The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-27
WHITEHOUSE
COMES BACK.
He Arrived Here Saturday Night
in Custody of Police.
TAKES THE CASE CALMLY.
Pleads Guilty and Regrets That he Ran
Away-HOw he Was Tracked and
Placed Under Arrest.
TAKES THE CASE CALMLY,

Joseph Whitehouse, late assistant out
side foreman at the Shenandoah City
colliery was an involuntary visitor TO
town Saturday evening He arrived here
from Trenton, n. j., in the custody of
Capt Daniel Christian and James Daniell
of the Coal & Iron police force and was
at once taken before Justice r. Il. Will
Jams. Arriving there he pleaded guilty
to the charges against him and waived a
hearing.
Justice williams fixed the amount Of
bail at &, 600. Whitehouse, in the COM
pany Of Mr. Daniel, searched from 9 un-
til after 12 o'clock in town for bail, but
failed to secure it and was taken down to
POttsville by Christian and Daniell yes
terday morning on the 2:1O p. & X. train.
| Edward Meadows, OF Fishbach, subse-
quently became his bJndsman.
Whitehouse does not seem to be wor-
ried by the trouble he has brought upon
| himself. He was not at all nervous or
| excited while before the Justice and ex-
pressed but one regret. He was sorry he
ran away and said he would have re-
/ mained and faced the storm had it not
| been for the advice of others. He refused
to say who had advised him.
| Whitehouse appreciates the fact that he
has prejudiced his case by running away,
|
pany to considerable trouble and expense
in getting him back. He says that when
he got as far as Black Creek last Monday
night he felt inclined to return to Shen.
andoah, but had no money with which to
pay his fare
1t required considerable red tape busi-
ness to bring the fugitive back The p.
! & r. company first learned of the charges
| last Saturday. The next two days were
consumed by investigation of the com.
pany's documents to verify the charges.
On Tuesday Capt. Christian came here
and swore out a warrant before Justice
| Williams for the arrest of Whitehouse
on charges of forgery, making false
entries, embezzlement and fraud.
After the warrant was issued Daniel
Bedea was left in charge of the Shenan
doah end of the case, Capt, Christian took
the Pottsville end and the jaunt was as
signed to Daniel. The latter went first
to Philadelphia and put guards on all the
outgoing steamers Then he went to Treu
ton and put guard on the house of White
houses mother law. Finally Daniel
went to New York City and put guarC
on the steamers in that port.
The man put in charge at Trenton was
Detective Charles Pilger, who spotted
Whitehouse last Tuesday, but was not
sufficiently certain in the identification t
make an arrest. On Wednesday White
house came out of his mother-in-law'S
house and went to saloon across thl
street. The detective epJ his eye on thl
man until he left the saloon and was
about to return to the house, when the
arrest was made.
Immediately after the arrest a messag,
was telegraphed to Capt. Christian, who
came to Shenandoah and secured certi
fed copies of the warrants issued by Jus
tice Williams. Armed with these Chris
tian went to Harrisburg and secured
requisition for the eXtradition of White
house. Having secured these Christian
and Daniel went to Trenton, and had tn
papers countersigned by Governor Werts
whereupOn Whitehouse was arrested ant
,, brought back to Shenandoah.
1t is impossible to approximate at CHI
present time what amount of none,
WhitehOuse secured through his dealing
on fictitious names. The p. & h. com
pany has only commenced the investiga
ton, but checks making a pile abou
three inches high are in evidence. 1t i
impossible to tell how many more check
will be brought out by the investigation
which is still going on
| Whitehouse's system, il is said, was &
turn in time for men whose names ha
, got on the books of the colliery by pre-
vious employment He would then tax
the checks for distribution and send then
: by Polish messengers to a Pole in whom
he had confidence. This Pole would sigl
, the fictitious checks and send them bac
to Whitehouse, who would then presen
them at the pay Office and collect tn
money ON the statement chat the mel
entitled to it were sick, or otherwise KEEP
away.