This is the seventh in a series.
By the summer of 1922, Burlington County Detective Ellis Parker was one of the best known in the country. His ties to the Jersey Shore were strong, having been married in the Manahawkin Methodist Church to a local girl and buying a summer cottage in Brant Beach on Long Beach Island.
These two facts explain why when the sensational murder of William Giberson took place in Lakehurst on Aug. 14, Ocean County Prosecutor Wilfred Jayne called on Parker for help.
Parker found the story of Giberson’s wife, Ivy, that two burglars had broken into the house, tied her up and shot her…
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