The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-02-13
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Mauch Chunks Sensation.
The following despatch, dated Mauch
Chunk, Feb, 9th appeared in the Phla-
delphia Times, and created considerable
comment among our people in this
borough:
G. Orion StrOh, a young member Of
the bar and Justice of the Peace, is also
secretary of the Borough Council, and
certain street market rents collected by
Market Clerk Nathan Fegley were paid
to him from time to time, for which he
gave receipts. Burgess Rex for some
time past suspected something wrong,
as the amounts received were less than
he thought they should be. Fegley is
a faithful but uneducated man and
hardly able to read writing. Yet, being
provided with ready printed receipts or
| tickets, he performed his duties very
| well and, having entire faith in Secretary
Stroh, he never attempted to read the
receipts. Recently he counted the
money In the presence of friend before
! paying it to Secretary Stroh, and after.
wards the friend happened to see the
| receipt and called his attention to the
fact that II was for five dollars less than
the amount he saw counted.
The matter was reported to Burgess
Rex, who, with Councilman A. w,
Butler, cashier of the First National
Bank, resolved upon an effort TO detect
the frauds, if any, and becoming fully
satisfied that short receipts have been
given very frequently for over a year
past, the difference amounting to four
| or five hundred dollars, they required
Stroh to appear in Mr.. Craigs law office,
where he soon confessed the embezzle-
ment, and before leaving he was required
to resign his office and give Judgment
bond binding all his property for the
prompt payment of his indebtedness to
the borough A warrant for his arrest
was also issued, but the first object being
to secure the borough it has not yet been
served, but held under advsement. The
matter has created much excitement in
town.
LATER:-Attorney Chas. Orion Stroh
was arrested Monday morning at his
own request, The warrant was served
by Officer John Painter. Mr. Stroh was
taken before Justice j. j. Boyle, where
he entered bail to the amount of 200
for his appearance at the next term of
court. Asa Il. Beers. Elias Schick and
Samuel Heist are his sureties.
Mahoning Items
Mr. G. X. Musselman spent Sunday
at home.
Mr. Hiram Miller has put up a neat
fence in front of his house
Oliver Reinsmith, of Milton, Pa.
spent few days with his parents last
week.
An old-fashioned hop came off at
Fenstermacher's popular hotel last
Saturday evening.
~. II. Arner and family, of Weiss
port, spent Sunday with friends in the
valley.
Mr.. Zeigler, of West Penn, and Miss
Sarah Fritz, Of this place, were married
last week.
Lewis Zimmerman has been very
successful selling sleighs IN the valley.
Miss Ella Arner spent the week at
Lehighton.
Miss Sophia Wehr was elected |
superintendent Of the Evangelical Sun
day school,
Rev. W. II. Strauss will move to
Lehishton in the near future, and his
son, Llewellyn, will move on the farm.
A birthday party came off at the
residence of William Sitter Saturday
evening.
Our farmers are greatly annoyed by
skunks, minks, and foxes, which, on
account of the deep snow, make frequent
visits to the farm yard.
Mr.. Wilson Frantz, our popular
matchmaker and jeweler, has been SO
crowded with work that he had to get
an assistant, which position is filed by
Boas Hontz.