From:   Sara Robbins Hoffman [july37@cox.net]
Sent:   Monday, July 07, 2008 11:48 AM

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Published in the Tyrone PA Herald on Dec. 30, 1897.
Bridgeton, NJ, Dec. 24, 1897
The Jersey Oyster War
"As an outcome of the troubles between riparian oyster ground
claimants, Capt. Oliver Gandy of Newport was held in $1000.00 bail
yesterday. Capt. Richard Robbins tonged on the grounds claimed by Gandy
in the Delaware Bay, and Gandy fired four shots into his sloop, sinking
it. Other boats rescued Robbins. Gandy is also charged with having put
dynamite in a fort on the beach. The oystermen are excited. Gandy has had
Robbins arrested on a charge of stealing oysters."

Capt. Richard Lore Robbins was the son of David & Deborah Lore
Robbins. He was born at Newport, NJ in 1851 & died there in 1910. His
lineage is:
Richard & Hannah Moore Robins
Richard & Mary Robbins
John & Mary Bedant Robbins
John & Temperance Sheppard Robbins
Richard & Mary Webb Robbins
David & Deborah Lore Robbins

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