked the
Office of the principal and stole money
donated by pupils for the purchase Of
school equipment. They also broke
into the high school building adjoin-
ing the police station, but got little for
their efforts.
A school Of drumfsh headed south
at Wildwood get within The breakers,
and hundreds Watched them as they
tried 10 leap the breakers out 81 the
danger line. May Ottey. 151 East An
drews avenue. landed two OF the