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New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
MRS, GIBSON TRIED
 BRIBE, HE ASSERTS
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the story of the slaying told by Mrs. Jane Gibson.
 Justice Parker ruled that the question was not as to whether Carpenter was generally competent as a witness.
 Not Accused, Says Court
 Mrs. Gibson did not at this trial incriminate him either on direct or cross-e examination" said the court, and if such things are not assert nd 1t would be futile 10 contradict them. There is no testimony In this trial tending to place Carpenter at the scene"
 Mrs. Gibson In the preliminary hearing on charges against Willie Stevens and Henry Carpenter, had placed Carpenter at the scene and in her crosse eXamintion at this trial, Carpenter was taken 10 her bed- side to be identified as the man whom she had incriminated at the preliminary hearing.
 Rcfutes Other Reports
 After the decision that he could not testify with reference to Mrs. Cibsons accusations at the prelim- mary hearing. Henry Carpenter was called to the stand to refute allega- tions that he had carried books and papers from the Hall residence on the morning of Sept. 16, 1922, a few hours before the bodies were dis covered
 Other state testimony had accus cd Edward Carpenter of similar ac- lions and when he was called to the stand on Wednesday he said that box which he carried from the Hall house on the afternoon of Sept. 16, after the bodies had been found, contained clothes in which MT. Hall was to be dressed for burial. while an empty box was for the minister's yestments
 Henry Carpenter testified today that he was in New York at work until about 120 D. m. on the day the bodies were found and that he never removed paper boxes, draw CTS or packages containing letters or papers" from the Hall house.
 Justice Parker's ruling was that Mrs. Gibson at this trial had only identified Carpenter as q man whom she had identified in the story told at the preliminary hearing and that her latest story of what she saw at the crabapnle tree-the one given at this trial-did not name Car bender as one of the persons she saw there
 Carpenter said that on Sunday, murder. he went to Spring Lake with his wife and returned late in the afternoon.
 Wasn't At House
 Were you at the home of Mrs. Hall that morning." asked Case.
 No. sir" answered the witness.
 Did you that morning take any bundles, papers or boxes from Mrs. Halls home?"
 T did not.'
 'Did you see anything that morn ing of Mrs Bearman
 No sir"
 A states witness had said she saw Mrs. Anna Bearman. a relative of Mrs, Hills. in the automobile in which the states witness said they saw Carpenter taking away papers.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26

matches legs found last Sunday The coroner believes that a head, discovered Wednesday, is that of another body.
 The legs are those of a large man. The size of the head indicates tia. the man was small. This pre- sents an entirely new angle in the mystery, as it is apparent that two men were victims of persons who killed them and then cut up their bodies," Coroner Henzler said.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
ON POLICE BLOTrER,

B. Goldberg of 76 Lafayette street, complained to Captain Kelly this afternoon that two brass faucets were stolen from the rear of his property at 7S Lafayette street.
 Stanley Lejkowski of II Gold street reported this morning that his garage was entered and one tire, one speedometer. one motormeter, a kit of automobile tools and one carpen- ter's saw were taken.
 Thomas Abuciewicz of 1os Fair
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26

room they can witness the whole days proceedings. Crowds f1ocking to the courthouse trampled the grass on the lawn so badly that keep of the grass signs have been put up but policemen on duty soon gave up their efforts to keep people off the lawn.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26

Did you take any letters out of the house?"
 'None whatever
 Then Alexander Simpson, special prosecutor, took the witness for cross examination.
 When you went to Spring Lake was it a warm day?' he asked.
 Smoke From Chimney
 "9es, it was a warm day." an- swerod Carpenter.
 Do you remember whether a re- porter came to your house there and said black smoke was coming from the chimney and asked if you were destroying lettcrs?'
 No"
 Did you ever meet State Trooper Dickman in Prosecutor Bcekmans office and have I conversation with him about checkbook ?"
 No, l never in my life was in Mr. Beel<man's office
 Henry L. Dickman, former New Jersey state trooper, testifying for the prosecution, said that in 1923 he was given a $2,500 bribe by the late Azariah Beekman, Somerset county prosecutor, to give up his investiga- tion of the murders and leave the state. The defense later proved that Dickman was q deserter from the army and navy, and it was brought out in court that he was military prisoner at the time he tes- tifled for the state,
 EingcrpriEt Expert
 Carpenter left the witness stand and was followed by J. II. Taylor, tingerprint expert of the navy de- partmcnt, who earlier this week testified that the fingerprint repre- scnted by the state as being that of Willie Stevens was not his finger prf%t.
 The alleged tingerprint of Willie Stevens was on q visiting card of the Rev, MT. Halls, which the state con tends was found at the scene of the staying.
 Taylor was recalled from cross examination by Simpson. The wit ness told of taking a fngerprint from q metal box two months after tE9 imprint had been made and after the box had been sent to him in Washington from an Asiatic station.
 What is the greatest length of time you have ever taken a finger print from card or paper. after the was made?" asked Simp- son.
 sets Time Limit
 "l'ye never been able to get one from paper after over two or three days" answered Taylor. He added 1t might be possible to make. photograph of a finger print on paper after two or three days, but it was improbable that one could be made.
 Frederick Sandberg, of Washing ton, the second defense expert to be cross examined, testified that the
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26

view street, employed as telegraph bicycle from Main street, but later it was found on Commercial street
 Mrs. Fitzsimmons of 595 East street reported the theft of mum. Der of articles from her home.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
SLAIN AND DISMEMBERED
Bodies of Two Men, Both Nlstreated After Death, Are Found in To- ledo, Ohio.

Toledo, Ohio, Nov 26 GP--Two men have been killed and their bodies, dismembered, Coroner Henz- Ter declared today after viewing the mutiated part of trunk and the upper legs of a mans body found in a ditch near here yesterday.
 The part of the body found
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-18

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
on application to me by Joseph b.
Martin, of the Township of Egg Har-
Dor, in the County of Atlantic. state
of New Jersey, who claims an undi-
vided five sixths part of all that GER
tain tract or parcel of land situate
in the Township of Egg Harbor, in
the County of Atlantic, and State OF
New Jersey, bounded and described
as follows: BEGINNING at a point
in the center of the Clam Road, dis
tant, seven and sixty-five hundredths
chains southeasterly from the north
corner of land owned by the West
Jersey Railroad and runs "a North,
thirty-two degrees and fifteen min
utes east twelve 90-100. chains, CD
South, lightweight degrees and six
teen minutes east six 96-100 chains,
go South, thirty-two degrees and
fifteen minutes west sixteen $4,000
chains to the center of the Clam
Road, (4) Along the center of Clam
Road north fifty-seven degrees and
forty-four minutes west, six chains
to the place of beginning, containing
81 acres.
/ have nominated Robert T.. Stee-
die. Elwood T. Kirkman and Louis
Romano, Commissioners, to divide
the said tract of land into two parts
of one-sixth and five-sixths, each re-
spectively and unless proper objec--
tons are stated to me at the Court
House in Mays Landing, New Jersey,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-18

price. No more of said bonds will be
sold than will produce the amount
required to be raised thereby as
above stated and an additional sum
of less than 81 900. In addition to the
price bid the purchaser must pay
accrued interest on the bonds to the
date of delivery
Said bonds will be payable both as
to principal and interest at the First
National Bank, SomerS Point, New
Jersey, in lawful money of the Unit
ed States of America and will be
coupon bonds.
Bidders must enclose their bids in
sealed envelopes addressed to James
b. Brown, District Clerk, Bargain
town Hall, Bargaintown. N. j., and
each bid must be accompanied with
a certified check drawn upon an in
corporated bank or trust company to
the order of the Board of Education
of the Township of Egg Harbor, N.
j., for two per centum of the face
amount of bonds bid for to secure
the said Board against any loss re-
sulting from the failure of the bid
der to comply with the terms of his
bid. No interest will be allowed on
the amount of such checks. Checks
OF unsuccessful bidders will be re-
turned on the award of the bonds.
The post office address of said James
B. Brown, District Clerk, is Mckee
City, New Jersey.
The proceedings authorizing the
issuance of the said bonds were ap-
proved by Edward l.. Katzenbach.
Attorney General of the State of
New Jersey on May 10. 1926.
BY order of the Board of Educa-
ton of the Township of Egg Harbor.
JAMES b. BROWN,
District Clerk.
Dated June 0, 1926. F30
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-18
% the following conditions:

to the following conditions:
The purchaser shall pay at the
time of the sale to James b. Brown,
District Clerk. one hundred dollars,
as security for the performance by
him of the conditions herein set
forth. The purchaser shall forthwith
move the school building to a site
selected by him, satisfactory to the
Board of Education, not further re-
moved from it's present location than
q distance of one-half mile. In event
that the new school building, to be
erected by the Board of Education at
said site is not completed and ready
for occupancy by the Board of Edu-
cation by the time fixed by the Board
for opening the schools in September
of 1926, the purchaser shall furnish
in a good and safe condition the said
school building and the land upon
which it shall then be situate, for
the use of the Board of Education
for school purposes, until such time
as the new school building is ready
for occupancy. The legal title to
said school building shall remain and
be vested in the Board OF Education
the time of final settlement and 1t is
understood that the said Board OF
Education reserves the right to the
use of the said building until its new
school building is ready for occu-
pancy.
Final settlement for the purchase
of the building shall be made on or
before October /, 1926, at the office
of Babcock and Champion, 511 Guar
antee Trust Building. Atlantic City,
New Jersey, at three o'clock in the
afternoon, eastern Standard Timell ,
at which time, if the purchaser shall
have complied with and fully per-
formed all of the conditions herein
provided, the Board of Education
will convey the said school building
to him. by a good and sufficient Bill
of Sale, upon the payment of the
amount of his bid. less the deposit
of one hundred dollars, made at the
time of sale. If the amount of the
bid accepted be less than one hund-
red dollars, the difference between
the amount of the bid and the depos'
it of one hundred dollars will be re-
turned to the purchaser at final set
tlement
The Board reserves the right tt
reject any or all bids.
BY order of the Board of Educa'
ton.
| JAMES B. BROWN,
/ District Clerk.
Dated: June 9, 1926. %
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-18

All interior doors and trim will
be metal and not Kalamein over
wood core, as the doors are hol-
low with steel frame inside. All
doors have perfectly plain SAM
tary face with sides, with an eight
by eight inch glass at the eye-line.
All basement rooms will have
the iron grills to open in the
rooms in addition to the metal
doors on the outside of the corri-
dor. All of the inmates rooms in
the basement will be laid up with
enameled brick instead of common
brick plastered. Enameled brick
will be used in the bath rooms
and toilet rooms, which does away
with marble work.
'Tn Newark" Mr.. Vaughn
states, they have found out that
the composition floors was a mis-
take and they have used terrazzo,
which is a composition of marble
and cement, for all rooms and for
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-18
SALE OF $4,000 OF SCHOOL
BONDS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
EGG AARROR MEM Jersey.

EGG HARBOR, NEW JERSEY.
NOTICE is hereby given that on
the twenty-fourth day of June. 1926,
at eight o'clock P. NJ. daylight
ton of the Township of Egg Harbor,
New Jersey, will receive sealed pro-
posals at the office of the Board of
Education. in Bargalntown Hall,
Bargaintown, New Jersey, for the
purchase of the following described
bonds of said school district, to wit:
Not exceeding $4,000 of bonds dat
ed July l, 1926, denomination of ST.
900 each, maturing $4,000 on July /.
1928, and $4,000 on July of each of
the succeeding years to and includ-
1914, and bearing interest at the rate
of five per-centum per annum. paya-
BILE semi annually July list and Janu-
airy LIST in each year.
The total amount OF bonds autho-
rized to be issued is $4,000 and the
bonds will be sold in an amount not
exceeding such sum. Said bonds
will not be sold for less than par
value and accrued interest. The
sum required to be obtained upon
the sale of said bonds is $4,000.
The right is reserved to reject all
bids, and any bids not complying
with the terms of this notice will be
rejected. Unless all bids for said
bonds are rejected, said bonds will
be awarded to the bidder or bidders
complying with the terms of sale and
offering to pay not less than the
amount required to be raised, name
| ly, the sum of $4,000 and to take
therefor the least amount of bonds
commencing with the first maturity
above mentioned and stated in a
multiple of one thousand dollars. and
| if two or more bidders offer to take
the same amount Of such bonds, then
to the bidder or bidders Offering to
lpay therefor the highest additional
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-18

base in all rooms where enameled
brick was not used. This terraZZo
floor was used solid all over the
rooms in the rooms used for the
inmates on the ground floor and
in all toilet and bath rooms, but
all day rooms, corridors and pa
tients' rooms on the first and Sec
ond floors have only twelve inch
wide border of terraZZo and a six
inch high base of terrazzo, and
the center is filled with linoleum
cemented down to the cement
floor, which makes very soft
pliab floor, will do away with all
rugs in bedrooms and can be kept
polished and clean. This method
we found at Newark, and one
highly recommended by the Board
of Freeholders Committee and the
doctor in charge of that institu-
ton.
There will be Solarium on
each floor leading off the Day
Room facing Dolphin road. This
Solarium is enclosed with heavy
grill and the first floor provided
with a grill door that the patients
may have use of the yard If neces
Esary.
"The heating system is Warren
Webster method with independent
feed and return line under the
ground from the boiler room anc
all radiators in the patients rooms
on the ground floor are LOCATED
under the windows in a recess
opening left for this purpose ant
enclosed with steel plate and
steel frame similar to those a
Johns Hopkins University.
1.-THE exterior brick work of the
building is similar to the present
brick used on the front and side
of the Asylum, with common brick
on the side wall next to the pow
er house.
"All interior plastered walls are
to be painted as part of this con
tract.
1.-THE contract will not include
the electric light fixtures, electric
stove in diet kitchen, nor any en-
closure that may be required OF
the line of Dolphin road, such a!
4 wood fence or brick wall, other
wise it covers the building com
pleted.
1.-THE cornice of building is t.
be made of copper to correspond
with the wood cornice on tn
present Asylum building, and thi
copper cornice is to be painte'
and busted with pulverized maj
BILE dust. This does away with al
exposed wood work on either tn
interior or exterior"
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Addition to Asylum
,Continued from Page y

(COQLluueu HULL o60 -
The floors of the building
throughout, including the roof,
will be reinforced stone concrete
on steel frame interior, but brick
bearing exterior walls.
The roof will be steel frame
with a thin stone concrete slab
over which Is sheathing boards
and finished slate roof to corre-
spond with the present asylum
buildings.
All exterior window frames and
sash will be steel, similar to those
at Perryville, but are located In
the center of the wall and grills
are provided on the inside. These
sash will operate by worm gear
at one side of the frame and not
underneath the sill as at Perry
Vile.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-18
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that pursu-
ant to a resolution of the Board of
Education of the School District of
Egg Harbor Township, the said
Board of Education will sell at pub
lie auction, the frame school build
ing now situate upon the school site
owned by the Board of Education at
Pennington, New Jersey, on Thurs
day, the twenty-fourth day of June,
1926, at the hour of two o'clock in
the afternoon, daylight saving time)
at the schoolhouse, at Pennington,
New Jersey.
The said building will be sold to
the highest bidder for cash, subject
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-18

then be appointed commissioners to
make partition of the said lands.
to an act entitled IAN Act
Concerning Partition"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-18

on the 18th day of July. next, at
$3.50 A. M. daylight saving time).
the said Robert f. Steedle, Elwood
f. Kirkman and Louis Romano will
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-06-18

Given under my hand this 5th day
of June, A. ID. 1926.
HERBERT C. BARTLETT,
9F32 Judge.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-14
A VICTORY IN SPELLING.
MAYS Landing Record.)


Victory of little Frances Kraus
over the pick of Atlantic City and
Atlantic County spoilers is a sig
nal triumph for her schooi and
teachers as well as for herself
and whether she wins in the ia
tional contest at Washington OF
not, the honor of having won the
right to participate will be one FOR
her to cherish and remember 4
lifetime.
1t was a signal victory for the
country school,, for had Frances
enjoyed the diversified advantag.
es of a city school, possibly she
would not have been so we'll
grounded in n of the fundamen-
tails of a sound education. Good
teaching, it may be remarked, still
counts more than buildings and
equipment, however desirable
these may be as an aid. Parents
need not concern themselves over
the fact that their children can
not attend a city school when pu-
pills in schools like ours, with
good teaching, can lead the coun-
ty and city as in this instance.
Frances has a right to feel
proud of her victory and Mays
Landing has every reason to feel
proud of her, and Of the schools
and teachers whose years of etti-
cient, thorough work in the class
rooms made her triumph possible,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-14

Capt. James Creighton, whose
body was washed ashore off
Oceanville, was skipper of a fish
ing smack. Creighton, known for
his daring, was in command OF his
vessel when a sudden storm over
took the fleet several weeks ago.
Dry navy ships saved and toWed
the remainder of the vessels to
port after they had been battered
around for hours. No trace was
found of the Creighton craft until
a week ago, when a piece OF its
bow was picked up by a fishing
boat. Creighton had several mar
row escapes from death during
storms off this coast. Once he
was picked up by a South Ameri-
can freighter after drifting about
for five days in an open dory.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-14

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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-14
THE WORKING BOYS IN
COLLEGE.

Most right-minded American
citizens will hope that the Prince
ton students know what they are
talking about when they declare
that the man earning his way
through college commands even
greater respect from his mates
than he would receive otherwise.
There was a time when it made a
distinct difference whether a man
was working his passage or not.
Indeed, even the news from
Princeton, good as it is generally,
reveals the fact that a trace OF
the old feeling persists, because
several of the students now re-
porting have taken pains to add
to their announcement that there
Is no change in campus attitude
toward them except perhaps the
qualifying phrases among the
real Princeton men or among
the men | care most about"
1t goes without saying, of
course, that work at college-any
kind of works less unfashiona-
BILE than it was once. This happy
change is perhaps to be attributed
TO the modern American habit of
looking askance at oilers general
ly--a habit extending through all
ranks of society-but it is largely
the result of a different attitude
toward college life which has
been taken by the working stu
dents themselves. Whereas for
merly many of the boys earning
their expenses thought they were
doing all they ought to do when
they kept up reasonably we'll in
their studies, they are now def
nitely committed to the theory
that they as we'll as others owe
something to the college and so
they are contributing a good
share of their energy to extra
curricular activities.
The boys who + working their
way through college to-day are
likewise doing other things. At
Princeton, for instance, three out
of every four of them are engag-
ed In some form of campus activ-
ity, athletic or otherwise. AS long
as they maintain such a record as
that, they need not fear losing the
respect of their fellow students.
Nor is their cause hurt in the
least by the example of generosi-
ty furnished by one of their num-
Der. At mid-years a track athlete
turned back to the university a
$500 scholarship, with the expla-
nation that his earnings as senior