Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-06
THE ARSON CASES
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Monday GJtefn00n.-Com's W: Soon
Lichtenberger, false pretsnse. The d.
iendans who lives somewhere IN soe
neig1oorh0od OF MAnnelm, was coar9eQ
with having obtained . three spring
wagon, from Philip D0ersom, carriage
builder, this city, In April, 1852, by
means OF false representation. At that
time, 1t was alleged, he represented him
self ~ being the owner OF brick house
and five acres OF land in Englestown, Lob
anon county. dc obtained tho vehicle and
gave in payment Judgment note for 10
days which was not PAID. Mr. Doers0m
then made inquiry and found that tho
story defendant had told in regard to his
circumstances was false. Deiendant had
purchased a buggy and sleigh from Mr.:
Doelsom before this for one he paid
cash and gave Judgment note for the
other, which he paid.
The defense was that LichtenDerger did
not make the representations alleged, put
merely stated that no had life estate In
q property OF which he and his sister were
heirs. The jury found him guilty, and
he was sentenced to an imprisonment OF
one year.
A verdict OF not guilty for want OF eyi-
dence was taken in the case OF Wm. L.
Smedley, OF Coiumola: charged with adui-
terry.
The cases OF Frederick bietz, ar. and j:
for violating the auction laws were mol
pressed.
Court adjourned at 4 O'Clock for want
OF business.
1uesdGy m0rnsng.-Ihe nrst case at
tac1eo ID court 10 oay was snas OF Sonn
Wertz: OF TINS Guy; cnatged WIN sfson'
10 setting n.e 70 ane G2nesto&a cofk lac-
Tory owned ~ MRS. henry banmgsfonef.
on LOCUST an anu 1. Llme streetS ,oeo early on tne
morning vi 1anuaIy ID, A0os. Deiolo
strlking tne jury una counsei ior tne ac-
cused ASKED ior Cil OF e1ceptions 10 "a
nled on their oehait' on the motion OF the
accused 10 quash the lndictmens on the
ground that tho grand jury who returned
tne Dill was lhegaiiy orawn. Inc court
nad olscnarged TINS rule, as the DILL na0
been found at the November sessions,
1852, ana noexceptions were then taken:
!he commonwealth oo]ecteo ON the groono
that the defense were 700 late, they having
entered plea at tne January session Oh
not guilty and the record ON the OIL! sos.
tanned the objection. Tho accused denied
that he ever plead 70 tine inalctment,
through his counsel er otnofwsse. Inc
court granted the oiil OF exoePslons'
1t did not require much sime 70 secure
jury, and the first witness called was
Henry Baumgardner, VINO testlned tpas
the factory was burned on the morning
alleged. The building and machlnery
were worth S25, ,OOO and the stock s4O,OOO.
1t was total loss.
| Brimmer's Narrative.
George Brimmer, sworn: live in this
city, and know Wertz; I have pleaded
guilty to the charge of arson and am
awaiting sentence; on the night of the
14th of January, l was at Urich's saloon
with John Drachbar. and soon started for.
the American hose house We were sitting
there, talking about Lewis Reidenbach
"Can't We havo blaze?" We went
into the closet and got q ball of waste and
a bottle of coal oil; We went down Church
street and met Wertz at the corner OF
Lime Drachbar asked him to 60 along !;
he said he would il he was little fuller !;
he finally agreed to go along and We
went up to the shed of the factory on Lime
street; we saw two men coming up the
street and We went to tho chapel on the
corner of Limo and Locust streets Wtrtz
went down Locust to ROckland and Drach-
bar and l got into an alley across the
way until the men had passed !;
we then went to Lime and Middle streets
at Landau's corner and found Wertz
waiting for us; this corner is about 4O
feet from PowelIs house we again went
to the shed and Drachbar and jumped
over the fence into Duchman's lot; q
bush was growing against the shed and
we tore it away Wertz was outside wait.
ing to see If any ono should come ;
Drachbar and l dug a hole under the
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