Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-14
CRIME.
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The Pottsville Standard contains the
concerning the supposed MUIR
der of Captain Rehrer:
Some time before the disappearance
Of Captain Rehrer, ]. Thomas Smith
wrote to two men at Rochester, New
York, to come on here, that he had q
big Job on hand for them. They came
without answering his letter, and he
became impatient aud wrote another let
ter. which arrived at Rochester while
the men were here, and was advertised
aud sent to the dead letter office, where
it fell into the hands Of the Postmaster
General, who employed United States
detectives in the case. A few days ago
the detectives arrested the two men and
lodged them In jail in Buffalo, New
York. One Of the detectives came here
and procured o requisition from Cover
o Gesry to bring them on, and he has
now gone for them. II Is stated that
some detectives arrested Samuel Al
brighton, Jr., and frightened him, BY
threats Of instant death, into . confess
sion that Rehrer was murdered by the
two men, instigated by Smith ! that be
was shot and strangled, and thrown in
to the air-hole Of a mine, which was
full Of water, with an iron wheel attach
ed to his body !; that the plan was con-
cocted, and the clothe, Of the dead man
washed, at the house Of David Lomison,
who, with John Albrighton, Jr.. was
privy 10 the plot. 1t is also stated that
tho air-hole 10 now being pumped out,
and that Lomison's housekeepsr, who
washed the clothing in his hotel at Don
aldson, was sent to Altoona, Pennsyl-
vania. She has been sent for. There
10 great excitementi in regard to the mat
ter, and we do not give the above state
ment as the truth, but merely as the re.
port most generally circulated. 1t would
perhaps DO we'll for tho public to sus.
pend judgment on the matter until the
true facts are made known. A writ Of
haSsa, corpus has been sued out BY jon
athan Wright, Esq, one Of the counsel
for the accused, to show cause why they
should not DO released on bail.
Since the above was in tpye, We learn
from q reliable source the following
particulars: A United States detective,
disguised as q drunken man, has been
in Tamaqua and vicinity for aboutfour
weeks. Last Wednesday night, between
IL and IL o'clock, he took some fifteen
men, oil in black gowns and masks,
went to the house Of Samuel Albrighton,
obtained a~dmittance, and told Samuel,
who had been in bed, that they wanted
him. he wal much frightened, and said
he was innocent. On being asked Of
what crime, be said of the murder OF
Capt. Rshrer.' They then said they
were members of a secret society to
which Capt. Rehrer had belonged, and
they had come to aveuge his death but
afterwards said If he would confess they
would spare him. He then said Capt.
Rshrer was waylaid aud shot, by two
mon brought from Rochester or Buffalo,
Now York, instigatsd by Smith, Lomi-
son, and others, that he and his father
knew nothing Of it for three days after;
one bullet struck him in the thigh or
groin he was then struck on the head
with an iron bar, and his body thrown
down Heilner's old shaft, between Ire
mont and Donaldson (Which has been
abandoned for some years, and contains
about two hundred feet of water), with
a large iron cog wheel attached to it.
On being asked about John Albrighton,
his brother, he said he knew nothing OF
Johns business. The arrests were made,
and Lomison aud John A%lbrighton
lodged in Jail. The Masonic lodge of
Tamaqua, of which Capt. Rehrer was q
member, will put up an engine to-day
to pump out the water from Heilner's
old shaft, being determined to find the
body at whatever cost. The two men
at Buffalo have been sent for. The
friends Of the accused assert their inno-
cence, and claim that Samuel Albright
ton was frightened into making state
ments which had ne foundation, in the
hope Of saving his own life. Further
developments are expected soon.