The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-11-26
New Jersey
State Briefs
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phia, was rescued from "the house OF
mystery" an abandoned bungalow in
the Orange Mountains, by squad Of
police led by two other girls from
West Orange.
Meeting at Trenton, the State De-
partment OF Commerce and Nayiga-
ton agreed upon a recommendation
to Governor Silzer asking an addition
al $150,000 to acquire the right-of-way
of the New Jersey Ship Canal from
Morgan, on Raritan Bay, to Borden
town, on the Delaware River.
Charles Witty, former postmaster
OF Mountville, was sentenced to one
year in the county jail in the Fed
eral District Court on charges of
stealing $1,000 in postal funds. SEN
tence was postponed pending an in
vestigation by Federal authorities.
Witty several months ago surrendered
himself, saying he had made good the
embezzled funds.
Mrs. Mary Malta, girl-wife, was
acquitted on a charge of numbering
her husbands stepfather, Noel Pap
palardo, In the latter's hotel in Sea
Isle City, on July g. The jury in
the Cape May Courthouse was out for
one hour and forty-five minutes.
When the foreman said mot guilty"
the 22-year-old mother of two children
buried her face in her hands and
sobbed
The Gold Dust Corporation, employ
ing 400 men, will move from its plant
at Gutenberg, N. j., to Baltimore in
about four months, it has been an
nounced Residents of Gutenberg,
West New York, Weehawken and
Woodcliff recently complained to the
Grand Jury that the odors emanating
from the Gold Dust plant were a
nuisance and asked that the condition
be remedied.
The final report Of the committee in
charge Of the drive for funds for the
Burlington County Hospital conduct
ed in this city shows that $1,367 was
raised there, contributions having been
made as follows: Southwest district,
$153.35; northwest district, $1,000;
southeast district, $166.51; northeast
district, $59445; Springside district,
$54; East Burlington. district, $500;
Farnerville district, $48.23.
William Under and Leonard Him
mill. both of New York, were com
mitted to Morristown jail in default
of bail for action by the Grand Jury
on charges of obtaining money under
false pretenses. The men were ar
rested ny Lieutenant Roges and
Trooper Hall Of the State Police
when officers said the men solicited
advertisements at 500 page for an
unofficial publication, your State
Troopers"
Daniel Genese, convicted of the
murder on December Is last of State
Trooper Robert E. Coyle, was SEN
fenced by Supreme Court Justice
Charles w. Parker at Someryille to
die in the electric chair during the
week of December IA. Genese, after
his conviction, carried the case to
the Court of Errors, but the convic-
ton was upheld. Frederick A. Pope,
attorney for the condemned man,
will appeal to the State Board Of
Pardons to commute Genese's SEN
tence to life Imprisonment. Coyle
was killed following an attempted
payroll robbery.
While on cunning trip near Riv-
erside William H. Hutson, IL years
old. was instantly killed when a COM
panion tripped over stump of tree
and accidentally discharged the gun
he was carrying.
The Atlantic County Board of Free
holders authorized the taking over Of
the, Brigantine bridge and boulevard,
connecting Atlantic City with the
new sister resort directly north, for
$3.50, 6S9.S1. The offer made by the
board will stand for thirty days, sub
ject to the will of the owners.
The Burlington County Firemen's
Association conducted one Of the
largest and most successful affairs
ever held in Burlington County when
its first annual banquet was held in
st. Peters Hall, Riverside. Over 400
members of the 43 fire companies in
the county and guests were present
anu 6uJOy6u lu0 menu anu pIO5AdAl
furnished by the committee. The
banquet was furnished by a Phila-
delphia caterer and the vaudeville by
a Philadelphia theatre.
Driving up the lane from the Rocky
Hill road to their lonely farm near
Mt. Lucas, Ernest Helm, Is years old,
and his married sister, Mrs. John
Conk, IS years old, found their moth
er and father lying in the roadway.
They had been shot to death. A sim
gle barrel shotgun beside the father
with one exploded shell still In the
gun and second shell on the ground
near by, one of the mothers slippers
lying in the road 100 feet from the
house. and recollection Of bitter
quarrel between their parents in the
morning, caused the young people to
believe that the father had killed
their mother and then shot himself. :
Memories of the Gold Star Mothers