The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-09
CHARGED WITH HORSE-STEALING,
Alberton Stanfritz, of New Mar.
ket, and Simon Bowman,
Of Danville, Arrested,
And Taken 10 shelby County, Ohio
Indications That Somebody
10 Scheming.

Alberton Stanfritz, Of New Market
township and Simon Bowman, of Dan.
vile, were arrested on Wednesday Of
last week by s. NJ. Martin, Of Sydney,
O., charged with the larceny Of sorrel
mare with black main and tail three
years DID," buggy with a piano.box
bed and set Of harness from farm
two miles south Of Sydney, Shelby
county. Martin is an officer of pro-
tective association of that county. He
traced the buggy to this place and then
fell in with Bowman, who told him he
had seen Stanfritz with the rig in Dan.
vile upon Saturday, November 9th,
and that Stanfritz had tsld him that he
had disposed of them, selling the buggy
in Greenfield and it was upon the
strength of Bowman's assertions that
Stanfritz was arrested.
But for some reason Bowman was also
arrested as an accomplice, and both were
lodged in Jail here until Sunday after
noon when Martin departed with them
for Sydney.
In the meantime Messrs. Pavey and
Bowles, Stanfritz's attorneys, found
ample grounds upon which they could
prove an alibi. 1t transpires that STAN
fritz left here last spring, going first to
Cincinnati, and thence to Lockland,
working first upon canal boat and later
in paper mill. About the first of Oc.
tober he met with an accident, injuring
his hand SO that he was unable to work
for some time, so he concluded to revisit
the hallowed scenes OF Old Highland, and
by footing it part of the way and riding
on the railroad part of the way, he
reached this city only few days before
he was arrested, and rode in a buggy
with MIR. Wilkin to his old home in
New Market. It is claimed with great
confidence that it can be proven by
parties in Lockland that upon November
24th, the date upon which the larceny
was committed, he wasin Lockland. So
confident were Stanfritz's attorneys that
they arrested Martin for perjury in
sweating to different statements, and he
was arrested and taken before Justice
Meek, who placed him under bond of
$500, Mr.. G. NJ. Overman going on his
paper. His hearing was set for next
Wednesday, December 18th.
But the funny part OF the story is this:
About three years ago Stanfritz married,
but after eight months of congugal felic.
ity he left his wife, for reasons probably
best known to himself, and they have
not lived together since. During his alb
sence Bowman has been paying Mrs.
Stanfritz attentions most assiduous, and
those familiar with the case are inclined
to think that Bowman is anxious to fas.
ten the crime upon Stanfritz and get him
in the "pen," so that his wife can get a
divorce, and-perhaps-become Mrs.
Bowman. 1t looks very much like a
deep.laid scheme, though Martin is not
to be implicated, as the horse was traced
here, one exactly answering that de-
scripticn having been fed at the Kramer
house stables upon Saturday November
9th.
Constable DeVoss went to Greenfield
and 'ther places to hunt for the buggy
on the strength Of Bowman's allegations,
but no traces were found any where. 1t
Is thought that Bowman knows great
deal that he hasn't told regarding the
matter, other developments are awaited.