Daughter born to William Riddle, Jr. 1874
New Jersey Courier 17 Dec 1874
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Dr. Porter's store for sale, 1874
Less than a month after causing his wife's death during an abortion and being arrested, Dr. Porter's store in Bricksburg was up for public sale.
Dr. Charles Porter performs abortion that results in death of his wife, 1873
Lakewood Times and Journal 18 Jul 1874 AN ABORTION CASE IN BRICKSBURG ----- THE PERPETRATOR FLED TO PARTS UNKNOWN On Saturday last a death occurred in this village which, though not attracting special notice at the time beyond a very limited circle, has since been found to involve consequences of grave importance and tragical character. Evidence has been found that prove that a heinous crime has been committed --a crime of that class of which happily our citizens know very little from actual knowledge or experience, but which the spread of public intelligence through the press demonstrates to be of fearfully frequent occurrence. Want of space in this issue compels brevity in a preliminary statement; besides, the leading facts of the case are fully given in the accompanying report of the evidence taken before the Coroner's jury. On Tuesday morning last the suspicions of several of our leading citizens had been excited by the divulging of certain circumstances connected with the dea...
1874 court case--Conway and Co. v John Hance and Son
NEW JERSEY OCEAN COUNTY --COURT FOR THE TRIAL OF SMALL CAUSES, HOLDEN BEFORE WARREN G. ABBE, JUSTICE JOHN M. CONWAY JOHN LUNION (SP?) AND LEONARD PAULSON JR. PARTNERS TRADING AS JOHN M. CONWAY AND CO. PLAINTIFFS ON DEBT ON ACCOUNT DEMAND $22.57 VS. JOHN HANCE AND CHARLES V. HANCE PARTNER TRADING AS JOHN HANCE AND SON, DEFENDANT 1874 NOV 14 A SUMMONS IN THE ABOVE CASE TETURNABLE BEFORE ME ON THE 23D INSTANT AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. NOV 23 SMITH COWDRICK CONSTABLE RETURNED THE SUMMONS AS FOLLOWS. SERVED THE -- ON CHARLES V. HANCE, NOV 16 BY READING IT TO HIM AND GIVING HIM A COPY. JOHN HANCE NOT BEING FOUND I SERVED IT ON HIM NOV 16TH, 1874 BY LEAVING A COPY THEREOF AT HIS OUSE IN PRESENCE OF CHARLES V. HANCE, HIS SON, ONE OF HIS FAMILY, A FREE PERSON OF THE AGE OF FOURTEEN YEARS WHO WAS INFORMED BY ME OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF. NOV 23 THE PLAINTIFFS APPEARED AND FILED THEIR STATE OF DEMAND AND A COPY OF THEIR ACCOUNT WITH AN AFFIDAVIT O...
News From Lakehurst, 1874
Lakewood Times and Journal 17 Dec 1874 We notice the finger-boards indicating direction and distance are being placed up at the prominent points of public roads.
News from Bricksburg, 1874
Lakewood Times and Journal 12 Dec 1874 We notice the fingerboards, indicating direction and distance are being placed up at the prominent points of public roads The evening train from New York was detained at Bricksburg on Tuesday last. The detention was caused by the leakage of some of the locomotive pipes. The citizens of Bricksburg have already forwarded a generous package of goods to one suffering family in Nebraska. The friends and neighbors of Rev. Isaac Todd will make him a donation visit on Wednesday afternoon and evening next, 16th inst.
News from Lakewood, 1874
From Lakewood Times and Journal, 17 Dec 1874 We notice the finger-boards indicating direction and distance are being placed up at the prominent points of public roads.