Stray dogs a big problem in Lakehurst
New Jersey Courier 14 Oct 1897
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Horrible crime at Pasadena, 1917
New Jersey Courier 12 Oct 1917 "CHARRED BODIES, MAN AND CHILD TELL HORRIBLE STORY OF MURDER" Huge Brick Plant at Pasadena Burnt to Hide Double Crime When Samuel Chattin of Pasadena yesterday noon saw smoke rolling up from the big Brooks Brae plant at that place, he and his son rushed to the plant, and peering through the window into the fiery furnace within, he saw the body of his own twelve year old daughter, Hannah, lying upon a cot beside that of a man. The interior of the room was flame and smoke, and the roof was tumbling in, so they dared not enter. With the aid of neighbors they got pieces of timber through the window and worked the cot nearly to the window, when the cot overturned and the bodies rolled off. Later the little girl's body was taken from the ruins, just the trunk and part of the head; that of the man was also found, with arms, legs and head missing. It was an Austrian, Gildo Plazziano, who was watchman at the brick plant. The big brick plant said