Sunday, August 4, 2013
TIME MACHINE ... 1937.
(Reader-friendly viewing of newspaper archives material)
For many weeks in early 1937 the news on the Eastern Shore centered upon the investigation of the death of the owner of the Stockton Power And Light Company and as the story unfolded it drew attention from across the nation. 43-year-old Clarence J. Trader was fatally wounded in the home of his estranged wife. Jeanette Trader, his 37-year-old widow, says his death was a suicide but weeks later, after extensive investigation, she is charged with his murder. (Refer to Time Machine posting from last Sunday for more details.)
A twist of fate brings an abrupt conclusion to the Trader case!
(Part 2)
Feb. 27 .. A newspaper headline reads "TRADER WOMAN IS VIOLENTLY ILL FROM FOOD." By court order, Mrs. Trader is moved from the Worcester County jail to the new Wicomico County jail in Salisbury where "the welfare of the traverser" would be better served. Worcester County sheriff Ernest C. West, who brought the prisoner to Salisbury, says she became ill after eating supper Wednesday night. John L. Sanford, Jr., of the defense counsel, maintains that Mrs. Trader should be hospitalized for treatment. Mrs. Trader's son, Richard, tells Sanford that a doctor told him his mother became ill from the food she ate. Sanford says, "I wouldn't say my client had been purposely poisoned until I have investigated further. After I talk with Mrs. Trader tomorrow, I may take some action."
March 2 .. Jeanette Trader is moved from the Wicomico County jail to Peninsula General Hospital for an operation necessitated by an intestinal obstruction. Her condition is described as "very serious." A physician says a previous surgery may have caused her current condition. When in her Snow Hill cell Mrs. Trader hinted she may have eaten poisoned food. The Worcester sheriff attributed her illness to food and confections brought to her by her children and friends.
March 3
(The Circleville Herald- Circleville, Ohio)
WOMAN HELD FOR HUSBAND'S SHOOTING, DIES
SALISBURY, Md., March 3- (UP)- Mrs. Jeanette Taylor died in Peninsular (Peninsula General) hospital today after an emergency operation performed while she was awaiting trial on charges of murdering her husband, Clarence Trader, wealthy Maryland utility operator.
Mrs. Trader was brought to the hospital last night after becoming seriously ill in her jail cell of an intestinal obstruction.
An emergency operation was performed, but physicians described her condition as "very unsatisfactory." She died about 11 A. M.
Mrs. Trader, who was 37 years old, had been held in jail without bond since a grand jury at Snow Hill, Md., home of the Trader family, indicted her in connection with the fatal shooting of her estranged husband, whose body was found in Mrs. Trader's home.
She had been scheduled to go on trial on the charges the last week in March. She had persistently denied knowledge of the shooting, telling police she found the body on the lower floor of her home some hours after she had retired after refusing Trader's request that he be permitted to remain overnight in the house.
Summary of follow-up press reports from various newspapers:
March 4 .. Jeanette Taylor's head defense attorney Samuel Liebowitz says the Snow Hill jail "was not a fit place for a woman," and he will ask Governor Harry Nice to for an investigation of conditions there.
March 5 .. Funeral services are held for Jeanette Taylor. She is buried next to her estranged husband.
March 6 .. Mrs. Trader's son, Estel, says he will confer with Godfrey Child and John L. Sanford, Jr., about the advisability of bringing suit against Worcester County authorities regarding his mother's death.
March 14 .. After reviewing autopsy information, a coroner's jury rules Jeanette Taylor died of natural causes. Two local physicians testified that she might have recovered had the operation been performed earlier.
March 24 .. The Grand Jury gives the Snow Hill jail a clean bill of health, congratulating its keepers for its "excellent condition and upkeep."
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Crisfield Mud Bog Night Race ~ OH! What A Night!!
But I surely missed this video that Saturday evening....I don't know if that's good or not. Since my husband has never done this before while driving the "Short and Sassy" maybe it was best I wasn't......just don't do it again! And many thanks to Patrick Long for the video.
The video is dark but I think you will be able to see what I am talking about. Keep in mind that this happens often with other drivers too....keeps us all on our toes and proves what great drivers these guys are.
Many thanks Buddy Ward for those encouraging words. Will be back again with all of you real soon!
Owner/Driver Barry Wise ~ "Short and Sassy"
MINI OPEN CLASS / TIME: 4.22
Saturday, August 3, 2013
TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview
(Part 2)
It's 1937 and 43-year-old Clarence J. Trader, owner of the Stockton electric company, is fatally wounded in the Snow Hill home of his estranged wife. His 37-year-old widow says his death was a suicide but after extensive investigation she is charged with his murder. But a twist of fate brings an abrupt conclusion to the case!
Read about it this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye!
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Crisfield Mudbog - Mud Boggers Show Up For Night Race
Thanks to all who attended the Crisfield Mud Bog Night Race on July 27th!
Bryan Watson, driver of Little Red Dakota won the Gamblers Race running a 3.430.
To find the results from the rest of the day go to www.gumborocrisfieldmudbogs.net.
VIDEO ~
DRIVER BARRY LONG ~ "SOD BUSTER"
Unlimited Class ~3.973 second pass.
More mud bogging real soon....stand by for dates!!!
Don't Forget To Buy Your Raffle Tickets ~ NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
Pocomoke City,
Are you ready for
National Night Out?
Come on out to Cypress Park on
Tuesday,
Tuesday,
August 6th at 6:00 PM
for a night of community fellowship and crime prevention
good food
great entertainment
kids games
Hope to see you all there.
Don't forget to buy your Raffle Tickets for a chance to step into our cash vault for free money.
Advanced tickets are available at the Police Department for $5.00 each or 3 tickets for $10.00.
Help support our youth projects today for a better tomorrow.
Snow Hill’s 15th Annual Blessing of the Combines Celebration TODAY
Saturday, August 3, 2013 for Snow Hill’s 15th
Annual Blessing of the Combines Celebration
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| Photo/JMMB Virgil Shockley Combine |
There are opportunities for Craft Vendors along Bank Street, and Information Booths along Green Street.
Festivities begin on Green Street at 11:00 with live music and street activities.
The Parade of Combines sets off down RT 12 to Green Street at 11:15.
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Photo/JMMB |
A “throttle thrust” will signal Steve Hales, master of ceremonies, to begin the program with the presentation of colors by the award-winning Snow Hill High School Junior Marine Corps ROTC.
After recognitions, a keynote speaker and the Blessing the afternoon’s lineup of selections featuring area musicians will begin.
Children can visit a variety of animals at the Petting Barnyard; then hop aboard a wagon for the hay ride.
There will be a Children’s Barnyard of activities, and the popular Children’s Tractor Pull as well as a Scales and Tales presentation from the Pocomoke River State Park
THE GREAT POCOMOKE FAIR ~ SATURDAY
THE GREAT POCOMOKE FAIR
Saturday, August 3rd begins with a horse show in the morning at 8am followed by livestock judgings.
Rides and attractions will open at 11AM.
A cake and pie auction will begin at the Grandstand area at 12:30PM along with live harness racing on the track.
A greased pig contest will be held for the kids at 1:30 PM along with kids games and a 'Chicken Scratch".
The Tractor Pull begins at 5PM
FIREWORKS winding up the evening around 10PM.
Of course, great food, unlimited attractions, exhibits and much more throughout the three day fair!
The Great Pocomoke Fair is one the few remaining fairs with live harness racing...
Please come out and support us!
Friday, August 2, 2013
MOTOR SCOOTER COLLIDES WITH LARGE TRUCK
The victim, who was struck by the large delivery box truck, is being identified as a 26-year-old male, from California, MD. He suffered several life threatening injuries and was transported by Ocean City EMS to Peninsula Regional Medical Center and later transferred to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
At the time of this release, the scooter operator is listed in critical condition. The driver of the motorized scooter was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident. Alcohol use by the driver of the scooter is believed to be a factor in this collision. There are no charges pending against the driver of the box truck.
Submitted:
Ocean City Police Dept.
Coast Guard Rescues Air National Guard Pilot After Mid Air Collision
The Coast Guard says the pilot of the F-16C Falcon jet who was rescued at sea early Friday is in good condition.
The other pilot involved in the mid-air collision around 10:30 p.m. Thursday was able to fly back to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland Both jets were from the 113th Wing D.C. Air National Guard.
The Coast Guard says it was alerted to the pilot's ditching by a distress signal from his ejection seat and says the pilot was hoisted from the sea at 12:30 a.m. Friday by a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.
Source:
FIRST FRIDAY NIGHT PIZZA NIGHT
FIRST FRIDAY PIZZA NIGHT
New Church Volunteer Fire Department
5 pm to 8 pm
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Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza
All proceeds go to support the
New Church Volunteer Fire Department.
Worcester County Sheriff's Office Press Release
On July 26, 2013, at approximately 1255 hours, a Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Deputy stopped a vehicle on Rt. 13 in the area of Old Virginia Rd for following a vehicle too close.
The Deputy identified the driver as Marquise Obryan Drummond 27, from Gargatha, Virginia, a check revealed Mr. Drummond was wanted through Salisbury Police Department and had a suspended Virginia driver’s license. The Deputy placed Mr. Drummond under arrest. A search incident to arrest of Mr. Drummond revealed a clear plastic baggie containing powder cocaine. Mr. Drummond was charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, CDS paraphernalia, and CDS possession with intent to distribute.
Mr. Drummond was held in the Worcester County Jail on $5,000.00 bond.
On July 27, 2013 at approximately 0931 hours, a Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was dispatched to West Ocean City, Maryland for a domestic dispute. Upon arrival the Deputy met with the victim who stated James Robert Main 37, of West Ocean City Md. physically assaulted her. Mr. Main was located at the Royal Farms in West Ocean City and subsequently arrested for second degree assault. Mr. Main was taken before the District Court Commissioner where he was released on a $25,000.00 unsecured bond.
On July 28, 2013 at approximately 0715 hours, a Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was in the area of Route 90 and Old Ocean City Boulevard in Berlin, Maryland. When they observed a gray passenger vehicle traveling east bound on Route 90 traveling at a high rate of speed, the Deputy stopped the vehicle for 71 mph in a posted 55 mph zone.
The Deputy identified the driver as Carlos A Lopez-Rivera 39 of Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Lopez-Rivera did not have a valid license. Mr. Lopez-Rivera was placed under arrest for driving without a license.
Mr. Lopez-Rivera was taken before the District Court Commissioner for Driving without a license where he was released on his personal recognizance on the traffic charge however Immigration and Custom Enforcement placed a detainer on Mr. Lopez-Rivera for failing to appear for a deportation hearing. Mr. Lopez-Rivera was taken to the Worcester County Jail pending a disposition with Immigration and Custom Enforcement.
Chincoteague Island American Legion Poker Run
Chincoteague Island American Legion Riders, Chapter 159
Poker Run to benefit the Wounded War
Aug. 3, 2013~ Rain date Aug 4th.
Registration 9:30 AM at Cycle Creations,
US Highway 13 & Depot St. New Church, Va.
Card stops at Club Car Cafe
Island House
and AJ's on the Creek
Last bike out 11:00 AM. Last bike in at 3:00 PM at American Legion Post 159 on Chincoteague Island, VA.
$20.00 Entry Fee-Rider $10.00 Entry Fee For Passenger *$5.00/ extra hands
1st Prize- $100 cash* 2nd prize - $50:00 cash* 3rd prize $25.00 cash
Food, 50/50 raffle and silent Auction
All bikes and riders, cars, trucks etc. are welcome
Food, 50/50 raffle and silent Auction
All bikes and riders, cars, trucks etc. are welcome
For more information call Linda Robinson (757) 709-9176* Kat Edwards (757) 894-0050* Al Post 159 (757) 336-9749
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Ballistic Shields do Double Duty in Classrooms
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| Photo/ Bill UhrcihGeorge Tunis, chairman and CEO of Hardwire LLC in Pocomoke City, Md. |
So teachers become reluctant first responders, with typically nothing but their bodies to protect kids from bullets, George Tunis, chairman and CEO of Hardwire LLC, Pocomoke City, Md., told representatives of several Berks County police departments Tuesday.
Tunis, whose company specializes in making armor for military and paramilitary units, sought an answer to this problem and he says he found it in the success of ballistic shields protecting troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tunis demonstrated his company's lightweight, durable, versatile ballistic shields that are designed to blend in with other classroom fixtures. The shields can be hung on walls and used as dry-erase boards on which teachers write their classroom assignments.
The company also makes small shields that double as clipboards that can be particularly useful for coaches and physical education teachers or police during traffic stops.
As demonstrated at the Muhlenberg Township police shooting range Tuesday, they can stop a bullet fired from a .44-Magnum revolver from 7 yards away. A slug fired from a shotgun sent the shield flying, but the round didn't penetrate the compressed fiber.
Hardwire first designed its signature lighter-than-Kevlar, laminated compressed fiber shields for use in ballistic vests for U.S. special operations forces, Tunis said.
As troop casualties mounted from roadside bombs in Iraq, the company was asked to ramp up production. It started making shields for armored vehicles, and, as they were rolled out, casualty rates dropped significantly.
Hardwire gradually shifted to making ballistic shields for drug interdiction units such as Customs and Border Protection and even the Los Angeles Police Department, Tunis said.
Then the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre happened and the father of two school-age children felt utterly helpless.
"I'm literally watching the events of Sandy Hook unfold,"
Tunis said. "I'm sitting next to my son and saying, 'Geez, we can do something about this.' We put armor in the hands of our soldiers, and the casualty rate just comes right on down in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armor was that equalizing force."
Tunis donated enough shields to his children's school to
Source
TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview
(Part 2)
It's 1937 and 43-year-old Clarence J. Trader, owner of the Stockton electric company, is fatally wounded in the Snow Hill home of his estranged wife. His 37-year-old widow says his death was a suicide but after extensive investigation she is charged with his murder. But a twist of fate brings an abrupt conclusion to the case!
Read about it this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye!
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Welcome back, JMMB!
2013 Pocomoke Police Department NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
2013 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
Hosted by the Pocomoke City Police Department
Kelvin Sewell, Chief
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
POCOMOKE CYPRESS PARK
6 PM until 9 PM
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| Pocomoke City Mayor Bruce Morrison with Pocomoke City Police Chief Kelvin Sewell - August 2012 |
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| Guys from OC104 |
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Gun Shot Fired In Home Invasion
The suspects were described as being black males wearing dark colored clothing and one having short dreadlocks.
The investigation into this incident is continuing and anyone with information concerning this or any other crime is asked to contact the Accomack County Sheriffs Office at 757-787-1131 or 757-824-5666. Tips may also be submitted through our website at www.accomackcountysheriffsoffice.org.
Source:
Girlfriend Arrested for Second Degree Assault On Boyfriend
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| Sibyl Curran |
On July 30, 2013, at approximately 1 a.m., Ocean City police responded to 4709 Coastal Highway in reference to a first degree assault. The victim told police that he got into an argument with his girlfriend, who was later identified as Sibyl Curran, 32, of Coaldale, PA. During the argument Curran, who had recently arrived in Ocean City with her 18-month old child, brandished a folding knife and held it to the victim’s throat.
After the victim was able to wrestle the knife away from Curran, she grabbed her 18-month old child and left the unit. Officers were able to locate Curran and her child nearby and take both into custody. During a search of Curran incident to her arrest, officers also found a small amount of suspected oxycodone.
Ocean City police have charged Curran with first degree assault, second degree assault, reckless endangerment, possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure and possession of oxycodone.
Curran was seen by a Maryland District Court Commissioner and transferred to the Worcester County Jail on $2,500 bond. Worcester County Department of Social Services was contacted and Curran’s child was released to a family member.
THE GREAT POCOMOKE FAIR
Want information about this week's The Great Pocomoke Fair? It's available at this address:
http://www.thegreatpocomokefair.org/
Here's the text of an August, 1908, Washington Post news item about the fair:
Amid a mass and jam of fully 15,000 people the third day of the Pocomoke Fair passed off without the slightest hitch to mar the pleasure of those who attended. Twenty-three carloads of visitors were hauled from the eastern shore of Virginia, and several thousand came from Delaware, in addition to the Maryland contribution. The races, while not divided up as much as in previous days, were close in every heat, and down the stretch it was a battle royal for honors.
Read about the history of The Great Pocomoke Fair here:
http://www.thegreatpocomokefair.org/history.html
PPE MISSES JMMB. Hope to see you back soon!
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
TIME MACHINE
February, 1939
(The Daily Mail- Hagerstown, Md.
CLEANING UP COUNTY
SNOW HILL, Md., Feb. 19 (AP)- State's Attorney William C. Kirbin, Jr. and his "Worcester County flying squadron" have confiscated four slot machines, destroyed four stills, stopped Sunday dancing in 11 Worcester beer taverns and made nine arrests since he instituted his campaign five weeks ago against gambling, bootlegging, and Sunday dancing.
Check for the weekly TIME MACHINE postings each Sunday on The Pocomoke Public Eye.
PPE MISSES JMMB. HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK SOON!
Sunday, July 28, 2013
TIME MACHINE ... 1937
(Reader-friendly viewing of newspaper archives material)
For many weeks in early 1937 the news on the Eastern Shore centered upon the investigation of the death of the owner of the Stockton Power And Light Company and as the story unfolded it drew attention from across the nation.
(Charlston Gazette- Charlston, W.Va.)
G-Men Aid Asked In Death Inquiry
Want Fingerprints Taken From Gun Found By Body
Snow Hill, Md., Jan. 16. - (AP)- State Police asked the aid of the fingerprint division of the federal bureau of investigation today in the inquiry into the death of Clarence J. Trader, Stockton utilities operator.
Sergt. Marlin Brubaker said the death gun-a small calibre pistol-was "en-route" to Washington. With the gun, Brubaker said, were sets of fingerprints taken from "principals in the case" whom he would not identify.
Mrs. Trader, estranged wife of the owner of the Stockton electric plant, admitted she picked up the pistol when she found Trader's body. The officers said there was no incriminating evidence against her.
Trader was found dead Thursday night.
State's Attorney Johnson quoted Mrs. Trader as saying her husband shot himself. Acquaintances said Trader was despondent over his pending divorce suit against Mrs. Trader and was worried over the affairs at his electric plant.
Summary of press reports from various newspapers:
Jan. 18 .. Police and physicians study autopsy reports. Two local physicians who examined the body of 43-year-old Trader , Dickerson of Stockton and Waesche of Snow Hill, say it was possible for him to have inflicted the wound himself. But a coroner's jury came to a verdict that Trader came to his death from a pistol in the hands of a person unknown to the jury. Trader's funeral was held the previous day with his widow and three sons among those in attendance.
Jan. 20 .. Trader's widow gives straight-forward answers in a 4-hour grilling by State Police, and State's Attorney Thomas F. Johnson says he lacks evidence on which to take any action against her at this time but said his investigation would continue and his findings would be presented to the Grand Jury in late March.
Jan. 22 .. In a surprise move, Trader's 18-year-old son, Richard Trader, is taken into custody for questioning by county authorities.
Jan. 28 .. The Worcester County grand jury is ordered to reconvene in a special session although neither Judge James J. Crockett nor the States Attorney would link the session directly to the Trader case. However, Trader's 21-year-old son, Estel Trader, who has been operating the Stockton Electric plant since his father's death, is among those expected to be a witness. State's Attorney Johnson, after conferring with Judge Crocektt at Pocomoke City, says that since the October Grand Jury session, "several deaths have occurred in circumstances which are rather suspicious."
Jan. 29 .. Trader's 3 sons and two other relatives are summoned to appear before the grand jury. Trader's widow is not included in those to be questioned.
Feb. 2 .. At the close of the first day of the Grand Jury session Trader's 37-year-old widow is arrested on a warrant sworn by State's Attorney Johnson and is held without bond in the Worcester County jail, charged with the murder of her husband.
Feb. 4 .. State Police disclose they are working on a "new lead" in the Trader case. Sergeant Marlin Brubaker states: " We have always believed that someone else is in this case and we have been working along those lines. However, we don't know who he is."
Feb. 5 .. Mrs. Trader pleads innocent in Circuit Court and is returned to jail where she is awaiting the arrival of New York criminal attorney Samuel Leibowitz to aid in her defense. Leibowitz was one-time counsel to the convicted murderer of the Lindbergh baby. Mrs. Trader says the participation of Leibowitz is "without obligation or expense" to herself.
Feb. 7 .. Attorney Leibowitz says proof of Mrs. Trader's innocence is buried in a grave and calls for the digging up and further examination of her late husband's body.
Feb. 11 .. Former State's Attorney Godfrey Child, a member of Mrs. Trader's defense counsel, says the effort to have Mr. Trader's body exhumed will be dropped, following the State's Attorney Johnson's agreement to provide him with a copy of the autopsy report, and that it would not be made public. Child also states he has learned the identity of a third party reported to have entered the Trader home on the night of the fatal shooting but says he doesn't think that person has much bearing on the case and his identify will not be disclosed.
Next week on The Time Machine: A twist of fate brings an abrupt conclusion to the Trader case!
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
PPE MISSES JMMB. HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK SOON!
For many weeks in early 1937 the news on the Eastern Shore centered upon the investigation of the death of the owner of the Stockton Power And Light Company and as the story unfolded it drew attention from across the nation.
(Charlston Gazette- Charlston, W.Va.)
G-Men Aid Asked In Death Inquiry
Want Fingerprints Taken From Gun Found By Body
Snow Hill, Md., Jan. 16. - (AP)- State Police asked the aid of the fingerprint division of the federal bureau of investigation today in the inquiry into the death of Clarence J. Trader, Stockton utilities operator.
Sergt. Marlin Brubaker said the death gun-a small calibre pistol-was "en-route" to Washington. With the gun, Brubaker said, were sets of fingerprints taken from "principals in the case" whom he would not identify.
Mrs. Trader, estranged wife of the owner of the Stockton electric plant, admitted she picked up the pistol when she found Trader's body. The officers said there was no incriminating evidence against her.
Trader was found dead Thursday night.
State's Attorney Johnson quoted Mrs. Trader as saying her husband shot himself. Acquaintances said Trader was despondent over his pending divorce suit against Mrs. Trader and was worried over the affairs at his electric plant.
Summary of press reports from various newspapers:
Jan. 18 .. Police and physicians study autopsy reports. Two local physicians who examined the body of 43-year-old Trader , Dickerson of Stockton and Waesche of Snow Hill, say it was possible for him to have inflicted the wound himself. But a coroner's jury came to a verdict that Trader came to his death from a pistol in the hands of a person unknown to the jury. Trader's funeral was held the previous day with his widow and three sons among those in attendance.
Jan. 20 .. Trader's widow gives straight-forward answers in a 4-hour grilling by State Police, and State's Attorney Thomas F. Johnson says he lacks evidence on which to take any action against her at this time but said his investigation would continue and his findings would be presented to the Grand Jury in late March.
Jan. 22 .. In a surprise move, Trader's 18-year-old son, Richard Trader, is taken into custody for questioning by county authorities.
Jan. 28 .. The Worcester County grand jury is ordered to reconvene in a special session although neither Judge James J. Crockett nor the States Attorney would link the session directly to the Trader case. However, Trader's 21-year-old son, Estel Trader, who has been operating the Stockton Electric plant since his father's death, is among those expected to be a witness. State's Attorney Johnson, after conferring with Judge Crocektt at Pocomoke City, says that since the October Grand Jury session, "several deaths have occurred in circumstances which are rather suspicious."
Jan. 29 .. Trader's 3 sons and two other relatives are summoned to appear before the grand jury. Trader's widow is not included in those to be questioned.
Feb. 2 .. At the close of the first day of the Grand Jury session Trader's 37-year-old widow is arrested on a warrant sworn by State's Attorney Johnson and is held without bond in the Worcester County jail, charged with the murder of her husband.
Feb. 4 .. State Police disclose they are working on a "new lead" in the Trader case. Sergeant Marlin Brubaker states: " We have always believed that someone else is in this case and we have been working along those lines. However, we don't know who he is."
Feb. 5 .. Mrs. Trader pleads innocent in Circuit Court and is returned to jail where she is awaiting the arrival of New York criminal attorney Samuel Leibowitz to aid in her defense. Leibowitz was one-time counsel to the convicted murderer of the Lindbergh baby. Mrs. Trader says the participation of Leibowitz is "without obligation or expense" to herself.
Feb. 7 .. Attorney Leibowitz says proof of Mrs. Trader's innocence is buried in a grave and calls for the digging up and further examination of her late husband's body.
Feb. 11 .. Former State's Attorney Godfrey Child, a member of Mrs. Trader's defense counsel, says the effort to have Mr. Trader's body exhumed will be dropped, following the State's Attorney Johnson's agreement to provide him with a copy of the autopsy report, and that it would not be made public. Child also states he has learned the identity of a third party reported to have entered the Trader home on the night of the fatal shooting but says he doesn't think that person has much bearing on the case and his identify will not be disclosed.
Next week on The Time Machine: A twist of fate brings an abrupt conclusion to the Trader case!
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
PPE MISSES JMMB. HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK SOON!
Friday, July 26, 2013
From The Pocomoke Chamber PSA Pocomoke Boat Docking Contest Aug. 18
"Racin on the River"
POCOMOKE
BOAT
DOCKING
CONTEST
Date: Aug. 18
Gates open @ 10 Show starts @ 1
Downtown behind Riverside
Grill
Admission:
3
& under free, 4 - 12 $5, 13 & Up $10
Presented by: Pocomoke Boat Docking Association
Please Say A Prayer
Our beloved writer Brenda (JMMB) is in Johns Hopkins with lung problems. Lets send or thoughts and prayers and hope she comes back writing real soon.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview
For many weeks in early 1937 the news on the Eastern Shore centered upon the investigation of the death of the owner of the Stockton Power And Light Company and as the story unfolded it drew attention from across the nation.
Read about it this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye!
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
Unemployment Doubles Under O'Malley
Unemployment Doubles Under O'Malley
Governor Martin O'Malley issued another self congratulatory and blatantly false statement n a press released issued Friday
saying: "As a state we've now recovered more than 99% of the jobs lost
in the national economic downturn - a significant step forward in our
job creation and recovery effort."
As he travels around the country, he continually
touts his success at job growth and "driving down unemployment."There's
just one problem, it's just not true. The irrefutable facts show the
actual situation to be completely the opposite of his false claims.
When Martin O'Malley became Governor in January 2007
the unemployment rate was 3.6%, on the very day of O'Malley's latest
outrageous claim, unemployment rose to 7%. So rather than driving
unemployment down, as he claims, unemployment has, in fact, nearly
doubled under the O'Malley Administration.
When O'Malley took the reins of state government in
January 2007 there were 108,096 people unemployed in Maryland, today
after nearly seven years of his leadership, there are now 218,741 people
unemployed. That is an increase of 110,645 additional people unemployed
and represents an increase in unemployment of more than 100%.
"This is a tragedy, these aren't just terrible
numbers, these are real people, fathers and mothers struggling to make
ends meet, to keep a roof over their head, put clothes on their kids
back and food on the table," said Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan.
Hogan, a successful businessman, who has brought
hundreds of companies and thousands of jobs to Maryland said, "Sometimes
politicians think that if they repeat something enough times people
will eventually believe it. Governor O'Malley is pretty good at weaving
magical tales with no basis in reality. But, no amount false spin can
change the cold hard fact that no other Governor in Maryland history has
ever lost as many jobs as Martin O'Malley has."
Change Maryland hosted an Summit on Improving
Maryland's Economic Competitiveness looking for solutions to the State's
serious economic problems, and has produced numerous economic studies
and reports showing that the 40 consecutive O'Malley tax hikes have
caused us to lose more than 6,500 businesses including 10 of our 13
Fortune 500 companies, and have caused a mass exodus of taxpayers
fleeing the state in record numbers.
"The time for results is long overdue. There are no
more excuses left for the O'Malley Administration? After nearly seven
years of failed economic policy, there is no one to blame but
themselves. We need Democrats, Republicans and Independents to put aside
partisanship and work together on the shared goal of increasing
employment is Maryland. The need for a real change in direction for
Maryland has never been more clear," said Hogan, a former State Cabinet
Secretary.
Change Maryland is the largest independent citizen
activist group in Maryland, and advocates for pro-jobs policy in the
state. The movement is made up of of more than 50,000 people from every
jurisdiction in the state, and was founded by Hogan, who is also a
Director of the Maryland Public Policy Institute, a respected economic
think tank and policy group.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
TIME MACHINE ... 1878
(Reader-friendly viewing of newspaper archives material)
I'm away this week and have selected this item from the Time Machine archive which, perhaps, you may have missed when it was originally posted or would like to read again. Next Sunday, July 28th, we'll have a first-time posting of a big local story that gained national attention in 1937. -tk
ACROSS THE USA
December, 1878
(The New York Times)
Every man for himself is emphatically the modern sentiment, and there are some signs of completing this declaration of independence by adding the clause "Every woman for herself, also."
"THE STRAIN UPON MODERN LIVING."
(Excerpts)
What is more clear than the fact that now no family is left to itself and to its own traditions and habits, but that the most out-of-the-way homes, whether in the backwoods or on the distant coast, are within reach of the world's vast and intense life, and no strangers to its hopes and fears, its learning and its folly, its triumphs and its disasters.
Not only every family that takes a newspaper, but every person who hears the village gossip, knows what is going on all over the globe, and every man who has to buy or sell anything, has cause to revise his estimates from day to day; and very often men lose their appetite for their breakfast by news from the great market of America or Europe that prices have changed sadly to their hurt. A considerable proportion of pain goes with the news of the day, and a large portion of unwholesomeness, for disasters and scandals are dwelt upon with more minuteness than successes and satisfactions, and no great bargains or great weddings are reported half as fully as great frauds and great divorce and scandals.
It is not remarkable that the rich and conspicuous should strive to outshine each other in dress and living, but the remarkable thing is that in our modern life there are now no radical distinctions of class or fortune in costume or habits, and that all persons, and especially all women, follow the same fashions as far as they can, and catch the course of the same social ambition. So far as street dress is concerned, the wives, and especially the daughters, of the poorer classes, make, relatively, far more display than their richer neighbors, and to a certain extent, the exactions of modern society are in the inverse proportion of means and abilities, since they who have least fortune and talent are subject to the same high pressure from the reigning mode, and women who are not usually trained to earn their own living are beset by the same ruling passion for dress and ornament.
The palace of merchants and bankers, and the cottages of farmers and mechanics among us have a similar story to tell. Indeed it may be set down as part of the universal strain on modern living, that its exactions are out of proportion to its means, and the exaction presses upon every family, while the means at hand vary from wealth, or what is called competency, down to limitation and want.
Surely our modern living is under great strain, and many lives break down beneath the pressure.
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
I'm away this week and have selected this item from the Time Machine archive which, perhaps, you may have missed when it was originally posted or would like to read again. Next Sunday, July 28th, we'll have a first-time posting of a big local story that gained national attention in 1937. -tk
ACROSS THE USA
December, 1878
(The New York Times)
Every man for himself is emphatically the modern sentiment, and there are some signs of completing this declaration of independence by adding the clause "Every woman for herself, also."
"THE STRAIN UPON MODERN LIVING."
(Excerpts)
What is more clear than the fact that now no family is left to itself and to its own traditions and habits, but that the most out-of-the-way homes, whether in the backwoods or on the distant coast, are within reach of the world's vast and intense life, and no strangers to its hopes and fears, its learning and its folly, its triumphs and its disasters.
Not only every family that takes a newspaper, but every person who hears the village gossip, knows what is going on all over the globe, and every man who has to buy or sell anything, has cause to revise his estimates from day to day; and very often men lose their appetite for their breakfast by news from the great market of America or Europe that prices have changed sadly to their hurt. A considerable proportion of pain goes with the news of the day, and a large portion of unwholesomeness, for disasters and scandals are dwelt upon with more minuteness than successes and satisfactions, and no great bargains or great weddings are reported half as fully as great frauds and great divorce and scandals.
It is not remarkable that the rich and conspicuous should strive to outshine each other in dress and living, but the remarkable thing is that in our modern life there are now no radical distinctions of class or fortune in costume or habits, and that all persons, and especially all women, follow the same fashions as far as they can, and catch the course of the same social ambition. So far as street dress is concerned, the wives, and especially the daughters, of the poorer classes, make, relatively, far more display than their richer neighbors, and to a certain extent, the exactions of modern society are in the inverse proportion of means and abilities, since they who have least fortune and talent are subject to the same high pressure from the reigning mode, and women who are not usually trained to earn their own living are beset by the same ruling passion for dress and ornament.
The palace of merchants and bankers, and the cottages of farmers and mechanics among us have a similar story to tell. Indeed it may be set down as part of the universal strain on modern living, that its exactions are out of proportion to its means, and the exaction presses upon every family, while the means at hand vary from wealth, or what is called competency, down to limitation and want.
Surely our modern living is under great strain, and many lives break down beneath the pressure.
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
For Immediate Release
Contact:
For Immediate Release
Mike Latimer
TCC
2146 Old Snow Hill Rd, unit 1
Pocomoke MD
410.957.0359
TCC
2146 Old Snow Hill Rd, unit 1
Pocomoke MD
410.957.0359
For Immediate Release
Don’t miss your chance to get a FREE backpack full of school supplies for your child before the new school year!
We encourage you to bring your children to your local The Cellular Connection store at 2146 Old Snow Hill Rd, next to Dollar Tree, in Pocomokebetween noon and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3
to pick up a free backpack filled with pencils, paper, a pencil box,
folder, glue and more. It’s as simple as that: just come in and ask for a
backpack. Your local TCC store will be donating between 100 and 150
backpacks, which will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis
while supplies last.
TCC
is the largest Verizon Premium Wireless Retailer in the U.S. In a joint
effort with its customers, the company is donating a total of 60,000
backpacks full of school supplies to children across the country through
the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway initiative.
More information about the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway initiative is available on YouTube. Supporters of the cause are encouraged to use hashtag #TCCRocks on Instagram and Twitter to help spread the word.
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