Dr. Potter gets married 1876
Lakewood Times and Journal 15 Jan 1876 Is this the same Dr. Potter who was put on trial a few years prior for killing his wife via abortion?
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Dr. Porter's store for sale, 1874
Less than a month after causing his wife's death during an abortion and being arrested, Dr. Porter's store in Bricksburg was up for public sale.
Dr. Charles Porter performs abortion that results in death of his wife, 1873
Lakewood Times and Journal 18 Jul 1874 AN ABORTION CASE IN BRICKSBURG ----- THE PERPETRATOR FLED TO PARTS UNKNOWN On Saturday last a death occurred in this village which, though not attracting special notice at the time beyond a very limited circle, has since been found to involve consequences of grave importance and tragical character. Evidence has been found that prove that a heinous crime has been committed --a crime of that class of which happily our citizens know very little from actual knowledge or experience, but which the spread of public intelligence through the press demonstrates to be of fearfully frequent occurrence. Want of space in this issue compels brevity in a preliminary statement; besides, the leading facts of the case are fully given in the accompanying report of the evidence taken before the Coroner's jury. On Tuesday morning last the suspicions of several of our leading citizens had been excited by the divulging of certain circumstances connected with the dea...
Dr. Charles H. Porter buys drug store, 1873
Lakewood Times and Journal 5 Jul 1873. This is the same Charles H. Porter arrested for murdering his wife in 1875.
News From Double Trouble, 1905
From the New Jersey Courier 28 Sep 1905 Mr. Crabbe made a trip to New York this week. Mr. Porter has returned to this place. Dr. Jones gave us a call last Monday. Howard Lee was over to Toms River on Saturday last. Bennie Havens has been on the sick list but is slowly recovering. Samuel Estlow and family are visiting relatives in Waretown. Mr. Richmond of Forked River was here Friday, with a load of fruit and vegetables. Mrs. Crabbe and family drove from Toms River on Wednesday. Messrs. Crabbe and Porter are continually making improvements in their Double Trouble property. Quite an exciting time here last Tuesday night when one of the iron gray horses deliberately walked out of the barn and gave the men quite a long chase before he would allow them to catch him. N. Herbert spent Saturday evening in Toms River.