The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-20

The Philadelphia Press gives the following
Pennsylvania:
During the year 1865, there arrived in the
city Of Philadelphia young German, Julius
Worhele, book binder by trade, native of
the kingdom Of Wurtemberg. Shortly after
his arrival here he made the acquaintance Of
an unknown man. and julius Worhele during
last winter left his last place of employment.
in Philadelphia, in company with SAID un-
known man, for parts unknown. A short
time afterward, Worhele's corpse was found
at the farm of DR.. Tledeman, of Philadelphia,
near Gwynned, Montgomery county, Pa An
inquest held at the time by William Forman,
justice of the peace at Montgomery Square,
clearly established the fact that julius Wor-
hele had been murdered at the spot aforesaid,
his head having been smashed in, and the
corpse having been found in the barn of the
said farm. 1t was also proved that julius
Worhsle had been enticed to said place. which
at said time was not occupied by the family,
and left i'll the care OF man, who at that tilne
gave his name as Jacob or Joseph Haddup,
and who shortly afterward disappeared.
During April last W. l.. kiderlen. Esq,
the consul Of the Kingdom of Wurtemberg at
Philadelphia, received information from his
Government that letter had found It's way
directed to the relatives and guardian OF the
said julius Worhele, at Rosenfeld, the native
place of the same, and apparently written by
said julius Worhele, in which letter the guar.
dian was informed that Julius Worhele was in
great need, and desired to be furnished mon
| ey, the pretended Worhele informing the
family that he at that time resided in Read
ing, Pa, and requesting that the money might
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answer to be directed: "Julius Worhele, care
of Reading p. O." This letter was at once
declared BY the relatives of Julius Worhele to
be forgery.
Upon this information, the consul, Mr..
kiderlen, sent decoy letter, directed "Juliu.
Worhele, care of Reading P. o." enclosing
a draft of 100 forins, payable at the consulate
of Wurtsmberg at Philadelphia, and requested
the recipient Of the letter to have his sigma
ture acknowledged before notary public.
/ On the 1st Of this month the German note
ry public of Philadelphia, julius Wolff, Esq,
acting representative of the consulate o.
Wurtemberg at Philadelphia, received let
ter from the President of the First National
Bank at Allentown, enclosing the aforesaid
decoy letter of exchange, and requesting the
consulate to pay said draft, which had been
signed and acknowledged by the Alleged Ju
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town, to the order of said bank. The Presi
dent of said bank and the notary at Allentown
were of course unaware Of the circumstance
Of this, case, and strictly acted in good faith
as they believed the said pretended Julius
Worhele to be the identical person entitled tc
receive said money.
| Upon receipt of this letter by julius Wolff
Esq, the arrest Of the pretended Julius Wor-
held was caused forthwith by VIM. Forman,
Esq, the justice of the peace aforesaid, and
| it was now ascertuined that the pretended
Julius Worhele was nobody else but the iden.
teal Jacob or Joseph Haddup with several
other aliases, who, as above stated. had been
formerly employed at Dr.. Tedeman's farm.
and evidently was the murderer of the real
Julius Worhele, whose confidence he took
advantage of to murder him for the purpose
of obtaining the proceeds of his (Worhefe 81
estate in Wurtemberg, which, as officially
stated, amounts to several thousand forms.
Jacob or Joseph Haddup had hearing on
Thursday last, It'll Of June, before Justice
VIM. Forman, at Montgomery square, and was
committed to answer to the charge of the
murder of Julius Worhele, at the next term
of the court of Oyer and Terminer of Mont.
gomery county. The charge of forgery will
also in the meantime be prosecuted against
the said Haddup before the authorities Of
Lehigh county, Pennsylyania.
The accused is about forty five years of age,
native Of Baden, and therefore q country
man of Anton Probst..