Passaic County, New Jersey Newspaper Data

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FOUGHT DUEL FOR WOMAN
One Man Left Dying on Mountain in New Jersey, the Victor a Fugitive

Jersey City - In one of the loneliest spots at Garrett Mountain, N. J. - two Italians fought a duel for the affections a pretty Italian girl. One of the duelists was killed and the other is a fugitive.
The young woman, Frances Genarro, 26, is under arrest as a material witness. She admits, the police say, that Salvatore Nobile, a former service man, and Salvatore Guererie were rivals for her hand, and agreed to settle the question with knives.
Nobile, his heart pierced by the knife of his rival, was found dead on the day.
[Clarke County Tribune, Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi, Vo. X, No. 34, Friday, January 9, 1920, Submitted by Debora Reese]

January 15, 1882 - Sing Bow, a very intelligent young Chinaman, who became converted to Christianity some years ago at Belleville, and three years ago married a Paterson girl, who is now the mother of a pretty little child, has just bought a house and lot, two miles out from Paterson, for his family. He carries on an extensive laundry business in the city. It is the first instance on record, as far as known, where a Chinaman has become a real estate owner in New Jersey.

Loss in Two Cities is Four Millions
Paterson, N. J., Oct. 12- Nearly two entire wards, taking in a large manufacturing sction, have been under water since Friday. This morning several thousand men, women and children employed in the different factories found they could not go to work on account of those places being shut down. A great many of these people have also been driven from their homes and have no food or shelter. The loss here is estimated at $2,000,000. The police and firemen are steadily engaged in rescuing families from upper floors or roofs of houses. Today the water continued to fall and there is fear of further damage. [From: The Evening Herald, Bellingham, WA, October 12, 1903 - Submitted by Marla Snow]

Passie, N. J., Oct. 12- Flood conditions in this city and vicinity were considerably improved today. All danger of a break at the dam is now thought to be past. Several hundred persons are still taking refuge in public schools. The total loss by flood in this city is estimated at $2,000,000. This does not include loss to workmen or the loss sustained by manufacturers by interruption to business. Nearly every mill is closed. [From: The Evening Herald, Bellingham, WA, October 12, 1903 - Submitted by Marla Snow]

TWIN BROTHERS DIE IN SUICIDE COMPACT
Two Bodies Found in Maine Woods Are Identified as Westervelts of New Jersey.
TRIED TO DESTROY CLUES
Inseparable in Life, It Is Believed That, Fearing Death of One, They Agreed to Die Together.
Special to The New York Times September 28, 1922, Thursday

PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 27.—Inseperable in life and fearing one to lose the other as their allotted time drew near. Charles and James Westervelt of Little Falls, N. J., twin brothers, entered into a strange suicide compact which brought them 500 miles from home to the little townown of Gorham, Me., where their bodies were found yesterday hanging from a tree in an unfrequented wood.
Although the suicides had attempted to conceal identity by stripping their clothes of all marks, a newspaper man discovered the name of Taylor & Bartelt, a Passaic haberdashery firm, on their neckties. This clue led to an investigation that ended in the identification of the bodies. The initials "C. W." were found on the clothing of one, and W-136 and W-131 marked in their hatbands. They were about 55 years old.
The discovery of the two bodies gave rise to the early report that there had been a lynching. As soon as suicide was apparent the authorities found themselves baffled by the apparent successful efforts of the men to destroy all means of identification. Under the bodies, was a little pile of ashes, where they had burned letters and papers.
After viewing the bodies today, Fred Meserve, a Gorham farmer, declared that he met the two men walking along the road last Thursday. A local storekeeper remembered selling a piece of rope to two strangers resembling the suicides.

Special to The New York Times.
PASSAIC, N. J., Sept. 27 - Bulletins posted by a Passaic daily telling of the discovery of the bodies of two men, evidently brothers, in the woods near Gorham, Me., led to their identification here as James and Charles Westervelt of Little Falls, N. J.
Fred Bartlet of Taylor & Bartlet, a men's furnishing store, remembered selling them the brown suits mentioned m the bulletin and also the hat which bore the name of his firm and the initials " C. W." Charles Westervelt had been employed for some time as a bookkeeper bv the Biddle & Bogert Paint Company, where Mrs. Mary Conklin, a clerk, said the souvenir key ring and disk, found with the bodies, were varnish advertisements belonging to Westervelt.
Edward W. Jewett, the newsdealer whose stand adjoins the newspaper office, saw the brothers last on Sept. 9. They came to him every morning for papers. Since Sept. 9 he has been saving copies for them.
In Little Falls, where the brothers lived, Mrs. John Harlor, a neighbor, recalled a meeting with the brothers two weeks ago, in which they had failed to stop and chat with him as they usually did. Shortly after this meeting they remarked to Mrs. Harlor that they were "going away for a rest."
James Westervelt, whose resemblance to his brother Charles was so strong that the two were often thought to be twins, was a trustee of the Ridgelawn Cemetery Company, at Delewanna N. J.
In all their tastes the brothers were alike. They were inseparable and their devotion to each other was steadfast.
They were often seen together taking long strolls in the countryside about Little Falls.
About twelve years ago, through the death of an aunt, they inherited a sum of money, which enabled them, to all appearances, to live in comfort. Of their relatives nothing is known. Friends say they were bachelors.
[Submitted by Sharon Wick]