The daily gazette., 1883-10-05
RgpaINrEo FRoM vRsreaDA,
An uNnAppr sPECuLATon.
He Dabbles In Mining stock and Charges
That He was swindlgd.

That ne was eNAnuA0us
The Philadelphia Times Of Thursday
contains the following; Detective Roat OF
Harrisburg arrived in this city yesterday
with a warrant for the arrest Of three we'll
known mining operators. Chief Givin de-
tailed Detectives Miller and Wolf on the
case, and duilng the afternoon DIR. Francis
G. Herr was arrested at I'll South Twenty
second street, and his brother, Homer A.
Herr, was arrested at Twentieth street and
Columbia avenue. The capture OF
tie latter was effected by a simple
ruse. Detective Miller visited the doctor
and, fcigning to be interested in mining
speculation, secured Homer address. When
the doctor was arrested he protested TO De-
tectiye Wolf that his brother was In Ro-
chester The prisoners are locked up at the
Central station, where they will be held
until the third man is captured. The
prisoners are charged with eonspring to
defraud by false representations Bonneville
KammeItr, of Harrisburg. Detective
Roat saws that his client claims to have
been defrauded OF 81 ,250 by the prisoners.
1t is alleged that Homer often went
TO Harrisburg In the interest of mining COM
panies with which he was connected. The
doctor Is the secretary OF one company.
Some months ago be says, the doctor went
70 the Capital and demanded 500 as an as
sessment levied on the stockholders Of the
ments came thick aid fast from the Dau-
phin, Republic, and Verde Ridge Compan-
les, in an of which Mr. Kammerer was a
stockholder. He claims TO have since ascer-
tained that the money was never
turned over to the treasurer Of the COM
panies. He also asserts that the Verde
Ridge Company has never been incorporated
and that the Republic Company was not In
corporated until eight or ten months after
he purchased the stock, and he may proceed
against the prisoners for this infringement
of the law. The third man for whom the
warrant calls is a well-known mining oper-
ator, who has been intimately associated
with the Herrs.
DIR. Herr recently came to this city from
Lancaster. His brother is an artist, who
once had a studio in Wilmington and an.
other on Chestnut street in this city. They
finally combined on the mining business
and organized the MaZatzal Mining and De-
veloping Company of Arizona. One Of this
syndicate was organized the Ell Paso and
other mixing companies. The offices Of the
companies were formerly located at 2l2
South Third street, but have since been re
moved to 43l Walnut street.
Homer A. Herr, the young artist who has
gotten himself into such an uneviable posi-
tion, is well-known in this city where he
always bore good reputation for honesty
and was decidedly popular among the young
people. He conducted for a number OF
years a drawing school in the third story OF
the Masonic Temple where his art studio
was situated. He has painted large num-
Der of scenes on the Brandywine and had
made quite reputation as
an artist. About two years age
he removed to Philud elphia where after
continuing his profession for a short time ht
began speculating In stocks. He has severa
times visited this city since then, alwayt
trying TO get moneyed men in tLis city to q
in with him in the mining business, bu
with what success he met with here is not a
present known.