Thank you so much!
I believe that I read the article wrong. It talks about Daniel Chaplin had been a school master in Knowlton, Sussex Co. However he was detained in Rahway on the suspicion he had robbed a store in Bridgetown a few nights before that. A fascinating and tragic story! He, after being released, cut his own throat. A pregnant woman who saw it, aborted her child and died herself the next morning. Meanwhile the real crooks had tried to sell the stolen goods in New York. This Daniel was a member of a family I am researching. Thanks for straitening me out I shall look for more information in Union County.