The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-11-13

west of evergreen cemetery, ueslloy-
ing many wooden markers.
woman voter in the Fourth dis
trict of the Second ward Gloucester
City, voted for all the candidates for
President, according to the election
board Another placed her own name
on the ballot
There we're sos woes polled at
Brooklawn, and before the next cleo
ton the district will be divided
Indications are that if the present
favorable working weather continues
Medford will be supplied with electric
current by Thanksgiving.
Overcrowded conditions in the Riv-
erside public schools have led to the
appointment of committee to con-
slider the advisability of building a
new schoolhouse or making additions
to the present building.
A count of automobiles using Black
Horse pike have been made for sew
eral Sundays, which will show that
both the Glassboro and White Horse
pike routes to the seashore are too
congested and another route will be
needed when the Delaware river
bridge is completed.
A jury in thee ircuit court at Mays
Landing awarded John Brohm $4,000
damages in a suit for malicious prose-
cution against Mrs. Rebecca Davis OF
the Fox apartments, Atlantic City
The case grew out of the disappear
ance of $4,000 worth of jewels belong
ing to Mrs. Davis some months ago.
She caused the arrest of Brohm In
connection with the robbery and he
charged malicious prosecution. 1t de-
yeloped in testimony that Brohm had
been held in Jail for nine days without
an opportunity to procure counsel or
receive hearing.
County authorities are investigating
an attack on Fred Kitzler of A Rah-
way avenue and Marie Orpanthal OF
&3. Railway avenue, who were fired ON
end slightly wounded while in an au-
tomobile just beyond New Brunswick
city limits. One bullet grazed Miss
Orpanthal's neck and another grazed
her companions shoulder Eight
struck the car. The holes made by
the latter were of two sizes, indicat-
ing that at least two gunner were at
work.
Folsom, IL miles from Atlantic
City, turned in a tie vote for mayor
and as a result the city council will
have to choose the mayor. The vote
in Folsom was % to % for Jacob Eek
hardt, Republican, and Philip Halzer,
Democrat. Dennis Smith, Independ-
ent Republican, stood in the way Of
victory for Eckhardt, who was seek
ing reelection. Smith polled 20 votes
o. C. Fischer, Republican, president
of the city council, will succeed Eek
hardt as mayor unless recount
shows the tabulation was incorrect.
Word was received in West Hobo
ken of the death of George E. Nc
Evan, banker and lawyer of Hudson
county, at Battle Creek, Mich, where
he had undergone an operation. The
body was taken to West Hoboken for
burial. Mr.. McEwan was born in
Piermont, Rockland county, N. Y, in
1862. He was director of several
Hudson county banks and was broth
er of former Representative Thomas
McEwan.
Three officials of the Young Mems
Building and Loan Association were
held up at New Brunswick by three
armed and masked bandits, who es-
capped with the nights receipts,
amounting to $4,000. After telling
Robert J. Smith, treasurer, with the
end of revolver the robbers jumped
into a waiting automobile and hasten
ed away before aid could be summon
ed.
The Gloucester City Board of Edu-
cation after three hour session de-
cided to enter into three year lease
with Mayor McNally for use of the
office building of the Pusey & Jones
shipyard for high school. The board
is to pay only taxes and carrying
charges.
Eugene v. Welsh of Morristown
bought for a client from the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company a
tract of about 200 acres at Brookside,
assembled in 1904 by the late Charles
T. Barney, who intended to build a
residence on the property. After his
death in 1917 the land was acquired
by Harry Payne Whitney The tele-
phone company, requiring small por-
ton of it for a pole line, bought the
tract in 1928.
New Jersey officials believe they
are on the verge of apprehending the
man believed to have acted as an
accomplice of Frank Thomas in the
killing of the latter's wife, whose al
most nude body was found by school
children in a deserted mine. shaft at
Oxford, Hunterdon county. Thomas,
who was being questioned in connec-
ton with the Staying, committed sui
eide by hanging himself in the War
rem county jail at Belvidere.
Appeal will be taken to the
United States Circuit Court to
set aside the 100000 verdict returned
at Trenton in favor Of Mrs William
Selmi of Philadelphia in her suit to