Scrapbook of Charles Lutter 1934

My grandfather, Clifford Lutter (1915-1980), kept a scrapbook of newspaper articles.

New picture of my grandfather, Clifford "Charles" Lutter.
Probably circa 1934. Date and newspaper unknown as of this writing.

I must recommend to anyone who clips articles from anywhere (including now online) note the source: Title of newspaper, location, date, and page.

Based on events mentioned in the articles, I determined that these clippings were from the year 1934.

The Newark Star Eagle was published in New Jersey in the year 1934 and is not online. I would suspect that the articles were from this newspaper because Clifford lived in Newark. I did not find these articles in any of the newspapers that are online. I searched some unique phrasing within the articles on sites such as GenealogyBank, Newspapers, Old News, Google, Chronicling America, and the Newark Public Library. Nothing matched.

Some of the articles were written by "Charles Lutter." Others list no author. My grandfather used the name Charles in addition to Clifford.

Page from the scrapbook of Clifford Lutter

"People Are Dumb" sounds like something a Lutter would write.

The topics were often covered in articles across the country, but these exact articles are not online.

Peter Kaliscik, age ten, was severely injured by electric shock while playing on train tracks of the Long Island Railroad in Brooklyn, New York. Doctors told the boy, who was fully alert, that he was going to die. Modern-day healthcare workers would probably not approach a child with such bluntness. Newspapers across the country carried very similar articles about this incident, which occurred November 12, 1934.

"Little Boy, Electric Victim, Will Die." Newspaper unknown. 1934.
Spoiler- he lived.

Peter died November 13, but twenty years later, in 1954. In 1942 he married Theresa VanHouten and had children.

The next step was using this alternate name of "Charles Lutter." This produced articles that were likely about Clifford.

Charles Lutter, age 21, of Newark, found a skeleton in 1936.
This matches the age of my Clifford Lutter, who was born in 1915.
We don't hear much about Bound Creek.

Other men were also named Charles Lutter. One was close in age to my Charles/Clifford:

Charles Lutter, born in Bayonne in 1912 to John Ernest Lutter (1882-1944) and Emma Otto (1885-1964). Charles moved to Newark after his 1936 marriage to Catherine Radoshvic (1916-1983). He lived in Staten Island, New York prior to this.

So my grandfather, Clifford "Charles" Lutter, was the only person who went by Clifford or Charles Lutter living in Newark born around 1915.

In the back of the scrapbook are eight lines of writing.

He is utterly active; but, in time, no
movement is fortuitous, or without a
motive; his will is always active, his actions
have a definite aim. If he shows
violence, it is in order to insure
execution of his commands- to show
that he has strength to overcome anything which opposes him.