The Newton Register [NJ] of January 1848

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In January 1848, Thomas J. Lake, Jacob Lake, and Anthony Pool from Schooley's
Mountain went to Hackettstown to drink with the "town boys" and ended up in
a scuffle with them.  Jesse Niper threatened to throw Thomas into the river
and Thomas drew his knife and stabbed Jesse, inflicting a mortal wound.
The three "mountain boys" were arrested and jailed in Morristown until
Judge Linaberry freed them about two weeks later and labeled the incident a
"justifiable homicide."

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from a newspaper local to Warren Co, NJ ...

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1848 Jan 8
An affray and murder at Hackettstown, as a result of a feud between the
'town boys' and those from 'the mountain.' Thomas J. Lake, Jacob Lake and
Anthony Pool visited the town, drank with a company of young men of that
place, who followed and bantered the visitors when they left.  Jesse Niper
seized Thomas J. Lake and threatened to throw him in an adjacent stream, when
Lake drew a knife and inflicted a mortal wound upon Niper.  The three were
sent to Morristown jail by Justice Linebury, though the intoxicating effects
of their potations had been aggravated by the tauntings of the town boys.

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from a newspaper local to Warren Co, NJ ...

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1848 Feb 22
Thomas J. Lake, arrested on the 8th for killing Jesse Niper, at Hackettstown,
had been discharged on the ground of justifiable homicide.

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