Camden Arsonist Scheduled for Parole

Camden Arsonist Scheduled for Parole, Camden Courier-Post, December 20, 1957
Camden Courier-Post, December 20, 1957
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Camden Arsonist Scheduled for Parole Trenton, Dec. 19 — George Humphries, 52, formerly of the 500 block Penn st., Camden, convicted of arson Feb. 11, 1953, is eligible for parole, the State Parole Board announced today. Humphries was sentenced to from 3 to 10 years for setting fire to the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Florence Olnhausen, at 1049 N. 31st st. on Nov. 8, 1952. He was found not guilty by a jury of threatening to kill his estranged wife. The parole board also announced Frank Wehrman, formerly of Pleasantville, was eligible for parole. He has been in prison since Sept. 17, 1942, when he was sentenced to 25 to 30 years in Atlantic County for carnal abuse.

Trenton, Dec. 19 — George Humphries, 52, formerly of the 500 block Penn st., Camden, convicted of arson Feb. 11, 1953, is eligible for parole, the State Parole Board announced today.

Humphries was sentenced to from 3 to 10 years for setting fire to the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Florence Olnhausen, at 1049 N. 31st st. on Nov. 8, 1952. He was found not guilty by a jury of threatening to kill his estranged wife.

The parole board also announced Frank Wehrman, formerly of Pleasantville, was eligible for parole. He has been in prison since Sept. 17, 1942, when he was sentenced to 25 to 30 years in Atlantic County for carnal abuse.

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