Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-02-06
A Young Girls Wrongs.

A Young Girls Wrongs.
| The Chambersburg Repository 81
last week publishes the following ::
The story II 5E- arrest aE John and
David Rub K near -IercscsbUrg. for
thr.at=uiag ahe life Of William 4
Trogla-, briefly told IN yesterdays
Repository, has developed into one
| OF -he most romantic and sad occur
reDcss that has ever taken place IN
| this county, and which Is as thrilling
and interesting as any novel or r.-
nance.
John Ruback is farmer from
near CIearspriug, lId h Is q we'll
To do man, owning q farm ior winch
he paid $4,000, some time ago. u
has wife auda number of children,
the Oldest being Lille Bell Rubock.
q Young giri Of seventeen, very pret-
", finely formed and known al
around the n-ighbarhooi for her
fine looks. last April, Lille went 10
The Corner" in Montgomery town
ship, Tins county, o. YrIJ her uncle,
Samuel Heistcr who ! a tenant upon
one Of the farms IL William 4 IroE-
Ter. "a wei klgvG and wealthy far
mgr Who lives a NIL and half from
MeryerShUg. II H..st-r was moving
trun ONE e. the other of the Irugl Cr
farms and Lille came up from Mary
land q help with the moving.
There she met Eir. Tragl,r who had
gone ON, % his farms on tine moving
day. Tr5Eler Is A. ycsrE IF age and
Is "a vidower with children, his
wiIg having dTed Just one year ago.
He is Che owner Of three farms and
Is repUtad to n,s worth . good deal OF
money A. son a Trogisr saw LII
L. Rgback ne became verv much IN
I.ve with her, tie father ssys, and
when she returned 10 her home IN
Nary,sui. IraElc- vent with her and
ask Il ny. and Ers. Robeck for per
mission 10 marry he. The Rubecks
liid n1t look VITA fsvor uFoa hin,
not knowing him 81 al snd c1rsd-
ering him 10 old f1r Their asughte-
He told them al about his wealth
and farms. ana mate many. promises
In REGARD to what be 7ucli 10. Dur
ing the summer he paid another Wis
20 to tEo home of the RUh- --ks, and
s1mrtlIn~ ~ carTcs-gudCucc Vas
kept UP between him and Lille
On SUNDAY, January 6sh. Trogl7r
arrived at BublcEs about the mid
dIa Of tire afternoon and the pr1pos-
cd marriage vas again talked over
10y the parents If L.Iiie and TroEler.
The girl wanted De parents consent
TO her marriage and tnUv finally
agreed. klb,ck SAWS jGat then IrJ-
gier produced e written psper, which
he asked them 10 sign Ssysug II vas
necessary Iu order thst ne could Oh
tain q license and they both signed
the Tapsr. On Monday morning,
NTr. Ruheck SAWS, h discovered tLat
Irnglar lad been sitting Up court
ing al night and lie and his wife
were very Indignant .5out Il. frog
/ Ter wanted TO bring the girl - Cham
bsrsbIrg, procure his license and -
married here. The parents Santed
/ him 20 get his license hrSt aud thea
come back for the girl or Tuesday,
1 but they finally agreed T. 1t hey e.
with Trogler, upon his promising -
come direct frcm ChaZb -rs51s- aud
b. married that day. TruCIar tu5l
started away with the girI and that
iS the last her parents saw Of her until
next Sunday morning about zo'clocE
when she came home = raving man
lac, having walked all the way from
Tre Cler's, twelve or thirteen miles
| during the night Her father saw
that duriug her lucid intervals sh,
told an awful story Of abuse a Trog
ler's hands, that he had taken her /,
his house, kept her for a week, hai
refused to marry her, and had gon,
into her room at night and force,
her when she was sleeping with Irue
. ler's Oldest child. he also saws tina
! shame at her situation aud disaV
lpoiutment over his not marrying be,
had driven her insane, and that shl
had never before shown any symp
tons Of mental trouble
The girls insanity assumed a yer,
= violent form, and she had 10 be cor
: fined IN her room, but escaped sever
{ al times, breaking glass IN the VII
? dows and the locks from the doors
Her mother Is an invalid and she 10
became unbalanced IN her mind Wit
d grief Mt her daughters story Of he
+ wrongs. The father threatened (
S kill Trogler, ne admits, and vesterda
morning ne and his brother Davi
started for Trogler's house TO con
s. pei hmm 10 make some rGparatiOn @
to compel him to provide money fC
placing tho girl IN an asylum at Ba
d timore. They were wel armed, ma
L ing q revolver and a large kulf,
4 Upon arriving at Trogler's they cal
1, ed him out and told him he mus
provide for the girl or take the cor
sequences. He agreed 20 pay for III
= girls support, but said he hadn't Gn
$ money and must go to the bank s
. lAIercersburg, 50 all three walked II
10 Mercersburg, but upon arrivin
., there TrogleI had them arrested f.
/ threatening 10 Kill him. Squire She
e held the Ruhecks IN $1,000 bail, eaci
q and George Steiger and David Whit
F, more entered bail for David, but th
father was brought here to jail Il
at once employed Messrs. O Z. Bow
ers and ". Rush Gillian as MS coJu
: sci. who had Rubeck brought befor
/ Justice kaufman last evening an'