The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-09-30
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Against Jacob Hoffman, the Whig Candidate
for Canal Commissioner.

for Canal Commissioner.
! 1t appears that Jakey Hoffman has been gull
! ty of abstracting papers from bundle in the
possession of another person, and then bring
ing suit upon them. Can honest Wings support
such for Office if they regard honesty as
a necessary qualification, they cannot vote for a
man who has been proven by tie following tes-
timony dishonest Read, reflect and Judge
In the Court of Common Pleas for the City
and County of Philadelphia, June Term, 1851,
III the report of case No. Is, PEDRICK VS.. Buck
NELL, the following deposition may be found.
Deposition Of Henry Burk
Henry Burkhardt, baker, residing a. the
northeast corner Of Logan and Green streets,
in the District of Spring Garden, and county of
Philadelphia, being duly sworn according to
law, deposes and says: That was-one o. the
assgnees of Thomas c. Luders, under as
signment for benefit of creditors, dated, 1 think,
August 18th, 1888. Robert Hancock and Alex
ander Laimer were co-assigaees. l was the ae-
tive assignee.
Among the papers that came into my hands
from Mr.. Luders, was a mortgage, given by
John Smull to Jacob X. Boyer dated March
18th, 1929, for S1S S6S. And also three bonds
Of John Smull to Boyer of the same date, with
the mortgage. One payable on the lst of April,
1880, for $500 one payable on the lst of April
1882, for 81, 347. There were besides these a
number of certificates of turnpike and other
stocks, list of which appears hereto appended,
marked \, which is copy of the original in
my possession. That paper describes, far as
my knowledge goes, accurately the circumstan-
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into my possession. l am certain that the pa
pers described in this list, including Smull S
mortgage and bonds, was in my possession in
the county of Philadelphia in the month of A
pril, 1S4S In that month, the beginning Of it,
Jacob Hoffman of Reading, entire stranger
to me, called at my house in the afternoon about
/ oolock he asked if Mr.. Burkhardt was in !;
told him that was my name q; he asked me if |
was one Of the assignees of Thomas c. Luders
answered l was he said he was sent by Mrs.
Katharine Kampmann, (who is the widow and
administrators OF Francis C. Kampmann a for
mer partner of Thomas C. Luders.) He said
he called on Mrs. kampmann for some papers
which he understood she had in her hands from
Jacob X. Boyer, and she said that her papers
were in Mr.. Luders' hands, who had taken them
all away on her husbands death, and told him
in my hands, as assignee. He asked me if
had all these papers of Mr.. Luders in my hands;
he told me he was a lawyer, and was concerned
for some of the creditors of Jacob X. Boyer,
and that there good deal of land conceal
ed from the creditors of Boyer that he wanted
to find out. He asked me whether / had any
objection to let him see those papers. 1 told
him no, only they shall be kept together and
not 90 out of my house. He said he would be
very careful not to take any away, and he would
put them all up as he found them. On the faith of
what he said took the bundle out and showed
| it to him. l believed him to be a lawyer, and
he seemed to be nice kind of man from his
talk. In that bundle, at the time, were Smulls
mortgage and three bonds. / have no doubt of
this, for l saw them on the table when l opened
the bundle for NJ. Hoffman L should know
them again the moment | put my eyes on them.
raised the leaf of the table and opened the
bundle, and he spread the papers on the table.
/ He was there examining them an hour and a
half at least, during which my attention oc-
casionally called off to my business. l didn't
watch Mr. Hoffman particularly, for had no
idea of anything being wrong He took out his
pencil and slip of paper, and made memoranda
on it, l then said to Mr.. Hoffman, if you are
engaged for any of the creditors of Mr.. Boyer
| am creditor myself; and told him 1 had
three notes on my own account of Mr.. Boyer
amounting to 1856, 81, which l should like very
well to collect Well, said he, l can collec
them for you, and asked where the notes we're