Ocean County , NJ History

 Asbury Park Press 5 Sep 1980

Originally appeared in the New Jersey Mirror in September 1878. List dated Aug. 14, 1878 William Bisbing, collector Surname Given Name Amount Owed Absalom E.C. 1.00 Absalom James 1.00 Aregood John 1.00 Baker Edward 1.00 Bozarth George 1.00 Baily Harry 4.45 Barry John 1.00 Bennett Mark 1.00 Borden Job W. 1.50 Borden Mason 1.00 Bowne William 15.00 Brinton Charles 1.00 Brown Frank 7.19 Bunting Cornelius 1.50 Cammon James 1.50 Campbell Charles 1.50 Campbell Joseph 1.00 Casey John 1.50 Chambers George 1.00 Cheston Robert 69.69 Clark Adam 3.01 Cloran Henry 1.50 Closby Patrick 5.75 Clyde Matthew 1.00 Collins Michael 1.00 Conghlin S.B. 7.53 Conklin George 1.00 Conner Richard 1.50 Cox Jason .50

From the New Jersey Courier 15 Feb 1918

This story comes to us from the New Jersey Courier on 2 Aug 1929 BEACH HAVEN AXE MURDERER FOUND INSANE BY JURY Sam Conklin, Who Battered John Carlson's Head With Axe, Called Insane By Dr. Cotton A jury of seven men and five women, taken from the regular petit jury panel of the December term, on Wednesday pronounced Samuel T. Conklin, Beach Haven, as insane and unfit to stand trial for the murder of John Carlson. Conklin had previously, since his arrest, admitted the killing of Carlson on his (Conklin's) houseboat near Beach Haven, on Sunday night, December 16 last in a drunken brawl. Carlson's body was found next morning along the main road to Beach Haven, his head smashed in with an axe, and his face battered. A wide trail showed that the body had been dragged from Conklin's houseboat on the bay shore. Conklin said that they had a quarrel over a sick dog and he had killed Carlson, or the other man would have killed him. Conklin was indicted for murder. Before t