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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
KENTON MAN IS
SLAIN In BRAWI
ChaS. Brown Fatally Shot At Drink,
ing Party; w. H. HOffecker, Jr.,
Is Held

Charles Brown, age 35, of near
Kenton, formerly a resident of
Philadelphia, is dead from a shot
gun wound over the heart, and w.
Homer HOffecker, Jr., aged 2S, also
of near KentOn, is being held with
out bail at Dover as his slayer, as
I the result of an alleged drinking
Z party at the home of Roy Cahall,
at Kenton. shortly after one o'clock
Monday morning.
Following the fatal shot, Hoffec-
ker, who is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Homer HOffecker, members Of
well known Delaware family, is
alleged to have fled from the scene,
but was captured on a farm near
the home of Alex Darrah, not far
away, by Sergeant Powell, and Pri-
Yates VanSant and Sullivan, of the
State highway police.
Brown Was Knocked Down
Brown and Hoffecker had stopped
at the home of'the Cahalls late Sun
day night and are said to have had
some drinks. During their stay. an
argument arose between the pair.
Mrs. Cahall is said to have ordered
them out of the house If they
wanted to wrangle. Outside of the
house, the pair started. to fight and
Brown was knocked down.
According to the police, Hoffecker
then went into the house, followed
by Mrs. Cahall, protesting, and Sc
cured a shot gun. In a short while.
Brown is said to have re-entered
the house and as he did, Hohfecker
is alleged to have fired the shot gun
at him. Brown fell to the floor ap-
parently dead the load of Shot
having penetrated near his heart
His assistant fed.
Mrs. Cahall Calls Doctor
Mrs. Cahall called a physician
Tor the ambulance. However, when
The physician from Smyrna arrived
he pronounced Brown dead. Brown
had been living in the Kenton see
ion for only short time.
So far as the police could learn.
here had been no previous ami
Mostly between the two men until
he argument arose while they were
drinking.
Due to the illness Of the coroner.
10 date has been set for the inquest
rhe police are still investigatine
'arious angles of the AFFAIR.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
TWO CENT TAX ON CHECKS
DIED WITH OLD YEAR

Expiring with 1884 was the So
called nuisance" tax of 2 cents on
each bank check.
Made effective 80 months ago, this
levy had yielded S1O1 100000 to the
Treasury Golfers up to the close of
November. This was slightly more
than S3,400,000 per month.
Under the law, the tax expired at
midnight, Dec. 31st, 1884, and all in
dications have been that Congress
will not renew 1t.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
SHAWNEE HOME DEMON.
STRATION CLUB NOTES

The holiday party for Shawnee
Club members and their families will
be held at Shawnee Church, January
4th, Friday. at 7.30. A very enjoy
able evening is expected for very
young and old alike, so come one,
come all.
The regular monthly meeting will
be held January 11th, at 2 O'Clock.
Start the new year right by being
present.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
STOP! LOOK, LIsTEN,

On January II, 1885, beginning at
z o'clock in the evening, a social
with ice cream, cake. pie, candy and
hot dogs on sale, will be held in the
house recently vacated by the Wat
kins family, adjoining the farm of
Edwin Prettyman, Williamsville. The
social is under the auspices Of the
Church Aid. Proceeds used for
Church.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

Mrs. Della Hall Deakyne is spend.
ing sometime in New York CITY.
-
Miss Sara w. McColIey is VISITING
relatives and friends in Wilmington
and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. William V. Grier re-
turned on Thursday after a cruise
on the Europa to Nassau.
Gene Pratt, of Pottsville. Pa.
spent New Years with Mrs. Pratt
and with his mother, Mrs. J. Lynn
Pratt.
Or. and Mrs. William /. Messicl,
Of Baltimore, Md, were the week-
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Frank
lin NAPLES.
Mrs. Jesse G. Hamilton and two
children, Of Carnegie, Pa. are the
guests of her parents. Mr.. and Mis-.
Saunders NJ. Truitt.
Mrs. Martha Benson, of Chicago.
and New York City, who has been
visiting Miss Ida Draper. returned
TO New York city on Wednesday.
Mrs. Fred Wetsel, who has been
the holiday guest of her mother
Mrs. Annie f. Bennett. returned to |
her home in New York City on Tues !
day.
Miss Ann Hall Wilson returned to |
her home in Philadelphia on We'd
nesday after spending the past two
weeks with her mother. Mrs. Sadie
VI. Wilson.
Curtis Williams. who has been
spending his vacation with his par-
ants, Mr.. ard Mrs. c. G. williams.
near town, returned to Chapel Hill,
\. C.. on Sunday.
Miss Bess Ratcliff, of Philadelphia.
who has been spending the holidays
With her sisters. Miss Anna Ratcliff,
md Mrs George II. Baynum. return
d home on Wednesday.
Miss Elizabeth James left yester-
lay for RandOlph-MacOn College at
-ynchburg. Va. after spending her
'hristmas vacation with her par
nts, DR.. and Mrs. Oliver V. James.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arlington r. Trice
f Arlington. Pa, spent the week
nd with his mother. Mrs. Annie :
rice and his brother ami sister.
Iiss Cora Trice and Howard Trice
t Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
NEW HOME COMPLETED

Mr.. Benjamin Davis, a retired
farmer of Milford. is building a fine
two-story brick house of North Wal
nut Street. One Of the unique fea-
lures of the dwelling is the fact that
the sills Of the porch are not of
framing but Of brick. this eliminating
all danger Of a sagging floor which
is caused when the sills rot.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
MILFORD MAN HELD
ON SERIOUS CHARGE

Bruce F. Cole. of Milford. is be-
ing held under $4,000 bail on three
charges, threatening to kill his mo-
ther-in-law, Mrs. Hattie NJ. Massey,
to kill his brother-in-
law, James Massey, and wife beat
ing. He was held by Magistrate
Harry B. Thaw. In default of bail
he was committed to Jail.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

Mrs. Frederick J. Breme leaves
on Thursday to spend the week
end in Wilmington where she
Will be the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. George C. Herring, Jr., of
Gordon Heights. On Friday eve
ming Mrs. Breme will be a guest
of honor at the Women's College
junior prom. Miss Alice Breme,
the president of the class will
receive the guests. and her
mother will receive with her.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
'0httnaru
Fields

FIELDS
Ernest F. Fields, aged 6S years,
died at his home in Seaford. on Sat
urday night, December 20, 1884, of
heart failure. He owned a large bar
bering business in Seaford and 20
years ago was employed in Milford.
He was member of Hiram Lodge.
A. F. and A. NJ, of Seaford. He leaves
a wife. two brothers, Samuel P, of
Seaford, and Bayne. of Easton. Md.
and two sisters. Miss Eta Fields,
and MisI Marion Fields, both of Sea-
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
MANY BOYS PROFIT By
VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE

The State Department of Public
Instruction has received from the
State Supervisor of Vocational Asri-
culture, w. Lyle Mowlds. the report
of survey he has just completed
in which he has determined the
present occupation of all boys who
studied vocational agriculture in the
high schools of Delaware since 1918.
OF the 1874 boys in these classes.
752 or ass percent are now actively
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

percent are in some type of work
closely related to agriculture, max
ing a total of 61.2 percent in agricul-
ture or related work. 1853, or 10.5
percent have gone to college, and
1.6 percent are deceased.
This proportion of boys who study
agriculture in school and then con-
tinue to farm after leaving school
compares very well with those of
other states of the union.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
LAST MINUTE SPORT FLASH

We challenge all lower Delaware
Ping-Pong players.
VIM. E. Miller,
John T. MCGEE.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

.lll7 T seems that this is
sue of 1885 should
have something ab1ut
resolutions, and in
----I locking over new
Christmas Book of Quotations
this on2 was found: There is
no such thing in mans nature
as settled and full resO've
either for good or evil, EXCEPT
at the very moment of execu-
ti0n." A writer, none other than
Hawthorne, sail these words
many, many years ago, but they
suit the present day just as wei
as they probably suited a CEN
tury ago. Our resolves for good
at the beginning of the New
Year are earnest and sincere,
but as time goes on, and the
with to maintain them grows a
bit fainter and fainter. it is no
time before the page on whi h
they are written is quite blur
red and illegible. The resolution,
to make this year a better one
than last. seems one that is
likely to be kept, for the years
are better all the time, for the
most of us. So it is a ctoru
Good wishes for 1885"
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

To welcome the New Year
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Draper,
Jr.. and Miss Elizabeth Carlisle
invited fifty o. more to be their
guests on Monday evening, at
the Draper home. Arriving at
ten the guests made merry until
the new year had been ushered
in
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

On Tuesday evening Mrs.
Ralph Mills was hostess to a
number CT her friends when at
$50 she served a buffet supper.
The evening was devoted to
bridge and games.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Holland Pretty
man entertained a number of
their friends on Thursday, De-
cemRer p, when they gave a
buffet supper at their home on
East Front Street. Bridge and
games followed.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
FONTANGES


Frederick J. MOntanges died on
Tuesday, January l, 1885. at $3.50 a.
M, in the Milford Emergency Hos
pital. after a three weeks illness of
a heart infection. Funeral services
from st. Johns r. &. Church, Mil
ford. Saturday morning at Q o'clock.
Interment in Holy Cross cemetery,
Philadelphia at 1:30. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Frances Fon-
tanges. Mr.. FOntanges had Travelled
over the peninsula as a commercial
tourist for 80 years and had made
friends who will be shocked and
grieved at his death.
x%&
LANK
Peter A. Lank died Thursday. De-
cember -. 1884. at his home in
Lewes, aged IS years. He was a con-
tractor and builder. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Martha Nailor
I Lank; one son. Wilbur A. Lank, of
Conn; two daughters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hodgson, of Days
boro. and Mrs. Adelia Ingram. of
Rehoboth: one brother. John H.
Lank. of West Collingswood. n. J.
=w&
CLENDANIEL
Mrs. Eliza P. Clendaniel, widow OF
he late Isaac. J. .Clendaniel. died at
ler home. near Robbins Station. on
Friday morning. December %, 1884,
aged 73 years. The funeral was held
Sunday at McColley's Chapel. Inter-
nent in cemetery adjoining. She
caves three sons and four daugh-
ers and a host of relatives and
riends. Rev. E. n. Wright officiated. !
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
Z1Is.9IzE83sIN1 1iyZ93SZ Z1ISH HIsEE31-S0Is

On Friday evening the first
annual dance Of the Kent-Sus-
sex Cotillion Ciub was given in
the Varney Auditorium. More
than eight hundred. guests were
present to enjoy the dancing, as
well as the added features-a
floor show. Charlie Kerr, a we'll
known leader of Philadelphia
with his orchestra furnished the
music for the evening. Elaborate
decorations of Christmas trees
and green and red streamers, eff
fectively used. made the Audi
tOrium a beautiful background
for the stunning gowns which
the ladies wore. Edward NJ.
Davis with his partner, Miss
Florence Austin. led the grand
march which began the dancing
that Kept up until the wee small
hours. The patrons for the
dance were Mr.. and Mrs. B. B.
Vinyard, Miss Florence M. Pot
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Man
love. Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Lynn
and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lofand.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

Another New Years Eve party
was that which Edward. M. Davis
gave at the Windsor Hotel to a
group of sixty-fve guests, from
ten until one Dancing and a
floor show, with supper served
at eleven-thirty, and a parade
around town with a band, was
the greeting of the New Year
for this group of merrymakers.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

On December goth friends and
neighbors of Mrs. Daniel Kin
der gave her a birthday surprise
party at her home on East Front
Street. About twenty-five were
present to enjoy the evening.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

Miss Lena Short was hostess
to the Wednesday Evening
Bridge Club this week.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

A wedding of special interest
to Milford folks is that of Miss
Reva B. VOshell, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter F. Voshell, of
Wilmington, to josiah w. Bos-
ton, which took place on We'd
nesday, December 26, 1884, at
eleven in the Middletown Meth
Odist Episcopal Church. The
Reverend Ernest c. Hallman, a
friend and former pastor of Mr..
Boston's, performed. the cere-
mony. The brides only attend
ant was her sister, Mrs. Elva
Powell. The groom was attend
ed by the father of the bride.
Mrs. Boston was formerly asso-
ciated with the Hercules Powder
Company. Mr.. Boston the
popular assistant superinten-
dent of the Milford Schools. The
newlyweds spent their honey
moon in New York City and are
now at home in their new resi-
dence at Second and Charles
streets, South Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

The Kings Daughters will
meet with Mrs. Elmer Williams
at her home on Lake View Ave
nue. on Thursday at three.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

Mrs. Carl Allen will entertain
the members of the Volunteer
Sunday School Glass at her home
on West Front Street on Tues
day evening.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

Renew yOur aubserIpsIoa now.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

Don't overhead your home.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

DR.. and Mrs. Frank L. Grier
entertained informally at their
home, Lakelawn. on New Years
Day.
Evening star., 1935-01-18

Garage DlScOvery
Told by Witness.
The questioning turned to the dis
covery of the compartment" in the
Hauptmann garage wall in which
Wallace said the two packages Of
money were found.
Wallace, holding photograph Of
the section Of the garage. pointed out
to the jury the compartment found
by a board nailed across two beams.
@. Now the New York police officers
continued to search in and about the
garage after that?
A. They did.
Evening star., 1935-01-18

fall from the kidnN. ladder, had re-
ceived the leg injury.
Mrs. Achenbach sat quietly on the
witness stand, her face toward the
jury Hauptnann stared hard at her
Reilly took the witness and asked:
@. After Anna Hauptmann came
back from Europe in 1928 with your
children, did she present you with a
bill?
A. Yes.
@. And you refused to pay it?
A. guess that's right.
Mrs Hauptmann listened intently
to Mrs. Achenbach's testimony. mani
Testing interest. She laughed when
the witness insisted the cost of trip
to Europe for one of her children
with Mrs. Hauptmann had been repaid.
Reilly brought out that Mrs. Achen-
Evening star., 1935-01-18

bach had seen no bandage on Haupt-
mann's leg, no cane or crutch, no
smell of arnica"
1T could have been rheumatism"
Reilly remarked. Mrs. Achenbach
grinned
Court recessed for lunch at 1926
with the witness still on the stand.
The court was jammed for the
afternoon session. Window sills were
again much sought point Of vantage
and the steps leading up to the judges
dais were pre-empted by early corners.
Attorney General Wilentz said he
hoped to reach Hauptmann's stock
market transactions before the days
session ended. These Wall street op-
erations, the prosecution contends,
were financed by the $50,00o ransom
paid for the Lindbergh baby.
Stock Market Deals
Will Be Aired.
Great bundles of exhibits, showing
records of Hauptmanns career as a
dabbler in the stock market, were
Evening star., 1935-01-18

No. DIR. Charles H. Mitchell,
Mercer County physician, who per-
formed the autopsy on the kid
naped son of Charles A. Lindbergh.
He is shown on the witness stand
describing how the child died
practically instantaneously from
a very extensive fracture Of the
skull"
No. 2-Thomas H. Sisk, left, and
H. F. Seery, special agents of the
Department Of Justice, who testi-
fled against Hauptmann. While
Sisk was discussing discovery Of
ransom money in Hauptmann's
home, Hauptmann arose and
screamed: Mister, mister, you
stop lying; you are telling a story"
No. Edward J. Reilly, chief Of
defense counsel, STOPPING over a
snowbank on his way out Of the
court house. The photographer
did not wait to see whether Reilly
was about to throw snow ball.
No. 4-Hauptmann looking over
evidence with a member of his
counsel. c. Lloyd Fisher.
No. 5-Jimmy Foxx. the base
ball star. presenting his pass to
State Trooper r. Wirth as he at
tended the trial
"A. P. and Wide World Photos.
Evening star., 1935-01-18

A. He said no.
Hauptmann said the money had
been in a shoe box and was wet
Wallace related.
He stated he had it in basket
out in the yard to dry" the witness
continued.
Then, Wallace added, Hauptmann
told of putting 1t in the garage.
Court recessed for S minutes at
11:40 am.
Ransom Money Gathered
Up Quickly at Recess.
Robert Peacock, assistant attorney
general, gathered the ransom money
up quickly from the jury box rail as
Justice Trenchard announced the re-
cess.
Wallace returned to the stand tc
face the cross-examination of c. Lloyo
Fisher as court resumed at l1:48 am
Fisher asked Wallace to relate
your conversations with the de-
fendant Hauptmann at the time Of
the arrest, just as it happened Wal
lace did so.
@. Did he say he had any more
money?
A. He said he had no more golc
certificates, only some gold coins.
Wallace told Fisher he had moi
heard testimony that Hauptmanr
told the police he had "a hundred
left"
Fisher turned to the preparation O
specimen writings by Hauptmann a
the request of the police. Wallace
pointing to an exhibit held by Fisher
said it had been written some tim
after midnight September 90"
From the time of arrest in tn
morning until he began to writ,
Hauptmann was handcuffed to Wal
lace, Fisher brought out.
Witness Tells of Returning
To Search for Money.
The court room tensed a bit il
anticipation Fisher would attempt t.
elicit testimony that Hauptmann wa
forced by police to use the ransom
note spellings so he would furthe
link himself to the kidnapping case
Wallace told how he returned Il
search the Hauptmann house AM
garage the day of the arrest.
@. AS a matter of fact, didn'
you go back to the house and lool
for the money exactly where Brun
Richard Hauptmann told Inspecto
Lyons he put it?
A. No one ever gave me any sucl
information.
@. Where did he say he got tn
money?
A. He stated he got the shoe box
the money-from Isador Ffsch.
Wilentz objected to Fishers CUES
ton on the connection of the none
with the eXtortion indictment pendin
against Hauptmann. Justice Trench
ard sustained the objection. Wallac
was excused after a brief redirect ex
animation.
Hauptmann's Neighbor
Tells of Conversation.
Mrs Ella Achenbach, heavy middle
aged woman, followed Wallace to tn
stand. She said she lived six or sevel
blocks from Hauptmann's home in tn
Bronx.
@. Did you see Mr.. Bruno Richar,
Hauptmann after the kidnapping?
A. One or two days after the kid
naping I saw Mrs Hauptmanh an,
she said they had just come back from
trip.
Then came Mrs. Hauptmann's out
burst.
! Taking up her story she said Haupt
Evening star., 1935-01-18
@. What did they find?

@. What did they find?
A. A gallon shellac can buried under
a work bench.
Wilentz offered the shellac can in
evidence subject to connection with
the case.
Were going to show now that it
was loaded with ransom notes" he
said
Pope objected to the introduction in
evidence of the varnish can as having
no materially" unless shown to have
connection with the case.
@. What was found in the can?
A. Two cloths were in the top of
the can and two packages wrapped
in newspaper.
@. There are the two towels
(Wilentz displayed the cloths)?
A. Yes.
@. I understand you found some
money in the shellac can.
A. Yes.
@. How much money?
A. s11,930.
@. What kind Of money?
A. Lindbergh ransom money gold
certificates.
Wilentz thrust heavy portfolio
full of money into the troopers lap.
"Pick it out for me-" he directed
and the trooper started to take out
package after package.
Position of Bills
! Is Stressed.
@. Are these bills in the packages
Just as they were found?
A. Yes.
@. So that there in that can were
the bills as found?
A. Yes, sir.
The bills were produced by Wilentz,
as the State sought to develop they
were in the same order as listed by
the Morgan banking employees.
The Jury box rail was completely
lined with money now. The ransom
bills, the newspapers in which they
were wrapped, the two towels which
covered the money in the shellac can
all these exhibits were there for
the eight men and four women in the
jury to stare at.
Wilentz turned to add these bills
| to those already on the jury box rail,
with the announcement in formal
tone:
FIFTY $40 bills-5o $40 gold certifi-
Gates"
He turned to Justice Trenchard and
said: I'VE are showing all OF these
bills bore the serial numbers listed
Juror Rosie Pill roved her eyes
along the money -jammed rail and
shook her head.
| @. As you walked into the garage
was the can concealed?
A. Yes. It was underneath the
work bench near the south wall OF
| the garage. There were two uprights,
| which concealed the can from view.
O. So it was under the bench, be-
tween the uprights, in a compart-
ment concealed by wide board?
] A. Yes.
Bruno Told Police
He Had No More Cash.
The detective then recounted how
he returned to the police station and
| confronted Hauptmann with the
money found.
@. Did you ask if he had any more
money?
| A. I did. He said no.
@. Any more gold certificates?
A. He said no.
@. Any more Of Col. Lindberghs
money?
Evening star., 1935-01-18
"HONEYMO0N CRUISE"
SAVED FROM DISASTER
Couple in Seagoing Canoe Almost
Starved in Gulf of California,
Yachtsman Reveals.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LAGUNA BEACH, Calf, January
18.-The perilous honeymoon cruise"
Of Dana U. Lamb Of Boston, Mass,
and his bride, a former Santa Ana,
Calf, girl. almost ended in death by
starvation, Hiram Horton, yachts
man, said yesterday on his return
from a trip to tropical waters.
n an 18-foot canoe. Lamb and
his wife left here nearly seven months
ago on a projected voyage around
Cape Horn.
Horton reported they reached the
Gulf of Lower California safely, and
there ran out of food They were
picked up by fishing boat.
The yachtsman said Lamb had re-
plenished stores and continued his
hazardous voyage.
Evening star., 1935-01-18

mann Joined them as they were talk
ing on her front porch that mofning
Q. Did you observe Hauptmann that
morning?
A. When he went down my front
steps he kind of supported himself on
the side of the stoop.
Mrs. Achenbach said Mrs. Haupt-
mann explained Richard hurt his leg
during the trip"
The wife, she said. touched Haupt-
mann's left leg with sort of massage
motion" while the couple were on her
porch.
Evidence Tends to Show
Bruno's Leg Injured.
Wilentz released the witness without
further development Of the implica-
ton that Hauptmann. in his alleged
Evening star., 1935-01-18
REEDSVILLE GETS FUND

Secretary Ickes yesterday allotted
an additional 100000 to the Reeds
vile, w. Va, subsistence homestead
project in which Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt has taken much interest.
The Reedsville community was the
first Of the 81 projects sponsored
by the Division of Subsistence Home
steads.
Mrs. Roosevelt's frequent trips to
Reedsville drew attention to the West
Virginia project and later an attempt
was made to establish a Government
factory to manufacture post Office
equipment there. Congress, however
rejected the proposal.