Murder in Manitou Park, 1960
New Jersey Courier from 26 May 1930:
"MANITOU PARK--Mrs. Rebecca More has been charged with murdering her estranged husband, John, 59, after an argument Saturday night. State Police at the Toms River barracks said that the couple returned from visiting taverns, and Mrs. Moore used an ax to kill her husband. She is being held without bail in Ocean County Jail for a hearing in Muncipal Court tomorrow night. Until she was charged with murder, she had been free in $3,000 bail on a charge of possessing a deadly weapon and assault with intent to kill. The assault charge was brought before Magistrate William E. O'Connor in Municipal Court on Friday by Sterling Smith, Second Street."
Note the two different spellings of the last name, "More" and "Moore"--that's how it appears in the article. Not surprisingly, neither the Sterlings or More/Moore families appear on the 1930 census.
"MANITOU PARK--Mrs. Rebecca More has been charged with murdering her estranged husband, John, 59, after an argument Saturday night. State Police at the Toms River barracks said that the couple returned from visiting taverns, and Mrs. Moore used an ax to kill her husband. She is being held without bail in Ocean County Jail for a hearing in Muncipal Court tomorrow night. Until she was charged with murder, she had been free in $3,000 bail on a charge of possessing a deadly weapon and assault with intent to kill. The assault charge was brought before Magistrate William E. O'Connor in Municipal Court on Friday by Sterling Smith, Second Street."
Note the two different spellings of the last name, "More" and "Moore"--that's how it appears in the article. Not surprisingly, neither the Sterlings or More/Moore families appear on the 1930 census.
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