The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-02-23
CRIMINAL CONDOLENCES
A PENNSYLVANIA PARALLEL.

A PENNSYLVANIA PARALLEL.
REMARKABLE scANDAL-sTRANGE CRIMI-
NAL CoINCIDENCEs-FATHER AND SON SHOT
FOR SIMILAR oFFENsEs-THE SEQUEL.
The Johnstown (Pa) Tribune tells the
following strange story Of crimir al coinci-
dences: Oa the 18th Of February, 1864,
twelve years ago last Saturday, Jonstown
was thrown into a leye er of excitement by
the report that Joseph Moore had shot Erd
| killed Jordan Marbourg. Moore was q
shoemaker and MarbOurg merchat, both
doing business and residing in this city.
Tney were both married men, and possessed
| warm friends in the community. The cause
of the killing of MsrDourg was his alleged
criminal intercourse with the wife of Moore.
| The case, however, is faaciliar to our peo-
pie, and is now only referred to TO intro
duce one of the characters in this remarka-
/ BILE case of scandal which we are about to
| relate. Moore was speedily tried and con-
victed of murder in the second degree, but
was pardoDed before he was taken 10 the
penitentlar and he and his wife united to-
| gether and went West; or, shortly after
they left this place, they mst ia the West,
and
LIVED TOGETHER As MAN AND WIFE.
Msrbourg's fsmily removed to Schellsblrg,
Bedford county, where some of the members
OF it yet reside. In Schellsburg, William
Marbourg, Que of the sons OF Jordan Mar
bourg, who had been killed in this city, be-
came the companion OF a young man By the
pame OF Jacob Scheli Hoke, who eventually
removed to AtchisOD, Kas. Young Hoke
embarked in business there. Success at
tended bis efforts, and he soon became one
of the prominent business men OF that place.
| When he was az the top pinnacle of mercan-
| tile success, MarbOurg, the former Johns
town boy, arrived there Through the
Inducements of Hoke. and through his in
fiuence embarked in business and was sue
cessfuI. Hoke met and married young
lady, the papers we have received from
| Kansas City say, who was "note1 for her
| beauty and intelligence" Sne was taken to
his home, (which was besutiful with every.
| thing which taste and refineInent could con-
| tribute" And, according to the Kansas
Times, "their house became the circle of
many admirers, and a resort of the most
! fashionable portion of theyoung metropolis
OF Kansas" Marbourg, of course, was the
bosom companion and mutual friend" of
| the family. In the course of events, and
AFTER CHILD HAD COME
to make the home more attractive, there
came whispers of an undue intimacy be-
tween Mrs. Hoke and Marbourg. Society
caught the faint rumors and eagerly en-
lsrged upon them, until the tbrong which
had Ell loved the hOspitslities of the cottage
came no more. At last these suspicious
reached Hoke's ears and became verified.
| MaTbourg, however, refused TO humble
himself" or wish he was cast into the big
tunnel at Gala Zin, or hoped that she had
never been bore" or said that it,was all
owing TO his "true inwardress," and Hoke
shot him. Hoke was arrested, and. the shot
not proving serious, he wa fDed 81. Mrs.
Hoke then FASTENED away to Brooklyn,
| New York, the city where the Raw. Henry
| Ward Beecher, Theodore Tilton, Elizabeth
|
remarkable people most do eongregaie.
/ Hoke at once out to get possess
sion of his daughter. There followed
a search which took in the Eastern cities
and Canada, and series of movements on
her part, in which she was assisted by
Marbourg and her mother. One day, how
ever, Hoke saw his vie at a window OF a
house In Brooklyn. He at once proceeded
| to geG a writ co obtain possession of the
child, and succeeded. During tie trial, the
mother
RECLAIMED POSSESSION OF THE IDOL
over which there was so much conteation.
and 1t was secreted. 1t is alleged by the
Kansas City papers that Hoke would have
won the suit, but tor stratsgem on the part
of his wife. The jury was out fourteen
hours and returned verdict FOR the defend
ant. Then Hoke offered no objections and
his wife obtained a divorce. By this time
Hoke's fortune had vanished, and his busi-
ness was destroyed. He had used his earn
| ings in his endeavors to obtain his child.
and bring to justice the man who had
ruined his home and robbed him of his
happiness. After Mrs. Hoke got her di-
vorce, which was in tho fall of 1874, the
scandal was lost sight OF. Hoke went to
Kansas City, where he is to-day engaged in
business, and where, according to the Kan
sas City Times, he is gaining friends BY his
bsering and conduct. The climax of this
story remains to be tcld. On the 2lst day of
January 1876, Mrs. Amuy A. Hoke an dWm
M. Msrbourg were married In Angola, New
York, and have sinc5 returned TO Atchison
to make it theic home. Thus terminates
case in which former Johnstown boy takes
no second part, which has robbed one man
OF his happiness, and which, no matter what
may be the turn of events hereafter, must
forever cast a shadow on Marbourg and his
wife.