Four bootleggers caught, 1921
New Jersey Courier 15 Apr 1921
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Burlington City census, 1860 (part 13)
Pg# Hse# Fam# Name Age Race Occupation Birth 1 867 878 BELD..... Elisha 53 w hotel keepter NY 2 867 878 BELD..... Elizabeth 43 w PA 3 867 878 BELD..... Henry 22 w PA 4 867 878 BELD..... George 19 w PA 5 867 878 BELD..... Maria L. 23 w PA 6 867 878 BELD...... Elizabeth 14 w PA 7 867 878 PAGE William C. 40 w gentleman PA 8 867 878 RU...... Frederic 40 w PA 9 867 878 RU...... Ada 27 w PA 10 867 878 WATSON John 54 w Capt. U.S. Navy VA 11 867 878 WATSON Mrs. John 32 w VA 12 867 878 WATSON Toady 8 w VA 13 867 878 WATSON ? 28 w VA 14 867 878 DALE M.J. 40 w PA 15 867 878 HUGG Mary 50 b domestic NJ 16 867 878 ......WELL Caroline 30 ? domestic NJ 17 867 878 HAIGHT Eliza 40 b domestic NJ 18 867 878 HAIGHT Caroline 20 b domestic NJ 19 867 878 HILLMAN Lydia 18 b domest
Double Suicide in Lacey, 1939
New Jersey Courier 22 Sep 1939: A heart rending tragedy touched Ocean County homes Tuesday when Albert J. King, aged 36, and father of 3 small children, and Marie Pirozzi, aged 26, of Bergen avenue, Lakewood, were found dead in the rear seat of King's car in the woods near Lacey Road, about five miles West of Forked River. The man and woman were evidently victims of a suicide pact, as the police and Coroner J. Anderson have found no evidence of violence. The terrible discovery was made by William Cranmer of Forked River, who noticed the car in the woods as he drove along Lacey Road Tuesday afternoon. When he returned about 6:30 he again saw the machine and investigated. He found King's body sitting on the side of the rear seat of the car, and Mrs. Pirozzi's body was lying across the seat with her head nestled in his lap. A hose had been taped to the exhaust pipe of the car and pushed through a crack in the floor so as to supply the lethal carbon dioxide gas which broug
Suicide Pact in Forked River
The following grim story appeared in the New Jersey Courier on 22 Sep 1939: "A heart rending tragedy touched Ocean County homes Tuesday when Albert J. King, aged 36, and father of 3 small children, and Marie Pirozzi, aged 26, of Bergen avenue, Lakewood, were found dead in the rear seat of King's car in the woods near Lacey Road, about five miles West of Forked River. The man and woman were evidently victims of a suicide pact, as the police and Coroner J. Anderson have found no evidence of violence. The terrible discovery was made by William Cranmer of Forked River, who noticed the car in the woods as he drove along Lacey Road Tuesday afternoon. When he returned about 6:3w0 he again saw the machine and investigated. He found King's body sitting on the side of the rear seat of the car, and Mrs. Pirozzi's body was lying across the seat with her head nestled in his lap. A hose had been taped to the exhaust pipe of the car and pushed through a crack in the floor so as to