William Battles, NJ, 1923 February 13

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son (Essex County) on 2-13-1923.

"Oranges Ne Jeg 12-29-1922—Famous 'Jersey justice’, swift
and sure, Friday cast its sinister shadow on William E.
Battles, 19-year-old negro, whose confessionand indictmen’
for first degree murder followed within 19 hours the dis-
covery of his victim, Mrs, Charles F, Brigham, little
housewife, gtrangled to death in the basement of her home
after outrage, Judge Steckel, to whom the true bill was
handed following hurry-up action by the grand jury, set
Jan, |} for the trial which, it is believd, will t ake only
a féw hours. Battles, in his confession, said he enticed
Mrs. Brigham into the basement by pretendin

and injured himself, The woman died in hecode desgueciod
her honor while her three little chidren, ill with measles
slept in upstairs rooms, The negro had been employed for

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son (Essex County) on 2=13-1923.

"Oranges Ne Jey 12-29-1922-Famous ‘Jersey justice’, swift
and sure, Friday cast its sinister shadow on William E,
Battles, 19-year-old negro, whose confessionand indictmen’
for first degree murder followed within 19 hours the dis-
covery of his victim, Mrs, Charles F, Brigham, little
housewife, gtrangled to death in the basement of her home
after outrage, Judge Steckel, to whom the true bill was
handed following hurry-up action by the grand jury, set
Jan. l; for the trial which, it is believd, will t ake only
a few hours, Battles, in his confession, said he enticed
Mrs. Brigham into the basement retending h

and injured himself, The See ce in neeele: denseeceeel
her honor while her three little chidren, ill with measled
slept in upstairs rooms, The negro had been employed for

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son (Essex County) on maei9e.,

“Orange, N, J,, 12-29-1922-Famous ‘Jersey justice’, swift}
and sure, Friday cast its sinister shadow on William Ey
Battles, 19-year-old negro, whose confessionand indictmeny
for first degree mrder followed within 19 hours the dis-|
covery of his victim, Mrs, Charles F, Brigham, little
housewife, gtrangled to death in the basement of her home|
after outrage, Judge Steckel, to whom the true bill was
handed following hurry-up action by the grand jury, set
Jan, |; for the trial which, it is believd, will t ake only|
a few hours, Battles, in his confession, said he enticed|
Mrs. Brigham into the basement by pretending he

and injured himself, The ease ‘in heroic accmaee
her honor while her three little chidren, ill with meas]
slept in upstairs rooms, The negro had been employed
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