Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-25
THE HOSTETTER CASE.
roHoEny ,omr.siNr DISMISSED

""1hN soNfLAiNr DlSntssED.
snarp rs-sngos Hc,ws,n uoun-e,-rb, nv.
terry tuii Nnroivod 80 a Family so,na,I-
H""H u. b"-tottor out oi JAN AGAIN,
great crowd gathered at AL
dermau Bars office, at 10 o'olock
Ihis morning IN expectation of hearing
some rich developments Ia tho oaso of tho
Commonwealth Va. Amos u. IIostotter,
charged with forging tho name of his
father in law, benjamin l. Donlinccr, TO
promisOry note tor % 900, aud having
the same discounted ~ tho Fulton Ma
tional bank
Whom tho case was called, j. Hay
brown, esq counsel for tho bank, called
pr. j. III. Musser as "a witness
N certificate signed 10y Drs r. NJ
Musser, ii. Il. Mussor aud A Miller WAS
read, wherein 1t was stated that De !. II.
Musscr was suffering 80 severely from
nervous ptostratiOn as To roudor IL unsafe
Tor him to attend the hearing
MIR. Brown said that he had heard DIR.
MusSer was IN sufficiently good health
Yesterday to pay visit TO Mr.. B. l..
Denlingar.
Mr.. Brosi0s, who appeared as couusel
for Mr.. Dcnhngcr, said that az no was
informed " was tho iuteutipu of tho
commonwealth - aSk for "a dimissn of
the case, charging forgery against Nc.
llustotter, no wished to have " put upnn
ocord that Ilostcttcr admitted not only
To Mr.. Brown but To two other persona
that tho notc was y forgery aud that he
CilostcttcD Was the furgCr
Mr.. Brown Acknowledged that lIustettcr
had told him tho note was a forgery. but
the circumstances under which that cunl,s
sion was made showed that there WAS
something behind It. Tho bank, therefore.
had very property had Mr.. lIOstottor 10
arrested and lodged ia jail; but further
investigation shows Concluslycly that Mr.
liustcttcr IL innocent OF tho forgery, aud
That he was induced To mako tho statement
shat he was a fOrgcr BY a most
Infamous conspiracy, to save g., 800
to Mt DenIiDgcr, his father in law.
MIR. Brown sad that ho, ~
counsel to tho bank, had now in his pos
session athdayits aud documentary evi
dencc to prove these factB. iIo did not
care To state at tho present time, who
were tho parties Ia the conspiracy through
which 1t WAS sought to saws Nc. Donllngcr
-, 900 on the =, 900 note made by him
and held by the OLuk. Under tho ciroun
stances the commonwealth would be doing
great wrong 10 press the case of forgery
charged against liostotter, He therefore
asked tho alderman to dismiss It.
Mr.. BrOsius again asked, rs counsel for
Mr. Denlingor, 10 have put upon the ro
cord the statement that llUstcttor had told
at least thrco psrspus that Mr. Don
linger' name to tho -, 600 note was foI-
gerry.
Tho alderman d,1lincd - mLk, the
entry.
Mr.. Brosius sad that Il this o,Ss
against NOstettor WAS dismissed, It would
be renewed by Mr.. Douhuger.
The alderman dl'mlssod the CLsr, Ind
Mr. llOStettor was discharged.
u. q. RAILROAD MANAGEMEsT.
rho accent Trouble At th. Lutnerau rionic.
Oue story is usually good until another
is told, The X II &. railroad manage.
ment has been severely criticised because
on Tuesday evening, upon tho return OF
the Trinity Lutheran picnic from Lititz,
tho train vas not run down To the
West King street station. Tho company
maintains that IL had the best OF reasons
for not doing 40 and further that no
authorized representative OF the road ever
agreed to do II. The management OF the
road dec ares that its correspondence and
contract with the picnic people show that
the railroad company did not agree 70 run
the return train To tho Stevens house. On
the ccutrary,it was specially agreed that it
would not return u King street and it was
| condition OF tho contract that tho train
should stop At tho outer station. The
superintendent had good reasons for this
| stipulation, among them being the danger
of accident from jumping un or oil slowly
moving train, and tue impOssbllhy of
| safely running such a heavy train down
aud up tho grade of Water street.
| Whatever Misunderstanding occurred
between the train hhndS aud the excursion
lists resulted from tho unauthorized acts
of Supt. Wilson's subordnates, who
temporarily yielded to the opportunities
of the managers OF thb picnic to make
the concession and run tho train to King
street, concession, which the superin.
| tcndent instantly revoked upon being
| apprised OF it. The railroad company did
not violate its agreement, but performed
tho contract specifically as agreed upon
during tho negotiations ior rates, trans
pOrtatiOn, ~,