The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-08-22


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Frsnk 6. As,.le.Sep wss brought from
BEDFORD and lodg-i ia jail 81 Psi'Si'nrg.
thursday aigis.. 90 charge 81 fsise pre-
tsises. tie : accused II s,Tindling Elijah
AIirer ort of Se,,y,t and o;her inioruaa-
tians are ~ DC made ag.insi him Il /
ALLEGED ;;Esl Anderson hiss been swiTit-
ling - wholesale, snd the story told by
th5 prosecutor IA tire ease reads Ike
,-hsltsr In s de.ectire s-osF-
sl-1e tine aga. Is sa- stated, ANDERSON
male his 1ppe4rsnce iH Ieisord county
Ifa was ab.,it - ycar- Of age looked
vaanese s.lisi was 81 .ine appearance aiia
maaaers- He represented taat he vas
lawyer from Ses York. and l.rlsi-ieed
cr.leufisi- iliat .h8u ~ hill q prominent
member Il the New Yofk bar Hi- i'm
p.-inr mariners and sappssed hisa
STAN ling gave him che eanIideuce oi the
pesn;e a or.,e. He loiged AZ the hoase
og a weli-to-e.o farmer. slon; five mules
from Bedford, made loTe to the farmers
,Iaugi.fe5. and in a short while married
her.
Daring his eouTtship be also attended
10 bEsiness, and gui his father-in-iaw, his
.sifc's relatives and must of the people in
the vicinity interested in \ great scheme
for money-Gnaking. lie said he owned a
hoiel in a good locality. aud was Organiz-
ing a stock company 10 rIna big summer
resort. Aslarge number Of investors
were found. and the money was turned
over 70 Anderson 20 get things in shape
One arrangement was that his mOther-in-
law was - have the management Of the
hotel n q salary OF 500 month. When
the subscribers had paid in their money,
aggregiting thousands Of dollars, Ander-
son had 20 take trip. He did not return
when expected. and some Of the people
got suspicious.
Letters were written 10 New York, and
it was foand that his story about being
inemi,er Of the lar aud his business rela-
tions was a fake. They found instead, IL
is alleged. that he hal the reputation Of
being very slick Iuan, whose dealings
were questionable. The stockholders in
the hotel then sent a representative % the
place where the resort was 10 be estab-
lished. lie found a hotel there, but An
derson didn't own il. His only eonnee-
tiou with II was that he had been g7ie>t
there for two days.
Elijah Miller, an uncle Of AndersOn's
wife, who had invested 500 in the
scheme, then went on the war path for
Anderson. He had paid the money 10
Anderson in PittsbuTg, and the inforrna-
liou had to be made IN Allegheny county,
where the transaction took place. Going
there he consulted Deputy District Attor-
neg v. 4. Biakely, telling hiEl the story
related above. An information was then
made before Alderman Mrsiasters eharg-
ing Anderson with false .pretei-ses. \
warrant was issued, bui liIe officers could
no, find the man. Three weeks ago Mr.
Miller went To the Alderman and asked
for ,he warrant, sewing he Thought be
could ind his iHan. lie WIS not mistais-
en-, and a f,ssv days ago located Anderson
in Cumberland. Nd.
When he reached there however, An
derson had stariel over the mountains
into Pennsylvania. Miller iollowed and
AEderson returned t. Ba,liOrd with Nil
Ter right behind him. Miller there oh-
tanned the assistance Of Constable Beagle,
who on LAST Thursday arrested Anderson
al the home OF his wife.
Anderson, it i stated, was preparing 10
80 10 Scotland. Cther iuf1rmstions are 10
De made against him. including one by
man from Connelisyille, who was als1 in
the hotel scheme The fIther-ia-laT OF
the prisoner. il i said. hls annolHcei MS
intention ~ going L. PirshIrg 10 bait out
his son-in-laU. Anderson says he j. an
old soldier.