The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-05-28
Trooper Shot
Kills Negro AsssiIsnl

Trooper w. J. Simpson of the state
Police Station, Freehold, saturday,
shot and killed an unidentified negro
at the Englishtown railroad station
after the negro had shot him through
the left wrist. Simpson was painfully
wounded The negro was killed in
stantly.
The shooting occurred when Simp-
son attempted to question the negro
who was reported to be a suspicious
cha, acter. A report had been made
to the Freehold State Police that
the negro had been seen lettering
about the Englishtown station for
several weeks. Simpson and Tro per
Gluie were sent out of quizZ him.
They visited a hobo camp near
Rooney's Hay Press. Glure APP
preached the camp from the fr mt
while Simpson went to the rear to
head off anyone who might flee at
the ad ance of hiscompanion.
He had just entered piece OF
woodland when he encountered the
negro Simpson spoke to the negro
and asked him to walk back to the
camp. At this the negro who had
his hand in a trouser pocket, whip
ped out a gun and said.
II don't have to walk for you or
anyone else."
AS he pulled the trigger, the troop
er threw up his hand to thield his
face. The bullet penetrated the left
wrist and lodged in the uniform Of
his coat.
Simpson at the same time drew his
service revolver with the right hand
and fire three shots in rapid sue
cession at the negro. All ok eff
feet One punctured the negroes
heart, another lodged in his breast
and the third penetrated his abdo-
men. Death was instantaneous.
Simpson was placed in the auto
mobile of passing motorist and
buried TO the Office of DIR. Harvey
s. Brown of Freehold, for treatment.
He was then sent to Trenton hospl-
tai where an X-ray ,ietnre was taxi
en- to determine whether the bullet in
jured the bones of his wrist.
The body OF the negro was
taken to NOR ne at Freehold where
an attempt was made. to identify
him.
Simpson, who was formerly at
tached to the Bordentown State Pee
lice station. shot and seriously
wounded Edward Voorhees,, of Key
port, on the night of May II, last,
during an alleged robbery of the
Farmingdale Railroad station. Voor-
bees, who received bullet in the
lung, is now patient in st. Francis
Hospital, at Trenton, where he is re-
ported to be improving
Saturdays shooting make the third by
State police within the past few
weeks. Gus Burd of near Penning-
ton, was shot and killed by Trooper
Mitchell of the Lambertville station,
in Woosa Monsa mountains, near
Pennington when he ignore the po-
liceman's command to halt. Mitch
ell wanted to questi Burd concern
ing alleged chicken thefts in that VII
cinity and claims he found the man
dressing a chicken. The Their sho. r.
inps were that of Voorhees, and the
killing of the negro Saturday.
Saturday afternoon Capt. Joseph
Hogh. in charge of the Identification
bureau of the local headquarters of the
state police. to either with Colonel
Schwarzkopf and Captain Lang Of
Trenton, took fingerprints and pho-
tographs Of the col red man and
will broadcast them to the police hru-
out the east in an effort to identify
the man.
He is described as weix hing
labout 1856 p unds. Two upper teeth
on the left side OF the head are
missing and also right leg is about
two inches shorter than the left. He
is very dark complicated.
The cvlored man was buried Wed.
nesday.