Frank Fradella tries to shoot Russel Horner, 1923
New Egypt Press 6 Sep 1923
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Samuel Waterman accidentally shoots himself, 1844
New Jersey Mirror 31 Oct 1844 At Mannahawkin, on Friday October 25, 1844, Samuel Waterman, (colored), late in the service of Charles Bispham,Esq., of Mount Holly. The death of this person was occasioned by the accidental discharge of a gun, whilst he was in the act of lifting it from a boat: the hammer having caught on the edge of the seat and been raised, the cap exploded under the reaction, and the gun was fired. he received the whole charge in the right side and died instantly; some of the shot having passed entirely throughout the body. He was a worthy, honest, and industrious man and a most faithful servant. He had occupied his place with Mr. Bispham for upwards of five years.
Giovanni Cayaldi and the murder if Iron Cranmer
New Jersey Courier 21 Jul 1916 Five men serving time for murder were paroled from state prisonlast week, among them Givoanni (John) Cayaldi, an Italian cranberry picker who shot and killed iron Cranmer at West Creek on the night of October 7, 1905. Cayaldi pleaded to second degree murder, with constent of the court and on December 19, of that same yer, was sentenced to twenty years in state prison, of which term he has served about ten years and six months. Cayaldi was a young Italian at the time of the killing, 24 years old. He with other Italians were picking cranberries at the Stafford Forge bog. Saturday nights they would take their violins and accordions and go to the hotel in West Creek village, and make music for the hangers on there. This night about midnight when the hotel closed, Cayaldi, with Charlie Baker, the boss Italian and interpreter for John W. Holman, who at that time was running Stafford Forge bogs, started up the road, with Iron Cranmer, his sons, Will and B...
Man opens fire on police officers, 1985
Philadelphia Inquirer 13 Feb 1985 A 46-year-old Tuckerton man was undergoing surgery last night for injuries suffered in a gunfight with two police officers, who shot the man after he opened fire on them, authorities said. Police said the man had said he was going to kill the officers. Leslie D. Conover, of the Bayview Trailer Park, was hospitalized at the Burlington County Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly for gunshot wounds of the right arm, left arm and chest, said Trooper Thomas Braddock of the state police barracks in Tuckerton , Ocean County. Braddock said the borough police department received a call about 3 p.m. yesterday, reporting that Conover was "tearing up" his house trailer. Officer Jim Crowell and state police Trooper D. Furlong approached Conover's trailer, and Conover yelled that he was going to shoot the officers, said Braddock. "He stated that he was going to kill both officers," Braddock said. Conover began firing his rifle at the two, who re...
George Grant's narrow escape, 1879
NEW JERSEY COURIER 20 MAR 1879: George Grant, a lad about 14 years of age, son of the late Capt. Caleb Grant, narrowly escaped a serious accident on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that while handling a loaded shotgun in a room with other members of the family, by some means he accidentally touched the trigger with his knee, causing a discharge of the gun, the load grazing his cheek and his head. He came within an inch of losing his life.