The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-02-03

Was He Murdered
During the early part of January,
| 1876, Mr.. Nathan Weise, of WeisenOurg,
Lehigh County, had in his em6loy
man named Joseph II Herr, a German,
and a young woman, (whose name we
withhold for the presently whose
parents reside in East Penn, this coun.
ty. During their residence with MIR.
Welse the parties formed sort of union
having the appearance matrimonial, ,and
thrs matters stood until some time IN
the NOR tn of July, when Herr became
dissatisfied with his employer and left
him the girl also manifested some dis
satisfaction and shortly afterwards left,
and returned to her home in East Penn.
| Matters remained thus for time, when
Herr pat in all appearance at the house
of the girls PATENTS, and stated that he
was just frdm Germany that some re-
lative had died and left him s0nie Sl2,-
900 or Sl5, ,0G0, of which amouht he had
already received 81, l,70O, and that he
had money to get at Lancaster, Harris
burg, and other places. In the begin.
ing of January last, he left for Lancas'
ter, saying he would go to Harrisburg
from that place and collect some money
and thence return to East Penn, in ac
cOrdance with which pledge, he made
his appearance at the girls home on
the Goth ult. He then persuaded the
girl to go with him to Reading, In order
as he said to procure suitable wedding
dress, &C., stating that he had engaged
house in Lancaster City, which would
cost him $l2 1000, and she was to ac>
companShim to that city and make an
inspection of her future home. On the
following Monday the pair started on
their trip, arriving at Reading the we'd
ding dress vas purchased and a hand
some coat for Herr, he being very lavish
In his expenditures to please his future
bride, but no effort was made to pro~
coed on TO the end Of their journey
Lancaster Herr finally concluding to
return to East Penn, to which the girl
assented and arrived home on the even
ing of the 23d ult. He Immediately on
their return pl proceeded to make arrange
ments for the marriage, which was to
be solemnized at Lancaster on the 3Oth
ult saying that he would proceed to
Lancaster and make the necessary ar
rangementS for the occasion, and return
to East Penn OF the 9th, but in lieu OF
the expected Herr, came the following
toegraphic dispatch to the Lthighton
office.
" Reading January 90. 1877.
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Joseph Herr was murdered at Trenton.
Eiglt hundred dollars stuIen from him. The
''''' wv u . '''''' ''' - "FfINz BIssINoaH."
The dispatch was at once forwarded
to those concerned in the matter. The
father and the girl being overwhelmed
at the startling news, came to Lehlgh-
ton, and set to work to sift the report,
but all THEFT efforts to get anything fur
ther or more reliable proved futile.
Herr had given out that his place of
business was at Nos. PA and PIG West
King street, Lancaster, but inquiries
made for him at that address by tele-
graph elected the reply that he was not
known there. On Saturday the father
aud daughter left this place on the IL a.
m. train for Reading aid Lancaster, to
make farther search, tut with what
result we have as yet been unable to
learn.
Since the sbove was in type, Hon u.
II. Long, to whom we are indebted for
the foregoing facts, states that the girl
and her father have returned from their
trip to Lancaster in search of Herr, and
that they report being unable to dis
cover anything of the missing gay Lo-
thariu