Ocean County , NJ History

New Jersey Mirror 11 Mar 1908 Felice Ronca, royal consular agent at Trenton, conveyed information to Prosecutor Atkinson on Thursday of the arrest of Antonio Schiavo, in Italy, wanted for the murder of Guiseppe Merchurio, at the cranberry bogs of Rider & Wilkinson, at Hampton Gate, near Atsion, on October 29, last. He also advised the State's Attorney that as soon as all the testimony in the case has been taken and forwarded to the proper officials in Italy the prisoner will be tried there, and executed if found guilty, just as though the crime had been committed in that country. Prosecutor Atkinson is not yet sure that this form of trial proceedings will be satisfactory to him, and before taking any action toward forwarding testimony he will consult higher authorities to remove all doubt in his mind as to his rights in the matter. The crime for which Schiavo has been arrested occurred while he and Merchurio were out together gunning. The victim always carried at least $200

New Jersey Mirror 27 Nov 1907 Startling disclosures made by State Detective Parker, of Mount Holly, after information had been received by Prosecutor Atkinson on Wednesday last, have proven beyond all question that Burlington county has another murder case to record, with the pine belt in the vicinity of Atsion as the scene of the crime, and Guiseppe Merchurio, an Italian, the victim of a fellow countryman whose name has not been divulged. The fact thus established is the third murder to be chronicled in Burlington county within a week, the crimes committed in Burlington on Thursday and Friday nights being the other two. The information received by Prosecutor Atkinson on Wednesday last was to the effect that on October 29 Merchurio and his companion left the camp on the cranberry bogs of Rider & Wilkinson, near Atsion, where they were employed as pickers, and started on a gunning trip. Soon after their departure in the direction of Hampton, which is north of the bogs, a single g