Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1867-02-06
Have VIC had a Murder in our Mids,

Mysterious Disappearance Of Man
After 1Ar'ots 10 Tohe His Lije-Arres,
IF "Gai.fornia Jach."-A man named
Levi Paup, who boarded at Freeburn's $
h)tel, corner of Second and Chestnut
streets, has been missing for two weeks
past, and al! efforts to fnd him have been
of no avail. Since then It has been dis.
covered that upon the day On which he
disappeared, an individual known as Cal
iioruia Jack (whose name is George
Morrison) threatened to take the life of
the n,an who soon after so mysteriously
disappeared. This morning Aaron X.
3aup, a brother to Levi, appeared before
acting Mayor Sucker, and made Inform
alton against Morrison, as :oI.ows:
DonpAm County, SIS:
Personally appeared Aaron r. Paup,
who, being duly sworn according TO law,
deposes and says that, from Information
received. he has good reason to believe,
and that lie does believe, that, on or
abou, the 18th day of january, A D. 1867
at Harrisburg, at Freeburn's Hotel, cor
ner Of Second and Chestnut streets, one
George Morrison quarrelled with Levi
Paup, the brother Of dercnent, and that
he, Tie said Morrison, did then and there
threaten to eat out the heart Of said
Levi paup, aud kill him; and, further
dcponent saith that on the aforesaid date
his brother suddenly disappeared from
said hotel, and also from The city, and
that he believes that he has been toulIy
dealt with or murdered, and that said
! Morrison q j others did deal foully with
OF murder said levi Paup, contrary to :he
act in such cases made aud provided, aud
against the peace and dignity Of the Com
monwealth.
| ISiEnedl y. r PAUP.
| Sworn to and subscribed beiore ne,
this ID dae Of February, 1867.
PETER SUCKER,
Mayor pro tcm
This forenoon Morrison was arrested
/ by Baroey Campbell, Chief ot-P"Iico, at
Shultz's boarding house, in the Six'h
ward and at half past ten O'Clock he had
Il hearing before the Mayor pro ten1.
Samuel Frecbnrn, proprietor Of the
hotel where the difficulty occurred, tcsti-
fed that on Saturday evening, January
|lgsh. Norrison and female came in u
sleigh to tie hotel Morrison got out Of
The sleigh (ieav;ns the woman in ~ and
came into the bar room. While lie wac
there Levi Paup Ga boarder) got into the
sleigh aud drove away, but soon after re-
turdeu; during his absence, Morrison
threated to "cYt the ID heart out Of the
man who had taken the sleigh He and
young rteeburu then aar;cd out TO look
for the team, which was gone but a short
time. Witness testified that he never
saw Paup afterwards. lie disappeared,
leaving his trunk aud clothing at the ho-
tel. lie owed but a few dollars for
boarding, ana tho trunk alone is worth
the amount Morrison (who was also i
bon:i.r there at that i,me) did boz return
to the hotel until late the following day.
\ young man, named George Harris
testified that while Morrison was in The
hotel, the woman invited witness to get IN
the sleigh and drive TO a store, aud that
after he rctGrnud, Paup s'ayted of with
the team, and upon discovering this fact
Morrison threatened to knock witness
teeth down his throat for allowing the
sleigh 70 be taken away. Harris also saw
Morrison and youn. F,eeburn 60 ocro,s
Second street ald On i corner tho !yrmer
pulled oil lis coat.
There was no evidence elected to show
that Morrison murdered paup, but the
fact that the latter n,ysieriousiy disappear
ed after the former made the threat to cut
his heart out, makes the case look rather
dark for "Cal;foruia Jack
In default OF 81 500 bail, the accused
was committed for further hearing, TO
take place at = o'clock on Thursday next.
Morrison has been in Harrisburg for
several weeks, most Of which time he
passed in the company Of ba.ds, and in
sporting generally. He is man Of ex-
ceeding evil countenauce, and looks as
though he could be guilty Of any mean
act. II lormly residn in Junlata county.
-HurisLnJy TeirgrGPh.
-Major General Thomas is Virgin
ian. Yet he declared before the Congress
sional Committee that "Outrages commit