Ocean County , NJ History

from the New Jersey Mirror 20 NOV 1912 J. Frank Hickey, a well-known chemist, was arrested near Whitings, Ocean county, by Sheriff Chilton, yesterday, at the request of the Buffalo, N.Y., authorities on a charge of murder. It is alleged that he was the slayer of little Joseph Josephs, whose dismembered body was found in a cesspool at Lackawanna, near Buffalo, Saturday. The Sheriff went to Keswick, just outside of Whitings, and placed Hickey under arrest, taking him to Toms River, where he will be held until the authorities arrive from Buffalo. According to the Sheriff, Hickey denied positively any knowledge of the murder of the boy. He denounced his arrest as an outrage and said that he would be able to prove his innocence very easily. The arrest was made on the telegraphed order of Chief of Police Regan, of Buffalo, who said that Hickey was employed at the Lackawanna Steel Company's plant at the time the Josephs boy was missed and that his handwriting corresponds with that of the

from the New Jersey Mirror 20 NOV 1912 J. Frank Hickey, a well-known chemist, was arrested near Whitings, Ocean county, by Sheriff Chilton, yesterday, at the request of the Buffalo, N.Y., authorities on a charge of murder. It is alleged that he was the slayer of little Joseph Josephs, whose dismembered body was found in a cesspool at Lackawanna, near Buffalo, Saturday. The Sheriff went to Keswick, just outside of Whitings, and placed Hickey under arrest, taking him to Toms River, where he will be held until the authorities arrive from Buffalo. According to the Sheriff, Hickey denied positively any knowledge of the murder of the boy. He denounced his arrest as an outrage and said that he would be able to prove his innocence very easily. The arrest was made on the telegraphed order of Chief of Police Regan, of Buffalo, who said that Hickey was employed at the Lackawanna Steel Company's plant at the time the Josephs boy was missed and that his handwriting corresponds with that of the