This Day in History: 1935-08-07
Five automobile accidents, two assault and battery cases, a traffic violation, and a complaint of dogs killing chickens kept the Mahwah Police busy during the first week in August. Two of the accidents took place on the straight section of Route 2 near Smith’s Mountain Rest. A motorist fell asleep on Valley Road, near the Burch Estate, and a little girl, six-year-old Lotte Trusiesicz, stepped out from behind a parked car, and received a scratched face. Also, a car coming out from the underpass at the Suffern border crashed with a large touring car carrying eight vacationers from Sullivan County. The assault and battery cases involved trespassing on the Houvenkopf Golf Course. When Clinton Sherow complained that dogs had killed over 100 of his young poulet chicken, Chief Smith said he would seek the culprit vigorously. “Dogs may bark and keep the neighbors awake, but they may not take his chickens.”