Ocean County , NJ History

From the New Jersey Mirror 9 Oct 1935: County detectives and state troopers report that robbery was the motive for the murder of Herman Eilers, 62, who was found shot to death at his poultry farm on Cedar lane, between Jacksonville and Bustleton, in Florence township, on Monday night. Arthur Thieren, a neighbor, discovered the crime when he stopped at the farm that night to buy eggs. Eilers' body was lying near the kitchen door. Two men, who have been arrested and committed to jail, have admitted the crime, police report. They are George Hildebrand, 35, a farmhand living near Columbus, and Jacob J. Ceimingo, 16, of the Burlington-Columbus road, near Burlington. Ceimingo, troopers report, confessed shooting Eilers in the presence of Hildebrand. Arrested on complaint of Seargeant Carlson of Columbus barracks, the prisoners were given a hearing before Justice of the Peace William H. Grady, Vincentown, yesterday and committed to jail. They pleaded guilty to murder. Death resulted f...

New Jersey Mirror 9 Oct 1935 County detectives and state troopers report that robbery was the motive for the murder of Herman Eilers, 62, who was found shot to death at his poultry farm on Cedar lane, between Jacksonville and Bustleton, in Florence township, on Monday night. Arthur Thieren, a neighbor, discovered the crime when he stopped at the farm taht night to buy eggs. Eilers' body was lying near the kitchen door. Two men, who have been arrested and committed to jail, have admitted the crime, polic report. They are George Hildebrand, 35, a farmhand living near Columbus, and Jacob J. Ceimingo, 16, of the Burlington-Columbus road, near Burlington. Ceimingo, troopers report, confessed shooting Eilers in the presence of Hildebrand. Arrested on complaint of Seargeant Carlson of Columbus barracks, the prisoners were given a hearing before Justice of the Peace William H. Grady, Vincentown, yesterday and committed to jail. They pleaded guilty to murder. Death resulted from two guns...