Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-01-30
ANOTHER FOREIGN FRAUD.
An Alleged Austrian Baron Svglndles
she Postmaster al MOnumenG out
or $500.

she Postmaster al MOnumens ouI
OF $500.
In the early part of November q young
| German, in appearance handsome. dash
/ ing fellow, made hls entrance into Monu-
ment and obtained board with Mr.. Henry
/ Limbach, the postmaster aud store keep
er Of that city. The man called himself
/ Charles Miller, OF Austria. By his suave
and polished manners he very soon made
| Bimback, and, in fact, all who came in
contact with him, bis friends. He was
/ fine scholar aud spoke several modern Ian
guages fuently. After ingratIaring him
self with the best society OF Monument he
started the information among the eredu-
| lOus people Of that burg that he was the
legatee of $4,000, and that he expected
the sum to arrive at any moment, in fact
he was watching the arrival Of every train
to bring him the desired specie.
The time Jagged on. and at last Miller
was taken sick-apparently very sick. He
called LImback to his bedside and asked
him TO send for lawyer, as he desired to
make his will The man of deeds arrived,
and under the instructions of the invalid
proceeded TO dispose Of the supposed dying
mans fortune IN eSse for the benefit of
Postmaster Limbach, wife and family, not
forgetting some good round legacies for
few outside friends. Limbach took the
will to Colorado Springs. and with official
caution had it recorded and prObated.
Miller still grew worse, and when apps-
rently nearing his end be called Limbach
to his side. and asking him to open his va
lise, the invalid thrust his hands into il and
drew forth a card bearing the name Of lie
Baron Won MurparO."
That, said ne, sis my name and title.
When am dead, embslm my body, furn-
ish the finest casket to be obtained and send
nv remains to Austria"
Soon after this Miller began to recover
rapidly, and as soon as he became GONZALES
cent ssloped, owing Limback about 800
and Mr.. BusSe about $500.
The eonfding residents of Monument are
now beginning TO understand that they
were beaten by an adTenturer, and are on
the track Of the sWindler.
After he left Monument, Miller registered
at the Lawrence house in Denver, as George
Bayer, and has not been heard of since.
BE is now about twenty-four years old, of
girlish appearances, light hair and NOUS
tache, wears fine clothes, diamond stud,
and gold watch and chain. The watch is
engraved 'W. V. Murparo; Kaiser & KOe-
nlgS RIttmelSter.
Limbach is willing to pay $50 for Miller's
arrest, and Sheriff Cooks detectives are
warm on the trail.
1t is supposed the subject of the above
article has an unpublished history in Ash
tabula which will be read with interest by
the citizens of this place in connection with
the sbove.
In the summer Of 1878 man answering
the above description appear at the HarbOr
and opened saloon and. wholesale agency
for Isaac Leisey's Brewery in Cleveland,
under the name OF A. C. Seastedt. He con-
tinued in that business during 1873 and
1879, and during that time he succeeded in
borrowing over S4OO of Swede friends.
Last fall, he attempted to open saloon in
the Haskell block in connection with Sim
inet's billiard rooms, but Mr.. NJ. H. Has
kell denied him the priYelege.
His Swede friends now becoming anxious
about their loaned dollars he quoted them
by giving mortgage on five Of Mr.. Sim
onet's billiard table which he claimed be-
lOnged to him. Failing TO borrow SIS of
Mr.. Simonet he suddenly disappeared, and
the holders of the chattle mortgages on the
billiard tables found out the fraud he had
practiced on Them