Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-02-05
The Rhcrcr nlurder-Arrest and
Excitement.


were arrested by U. :. Detectives, nm q
lleislers police, and committed to prison
by Justice FraiIey ona charge Of being con
ccrned in the murder Of Capt Rehror. -
Many exciting rumors arc a1oat, but the
story most generally credited is rs follows:
Some time before tho disappearance Of
Capt. Rehrer, j. Thomas Smith wrote Il
two men at Rochester, N. Y, to come on
here, that he had u big job on hand 70,
them. They came without answering hi:
letter, and he became impatient and wrote
another letter, which arrived at Rochester
while the men were here, and was ADVERT. .ed
and sent to the dead letter Office, where !,
fell into the hands Of the Postmaster Gen
era|, who employed U. s. detectives in tl,
case. A few days ago the detectives ~
rested the two men, and lodged them in jul
at Buffalo, N. Y. One of the detectives
came here, procured requsiion from Gov.
Geary to bring the men on and he has now
gone for them.
1t is stated that some detectives arrested
Samuel Allrighton, Jr., anil frightened
him hy threats If instant death into con
fos.ion that Rehr.r wns mur lered by twr
III n, instigalci hv Smith that he was shot
and strangled, and thrown into the air hole
Of a mine. which was full of water, with al
iron wheel attached to his body that the
plan was coucocted, aud the clothes Of ih,
dead man washed at the house Of David
I.oniison, who with John Albrghton, Jr.,
was privy to the plot.
II is also stated that the air hole i. no,,
being pumped out, and that Lomson'
house-keeper, who washed the clothing in
his hotel ut Donaldson, Was sent to Altoona
Pa. She has been sent for.
There is great excitement in regard to the
matter, and we do not give the above state
ment as truth, but merely as the report
most generally circulated. 1t would per
haps be well for the public to suspend judg,
ment on the matter until the true facts aie
made known. A writ OF habeas corpus ha.
bgcn siicd out by Jonathan Wright, Esq,
one Of the counsel for the accused, to show
c,usc why they should not be released on
bal. The hearing is expected will will take
place ,c-day.
Since the abnvc was in type We learn from
re liable source, the following particular;
\ L. 5. detective disguised rs drunken
man. has been at Tanaqua and vicinity ior
about four weeks. Last Wednesday MI gh'
ween / and II o'clock, he took some
men, oil in black gowns and masks, went 10
tie aonsc of Samuel Albrighton, obtained
,dnit'ance, and told Samuel, who hadtee n
in bel tina; they wanted him.
He was muc. frightened. and said lie was
Innocent. On being asked of what Grim ,
lie saii, "of the murder Of Capt. Rehler.'
] hey then said they were members II Il
'ec ct ,ocieiy to which Capt. Rehrer had
belonged, AMI they had come TO avenge his
lesrh hut afterwards said if he would CON
TESS they would spare him.
II then sad Capt Rehrer was waylai''
and shot by two men brought from Roches.
ter Or Buffalo, n. Y, in,,igated by Smith,
Lomison and others; that he and his father
knew nothing OF it for three days after; onc
bu!le, struck him in the thigh or groin; hC
was then struck on the head with an iron
bar, and his body thrown down Heilner'
old shaft, between Trenton and Donaldson
| (which has been abandoned for some year.
and contains about tive hundred feet Of wa
ter, with large iron cog wheel attached
to it.
On being asked about John AlbrightOn
his brother, he said he knew nothing o'
Johns business. The arrests were made
and Lnmson and John Albrigh,on lodged
in jail
The Masonic Lodge of Tanaqna Of fwhjcl
Capt. Rehrcr wa, a member, Will put W Al
engine to-day, to pump ou, the wafer Ieon
lIeilner's old shalt, being determined to IN,
the body at whatever cost.
The two men at Buffalo have been sent
for The friends of the accused assert thei
innocence and claim that Samue! A!brisL
ton was frightened into making statement,
which had no foundation, in the hope o
saving his own life.
Further Developments are expected soon
-tottsrWe .S'und1m Jap. %.
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