The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-02
GOldfield Inn
Scene OF Third
Shooting Fray
James Rose, Smiths Landing,
Killed by Howard
STARTED ARGUMENT
IN CRAP GAME
Rose Had Threatened To "Kill
Somebody" - Murder Gun
Lost

Inc GOldneld Inn, the raw spot
in Personalities otherwise smooth
responsibility, harbored it's third
shooting affair, this. one fatal, on
Saturday night.
James Rose, colored, a resident
of Smiths Landing, was shot
through the abdomen just below
the heart, dying few minutes
later while being rushed to the
Atlantic City hospital.
William Howard ,colored, a gam
bier and resident of the Goldfield
Inn, was held without bail for the
grand jury on charge of first
degree murder.
Witnesses of the affair state that
Rose had been drinking heavily,
becoming sullen and dangerous.
He had threatened to "get" some
body before the evening was over.
He was sitting at dice table at
which Howard was croupier when
he suddenly left his chair and
walked around toward Howard. He
reached in his hip pocket, but
Howard pulled a revolver and shot
him once through the body.
AS Rose slumped to the floor,
Howard got up quietly, walked
down the stairs and out the door,
throwing his gun into the meadows.
Someone in the house called the
Pleasantville police Immediately,
and four men, Spencer Coleman,
James Teller, Samuel Sorrel and
Harry Spencer, all of Pleasantville,
picked up Rose and carried him to
a machine, rushing him to the
Atlantic City hospital. He was
dead upon arrival.
officers Conway and Wilson
placed the four men under arrest
as material witnesses. Sergeant
Betterton and officers MAESTRO, Don
ney. Lopez, McGhee and Reeves
lined up the occupants of the gam
bling den. searching them for con-
cealed weapons. Officer Linwood
Lopez placed Howard under arrest
after finding him concealed in a
room on the second floor. Howard
confessed, it is said, and offered
no resistance.
Elton Gramm, the only confessed
seye witness of the. shooting, was
held under $1,000 bail, the others
were held under $500 each.
Demand was made upon the
Pleasantville Common Council last
evening tosclose Goldfield Inn and
to keep it closed. The demand was
in the form of a petition which had
rs signers petitioning your honor
able body to close .Goldfield Inn for
the protection of our families, the
suppression Of disorder and to in
sure the quietness of our rest period
and the enjoyment of our Sabbath
The petition was backed by the
appearance of a large number of
residents of the neighborhood
around Goldfield Inn. Speakers re-
lated how they had been annoyed
by the noise and goings on at all
hours of the night at Goldfield Inn;
how the frequenters of the place
wandered about the street in a
disorderly condition. They declared
that two murders had taken place
there and one person had been
found dead in bed.
President Englehardt called
upon Mayer Jackson as head of
the police to discuss the situation
and the Mayor replied that Chief
Of Police Naylor had closed Cold
field Inn at 3 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. Mayor Jackson explained that
it is the intention of the police to
keep the first floor closed. The
upper floors are used as room
ing house.
Those who made the protest were
assured that every effort will be
made to keep Goldfield Inn closed.
The matter was referred to the
Mayor.