Two women killed by Richard Lamb in 1923
New Jersey Courier 2 Feb 1923
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Murder at Chairville, 1907
From the New Jersey Mirror 1 May 1907: Murder was not the object of the gang of hoodlums from Tabernacle who became drunk with Medford whisky on Saturday night and then started out in their quarrelsome condition to hunt trouble, but that is what their spree resulted in, and seven young men are now in jail awaiting the action of the Grand Jury upon the brutal beating to death of David Beebe, at Chairville. There is no question that over-indulgence in rum was directly responsible for the tragedy, as all the parties concerned, even the victim, are said to have been under the influence of liquor when the fight took place. The crowd of men from the vicinity of Tabernacle, after imbibing too often from the cup that cheers, jumped at the suggestion of one of their number that they go to the home of Irwin Mathis, at Chairville, and break up a dance that they knew was in progress there. It was past midnight when they reached the little hamlet where they expected to raise the disturbance. So