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Burns Live Cat to Death and Reform School Fate
George Hannibel a 12 year old from River Edge confessed to burning a live cat after dousing it with kerosene. Judge Zabriskie remanded him to Hackensack jail for reform school placement, with no remorse shown by the boy. City farming program in East Orange yields over 100 percent profit and supplies for departments. A man named Geo Gothe, begging at Woodbury station, was saved from an oncoming train by bystanders after kneeling on tracks. Mayor Ladd ordered his detention. Wreck on Jersey Central.
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Burns
Weil
Jersey Central
George Hannibel
River Edge
Zabriskie
Hackensack
Reform School
East Orange
Geo. Gothe
Woodbury
Bert Cathcart
George Redfield
Mayor Ladd